Knutsford closed at a new high of $51 on Friday
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange crossed the 3,300 mark for the first time after adding 55.08 points to land at a record close of 3,300.91 in moderate trading resulting in less than 1 million shares trading.
At the close of the market 24 securities changed hands versus 19 on Thursday with 15 securities advancing and 4 declining. Overall, 870,178 units valued at $10,671,122 changed hands compared to 1,453,103 units valued at $8,762,028 on Thursday. Trading ended with 8 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 4 with lower offers. Three stocks closed at new closing highs.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 36,257 units for an average value of $444,630 traded, compared to 76,479 units for an average value of $461,159 on the previous trading day. 
The average volume and value for the month to date are 86,809 units and $653,199 while at the close of the prior day it was 99,447 units and $705,342. The average volume and value for April ended at 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services gained 10 cents to close at an all-time high of $47 in trading 115,610 shares, AMG Packaging rose 1 cent and closed at $5 with 37,053 units changing hands, CAC 2000 closed at $7.30 with 30,122 shares trading,Cargo Handlers traded 542 shares at $20. Caribbean Cream closed trading with 29,500 units at $7.50, Caribbean Producers rose 8 cents trading 5,092 shares changing hands, to close at $3.80, Consolidated Bakeries rose 8 cents in trading 1,575 shares to close at $2.98, C2W Music had 2,000 units changing hands to close with a rise of 7 cents at 50 cents, Derrimon Trading ended at $8.50 with 47,554 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove gained 50 cents to end at $20.50 with 1,463 shares trading, General Accident fell 17 cents and closed trading with 48,110 shares at $3.15, Honey Bun jumped 40 cents with 205,327 shares changing hands, to close at $7.80, ISP Finance climbed by 49 cents to end at a record high of $18.50 with 22,850 units changing hands. Jamaican Teasrose 53 cents in trading 67,150 shares, to close at $4.75, 
Key Insurance traded 15,090 units to close at $3.80 after losing 9 cents, Knutsford Express jumped $5 in trading 150 shares at $51, Lasco Distributors ended with 7,968 units trading with a loss of 10 cents at $7.30, Lasco Financial climbs 55 cents and ended with 30,000 shares changing hands at $4.55, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 17 cents and closed at $5.62 while trading 7,615 shares, Main Event rose 46 cents and ended trading of 98,731 shares at all-time closing high of $6.75, after earlier trading at an all-time high of $6.99, Paramount Trading ended with 1,325 shares changing hands and fell 2 cents to $3.43 and tTech ended with 91,201 units changing hands at $7.50, Derrimon Trading preference share rose 17 cents and ended with 150 units changing hands to close at $2.22 and Eppley 9.5% preference share, traded 4,000 units and rose 5 cents to end at $6.15.
The average volume and value for April ended at 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
Jamaican Teas dropped 63 cents in trading 989,868 shares, to close at $4.22, Jetcon Corporation ended at $13.25 with 4,700 shares trading. KLE Group traded 4,000 units to close at $2.85, Knutsford Express traded 4,800 shares at $46,Lasco Distributors ended with 197,800 units trading with a gain of 20 cents at $7.40, Lasco Financial fell 55 cents and ended with 4,075 shares changing hands at $4, Lasco Manufacturing fell 3 cents and closed at $5.45 while trading 12,771 shares, Main Event fell 2 cents and ended trading of 9,659 shares at $6.29, after trading at an all-time high of $6.75, Paramount Trading ended with 15,000 shares changing hands and rose 5 cents to $3.45 and tTech ended with 11,313 units changing hands at $7.50 after rising 1 cent.
The average volume and value for April ended at 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
Key Insurance lost 1 cent in trading 37,910 units to close at $3.89, Knutsford Express jumped $4.99 and traded 200 shares at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $46,Lasco Distributors ended with 500,029 units trading with a fall of 5 cents at $7.20, Lasco Financial fell 5 cents and ended with 199,629 shares changing hands at $4.55, Lasco Manufacturing fell 2 cents and closed at $5.48 while trading 77,707 shares, Main Event rose 31 cents and ended trading 9,400 shares, to end at $6.31, Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 16,700 units trading, Paramount Trading ended with 156,063 shares changing hands and lost 5 cents to $3.40, tTech ended with 4,405 units changing hands at $7.49 after rising 35 cents to $7.49 and Eppley 10% preference share, ended with 133,118 units changing hands at $6.50 after falling 30 cents.
CAC 2000 rose 10 cents in trading 300 shares at $7.30, Cargo Handlers lost 10 cents in trading 1,000 shares at $20.30, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 22,650 units and gained 40 cents to end at $8, Caribbean Flavours loss $1.50 in trading 7,400 units to end at $11. Caribbean Producers traded 102,302 shares changing hands, to close at $3.75, Derrimon Trading had 2,851 units changing hands to close with a gain of 630 cents at $8.50, Dolphin Cove lost 20 cents and closed trading with 5,100 shares at $20.80, Honey Bun gained 5 cents with 9,711 shares changing hands, to close at $7.55, ISP Finance climbed $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $18 with 55,529 units. Jamaican Teas rose 5 cents in trading 137,555 shares, to close at $4.80, 
Jetcon Corporation rose 10 cents and ended at $13 with 20,675 shares trading, the stock closed with a bid of $13.20 following the release of the company’s annual report, that stated that revenue for the first quarter of 2017 is up 75 percent, with profit more than doubling that of the first quarter of 2016. Key Insurance lost 1 cent in trading 6,031 units to close at $3.89, Knutsford Express rose just 1 cent trading with 559 shares at $41.01, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,020,270 units trading with a rise of 5 cents at $7.25, Lasco Financial ended with 3,000 shares changing hands at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents and closed at $5.50 while trading 260,000 shares, Main Event fell 50 cents and ended trading 664,863 shares, to end at $6, Medical Disposables jumped 40 cents and ended at $6 with 36,864 units trading.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with only 15 securities changing hands versus 22 on Friday, the market ended at a record close of 3,256.31 points with gains of 12.36 points. 
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 115,790 units for an average value of $930,961 traded, compared to 48,609 units for an average value of $299,798 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for April was 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
Honey Bun fell 5 cents with just 700 shares changing hands, to close at $7.50, Jamaican Teas traded 140,445 shares, to close at $4.75, Jetcon Corporation rose 20 cents and ended at $12.90 with 347,000 shares trading, Key Insurance lost 5 cents in trading 1,000 units to close at $3.90 Lasco Distributors ended with 1,079,130 units trading at with a loss of 30 cents at $7.20, Lasco Financial ended with 6,300 shares changing hands at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing rose 10 cents and closed at $5.70 while trading 7,550 shares, Main Event rose 50 cents and ended trading 17,445 shares, to end at a closing 52 weeks’ high of $6.50, Paramount Trading jumped 45 cents and ended at $3.45 with 1,300 units trading and tTech ended with 12,622 units changing hands at $7.10 after falling 35 cents.
At the close of the market on Friday, AMG Packaging closed with a loss of 1 cent at $4.99 with 43,224 units changing hands, Blue Power jumped $2 to close at $37 with 3,240 units changing hands, CAC 2000 traded 5,000 shares to close with a loss of 70 cents at $7.20, Cargo Handlers traded 1,100 shares to close at $20.10, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 330,000 units and gained 2 cents to end at $7.56, Caribbean Producers ended at $3.75 with 260,414 shares trading, Consolidated Bakeries rose 21 cents with 40,000 shares changing hands, to close at $3.20. C2W Music had 4,000 units changing hands to close with a gain of 6 cents at 43 cents, Dolphin Cove jumped 92 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $21 with 1,000 shares trading, Honey Bun rose 5 cents with just 100 shares changing hands, to close at $7.55, Jamaican Teas traded 141,771 shares, to close at $4.75, Jetcon Corporation lost 30 cents and ended at $12.70 with 18,700 shares trading, 
KLE Group slipped 20 cents to end at $2.80 with 17,105 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express closed trading with 12,238 shares at $41, Lasco Distributors rose 50 cents and ended with 33,787 units trading at $7.50, Lasco Financial lost 15 cents and ended with 25,810 shares changing hands at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing lost 65 cents to close at $5.60 while trading 3,678 shares, Main Event ended trading 70,943 shares, to close at $6, Medical Disposables traded 41,788 shares, lost 40 cents to close at $5.60, Paramount Trading dropped 45 cents to end at $3 with 14,500 units trading and tTech ended with 1,000 units changing hands at $7.45 after falling by 5 cents.
The average volume for the month to date, ended at 382,748 units with an average value of $5,254,387 versus at 390,038 units with an average value of $5,264,239 on the prior trading day. The average volume and value for March ended at 549,909 units and $1,379,459.
Mayberry Investments closed 15 cents lower to $4.60 with an exchange of 19,050 shares, NCB Financial Group traded at $67.50, gaining $3.75 with 138,083 shares changing hands, 1834 Investments gained 1 cent to close at $1.81, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, PanJam Investment closed 85 cents higher to $35 with trades of 3,250 shares. Portland JSX lost 20 cents to close at $10 exchanging 11,500 shares, Pulse Investments closed at $8.05 with trades of 3,873 units, Radio Jamaica lost 2 cents to close at $1.68 exchanging 6,750 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $32.50, with a loss of $1.01 trading 15,000 shares, Sagicor Real Estate fund closed at $10.35 trading 8,689 units, Scotia Group closed at $42, gaining $1.50 with 2,685,790 units changing owners, Scotia Investments advanced $2.14 to close at $38.25 with an exchange of 34,747 shares, Sterling Investments traded at $17.01, losing 14 cents with 11,000 shares exchanged and Supreme Ventures closed at $6.38, with gains of 8 cents trading 68,278 shares. JMMB 7.5% preference share gained closed at $1.98 exchanging 2,900 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.10 with gains of 5 cents trading 3,200,000 units.
The average volume and value for the month to the previous trading day ended at 557,888 units and $3,070,123. The average volume and value for March was 137,459 units and $1,313,411.
Honey Bun fell 5 cents with 8,013 shares changing hands, to close at $7.50, Jamaican Teas traded 33,952 shares, to close at $4.75, Jetcon Corporation put on 5 cents and ended at $13 with 1,027 shares trading, KLE Group rose 20 cents to end at $3 with 2,000 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express closed trading with 3,110 shares at $41, Lasco Distributors rose ended with 32,267 units trading at $7, Lasco Financial lost 5 cents and ended with 2,000 shares changing hands at $4.75, Lasco Manufacturing jumped 66 cents to close at a 52 weeks high of $6.25 while trading 68,270 shares, Main Event lost 10 cents trading 92,328 shares to close at $6, Paramount Trading rose 45 cents to end at $3.45 with 1,650 units trading, Sweet River ended with 1,000 units changing hands at $3.50 after rising by 1 cent and Eppley 8.25% preference share closed trading with 15,904 units changing hands at $6.10.
The average volume and value for March ended at 549,909 units and $1,379,459.
1834 Investments gained 10 cents to close at $1.80, with an exchange of 41,856 shares, 138 Student Living closed at S4.49 with 40,000 shares changing hands, PanJam Investment closed 5 cents lower to $34.15 with trades of 30,466 shares. Pulse Investments gained 1 cent to close at $8.05 trading 5,000 units, Sagicor Group closed at $33.51, with gains of $1.51, trading 63,150 shares, Scotia Group closed at $40.50, losing 50 cents with 234,146 units changing owners, Seprod closed at $36 trading 2,900 shares, Sterling Investments closed at $17.15 with an exchange of 6,020 units, Supreme Ventures closed at $6.30 exchanging 700 shares. Proven Investments closed at 30 US cents with trades of 6,100 ordinary shares, JMMB 7.5% preference share gained 10 cents to close at $1.98 exchanging 11,000 units, Jamaica Public Service Company 9.5% preference share traded $23.50 higher at $1,300 with 14,000 units changing hands and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.05 trading 462,690 units.
Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 25 securities changing hands with 1 trading in the US dollar market. At the close, 7 stocks advanced and 14 declined. 
The average volume and value for March ended at 549,909 units and $1,379,459.
1834 Investments lost 15 cents to close at $1.70, with an exchange of 124,196 shares, 138 Student Living traded 1 cent higher to close at S4.49 with 21,860 shares changing hands, PanJam Investment closed 80 cents lower to $34.20 with trades of 25,244 shares. Radio Jamaica gained 5 cents to close at $1.70 trading 76,000 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $32 exchanging 55,909 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $10.35, with gains of 5 cents trading 35,276 shares, Scotia Group closed at $41, gaining $1.88 with 121,490 units changing ownership, Scotia Investments traded $1.89 lower to close at $36.11 with an exchange of 4,420 shares, Seprod gained 1 cent to close at $36 trading 7,853 shares, Supreme Ventures closed at $6.30, losing 8 cents exchanging 62,444 shares. Proven Investments closed at 30 US cents with trades of 168,860 ordinary shares, and JMMB Group 7.25% preference share lost 20 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.30 exchanging 40,000 units.