The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index pushed 3,240.99 points to a new record close of 486,779.64 and the JSE Index climbed 2,945.21 points to a new closing high of 443,343.87.
At the end market activity, on the main and US markets, the prices of 18 securities advanced, 9 declined and 8 traded firm, as a total of 35 securities traded, compared to 37 on Tuesday. Eppley and the Jamaica Stock Exchange shares closed at new all-time highs.
Market activity ended with 45,741,770 units with a value of $2,118,495,057 changing hands, in contrast to 41,671,400 units with a value of $333,001,137 on Tuesday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 20.7 million units or 45 percent of total main market volume, Scotia Group with just over 10 million shares changing hands, equating to 22 percent of total trades, followed by NCB Financial Group with 8.14 million stock units for 18 percent of the day’s trades.
The market closed with average of 1,386,114 units valued at an average of $64,196,820 for each security traded. In contrast to 1,190,611 units for an average of $9,514,318 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,475,774 shares, with a value of $16,281,943, compared to 1,482,687 shares, with a value of $12,268,768 previously. May closed with an average of 2,248,261 units at an average of $12,751,529 for each security traded.
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 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments rose $1 and closed at $44, trading 4,084 shares, Carreras rose 30 cents and concluded trading of 878,789 units at $8.20, Eppley rose 25 cents to an all-time high of $16 while trading 13,290 shares, Jamaica Broilers exchanged 2,484 units and gained $1 to end at $33. Jamaica Producers fell $1.30 to close at $25.50, with 8,589 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 25 cents to end at a record high of $22, with 2,358,881 shares traded, JMMB Group rose $1 in trading 72,416 shares to end at $39, Kingston Wharves slipped $1 to close at $66, in swapping 28,064 stock units. Mayberry Investments gained 65 cents with an exchange of 181,646 shares at $9.15, Mayberry Jamaican Equities added $1 to end trading of 24,764 shares at $12.25, 
NCB Financial Group jumped $5 to close at $178, with an exchange of 8,142,680 stock units, PanJam Investment climbed $1.49 to end trading of 990 shares at $95.99. Proven Investments declined $1.50 while trading 3,690 shares to close at $33.50, Pulse Investments rose 34 cents to close at $2.84, trading 20,000 shares. Sagicor Group finished trading at $48 with 340,467 shares crossing the exchange after falling 50 cents, Scotia Group climbed $1.90 to $55.10, with an exchange of 10,133,531 shares and Seprod declined $1 concluded trading with 103,100 stock units at $47.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 40,000 units valued US$31,016 changing hands. Market activity ended with Proven Investments trading 12,000 shares after rising 0.06 cent to close at 26 US cents and JMMB Group 6% preference share ended trading of 28,000 units at US$1. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 1.74 points to close at 191.08.
Junior Market suffers big fall – Wednesday
Honey Bun ended at a 52 week’s closing high on Wednesday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with the market Index dropping 34.35 points to close at 3,098.96 the prices of 11 securities advanced, 10 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
The market closed with 25 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,780,876 units valued $6,995,830 compared to 1,355,631 units valued at $6,100,280 on Tuesday from 27 securities.
Trading ended with an average of 71,235 units for an average of $279,833 in contrast to 50,209 units for an average of $225,936 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 165,183 valued at $713,709 and previously 171,991 shares with a value of $745,149. In contrast, May closed with an average of 81,626 units for an average of $311,248 for each security traded.
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 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.99 with 2,857 stock units changing hand, Cargo Handlers declined 20 cents to settle at $9 with an exchange of 2,354 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,000 shares at $14.30, Caribbean Producers exchanged 12,415 shares to close unchanged at $4.90. Dolphin Cove dived $1.50 with an exchange of 12,415 shares to close at $10.50. Everything Fresh dipped 3 cents in trading of 46,966 units at $1.47, Elite Diagnostic climbed 5 cents and exchanged 2,252 shares at $4, Express Catering ended trading 41,238 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $7.10, FosRich Group closed 4 cents higher at $5, with 11,700 stock units trading. Fontana ended trading 511,063 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $4.40, GWest Corporation dipped 14 cents trading of 9,414 units at $1.06. Honey Bun closed 17 cents higher to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $6.50, with 107,746 stock units changing hands, iCreate traded 59,830 units in closing at 79 cents,
Indies Pharma shed 20 cents in trading of 49,599 units at $3.10, Iron Rock closed at $3.55, trading 58,790 shares. Jamaican Teas lost 20 cents in trading of 59,159 units to close at $4.30, Jetcon Corporation climbed 4 cents and exchanged 4,800 shares at $1.99. Knutsford Express fell $1.50 in trading of 1,522 units at $11, Lasco Distributors ended trading of 5,754 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $3.69, Lasco Financial rose 10 cents to end at $5.30, trading 6,289 shares, Lasco Manufacturing lost 1 cent to close at $4 with 143,555 stock units changing hands. Main Event climbed 5 cents while exchanging 12,566 shares at $5.50, Medical Disposables lost 50 cents trading of 37,743 units at $7 and Stationery and Office ended trading of 30,476 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $9.60.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE pulls back from Tuesday’s record high
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 3,373.63 points to reach an intraday record high of 487,004.99 just after 11 am on Tuesday, but the market failed to hold on to the early gains ending with a modest fall at the close.
At the close on Tuesday, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dipped 92.71 points to 483,538.65 and the JSE Index declined 84.25 points to 440,398.66.
At the end market activity, on the main and US markets, the prices of 12 securities advanced, 16 declined and 9 traded firm, as a total of 37 securities traded, compared to 33 on Monday. Eppley and the Jamaica Stock Exchange shares closed at new all-time highs. Market activity ended with 41,671,400 units with a value of $333,001,137 changing hands, in contrast to 77,902,533 units for $226,722,040 on Monday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 37.5 million units or 90 percent of total main market volume, NCB Financial Group with 1.4 million shares changing hands equating to 2.4 percent of total trades, followed by JMMB Group 7.5% preference share with 697,600 stock units and less than one percent of the day’s trades. In the US Market Proven Investments traded 8.77 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments 1.24 units.
The market closed with average of 1,190,611 units valued at $9,514,318, in contrast to 2,360,683 shares valued at $6,870,365 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,482,687 shares, with a value of $12,268,768, compared to 1,508,699 shares, valued $12,537,308 previously. May closed with an average of 2,248,261 units at an average of $12,751,529 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments lost 80 cents and closed at $43, trading 44,274 shares, Eppley jumped $3.75 to an all-time high of $15.75 while trading just 500 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded 33,470 units with a fall of $1.75 to end at $32. Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped $1.75 to end at a record high, of $21.75, with 162,124 shares trading, JMMB Group fell $1 trading 52,642 shares to end at $38, Kingston Properties lost 50 cents to finish at $6, with 15,244 stock units, Kingston Wharves climbed $2 to close at $67, in trading 3,250 stock units. 
Mayberry Investments gained 25 cents trading 2.942 shares at $8.50, NCB Financial Group lost 99 cents to close at $173, with an exchange of 1,429,495 stock units, Portland JSX lost 65 cents to settle at $7.85, trading 500 shares, PanJam Investment climbed $1 to conclude trading of 37,270 shares at $95. Pulse Investments fell 48 cents to close at $2.50, trading 190,101 shares. Salada Foods traded just 703 shares and declined $2.99 to close at $31.01, Scotia Group fell 30 cents to $53.20, with an exchange of 105,110 shares and Stanley Motta lost 50 to end at $48, in trading 33,968 shares.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 10,005,524 units valued US$2,368,509 changing hands. Market activity ended with Proven Investments trading 8,765,244 shares after slipping 0.6 cent to close at 25.54 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments gained 0.05 cents and ended trading of 1,240,280 units at US$1.05. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 0.23 points to close at 189.34.
Junior Market trading drops – Tuesday
Trading levels pulled back sharply on Tuesday at the close of the Junior Market and ending with 27 securities changing hands, against 35 on Monday.
Volume of stocks trading fell 49 percent and the value declined 66 percent, compared to Monday. At the close, prices of 14 stocks rose, 9 declined and 4 remained unchanged leading the market index to inch 3.83 points higher to 3,133.31.
Just 1,355,631 units, valued $6,100,280 traded, compared to 2,681,294 units valued at $18,082,805 previously.
Trading ended with an average of 50,209 units for an average of $225,936 in contrast to 76,608 units for an average of $516,652 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 171,991 shares with a value of $745,149 compared to 182,331 shares carrying a value of $789,233 previously. In contrast, May closed with an average of 81,626 units for an average of $311,248 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging traded 13,709 shares at $2, Caribbean Cream climbed 29 cents in exchanging 1,100 shares at $5.79, Caribbean Producers lost 10 cents in trading 4,303 units at $4.90, Consolidated Bakeries closed 23 cents higher at $1.99, with 100 stock units trading. Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 10 cents at $2.60, in swapping 40,681 shares, Dolphin Cove closed unchanged at $12 with just 800 shares traded, Everything Fresh declined by 12 cents to settle at $1.50, after trading 2,189 units, Elite Diagnostic closed 10 cents higher at $3.95, with 29,150 stock units trading. Express Catering shed 10 cents in trading of 139,445 units at $6.90, FosRich Group close with a loss of 4 cents at $4.96, exchanging 22,698 shares, Fontana ended trading with 77,631 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at $4.39, General Accident closed 15 cents higher at $4.20, with 586 stock units trading. GWest Corporation rose 17 cents to close at $1.20, in exchanging 490 shares, Honey Bun dipped 2 cents in trading of 20,889 units at $6.33, 
Indies Pharma traded 74,924 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $3.30, Iron Rock closed 3 cents higher at $3.55, with 32,000 stock units trading. ISP Finance climbed 50 cents and exchanged 2,916 shares at $15.50, Jamaican Teas gained 6 cents in exchanging 1,104 shares at $4.50, Jetcon Corporation declined by 5 cents to settle at $1.95 after trading 54,881 units, Key Insurance climbed 35 cents and exchanged 180,623 shares at $3.35. Lasco Distributors fell 5 cents trading 23,742 units to close at $3.65, Lasco Financial exchanged 290,924 shares at $5.20, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 14 cents in trading 127,727 units to close at $4.01, Main Event ended trading with 65,328 shares, after rising 2 cents in closing at $5.45. Medical Disposables closed 10 cents higher at $7.50, with 9,507 stock units trading, SSL Venture Capital rose 10 cents to $1.60, in trading 16,400 shares and Stationery and Office closed trading of 53,750 units and gained 5 cents to end at $9.50.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE surges to new record close – Monday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market continues to reach new highs for the year as investors continue to focus their attention on main market stocks and leaving their Junior Market siblings to play second fiddle.
At the close on Monday, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,297.34 points to a record close of 483,631.36 and the JSE Index surged 2,996.42 points to yet another record close of 440,482.91.
At the close market activity, on the main and US markets, the prices of 12 securities advanced, 16 declined and 9 traded firm, as a total of 37 securities traded, compared to 33 on Friday. Market activity ended with 77,902,533 units for $226,722,040, in contrast to 96,408,959 units valued $1,106,187,077 on Friday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 74 million units or 95 percent of total main market volume, Grace Kennedy closed with 1.84 million shares changing hands equating to 2.4 percent of total trades, followed by Victoria Mutual Investments with 416,503 stock units and less than one percent of the day’s trades.
The market closed with average of 2,360,683 units valued $6,870,365, in contrast to 3,213,632 shares valued at $36,872,903 on Friday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,508,699 shares, with a value of $12,537,308, compared to 1,430,601 shares, with a value of $13,110,955 previously. May closed with an average of 2,248,261 units at an average of $12,751,529 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments rose 30 cents and closed at $43.80, trading 10,872 shares, Caribbean Cement dropped 80 cents to close at $79.10, with an exchange of 13,557 shares, Carreras dropped $1.05 to conclude trading of 120,555 units at $7.75, Eppley dived $1.40 to $12 in trading 7,500 shares. Jamaica Broilers finished trading 33,000 units with a fall of $ 2.25 to end at $33.75, Jamaica Producers traded 78,931 shares and rose $2 to close at $27, JMMB Group added $1 trading 73,874 shares to end at $39, Kingston Wharves dived $5 to close at $65, trading 8,937 stock units, Mayberry Investments fell 50 cents, trading 78,393 shares at $8.25. Mayberry Jamaica Equities fell 90 cents to end at $11.20, with 84,460 shares changing hands, PanJam Investment climbed $1 to conclude trading of 37,270 shares at $95. 
Pulse Investments rose 33 cents to close at $2.98, trading 24,500 shares. Salada Foods traded 205 shares after rising $1.50 to close at $34, , Sagicor Group traded 18,082 units with a rise of 50 cents to close at $48.50, Scotia Group climbed $1.25 to close at $53.50, with an exchange of 172,626 shares and Seprod lost $1.98 to end at $48, in trading 99,522 shares.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 7,144 units valued at over US$8,587 changing hands. Market activity ended with JMMB Group 6% preference share closed at US$1 trading 3,244 units, JMMB Group 5.75% settled trading of 2,500 shares at US$2, Margaritaville Turks exchanged 100 units at 25 US cents and Proven Investments traded 1,300 units in closing at 26 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined 0.23 points to close at 189.11.
Surge for Junior Market stocks – Monday
GWest traded at the lowest price since listing in 2017.
Trading levels climbed on Monday with broad based involvement of Junior Market companies, except for just three to end with 35 securities changing hands, compared to 30 on Friday.
At the close of trading, prices of 12 stocks rose, 16 declined and 7 remained unchanged. The market index inched 1.14 points higher to close at 3,129.48.
Market activities ended with 2,681,294 units at $18,082,806 changing hands, compared to 3,154,186 units valued at $11,105,777 previously.
Trading ended with an average of 76,608 units for an average of $516,652 in contrast to 105,140 units for an average of $370,193 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 182,331 shares carrying a value of $789,233 compared to 195,406 shares carrying a value of $822,944 previously. In contrast, May closed with an average of 81,626 units for an average of $311,248 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended market activity exchanging 500 shares to close at $43.50 after falling $1.50, AMG Packaging traded 6,047 shares at $2, Blue Power closed at $4.50 as 14,513 shares were exchanged, CAC 2000 declined 24 cents to settle at $12.76. Cargo Handlers lost 5 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.20, Caribbean Cream exchanged just 600 units to end at $5.50, Caribbean Flavours closed with 222 shares trading at $14.30, Caribbean Producers ended trading with 7,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to $5. Consolidated Bakeries ended market activity exchanging 3,458 shares to close at $1.76 after falling 4 cents, Derrimon Trading dipped 10 cents in trading 603,842 units to close at $2.70, Dolphin Cove closed 29 cents higher at $12, with 1,000,000 stock units trading, Everything Fresh closed with a rise of 1 cent to $1.62, with an exchange of 2,189 stock units. Elite Diagnostic closed at $3.85 in exchanging 126,160 shares trading, Express Catering traded 76,711 stock units in closing at $7, FosRich Group climbed 20 cents exchanging 53,543 shares at $5, Fontana dipped 15 cents in trading of 181,035 units at $4.20. General Accident ended market activity exchanging 7,000 shares to close at $4.05 after falling 10 cents, GWest Corporation declined by 23 cents to settle at an all-time low of $1.03, Honey Bun traded 3,478 shares, after rising 35 cents to end at $6.35, iCreate exchanged 23,500 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at 79 cents. Indies Pharma close with a loss of 30 cents at $3.10, swapping 228,262 shares, Iron Rock ended trading with 22,316 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $3.52, 
Jamaican Teas climbed 14 cents in exchanging 18,819 shares at $4.44, Jetcon Corporation declined 5 cents to settle at $2. KLE Group climbed 25 cents and exchanged 3,000 shares at $2.15, Knutsford Express settled at $12.50, while trading 1,585 shares, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 18,102 shares, after rising 5 cents to $3.70, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.20 with 25,931 stock units changing hand. Lasco Manufacturing traded 18,944 units and gained 13 cents to end at $4.15, Main Event closed trading of 3,560 units with a gain of 12 cents at $5.43, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of 40 cents at $7.40, swapping 20,000 shares, Paramount Trading concluded trading of 77,952 shares, at $2. SSL Venture Capital close with a loss of 15 cents at $1.50, after exchanging 3,840 shares, Stationery and Office dipped 5 cents to $9.45, with an exchange of 34,996 shares and tTech declined by 44 cents to settle at $4.86.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Just one new stock for IC TOP 10
Stocks mostly closed higher on the Jamaica Stock Exchange during the past week but Lasco Financial was the sole stock falling from the TOP 10 listings and letting Jamaican Teas back in.
Rising stock prices in the last week help in reducing the projected gains for some of the leading stocks compared to position at the end of the prior week. The three leading Junior Market stocks for the coming week are, Iron Rock with projected gains of 242 percent, followed by Caribbean Producers 233 percent and tTech with possible gains of 202 percent.
Radio Jamaica with potential gains of 161 percent leads main market stocks, followed by Sterling Investments with 156 percent and Victoria Mutual Investments in third spot with the potential to gain 144 percent by March next year.
The main market, closed the week with the overall PE rising to 15.2 but the Junior Market remains at 11.1. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks averages 7.2 and the main market PE 9.1. These levels, point to a big upside for TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months and Junior Market stocks in particular.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 35 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 40 percent to the overall market.
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.
This report is compiled by persons who may have interest in the securities commented on.
JSE rise on volume surge – Friday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market made gains at the close of trading on Friday, but pulled back sharply after as much as 6,551.54 on the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index that touched 485,516.89 after just 11 minutes of opening.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 1,368.67 points to 480,334.02 and the JSE Index advanced 1,243.76 points to 437,486.49.
At the close market activity, on the main and US markets, the prices of 14 securities advanced, 12 declined and 7 traded firm, as a total of 33 securities traded, compared to 29 on Thursday. Market activity ended with 96,408,959 units valued $1,106,187,077, in contrast to 39,807,927 units valued $250,698,516 on Thursday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 55.9 million units or 58 percent of total main market volume, Sagicor Group closed with 17.8 million shares changing hands equating to 18.5 percent of total trades, followed by Stanley Motta with 15 million stock units and 16 percent of the day’s trades. Also coming in with good volumes are Mayberry Jamaica Equities trading 2.38 million shares and Wisynco Group with 2.86 million shares.
The market closed with average of 3,213,632 units valued at over $36,872,903, in contrast to 1,531,074 shares valued at $9,642,251 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,430,601 shares, with a value of $13,110,955, compared to 1,268,507 shares, with a value of $10,702,650 previously. May closed with an average of 2,248,261 units at an average of $12,751,529 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closing with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments lost 60 cents and closed at $43.50, trading 4,405 shares, Berger Paints shed 50 cents to close at $18, trading 2,450 stock units, Grace Kennedy declined $1.35 while trading 226,753 stock units to end at $60.15, Jamaica Broilers finished trading of 30,077 units with a fall of $2to end at $31.50. Jamaica Producers traded 79,828 shares and lost $1.50 to close at $25, JMMB Group lost $1.60 in trading 58,706 shares to end at $38, Kingston Wharves jumped $4.99 to close at $70, trading 950 stock units, Mayberry Investments gained 25 cents, trading 38,040 shares at $8.75. Mayberry Jamaica Equities rose 79 cents to end at $12.10, with 2,382,293 shares changing hands, 
NCB Financial Group rose 99 cents trading 175,511 shares to end at $173.99, PanJam Investment climbed 60 cents to conclude trading of 42,454 shares at $94. Proven Investments exchanged just 100 units and rose $1 in closing at $35, Pulse Investments lost 28 cents to close at $2.65, trading 47,375 shares, Sagicor Group traded 17,794,498 units with a rise of 40 cents to close at $48, Scotia Group climbed $2.25 to close at $52.25, with an exchange of 502,721 shares. Seprod rose $1.98 to end at $49.98, in trading 168,276 shares, Supreme Ventures lost 40 cents trading 151,529 shares to settle at $29.40 and Wisynco Group traded 2,859,714 shares and rose $1 to end at a record close of $19.50.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 422,452 units valued at $96,845 changing hands. Market activity ended with Margaritaville Turks trading 3,869 units at 25 US cents, Proven Investments exchanging 344,925 units, rising 1 cent, in closing at 26 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 73,658 units to end at 10 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined 0.69 points to close at 189.34.
Junior Market trading jumps – Friday
Junior Market stock trading.
Trading levels climbed on Friday with the volume rising 209 percent above Thursday’s level and the valued traded rising 127 percent.
Market activities ended with 3,154,186 units valued at $11,105,777 changing hands, compared to 1,021,456 units valued at $4,902,792 previously.
Trading ended with an average of 105,140 units for an average of $370,193 in contrast to 37,832 units for an average of $181,585 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 195,406 shares carrying a value of $822,944 compared to 206,109 shares carrying a value of $876,630 previously. In contrast, May closed with an average of 81,626 units for an average of $311,248 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, 30 securities changed hands, compared to 27 on Thursday, resulting in prices of 10 advancing, 9 declining and 11 remaining unchanged. The market index declined 3.86 points to close at 3,128.34.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging exchanged 1,055,500 stock units and ended at $2, Cargo Handlers closed with a loss of 27 cents at $9.25, while 18,291 shares crossed the exchange, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 700 shares and rose 23 cents to $5.50, Caribbean Flavours traded 1,000 stock units at $14.30. Caribbean Producers fell 5 cents to close at $4.80, with 27,052 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.80, trading 6,100 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading with 400 shares and lost 29 cents to close at $11.71, Everything Fresh settled 3 cents higher at $1.61, with 72,000 units trading. Elite Diagnostic ended trading of 31,141 shares and rose 9 cents to $3.85, Express Catering traded 43,433 shares at $7, FosRich Group declined 15 cents to close at $4.80, with an exchange of 53,704 shares, Fontana closed 10 cents higher at $4.35, trading 461,059 stock units. General Accident ended at $4.15, with 686,600 units changing hands, Honey Bun finished at $6, with an exchange of 50,599 shares, iCreate settled at 78 cents, with 15,000 shares trading, Indies Pharma ended trading of 88,150 stock units and gained 15 cents to close at $3.40. 
Iron Rock traded with 48,700 units and inched 1 cent higher to $3.51, ISP Finance exchanged 1,334 shares at $15, Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4.30, with an exchange of 61,774 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.05, with 28,133 shares changing hands. Knutsford Express settled at $12.50, in trading 1,000 shares, Lasco Distributors ended trading of 50,158 shares, with a loss of 4 cents at $3.65, Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 1 cent at $5.21, with an exchange of 258,493 shares, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading of 40,805 stock units with a loss of 4 cents at $4.02. Main Event closed with a loss of 9 cents at $5.31, while trading 21,058 units, Medical Disposables ended 30 cents higher at $7.80, with 6,490 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading concluded trading of 20,100 shares, at $2. SSL Venture Capital exchanged 200 shares and ended 15 cents higher, to close at $1.65, Stationery and Office settled 10 cents higher at $9.50, with 756 stock units trading and tTech traded 4,456 shares at $5.30.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market trading drops – Thursday
Junior Market volume contracts on Thursday.
Trading levels declined on Thursday compared to Wednesday, ending with 1,021,456 units valued at $4,902,792 changing hands, compared to 2,945,014 units valued at $13,949,439 changing hands previously but this may be a signal of higher prices ahead.
Trading ended with an average of 37,832 units for an average of $181,585 in contrast to 101,552 units for an average of $481,015 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 206,109 shares carrying a value of $876,630 compared to 226,213 shares carrying a value of $959,667 previously. In contrast, May closed with an average of 81,626 units for an average of $311,248 for each security traded.
At the close of market activities, 27 securities changed hands, compared to 29 on Wednesday, resulting in prices of 12 advancing, 7 declining and 8 remaining unchanged. The market index rose a mere 1.26 points to close at 3,132.20.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gained 1 cent to end at $2, with an exchange of 21,200 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 22,222 units at $4.50, 
Cargo Handlers rose 2 cents to close at $9.52, with 1,500 shares crossing the exchange, Caribbean Cream ended trading 13,900 shares, at $5.27. Caribbean Flavours traded 96,000 stock units and lost $1.70 to close at $14.30, Caribbean Producers ended 5 cents higher at $4.85, with an exchange of 32,000 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, while trading 11,316 shares, Derrimon Trading ended 3 cents higher at $2.80, with after exchanging 17,300 stock units. Everything Fresh settled with a loss of 1 cent at $1.58, with an exchange of 49,729 units, Elite Diagnostic ended trading of 45,925 shares with a loss of 9 cents at $3.76, Express Catering traded 7,059 shares and rose 1 cent to $7, FosRich Group finished trading 55,360 shares at $4.95. Fontana closed 14 cents higher at $4.25, after exchanging 20,600 stock units, GWest Corporation concluded trading of 28,353 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $1.26, Honey Bun gained 7 cents to close at $6, with 12,459 shares changing hands, iCreate settled 1 cent higher at 78 cents, with an exchange of 47,115 shares. Indies Pharma ended trading with 23,794 stock units and declined 1 cent to $3.25, Jamaican Teas closed at $4.40, with 28,032 shares changing hands, 
Jetcon Corporation ended at $2.09, with an exchange of 110,200 shares, KLE Group closed at $1.90, trading 5,343 units. Knutsford Express settled at $12.50, in exchanging 2,734 shares, Lasco Distributors ended 19 cents higher at $3.69, with 60,088 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial traded 240,378 shares and gained 20 cents to close at $5.20, Lasco Manufacturing finished 6 cents higher at $4.06, trading 33,847 stock units. Main Event closed with a loss of 48 cents at $5.40, with 4,350 units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital finished with a loss of 15 cents at $1.50, with 10,000 shares traded and Stationery and Office settled 20 cents higher at $9.40, with 20,652 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.