Junior Market stock trading.
The market index dived 43.58 points to close at 3,077.63 as 26 securities changed hands with prices of 7 stocks rising, 10 declining and 9 remaining unchanged, compared with 23 securities changed hands previously.
Trading ended with an average of 119,513 units for an average of $450,677 in contrast to 69,332 units for an average of $296,654 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 122,660 valued at $474,863 and previously 124,264 units valued at $487,194. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
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shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.At the close of the market, Access Financial traded 14,046 shares at $45.50, AMG Packaging ended 4 cents higher at $2.20, with an exchange of 5,000 stock units, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 3 cents at $9, with the swapping of 23,674 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 58,978 units, with a loss of 29 cents at $4.70. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 9 cents at $2, with 52,535 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.60, while trading 181,518 shares, Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.45, with 46,797 stock units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 14 cents at $3.02, with an exchange of 3,730 units, Express Catering ended trading of 51,100 shares at $8, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 40 cents at $4, with 7,484 shares, Fontana finished trading at $4.05, with 66,924 shares. General Accident closed with a loss of 30 cents at $4.20, with 93,750 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended 10 cents higher at $1.50, trading 26,782 units, Honey Bun concluded
trading with 300 shares at $4, iCreate closed at $1.01, with an exchange of 102,200 shares. Indies Pharma ended at $3.10, with 23,500 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled 1 cent higher at $3.99, with an exchange of 1,400 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 1,000 units for an increase of 10 cents to close at $4.10. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 6,210 shares with a rise of 5 cents to $2.85, Key Insurance closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3, with 4,000 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors finished 2 cents higher at $3.72, with an exchange of 193,890 units. Lasco Financial traded 16,000 shares with a loss of 2 cents to end at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with a loss of 25 cents at $3.40, while exchanging 2,015,333 shares, Main Event traded 7,248 shares at $5.45, Paramount Trading closed at $2.50, with 100 units changing hands and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 103,830 shares at $6.75.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Mayberry Investments lost 92 cents trading 17,500 shares to close at $8.28, Salada Foods rose 95 cents in closing at $30, with 200 shares changing hands. Scotia Group dropped 49 cents trading 30,677 shares at $51.01, Seprod rose $1.29 to close at $43.44 in trading 2,351 shares, Supreme Ventures dropped $2.50 to finish at a record high of $27, with an exchange of 111,448 units.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $45.50, with an exchange of 7,807 shares, AMG Packaging ended 1 cent higher at $2.16, with 5,000 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 72,817 units, with a loss of 20 cents in closing at $4.30, Cargo Handlers settled at $11, in trading 1,500 shares. Caribbean Producers finished trading of 41,150 units with a rise of 19 cents to end $4.99, Consolidated Bakeries closed 4 cents higher at $2.09, with an exchange of 2,448 shares, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.65, with an exchange of 16,113 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.40, trading 244,900 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled with a rise of 16 cents at $3.16, in trading 1,000 units, Express Catering swapped 33,377 shares after rising 20 cents higher at $8, FosRich Group traded 4,777 shares, in rising 65 cents higher to $4.40, Fontana finished 
trading at $4.05, with 770,452 shares, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4, with 34,550 shares. iCreate rose 1 cent to close at $1.01, with an exchange of 6,590 shares. Iron Rock settled with a loss of 1 cent at $3.98, trading 5,000 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 12,224 units and rose 10 cents higher to $4, Jetcon Corporation traded 17,185 shares, at $2.80, Key Insurance closed at $3.15, with 1,000 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 19 cents at $3.70, with an exchange of 61,905 units, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 16,413 shares and closed 10 cents higher at $3.65, Main Event traded with a loss of 6 cents at $5.45, with 650 shares crossing through the exchange. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.65, with an exchange of 2,670 shares and Stationery and Office lost 5 cents to close at $6.75, with 235,105 shares changing hands.
trading 7,100 shares to close at $9.20, Sagicor Group declined 48 cents to settle at $38.02, with 34,475 shares changing hands. Scotia Group dropped $1.30 trading 65,407 shares at $51.50, Seprod rose 44 cents to close at $43.44 in trading 2,351 shares, Sterling Investments rose 49 cents and concluded trading at $3.99, with 51,216 stock units. Supreme Ventures rose $2.01 to finish at a record high of $29.50, with an exchange of 111,448 units, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 30 cents in trading 21,821 units, to end at $12 and Wisynco Group lost 45 cents and ended trading of 242,543 shares to close at $11.50.
24 cents at $4, iCreate shed 1 cent to close at $1, with an exchange of 29,530 shares. Indies Pharma finished 1 cent higher at $3.10, with an exchange of 16,923 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 12,654 units to close at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with 1,950 shares at $2.80, Lasco Distributors finished 4 cents higher at $3.89, with 51,810 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 2 cents higher at $4.52, in exchanging 100 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 7,000 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.55, Main Event traded 55,300 shares at $5.51, Paramount Trading closed 20 cents higher at $2.50, with 1,000 units changing hands. Stationery and Office concluded trading with 8,250 shares at $6.80 and tTech settled with a loss of 50 cents at $5.50, with an exchange of 15,000 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% ended 3 cents higher at $1.98, with 30,000 stock units changing hands.
The major change in IC Insider.com’s TOP 10 this pass week, is a sharp change in the stocks showing highest potential gains. 
Main Market stocks have gone in the opposite direction with a fall in the price of Sterling Investments to $3.50, the stock now boost potential to gains 186 percent, followed by Victoria Mutual investments with 156 percent likely gain and Radio Jamaica at 152 percent, being third. 
The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks average 6.9 and the main market PE is now 8.4. These levels, point to the huge upside for the TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months.
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.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange in another drive to take out the record high of November last year closed March within 7,000 points of the record high. 
Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 701,614 shares amounting to 13 percent of the overall volume.
$38.50, with 57,957 shares changing hands. Scotia Group climbed $1.80 trading 87,138 shares at $52.80, Seprod rose $1.29 to close at $43 in trading 49,920 shares, Sterling Investments lost 47 cents and concluded trading at $3.50, with 41,000 stock units. Supreme Ventures rose 49 cents to finish at $27.49, with an exchange of 173,445 units, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 80 cents with 24,000 units trading, to end at $12.30 and Wisynco Group gained 45 cents and ended trading of 58,584 shares to close at $11.95.
day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
loss of 5 cents at $1.40, in exchanging 10,000 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 324 shares with a loss of 1 cent to close at $4.24. iCreate added 1 cent to close at $1.01, with an exchange of 29,400 shares, Indies Pharma finished at $3.09, with 1,946,580 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled 44 cents higher at $3.99, with an exchange of 750 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 1,800 units to close at $3.90. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 5,865 shares with a loss of 20 cents to close at $2.80. Knutsford Express closed 80 cents higher to $12.70, with 112,159 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 4 cents at $3.85, exchanging 55,627 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 5 cents at $4.50, with an exchange 145,483 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 187,738 shares with a rise of 30 cents to $3.60. Main Event traded 1 cent higher at $5.51, with 4,700 shares, Paramount Trading closed at $2.30, with the trading of 160,106 units and tTech settled at $6, with 6,425 stock units changing hands.
Jamaican stocks pulled in trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with the market falling under 1,000 points was the volume and value declined sharply from Wednesday’s level. 
$10,473,147 on the prior trading day. Trading for February resulted in an average of 281,016 shares with a value of $11,715,160, for each security traded.
Jamaica Producers rose 45 cents to close at $22, with 5,985 shares changing hands, Kingston Wharves fell $1 and finished at $71, with an exchange of 4,249 stock units. Mayberry Investments gained 88 cents trading 9,588 shares to close at $8.89, NCB Financial Group lost 75 cents trading 343,382 shares at $144.25, Proven Investments traded 100 units and rose $2 to end at $32, Sagicor Group lost $1.63 to settle at $38.02, with 92,585 shares changing hands. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 28,481 shares after rising 40 cents at $10.60, Scotia Group finished trading at $52.80, with 87,138 shares, Seprod fell $1.29 to close at $41.71 in trading 35,284 shares, Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to finish at $27, with an exchange of 566,003 units and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 80 cents with 20,000 units trading, to end at $11.50.
Lasco Manufacturing traded 10 million shares on Junior Market on Thursday, accounting for 89 percent of the day’s volume that saw 11,336,686 units changing hands at $37,683,562, compared to 6,366,628 units valued at $24,922,045, changing hands on Wednesday. 
shares, at $4.05. GWest Corporation ended 15 cents higher at $1.45, in trading 16,715 units,