Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed sharply on Thursday with 8,679,414 units valued at $30,344,251 crossing the exchange, compared to 17,755,553 units valued at $89,888,819 exchanged on Wednesday.
At the close of trading 29 securities changed hands, compared with 27 on Wednesday. The Junior Market index climbed 21.14 points to close at 3,091.22 as the prices of 12 securities rose, 9 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 299,290 units for an average of $1,046,353 in contrast to 657,613 units for an average of $3,329,215 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 206,420 shares valued at $875,602 compared to 194,026 shares valued at $852,887 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 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 5 with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $48, in trading 650 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2, with 686,844 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading with 100 units after a loss of 35 cents to end at $4.65. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 7 cents at $12.58, with an exchange of 500 shares, Caribbean Flavours dropped $1.05 to close at $16.95 in trading 82,000 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.60, with 7,261 units changing hands. Derrimon Trading ended at $2.87, with an exchange of 30,950 shares, Everything Fresh finished 10 cents higher at $1.60, trading 7,000 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.25, with 21,494 units trading. Express Catering ended trading 50 cents higher at $8, with 570,123 shares, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 16 cents at $4, with 75,479 shares, Fontana finished trading 130,851 shares at $4.06, General Accident closed 55 cents higher at $4.50, while exchanging 180,624 stock units. GWest Corporation gained 5 cents in closing at $1.80, trading 13,717 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 12,800 shares at $3.85, ICreate gained 3 cents to close at 98 cents, in trading 42,305 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 10 
cents at $3.01,with 475,330 shares changing hands. ISP Finance ended trading 500 stock units and rose $2 to close at $15.50, Jamaican Teas traded 72,300 units and rose 5 cents higher to $3.80, KLE Group ended at $2.80, with 8,689 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express concluded trading with 150 stock units and lost 10 cents to end at $12.70. Lasco Distributors finished 30 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 10,150 units, Lasco Financial settled 1 cent higher at $4.41, with 10,400 shares trading, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 6,167,975 shares after rising 6 cents to $3.06, Main Event traded 55 cents higher at $5.80, with 1,229 shares changing hands. Medical Disposables finished trading 43,371 stock units and rose 50 cents to $7.50, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.70, with just 2,500 shares passing through the exchange, Stationery and Office concluded trading 23,924 shares with a loss of 22 cents in closing at $7.25 and Sweet River finished with a loss of 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of at $3, with 198 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
volume changing hands and PanJam Investment ended with 854,177 units, for 20 percent of the day’s volume.
at $145, 138 Student Living lost $1.40 to close at $4 in trading just 2,000 units. PanJam Investment lost 30 cents to end at $81.70, in trading 854,177 units, Sagicor Group gained 45 cents in trading 47,705 shares, to close at $38.55. Salada Foods lost 95 cents trading 1,808 units to close at $29.05, Seprod jumped $1.90 to close at $44.50, with 9,463 shares changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 40 cents to close at $13.30 trading 40,954 shares.
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The market indices of the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange made just modest gains at the end of trading on Wednesday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index inching a mere 78.55 points higher to 425,425.20 and the JSE Index added just 71.38 points to end at 387,588.58.
$75, with an exchange of 7,402 units, Mayberry Investments lost 50 cents and ended trading 419,408 shares, to close at $8.50. NCB Financial Group lost 50 cents trading 374,131 shares to close at $144.50, PanJam Investment climbed $2 and ended 52 weeks’ closing high of $82, with 42,011 units trading,after posting an intraday high of $85, Sagicor Group fell $1.40 in trading 109,500 shares, to close at $38.10. Salada Foods rose $1 in trading 15,582 units to close at $30, Scotia Group fell 40 cents and finished trading 37,132 shares at $51.90 and Seprod slipped 95 cents to close at $42.60, with 157,013 shares changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed sharply on Wednesday with 17,755,553 units valued at $89,888,819 crossing the exchange, compared to 2,988,737 units valued at $11,616,949 exchanged on Tuesday. 
compared to 128,493 shares valued at $502,830 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
with a loss of 40 cents at $7.50. FosRich Group traded 78,897 shares with a loss of 9 cents at $4.16, Fontana closed 6 cents higher at $4.06, with 522,903 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 55 cents at $3.95, while switching ownership of 2,422,309 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.75, trading just 647 units. ICreate fell 4 cents to close at 95 cents, in trading 36,885 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.11, with an exchange of 336,665 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 51,111 units, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 33 cents higher at $3.10, with 33,533 shares changing hand. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 6 cents at $3.70, with 1,318,768 units crossing the exchange, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, trading 47,833 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 791,665 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $3, Paramount Trading closed at $2.11, with an exchange of 2,000,000 units, SSL Venture Capital ended 4 cents higher at $1.70, with 16,350 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 3,011,550 shares with a loss of 3 cents to end at $7.47.
The market indices of the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose at the end of trading on Tuesday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 1,689.91 points to 425,346.65 and the JSE Index advancing 1,535.64 points to 387,517.20.
432,940 shares at $5,776,063 shares, in contrast to 437,535 shares at $6,330,866 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.
shares at $51.90, Seprod slipped 35 cents to close at $43.55, with 42,959 shares trading and Wisynco Group gained 30 cents and ended trading 511,306 shares at $12.
$12.65, with an exchange of 2,000 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 46,928 units and rose 1 cent higher to $4.51. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2, with the trading of 3,000 shares, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 9 cents at $2.80, with an exchange of 68,000 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.45, as 139,500 stock units traded, Elite Diagnostic settled 5 cents higher at $3.25, with 35,055 units passing through the market. Express Catering ended trading with 229,963 shares after a loss of 9 cents in closing at $7.90, FosRich Group traded 28,691 shares and rose 5 cents to $4.25, Fontana finished trading with 999,692 shares as the price slipped 10 cents to $4, Honey Bun closed 13 cents higher at $3.85, in exchanging 500 shares. ICreate rose 5 cents to close at 99 cents, in trading 49,810 shares, Indies Pharma finished 16 cents higher at $3.16, with 108,168 shares changing hands. Jamaican Teas traded 5 cents higher at $3.80, with 53,685 units crossing through the exchange butt traded at a 52 
weeks’ intraday low of $3.60. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 3,741 shares at $2.77, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 915 stock units with a loss of 10 cents at $12.80, Lasco Distributors finished 6 cents higher at $3.76, while trading 61,941 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, with an exchange of 219,416 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 277,959 shares, 5 cents higher at $3.10. Main Event closed with a loss of 55 cents at $5.25, with 2,491 shares traded, Medical Disposables finished trading with 2,100 stock units 50 cents higher at $7, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 29 cents at $2.11, with 114,522 units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital lost 4 cents at $1.66, with 70,000 shares trading, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 17,200 shares at $7.50 and tTech settled with a loss of 50 cents at $5.50, with 207,650 stock units trading. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2, trading 146,720 stock units.
More prices of stocks declined in main market trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling 1,124.08 points to 423,656.74 and the JSE Index declining 1,021.46 points to 385,981.56 on a day when volume trading jumped sharply.
ended trading of 60,000 shares, at $9.50, Sagicor Group rose $1 in trading 100,736 shares, to close at $40. Salada Foods jumped $4.70 in trading 2,975 units to close at $32.70, Stanley Motta rose 40 cents to close at $4.90, trading 100,000 shares, Supreme Ventures rose $1 to finish at $23 with 78,766 units changing hands and Victoria Mutual Investments rose 35 cents to finish at $4, with an exchange of 493,408 units.
compared to 146,891 shares valued at $575,700 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
Indies Pharma gained 25 cents to end at $3, with 119,744 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 56,495 units with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, Jetcon Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $2.77, trading 6,460 shares. Knutsford Express jumped 90 cents higher to $12.90, with 37,592 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, with an exchange of 14,587 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 19 cents at $4.40, in exchanging 153,968 shares. Main Event traded 25,212 shares for an 80 cents hike to $5.80, Medical Disposables finished with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50, with 14,000 stock units changing hands, Paramount Trading closed 36 cents higher at $2.40, with an exchange of 1,283 units. SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.70, trading 44,732 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 5,400 shares, after rising of 50 cents to $7.50 and tTech settled 50 cents higher at $6, with 33,000 stock units changing hands.
can be expected. The earnings downgrade moved the company to the 10th spot on the list.
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