Fontana ended at a record close of $6.20.
It has not been a good July for the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange so far, as the market index continuing to slide, with a 26.77 points fall on Monday on top of the 26.62 points drop on Friday.
The market that started the month at 3,103.60 has now lost 90 points to close at 3,013.40 on Monday on a day when declining stocks outnumbered rising stocks 3 to 1.
Trading ended on Monday with 30 securities changing hands, similar to Friday’s level, resulting in an exchange of 2,734,886 units valued at $7,413,545 compared to 2,783,254 units valued at $9,535,345 on Friday. At the close of market activities, the prices of 5 securities advanced, 14 declined and 11 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 91,163 units at $247,118 for each security trading, in contrast to 92,775 units for an average of $317,845 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 90,896 shares valued at $308,570 for each security traded, compared to 90,868 shares valued at $314,884 traded previously. 
June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
Fontana closed at an all-time high of $6.20, GWest Corporation closed at a 52 weeks’ low of 70 cents and Jetcon Corporation ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.60.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging climbed 11 cents in exchanging 35,696 shares at $2.27,after trading as high as $2.50, with investors responding positively to improved profit posted for the company’s May quarter. Blue Power traded 1,550 shares, after rising 40 cents to end at $5.35, Caribbean Producers lost 4 cents trading 5,260 shares to close at $4.76, Consolidated Bakeries ended market activity exchanging 58,600 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 10 cents. Derrimon Trading ended trading with 78,832 shares, after rising 13 cents to end at $2.30, Express Catering declined 65 cents in trading of 44,521 units at $6.10. Everything Fresh ended market activity in exchanging 84,200 shares to close at $1.36 after falling 4 cents, Elite Diagnostic fell 15 cents trading 4,210 units at $4.80. Fosrich Group dipped 10 cents in trading of 29,637 units at $4.10, 
Fontana closed trading of 171,573 units and gained 13 cents to end at $6.20. General Accident lost 10 cents trading 1,540 units at $4.20, Gwest Corporation declined 14 cents in trading of 558,259 units to end at an all-time closing low of 70 cents, Honey Bun lost 5 cents in exchanging 6,000 units at $5.95, Jamaican Teas dipped 5 cents in with 44,032 units changing hands at $4.40. Jetcon Corporation declined 35 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.60, trading 85,000 shares, Key Insurance ended market activity exchanging 2,021 shares, to close at $2.90 after falling 10 cents. Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.49 with 18,200 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 14 cents after exchanging 134,182 shares at $4.20 and Main Event lost 38 cents in trading 12,734 shares to close at $6.32.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Momentum continues to move the market away from long-term resistance at 520,000 points.
The three most attractive Junior Market stocks are, Iron Rock with gains of 243 percent, followed by Caribbean Producers with projected gains of 233 percent and tTech with possible gains of 191 percent.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. Projected earnings, for each company’s current fiscal year, are used in determining, the selected stocks. The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.
PanJam Investment gained 50 cents and ended trading with 9,100 stock units at $99, Sagicor Group rose 26 cents trading 341,009 stock units to end at $54.50. Sagicor Real Fund climbed 98 cents to end trading with 17,391 units at $11, Salada Foods rose 50 to end at $33.50 in trading 10,000 shares, Scotia Group exchanged 107,923 shares but fell 50 cents to close at $57. Seprod lost 95 cents and settled at $47 in exchanging 20,450 shares and Supreme Ventures lost $2 and ended trading with 1,645,858 shares to close at $26.
Gwest Corporation closed 3 cents higher at 84 cents, with 167,462 stock units trading, but traded at an all-time low of 70 cents earlier in the trading session. Honey Bun ended market activity exchanging 87,841 shares to close at $6 after falling 21 cents, iCreate Limited ended with a loss of 1 cent at 71 cents with 551,200 stock units changing hands, Jamaican Teas shed 5 cents in trading of 36,000 units at $4.45, Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents in exchanging 7,813 shares to close at $1.95. Knutsford Express lost 50 cents trading 108,090 units to close at $11. Lasco Distributors declined 30 cents trading of 466,362 units to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3. Lasco Manufacturing lost 4 cents in exchanging 103,219 units at $4.06, Medical Disposables climbed 9 cents and exchanged 12,999 shares at $7.09, Main Event ended trading with 6,882 shares, after rising 99 cents to end at $6.70 and Stationery and Office Supplies ended market activity with 2,500 shares changing hands to close at $9.15 after falling 65 cents.
NCB Financial rose $5 trading 45,909 shares to end at a record closing high at $205, PanJam Investment lost 32 cents and ended trading with 13,455 stock units at $98.50, Sagicor Group lost $1.04 trading 8,078,497 stock units to end at $54.76. Sagicor Real Fund fell 73 cents to end trading with 17,697 units at $10.02, Seprod lost 95 cents and settled at $47 in exchanging 20,450 shares, Supreme Ventures rose 49 cents and ended trading of 28,030 shares to close at $28 and Wisynco Group gained 41 cents to settle at $19.50, with 200,051 stock units changing hands.
Gwest Corporation ended trading with 146,416 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at 81 cents, iCreate closed 2 cents higher at 72 cents, with an exchange of 50,704 stock units, Indies Pharma exchanged 165,048 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $3.06, ISP Finance traded 5,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $13.85. Jamaican Teas closed 9 cents higher at $4.50, with 164,588 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents in trading 43,349 units at $3.30, Lasco Manufacturing closed 1 cent higher at $4.10, with 26,900 stock units trading and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 79 cents to $9.80, with an exchange of 94,378 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 shed 25 cents in trading 80,114 units at 52 weeks’ low of 90 cents.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,265,757 shares valued at $9,768,829 changing hands, compared 1,158,213 shares valued at $9,895,777 for each securities traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
138 Student Living lost 80 cents and ended trading with 15,000 stock units at $3.60, Proven Investments rose $1 in traded 100 units to close at a record high of $36, ,Salada Foods fell 95 cents to end at $33.00, with 5,750 shares trading, Sagicor Group lost $1.69 trading 505,408 stock units to end at $55.80. Sagicor Real Fund rose $1.05 and ended trading at $10.75, with 162,498 units, Seprod rose $1.05 and settled at $47.95 in exchanging 109,390 shares Sterling Investments lost 30 cents and ended trading of 35,650 shares to close at $3.40 and Wisynco Group gained 58 cents to settle at $19.09, with 396,437 stock units changing hands.
KLE Group lost 40 cents in trading of 7,700 units in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.70. Caribbean Cream climbed 70 cents and exchanged 8,895 shares at $5.50, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 16,523 shares, after rising 20 cents to close at $3.40, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, in swapping 39,324 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 1 cent at 4.09 with 3,653,139 stock units changing hands. Medical Disposables closed trading of 14,410 units and gained 30 cents to end at $7, Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.80 with 14,879 stock units trading, Stationery and Office Supplies closed with a loss of 34 cents at $9.01, trading 6,156 shares and tTech closed 30 cents higher at $5.50, with 4,024 stock units trading.
Barita Investments jumped $10 to close at $55 following release of third quarter results showing a For the quarter, profit after tax jumped 594 percent to $911 million. 
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 29.7 million shares for 91 percent of total main market volume, followed by Carreras with 494,439 stock units for 1.5 percent of total volume and Wisynco Group with 402,978 shares for 1.2 percent of the day’s volume.
Mayberry Jamaican Equities fell 34 cents and finished trading 21,318 shares at $11.51, NCB Financial rose $4.99 trading 137,850 shares to close at $195, Portland JSX lost 45 cents and ended trading with 30,000 stock units at $8.05, Sagicor Group rose 39 cents trading 252,322 stock units to end at $57.49. Scotia Group ended trading of 15,901 shares with a rise of 48 cents to close at $57.48 and Seprod lost $1.10 and settled at $46.90 in exchanging 101,944 shares.
The Junior Market Index plunged 41.37 points to close at 3,048.01 at the close of the market on Tuesday as 29 securities changed hands, compared to 30 on Monday, resulting in the prices of 9 advancing, 12 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
Jamaican Teas shed 15 cents trading of 15,500 units at $4.41. Jetcon Corporation climbed 2 cents and exchanged 14,163 shares at $1.70, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 1 cent at $11.50 with 9,069 stock units changing hands, Key Insurance closed with a loss of 3 cents at $3, in swapping of 15,584, shares, Lasco Distributors shed 20 cents in trading of 125,744 units at $3.20. Lasco Financial closed trading of 13,876 units and gained 11 cents to end at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 184,720 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $4.10, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading of 1,102 units and gained 10 cents to end at $1.90. Stationery and Office Supplies shed 15 cents in trading of 3,318 units at $9.35 and tTech closed 40 cents higher at $5.20, with 20,000 stock units trading.