The Junior Market broke the unbroken 5 days losing run 13 days of decline with just one day with gains in between before Friday’s gains that saw the market index advancing 34.92 points to close at 2,988.89.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Friday with 33 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 7,192,523 units valued at $17,864,788 compared to 2,099,024 units valued at $7,953,736 from an exchange of 34 stocks on Thursday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 15 securities advanced, 4 declined and 14 remained unchanged. The average PE ratio closed at 12.9 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 217,955 units for an average of $541,357 in contrast to 61,736 units for an average of $233,933 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 128,387 valued at $371,602 and previously 127,778 units valued at $296,606. In contrast, January closed with an average of 137,619 units valued at $521,935 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial shed 3 cents in trading of 2,616 units to close at $29, Blue Power closed trading of 4,450 units and gained 11 cents to end at $3.66, Cargo Handlers climbed 17 cents and exchanged 1,100 shares at $8.17. Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 14 cents at $2.05, swapping of 1,500 shares, Elite Diagnostic added 10 cents to finish at $4.15 after trading 109,192 shares, Everything Fresh lost 3 cents in trading 283,556 shares to close at $1. Express Catering gained 25 cents to settle at $5.85, with 500 shares changing hands, Fosrich rose 15 cents and exchanged 47,450 shares at $3.95, Fontana shed 30 cents trading 346,323 units, to close at $6.25. 
GWest Corporation swapped 100 units and gained 9 cents to end at $1.10, Honey Bun climbed 1 cent in exchanging 20,562 shares to end at $7, iCreate climbed 2 cents and traded 18,000 shares at 74 cents, Indies Pharma gained 10 cents with 46,501 shares changing hands at $2.95. Key Insurance shed 25 cents in trading of 100 units at $3.15, Lasco Financial added 5 cents with an exchange of 9,600 shares at $3.70, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 883,087 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $4.05. Limners and Bards climbed 31 cents and exchanged 158,018 shares at $2.72, Lumber Depot closed trading of 712,522 units and gained 1 cent to end at $1.53, MailPac gained 1 cent to end at $2.01, after 857,836 shares changed hands and Paramount Trading climbed 21 cents and exchanged 3,282,300 shares at $1.71.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands the same as on Wednesday, resulting in an exchange of 2,099,024 units for $7,953,736, compared to 3,482,018 units valued at $11,901,548 on Wednesday.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost $1.28 in trading 8,829 shares to close at $29.03, AMG Packaging fell 5 cents, exchanging 1,000 shares to close at $2. Blue Power declined by 15 cents to settle at $3.55 with 41,385 shares crossing the market after the stock traded at an intraday low of $3.29, Caribbean Cream closed 30 cents higher to end at $3.65, with 1,330 units changing hands. Derrimon Trading closed 16 cents higher at $2.19, after hitting an intraday low of $1.88 with 63,837 stock units traded, Elite Diagnostic gained 2 cents to finish at $4.05, in trading 26,549 stock units, Everything Fresh ended trading 106,378 shares at $1.03, after rising 3 cents. Express Catering declined 20 cents in exchanging 60,400 units at $5.60, Fontana climbed 15 cents to settle at $6.55 with 118,764 shares changing hands, Fosrich closed trading of 9,071 units and lost 20 cents to end at $3.80 after hitting an intraday low of $3.21. General Accident shed 50 cents in trading 9,068 shares to close at $6, GWest Corporation closed trading of 14,959 units and lost 9 cents to end at $1.01, Honey Bun ended market activity exchanging 11,413 shares to close at $6.99 after rising 43 cents. iCreate settled at 72 cents with a gain of 5 cents in the swapping 14,066 units, Indies Pharma closed trading of 54,675 units and lost 5 cents to end at $2.85, Jamaican Teas gained 35 cents to close at $6.35 in the swapping 43,984 shares. 
Jetcon Corporation rose by 8 cents in trading of 345 units at $1.50, Key Insurance closed 20 cents higher at $3.40, with 75,721 units trading, Knutsford Express fell 50 cents to close at $10 with 2,501 units crossing the exchange. Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.02, with 78,081 units changing hands, Lasco Financial ended trading with 28,706 shares, after declining 6 cents to end at $3.65. Limners and Bards lost 20 cents to end the day at $2.41 with 115,393 shares traded, Main Event closed 30 cents lower at $5.80, with 11,381 stock units trading. Paramount Trading lost 30 cents in trading 21,563 units at $1.50, SSL Venture exchanged 31,675 units and gained 8 cents to settle at $1.10 and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 75 cents to end at $9 with 9,107 shares changing hands.
At the close of the market, the index is down 10.5 percent for 2020 to date and 18.2 percent since it peaked in August 2019.
At the close of the market, Blue Power climbed 20 cents in exchanging 19,694 shares at $3.70, Caribbean Cream dipped 35 cents in trading of 5,800 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.35, Cargo Handlers declined by 25 cents to settle at $8 with an exchange of 5,666 shares. Derrimon Trading ended the day with 57,595 shares changing hands after rising 3 cents to end at $2.03, Dolphin Cove closed 10 cents higher at $9.90, with 1,279 stock units traded, Elite Diagnostic fell 27 cents in trading of 48,099 units at $4.03. Everything Fresh declined 7 cents, swapping 217,903 units at $1, Fontana declined by 2 cents to settle at $6.40 with 110,646 shares changing hands, Fosrich closed trading of 8,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $4. General Accident climbed 50 cents and exchanged 400 shares at $6.50, GWest Corporation closed trading of 5,000 units and gained 4 cents to end at $1.10, Honey Bun ended market activity exchanging 4,007 shares to close at $6.56 after falling 44 cents. iCreate settled at 52 weeks’ low of 67 cents after shedding 3 cents in the swapping of 37,619, Indies Pharma closed trading of 98,212 units and gained 4 cents to end at $2.90, Jamaican Teas ended the day with a loss of 35 cents at $6 in the swapping of 108,780 shares. 
Jetcon Corporation dropped 3 cents trading of 6,000 units at $1.42, Knutsford Express fell $1.50 to close at $10.50 with 6,655 units crossing the exchange, Lasco Financial ended trading with 35,602 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $3.71. The Limners and Bards gained 11 cents to end the day at $2.61 with 36,617 shares traded, Lumber Depot ended market activity exchanging 544,386 shares to close at $1.52 after falling 3 cents, Main Event closed 30 cents higher at $6.10, with 100 stock units trading. Mailpac Group fell 10 cents in exchanging 567,179 units at $2, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of $1.30 to finish at $6.30 in the swapping of 2,300 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 5 cents to end at $9.75 with 11,000 shares changing hands.
Market activity ended with 33 securities changing hands, with the prices of nine advancing, 18 declining and five remaining unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 4,430,356 units valued at $12,074,628 compared to 2,894,161 units valued at $6,925,513 on Monday. The average PE Ratio for the Junior Market stocks declined to 12.8 times, 2019 earnings.
Blue Power lost 50 cents with an exchange of 35,000 units to settle at $3.50, Caribbean Cream declined by 30 cents to close at $3.70 after trading 11,353 shares. Caribbean Producers ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.80 with 9,662 stock units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries finished the day exchanging 5,000 shares to close at $1.63 after falling 12 cents, Elite Diagnostic lost 15 cents in trading 491 units to close at $4.30. Everything Fresh ended the market activity with 23,773 shares crossing the exchange after rising 2 cents to end at $1.07, Express Catering lost 20 cents in trading of 17,406 units at $5.80, Fontana declined by 19 cents in swapping 88,897 units at $6.60. Fosrich dipped 30 cents in trading of 41,947 shares at $3.90, GWest Corporation closed trading of 7,000 units and gained 4 cents to end at $1.06, Honey Bun ended the day at $7 after rising 2 cents and trading 41,620 stock units. iCreate declined by 2 cents to settle at 70 cents with an exchange of 16,000 shares, Indies Pharma shed 5 cents in trading of 3,362 units at $2.86, Jamaican Teas declined by 15 cents trading 279,028 units at $6.35. Key Insurance lost 48 cents in exchanging 34,284 shares to close at $3.20, KLE Group shed 26 cents after swapping 4,931 at $2.04, Knutsford Express gained $1.12 to end at $12, after trading 35,702 shares. Lasco Distributors added 1 cent and exchanged 3,820 shares at $3.03, Lasco Financial gained 5 cents to finish at $3.70 with 142,546 crossing the exchange, 
Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.95 with 51,170 stock units changing hands. Limners and Bards lost 40 cents in trading of 744,674 units at $2.50, Lumber Depot climbed 4 cents and exchanged 975,842 shares at $1.55, MailPac ended trading with 1,618,642 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $2.10. Main Event lost 30 cents in exchanging 7,283 shares to close at $5.80, Medical Disposables ended with 14,571 shares changing hands, after rising 10 cents to end at $7.60, Paramount Trading climbed 25 cents and exchanged 2,530 shares at $1.80 and Stationery and Office Supplies ended market activity with 18,500 shares to close at $9.70 after falling 29 cents.
The decline left the market price-earnings ratio at 13.1 based on 2019 earnings.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gained 12 cents to settle at $2.05, trading 6,424 stock units, Blue Power ended the day, 20 cents higher at $4 with 3,877 stock units crossing the exchange, Caribbean Producers climbed 1 cent, swapping 600 shares at $4.81. Dolphin Cove lost 20 cents in trading of 2,393 stock units at $9.80, Elite Diagnostic finished 45 cents higher at $4.45 with 42,851 stock units trading, Express Catering exchanged 7,722 units and gained 5 cents to end at $6. Fontana slipped 1 cent to close at $6.79 with 44,009 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.02 in the trading of 30,000 stock units, Honey Bun declined 2 cents, in transferring 33,321 shares to close at $6.98. iCreate dropped 3 cents to settle at 72 cents in exchanging 506,791 stock units, Indies Pharma ended market activity exchanging 57,828 shares to close at $2.91 after falling 4 cents, Jamaican Teas lost 19 cents in trading of 159,866 shares at $6.50. Knutsford Express fell 62 cents with 424 stock units changing hands at $10.88, Lasco Distributors fell 8 cents in exchanging 83,905 units at $3.02, Lasco Financial closed trading of 10,000 units and gained 5 cents to end at $3.65. 
Lasco Manufacturing declined by 6 cents after 26,806 stock units crossed the exchange at $3.96, Lumber Depot lost 2 cents to settle at $1.51 with a transfer of 519,559 shares, MailPac Group fell 8 cents in trading of 753,122 units at $2. Main Event gained 30 cents and exchanged 22,578 shares at $6.10, Medical Disposables climbed $1 to end at $7.50 with 85,429 shares trading, SSL Venture declined 6 cents in trading 40,000 stock units at $1.02. Stationery and Office Supplies ended with 1,728 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 19 cents to end at $9.99 and tTech closed down 10 cents to $5.50 with 1,532 units changing hands.
The market closed with 38 securities changing hands, with prices of 8 securities rising, 23 declining and seven remaining unchanged, resulting in an exchange of 2,050,342 units valued at $12,142,583 compared to 2,189,745 units valued at $8,061,287 from 35 securities on Thursday.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $5.60 to end at $36 after trading 134,272 stock units, AMG Packaging shed 14 cents in exchanging 3,524 units at $1.93, Blue Power lost 21 cents with 99,797 shares crossing the exchange, to close at $3.80. Caribbean Cream closed trading of 5,000 units with a gain of 35 cents to end at $4, Caribbean Flavours ended with a loss of $1 at $16 with just 100 stock units changing hands, Cargo Handlers traded 12,000 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $8.25. Caribbean Producers shed 20 cents in trading of 55,390 units at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries declined by 7 cents to settle at $1.75, in exchanging 6,196 shares, Dolphin Cove lost 50 cents in trading 2,583 stock units to close at $10. Elite Diagnostic declined by 50 cents to settle at $4 with 27,497 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh added 1 cent after exchanging 175,600 shares at $1.05. Express Catering lost 11 cents, trading 58,084 units at $5.95. Fontana lost 20 cents in trading of 60,065 units at $6.80, Fosrich closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4.20, after swapping 33,383 shares, General Accident fell 20 cents in trading of 23,349 units at $6. GWest Corporation fell 3 cents in exchanging 5,773 units at $1.03, Honey Bun dipped 50 cents in trading of 3,732 units at $7, iCreate fell 5 cents with 14,020 units crossing the exchange at 75 cents, Iron Rock Insurance declined by 54 cents to settle at $3.45 after 27,022 units crossed the market. Jamaican Teas climbed 9 cents and exchanged 39,366 shares at $6.69, Jetcon Corporation closed 3 cents higher at $1.45, with 2,700 stock units trading, 
Knutsford Express rose $1.50 to end at $11.50 with 94,602 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors ended market activity, exchanging 42,460 shares to close at $3.10 after falling 9 cents. Lasco Financial shed 40 cents in trading 14,091 units to close at $3.60, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 28 cents in exchanging 1,873 units at $4.02, Lumber Depot closed 3 cents higher at $1.53, with 130,061 stock units trading. Medical Disposables ended market activity, exchanging 250,940 shares to close at $6.50 after falling 70 cents. Paramount Trading shed 18 cents in trading 248,370 units at $1.55, SSL Venture ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.08 with 120 stock units changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies declined by 10 cents to settle at $9.80 after exchanging 12,059 units and tTech slipped 2 cents in trading of 200 units at $5.60.
Junior Market stocks broke the losing streak in trading on Thursday with the market index advancing 19.38 points to close at 3,117.54 as 35 securities changed hands, resulting in gains for 16 and losses for 8 leaving 11 unchanged. 
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services ended trading with 5,342 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $30.40, AMG Packaging climbed 7 cents and exchanged 152,861 stock units at $2.07, Blue Power added 1 cent and traded 17,174 units at $4.01. Consolidated Bakeries closed 13 cents higher at $1.82, with 1,200 stock units changing hands, Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 45 cents at $2, in swapping 83,005 shares, Dolphin Cove gained $1.30 to end at $10.50 in trading 8,000 units. Everything Fresh closed 4 cents higher at $1.04, with 56,606 stock units trading, Express Catering fell 6 cents in trading 66,943 units at $6.06, General Accident climbed 30 cents in exchanging 2,000 shares at $6.20. GWest Corporation rose 4 cents and traded 5,000 shares at $1.06, Honey Bun declined 50 cents in trading of 304 units at $7.50, Indies Pharma fell 10 cents exchanging 24,392 units at $2.95, Jamaican Teas ended transferring 34,233 shares, after rising 5 cents to close at $6.60. Jetcon Corporation fell 8 cents in trading 26,782 units at $1.42, Key Insurance lost 12 cents in closing at $3.68 after transferring 76,407 shares, 
Knutsford Express rose 35 cents to close at $10, with 115 stock units traded, Lasco Distributors gained 4 cents and closed at $3.19, with 15,274 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial climbed 12 cents and exchanged 53,794 shares at $4, Lasco Manufacturing swapped 4,000 units and gained 12 cents to end at $4.30, Lumber Depot lost 3 cents in trading 188,056 stock units at $1.50, MailPac shed 2 cents while exchanging 515,822 units at $2.08. SSL Venture Capital closed trading of 1,000 units with a rise of 1 cent to end at $1.09 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 760 units crossing the exchange and gained 89 cents to end at $9.90.
The Junior Market continued its downward trend, falling 12.88 points to close at 3,098.16, with 30 securities changing hands and the price of 10 securities advancing, 10 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
KLE Group shed 50 cents in trading of 3,300 units at $2.30, Knutsford Express fell 35 cents in exchanging 12,823 units at $9.65. Lasco Manufacturing lost 7 cents to close at $4.18 with 17,645 crossing the exchange, Limners and Bards gained 1 cent to settle at $2.90, after trading 13,610 shares, Lumber Depot ended swapping 80,966 shares, after rising 2 cents to close at $1.53. MailPac Group closed 14 cents higher at $2.10, with 353,900 stock units trading, Medical Disposables climbed 50 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $7.20, Paramount Trading closed 3 cents higher at $1.73, with 2,812 stock units trading. Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $9.01 with 40,711 stock units changing hands and tTech closed trading of 932 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.62.
Lasco Distributors closed trading of 15,646 units and gained 2 cents to end at $3.15, Lasco Financial fell 7 cents in trading of 393,791 units at $3.88. Lasco Manufacturing shed 25 cents in trading of 2,182 units at $4.25, Limners and Bards finished with a loss of 1 cent at $2.89 with 105,176 stock units changing hands, Lumber Depot ended market activity exchanging 146,262 shares to close at $1.51 after falling 8 cents. MailPac Group lost 17 cents in trading 1,016,266 shares to close at $1.96, Main Event shed 20 cents trading of 6,400 units at $5.80, Medical Disposables declined by 30 cents after exchanging 37,700 units at $6.70. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.70, in swapping of 490 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 98 cents in trading of 11,200 units at $9.02 and SSL Venture lost 2 cents to end at $1.08 with 3,532 shares changing hands.
Jetcon Corporation finished 10 cents higher at $1.65, with an exchange of 29,800 stock units. Key Insurance added 1 cent to end at $3.80, with 23,000 stock units trading, KLE Group exchanged 27,107 shares, after rising 76 cents to finish at $2.80, Knutsford Express lost 65 cents in trading of 358 units at $9.55. Lasco Distributors dropped 3 cents in trading 923,118 shares to close at $3.13, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.95 with 32,534 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 35 cents and exchanged 162,698 shares at $4.50. Lumber Depot declined by 4 cents to settle at $1.59 with 419,324 units crossing the exchange, Main Event fell 6 cents in trading of 73,238 units at $6, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of 50 cents to end at $7, after swapping 10,000 shares. Paramount Trading ended trading with 2,000 shares, after rising 5 cents to settle at $1.75, SSL Venture closed the day with 200 shares traded, after gaining 2 cents to finish at $1.10 and tTech lost 40 cents in trading of 12,300 units at $5.60.