The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market index jumped sharply by 46.18 points to close at 3,118.75 on Monday as advancing stocks outpaced declining stocks by a ratio of 3 to 2.
The day’s gain brings to 11 the number of times the index recorded gained for May with just 3 days of declines.
At the close of market activities, 26 securities changed hands, compared to 25 on Friday and resulted in prices of 11 securities rising, 7 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Market activity led to an exchange of 1,462,465 units valued at $6,385,186 compared to 1,770,415 units valued at $8,192,998 on Friday. The average trade for the day amounts to 56,249 units for $245,584 each, in contrast to 70,817 units for an average of $327,720 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 56,984 units for an average of $243,157 and previously, 56,984 units for an average of $243,157. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $2.10, with 23,718 stock units crossing the exchange, Blue Power concluded trading with 8,387 units at $4.40, Caribbean Cream ended trading of just 100 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $5.90, Caribbean Producers rose 10 cents to $4.90, with 4,953 units changing hands. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, after exchanging of 211,500 shares, Derrimon Trading closed at $3, with 22,800 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 8 cents at $1.45, with 10,800 stock units crossing the exchange, Elite Diagnostic ended trading of 100,548 shares with a loss of 65 cents to close at $3.35. Express Catering traded 35,183 shares and rose 10 cents to $7.10, FosRich Group finished trading 498,363 shares, with a loss of 25 cents at $4.75, Fontana closed at $4.55, with 118,747 stock units changing hands, General Accident gained 50 cents to end at $4.50, with an exchange of 25,000 units. GWest Corporation concluded trading of 5,000 shares for 6 cents higher at $1.45, Honey Bun finished with a loss of 49 cents at $4.50, with 25,090 shares crossing the exchange, iCreate settled at 85 cents trading 28,733 shares,
Indies Pharma traded 61,820 stock units with a loss of 3 cents to end at $3.15. ISP Finance jumped $3.50 to $19.50, trading a mere 343 shares, Jamaican Teas closed 45 cents higher at $4.10, with 15,500 shares crossing the exchange, Jetcon Corporation ended 2 cents higher at $1.82, in exchanging 20,100 shares, Knutsford Express settled at $12.50, with 1,957 shares crossing the exchange. Lasco Distributors ended trading of 37,739 shares at $3.80, Lasco Financial exchanged 53,699 shares, 19 cents higher at $4.70, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 10,150 stock units and rose 6 cents higher to $3.40, Main Event closed 44 cents higher at $5.50, with an exchange of 1,209 units. Stationery and Office settled with a loss of 49 cents at $9, with 140,452 stock units changing hands and tTech traded 574 shares and rose 30 cents to end at $5.60.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Lasco Financial with likely gains of 210 percent, followed by Iron Rock with potential gains of 208 percent. Of the three on Lasco Financial seems likely to break out after they release full year results later this month.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market pulled back from the 
Kingston Wharves jumped $3 trading 2,007 shares in closing at $68, NCB Financial Group added $2.40 with 896,238 shares changing hands, to close at $150, Proven Investments closed trading of 8,883 shares and gained of 50 cents to end at $32. Sagicor Group dropped $3.49 to end at $45 in trading 15,159,344 stock units, Scotia Group lost $1 trading 90,712 shares to close at $50 and Stanley Motta concluded trading 25,031,916 stock units after gaining 64 cents to close at $5.39.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed $3 higher at $48, with an exchange of 3,010 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.10, with 7,200 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Flavours traded 9,579 stock units and rose 50 cents to close at $17. Caribbean Producers finished trading 243,930 units with a loss of 10 cents to end at $4.80, Derrimon Trading ended 15 cents higher at $3, with an exchange of 88,950 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 101,844 shares and rose by 5 cents to close at $12.05, Everything Fresh settled at $1.53, with 78,014 units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic ended trading 154,178 shares and gained 50 cents to close at but only after peaking at an all-time high of $5.01a 52 weeks’ high of $4. Express Catering traded 76,434 shares and rose by 10 cents to $7, FosRich Group finished trading 58,012 shares at $5, Fontana closed at $4.55, with an exchange of 106,972 stock units, General Accident ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4, with 168,823 units changing hands. Honey Bun finished 99 cents higher at $4.99, with an exchange of 39,250 shares, iCreate settled at $0.85, with an exchange of 39,000 shares, Indies Pharma ended trading 388,224 stock units, with a loss of 12 cents to end at $3.18, ISP Finance jumped $3.50 to $16, in trading 1,000 shares.
Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 55 cents at $3.65, with an exchange of 17,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 60 cents at 52 weeks’ low of $1.80, with 5,300 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading of 62,004 shares with a loss of 10 cents to close at $3.80. Lasco Financial fell 9 cents to close at $4.51, with 35,492 shares traded, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 6,826 stock units with a loss of 16 cents to close at $3.34, Medical Disposables ended at $6.85, with 1,400 shares crossing through the exchange. Paramount Trading concluded trading at $2.10, with 3,750 shares, Stationery and Office settled with a loss of 21 cents at $9.49, with 70,523 stock units changing hands and tTech traded with a loss of 60 cents at $5.30, with an exchange of 3,700 shares.
In contrast to 155,009 units for an average of $11,808,211 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 151,264 units valued $10,107,212 and previously, 140,206 units valued at $10,217,241. Trading for April resulted in an average of 157,923 shares at $3,718,919, for each security traded.
Proven Investments closed trading of 626,638 shares with a gain of 50 cents to end at $31.50, Pulse Investments fell 53 cents and settled at $2.45, trading 100,000 shares. Sagicor Group jumped $2.94 to end at $48.49 in trading 50,313 stock units, Scotia Group added 60 cent in trading 34,208 shares to close at $51. Seprod rose 99 cent to close $45, with 27,825 shares changing hands and Sygnus Investments ended trading of 116,610 shares with a rise of 80 cents to end at $13.
Caribbean Producers closed trading with 47,875 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $4.90. Derrimon Trading ended 4 cents higher at $2.85, with 12,921 shares changing hands. Everything Fresh settled at $1.53, with an exchange of 98,588 units, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 366,435 shares and climbed 34 cents higher to end at $3.50, Express Catering traded 22,427 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $6.90. FosRich Group ended the trading of 59,176 shares, at $5, Fontana closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4.55, in exchanging 96,454 stock units, General Accident ended with a loss of 39 cents at $4.10, with 9,800 units traded, GWest Corporation concluded trading of 42,971 shares at $1.39. Honey Bun finished 20 cents higher at $4, with 114,649 shares changing hands, iCreate settled with a loss of 5 cents at $0.85, with an exchange of 41,886 shares, Indies Pharma ended trading of 42,723 stock units, with a loss of 5 cents in closing at $3.30, ISP Finance jumped $1.30 to close at $12.50 after trading 430 shares. Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $4.20, after trading 106,203 shares, 
Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.40, with an exchange of 76,185 shares, KLE Group finished trading 12,059 units at $2.40, Knutsford Express settled at $12.50, with 13,621 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 111,463 shares and rose 1 cent higher to $3.90. Lasco Financial traded 41,105 shares, with a loss of 10 cents to close at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing closed 16 cents higher at $3.50, with 29,767 stock units changing hands, Main Event closed 6 cents higher at $5.06, with 16,165 units changing hands, Stationery and Office climbed $1.20 higher to $9.70, with an exchange of 73,200 stock units and tTech traded 5,000 shares with a loss of 29 cents to close at $5.90.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed lower again on Wednesday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declining 1,409.29 points to 448,710.64 and the JSE Index dropping 1,280.66 points to 408,748.85.
Sagicor Group lost 55 cents to end at $45.55 in trading 151,300 stock units, Scotia Group fell 60 cent in trading 10,571 units to close at $50.40. Seprod declined $1.94 to $44.01, with 323,145 shares changing hands, Stanley Motta lost 65 cents to close at $4.75, with an exchange of 4,600 shares and Victoria Mutual Investments ended trading of 297,418 shares with a rise of 30 cents to end at a record close of $4.60.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday in an exchange of 1,527,469 units valued at $5,859,798, compared to 1,508,027 units valued at $8,243,329 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, Blue Power concluded trading of 5,300 units with a loss of 30 cents at $4.40, Cargo Handlers lost 75 cents in closing at $10, with an exchange of just 300 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading with 38,112 units, and fell 15 cents to end at $4.75. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, in trading 1,300 shares, Derrimon Trading ended 31 cents higher at $2.81, while exchanging 244,762 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 756 shares, with a loss of 5 cents in closing at $12, Everything Fresh settled with a loss of 7 cents at $1.53, with 180,495 units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 111,323 shares and rose 16 cents higher to $3.16, Express Catering traded 56,263 shares at $7, FosRich Group traded 31,741 shares, at $5, Fontana closed 10 cents higher at $4.60, with 470,171 stock units changing hands. General Accident ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.49, with 10,000 units traded. GWest Corporation concluded trading with 14,282 shares, after rising 2 cents higher to $1.39, Honey Bun finished with a loss of 25 cents at $3.80, trading 3,948 shares, iCreate settled at 90 cents, with 29,014 shares crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma ended 
trading 36,600 stock units and rose 10 cents to close at $3.35. Iron Rock traded 116,347 units with a loss of 40 cents in closing at $3.50, Jamaican Teas closed 55 cents higher at $4.10, with an exchange of 24,296 shares, Jetcon Corporation added 20 cents to close at $2.50, with 500 shares traded, Knutsford Express fell 25 cents to $12.50, trading 1,150 shares. Lasco Distributors ended trading of 29,827 shares, at $3.89, Lasco Financial exchanged 6,000 shares, and rose 20 cents to close at $4.70, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 3,260 stock units after falling 26 cents to end at $3.34, Main Event closed with a loss of 50 cents at $5, with 8,129 units changing hands. Medical Disposables ended at $6.85, while exchanging 2,000 shares, SSL Venture Capital finished with a loss of 9 cents at $1.61, with 28,000 shares traded and Stationery and Office settled at $8.50 with an exchange of 72,193 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended 10 cents higher at $2, with 1,400 stock units changing hands.
Pulse Investments rose 49 cents and settled at $2.99, with an exchange of 3,061 shares, Sagicor Group added $2.10 to.10 end at $46 in trading 688,441 stock units, Scotia Group rose $1 in trading 11,194 units to close at $51. Seprod gained 93 cents and ended at $45.95, with 55,694 shares changing hands, Supreme Ventures rose 36 cents to close at $31.86, with an exchange of 314,307 shares and Wisynco Group ended trading of 3,030,145 shares with a rise of 24 cents to end at $14.99.
with a loss of 9 cents at $3.25, Jamaican Teas lost 65 cents in closing at $3.55, trading 114,500 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended at $2.30, with 109,780 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express settled with a loss of 25 cents at $12.75, in trading 9,170 shares. Lasco Distributors ended trading 30,777 shares, at $3.89, Lasco Financial traded 6,725 shares with a loss of 50 cents at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 55,165 stock units and rose 10 cents to settle at $3.60, Main Event closed with a loss of 10 cents at $5.50, in exchanging 2,000 units. Paramount Trading concluded trading of 400 shares at $2.10, investors acted strongly to a 30 percent rise in the profit of Stationery and Office by driving the price up by $1.49 to close at $8.50 with 198,850 stock units changing hands and tTech traded 70,000 shares 9 cents higher at $6.19.