Honey Bun ended at a 52 week’s closing high on Thursday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with 34 securities changing hands up from 25 on Wednesday
The market Index rose 31.02 points to close at 3,129.98 as the prices of 19 securities advanced, 8 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
The market closed with, an exchange of 8,504,010 units valued at $31,076,711 compared to 1,780,876 units valued at $6,995,830 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 250,118 units for an average of $914,021 in contrast to 71,235 units for an average of $279,833 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 195,632 at $730,567, previously, 165,183 shares valued at $713,709. In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
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 one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging closed 1 cent higher at $2, in trading 90,810 stock units, 
Blue Power traded 34,108 shares at $4.50, CAC 2000 rose $1.24 in trading 345 shares to close at $14, Cargo Handlers ended trading with 1,100 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $9.20. Caribbean Cream fell 39 cents to settle at $5.40 with an exchange of 13,700 shares, Caribbean Producers lost 15 cents trading 30,354 units at $4.75, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading of 117,929 units with a gain of 1 cent to end at $2. Derrimon Trading closed at $2.60 trading 64,000 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 1,230 shares with a rise of $1.25 to end at $11.75, Elite Diagnostic closed with a loss of 5 cents at $3.95, swapping of 21,074, shares, Everything Fresh traded 102,200 units to close at $1.47. Express Catering declined 10 cents to settle at $7 after exchanging 36,500 shares, FosRich Group dipped 15 cents in trading of 95,805 units at $4.85, Fontana closed 15 cents higher at $4.55, with 207,732 stock units trading, General Accident fell 5 cents in trading of 5,101,798 units at $4.15. GWest Corporation ended trading with 30,000 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $1.15, Honey Bun closed trading of 98,562 units and gained 50 cents to end at record high of $7, iCreate climbed 1 cent and exchanged 105,757 shares in closing at 80 cents. Indies Pharma closed trading of 37,672 units after gaining 10 cents to end at $3.20, Iron Rock declined by 5 cents to settle at $3.50, in exchanging 41,210 shares, ISP Finance settled at $4.13 higher at $19.63 with just 398 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 21,000 units and gained 5 cents to end at $4.35. 
Jetcon Corporation closed trading of 155,708 units, rising 1 cent to end at $2. KLE Group exchanged 30,547 shares to close at $2.15, Knutsford Express closed trading of 3,478 units at $11, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 9 cents at $3.60 after swapping 52,667, shares. Lasco Financial ended trading with 73,387 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $5.40, Lasco Manufacturing added 10 cents in exchanging 106,316 shares at $4.10, Main Event closed 40 cents higher at $5.90, with 170,410 stock units trading, Medical Disposables closed trading of 72,400 units at $7. Paramount Trading closed 3 cents higher at $2.03, trading 2,762 stock units, SSL Venture Capital ended trading with 1,542,184 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $1.61, Stationery and Office ended trading of 40,567 shares, to end at $9.60 and tTech traded 300 shares, after rising 60 cents to end at $5.46.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
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.
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.
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.
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, 
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 
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. 
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.
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.
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.
Trading levels declined on Wednesday compared to Tuesday, ending with 2,945,014 units valued at $13,949,439 changing hands, compared to 6,856,068 units valued $29,636,228 changing hands previously.
Iron Rock traded 21,150 units, with a loss of 15 cents at $3.50, ISP Finance dropped $4.50 to close at $15, in trading 4,300 shares, Jamaican Teas closed at $4.40, with 80,560 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.09, trading 15,623 shares. Key Insurance closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3, after exchanging 10,563 stock units, Knutsford Express settled at $12.50, with 3,032 shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Distributors ended trading 395,342 shares at $3.50, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 15 cents at $5, with 180,422 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing traded 210,979 stock units with a loss of 10 cents at $4, Medical Disposables lost 30 cents to end at $7.50, with an exchange of 4,950 shares, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.65, with 200 shares trading, Stationery and Office settled at $9.20, with 300,150 stock units changing hands and tTech traded 1,245 shares with a loss of 40 cents at $5.30.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of 1 cent at $45, with 31,398 shares trading, AMG Packaging ended 2 cents higher at $2, with 16,403 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading 29,300 shares, with a loss of 68 cents at $5.27, Caribbean Producers ended at $4.80, in trading 5,220 units. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2, with an exchange of 7,500 shares, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 2 cents at $2.79, with 5,400 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove traded of 10,000 shares, at $12, Everything Fresh settled with a loss of 1 cent at $1.59, with an exchange of 57,514 units. Elite Diagnostic jumped 52 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.24, trading 18,058 shares, Express Catering traded 59,094 shares with a loss of 8 cents to end at $6.90, FosRich Group lost 2 cents to end at $4.98, after exchanging 133,283 shares, Fontana closed 20 cents higher at $4.20, with 1,154,738 stock units changing hands. General Accident ended with a loss of 38 cents at $4.12, with an exchange of 101,873 units, GWest Corporation concluded trading of 600 shares at $1.31, Honey Bun closed at $5.95, with an exchange of 5,100 shares, iCreate settled with a loss of 3 cents at $0.77, with 4,350 shares changing hands. Indies Pharma ended trading 113,293 stock units with a loss of 15 cents to close at $3.15, Iron Rock traded 1,126 units, with a loss of 19 cents at $3.65, 
Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 30 cents at $4.40, with 6,070 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation ended 1 cent higher at $2.10, with 3,775 shares trading. KLE Group finished at $1.90 after exchanging 250 units, Knutsford Express settled at $12.50, with an exchange of 5,034 shares, Lasco Distributors traded 136,188 shares, to end at $3.50, Lasco Financial ended at $5.15, with 307,241 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing traded 4,508,730 stock units with a rise of 10 cents to $4.10, Main Event closed at $5.88, with 12,483 units changing hands, Medical Disposables ended 35 cents higher at $7.80, with the trading of 1,236 shares, Paramount Trading concluded trading of 63,374 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $2. SSL Venture Capital finished 24 cents higher at $1.65, after exchanging 100 shares and Stationery and Office settled 16 cents higher at $9.20, with 57,337 stock units changing hands.
The Junior Market declined for the second day in trading on Monday following Friday’s slight fall but IC bid-offer Indicator reflect a negative reading, suggesting that the decline is not yet over. 
KLE Group finished with a loss of 25 cents to end a a 52 weeks’ low of $1.90, trading 964 units, Knutsford Express settled with a loss of 40 cents at $12.50, with and exchange of 4,966 shares, Lasco Distributors ended trading of 24,765 shares and rose 20 cents to $3.50. Lasco Financial rose 5 cents to close at $5.15, trading 60,931 shares, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 116,768 stock units after rising 9 cents to close at $4, Main Event closed 67 cents higher at $5.88, with an exchange of 28,376 units, Medical Disposables ended at $7.45, with 11,843 shares changing hands. SSL Venture Capital finished 11 cents higher at $1.41, with 13,129 shares crossing the exchange and Stationery and Office Supplies settled with a loss of 6 cents at $9.04, with 328,093 stock units trading.
