Trading rose sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday as trading Honey Bun and Medical Disposables shares accounted for 9 million units of the nearly 10 million units to trade.
At the close of trading, 9,971,398 units valued at $49,004,441 were exchanged, compared to just 719,649 units valued at $3,154,582 on Wednesday.
The prices of 9 securities rose, 4 declined and 8 traded unchanged resulting from 22 securities changing hands on the Junior Market, compared to 24 on Tuesday. At the close of trading, the market Index slipped 5.48 points to close at 3,054.90.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading closed with an average of 453,245 units for an average of $2,227,475 in contrast to 34,269 units for an average of $150,218 on Wednesday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 291,975 units valued at $1,155,537 and previously 270,856 units valued at $1,015,164. June closed with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $46.50, with 500 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2.07, with 2,961 stock units traded, Blue Power concluded trading at $40, with 680 units, Caribbean Cream closed 6 cents higher at $4.90, with 259 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 2,000 units at $5.30. Consolidated Bakeries closed 10 cents higher at $2, trading 105,919 shares, Derrimon Trading ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $22, with 18,262 shares, but only after trading at a record high of $23 earlier, Dolphin Cove finished 80 cents higher at $15.80, with 100 stock units, Elite Diagnostic rose 1 cent to $2.96, with 38,510 units. 
Everything Fresh traded at a new low since listing at $1.95 in the exchange of 169,459 units, but closed unchanged for the day at $2.10, Express Catering traded 12 cents higher at $7.26, with 22,882 shares changing hands, FosRich Group fell 5 cents to end at $2.85, with 31,244 shares, GWest Corporation ended 5 cents higher at $2.35, with 29,782 units trading, Honey Bun rose 10 cents higher to $5, with 6,006,556 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 3,000 stock units at $5.15, Jetcon Corporation closed 10 cents higher at $4.20, with 104,265 units, Key Insurance traded 13,837 shares at $3.01, Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $4.11, with 9,782 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4, exchanging 8,190 shares, Main Event g 2ained cents to close at $6.82, with 8,559 shares, Medical Disposables traded 3,353,631 shares at $5 and Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 2 cents at $2.98, with 41,020 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
10 Junior Market stocks fall 5 rise
CAC closed at a record high of $10.
The prices of just 5 securities rose, 10 declined and 6 traded unchanged resulting from 21 securities changing hands on the Junior Market, compared to 24 on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, the market Index slipped 9.02 points to close at 3,060.38, with an exchange of 719,649 units valued at $3,154,582 compared to 2,856,101 units valued $10,950,205 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 34,269 units for an average of $150,218 in contrast to 119,004 units for an average of $456,259 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 270,856 units valued at $1,015,164 and previously 304,654 units valued at $1,138,728. 
June closed with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
At the close of trading in the Junior market, Access Financial closed with a loss of $1.50 at $46.50, trading 300 shares, AMG Packaging ended 7 cents higher at $2.07, with 30,000 stock units, CAC 2000 climbed by $1 to a record $10, with 4,000 shares, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 35 cents at $9.65, trading 11,912 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 1,000 stock units at $11.60. Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 20 cents at $5.30, in exchanging 15,442 units, C2W Music ended at $1.45, with 25,255 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading 1 cent higher to close at a record high of $22.01, with 963 shares, Elite Diagnostic fell 5 cents to close at $2.95, with 42,000 units. General Accident lost 5 cents in ending at $3, with 14,532 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $2.30, with 11,432 units, 
Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $4.90, after exchanging 12,822 shares, Iron Rock finished 10 cents higher at $3.10, with 5,000 shares. Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5.15, with 11,000 stock units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation traded 11 cents higher at $4.10, with 213,711 units, Knutsford Express ended at $11.50, with 1,100 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 4 cents at $4.11, after 20,810 stock units changed hands. Lasco Financial fell 1 cent to $5.20, with 86,184 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 5 cents at $4.20, with 105,000 shares, Stationery and Office closed at $8, with 7,548 units traded and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 40 cents to $5.50, with 99,638 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market recovers Monday’s losses
Derrimon Trading closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $22 on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, the market Index climbed 47.89 points to close at 3,069.40, with an exchange of 2,856,101 units valued $10,950,205 compared to 21,868,083 units valued at $65,699,802 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 119,004 units for an average of $456,259 in contrast to 1,366,755 units for an average of $4,106,238 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 304,654 units valued at $1,138,728 and previously 340,878 units valued at $1,271,893. June closed with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
At the close of trading in the Junior market, Access Financial closed $1.50 higher at $48, with 10,550 shares traded, Blue Power concluded trading with a drop of $8 to $40, with 2,003 units, Caribbean Flavours traded at $11.60, with 291 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading 25 cents higher at $5.50, with 156,035 units changing hands, C2W Music ended trading 17,707 shares at $1.45. Derrimon Trading jumped $2.84 to a 52 weeks’ high of $22 as 16,582 shares traded, Dolphin Cove finished trading at $15, with 1,331 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 3 cents higher at $3, with 5,606 units, Everything Fresh traded 150,882 units, closed at a low of since listing to $2 but closed at $2.10 in falling by 4 cents at the close, FosRich Group added 15 cents in trading 3,567 shares at $2.90. General Accident closed 10 cents higher at $3.05, with 65,468 stock units, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.30, in exchanging 15,000 units, Honey Bun traded 172,461 shares at $5, 
ISP Finance settled at $15, trading 1,403 shares. Jamaican Teas ended trading 14 cents higher at $5.15, with 21,755 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 1 cent at $3.99, with 74,427 units, Key Insurance finished trading at $3.01, with 1,501,000 shares, Knutsford Express ended at $11.50, with 1,200 shares. Lasco Distributors traded 601,183 stock units with a loss of 3 cents at $4.15, Lasco Financial finished 11 cents higher at $5.21, with 3,000 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4.25 after rising 25 cents with 8,923 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 20 cents at $6.80, trading 3,381 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3, with 10,000 stock units and Stationery and Office closed 5 cents higher at $8, with 12,346 units changing hands.Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Volume surged on Junior Market – Thursday
Jamaican Teas CEO, John Mahfood – the company’s shares traded the most on the Junior market on Thursday.
Trading on Thursday surged more than 7 times Wednesday’s level on Junior Market with 13,901,904 units valued at $65,220,930 traded, compared to 1,732,089 units valued at $7,477,627 on Wednesday.
The day’s trading levels were boosted by Jamaican Teas with more than 9 million units and Lasco Distributors with nearly 3.5 million shares.
At the close, the market Index dropped 32.96 points to 3,053.94 as the prices of 6 securities rose, 10 declined and 9 traded unchanged resulting from 25 securities changing hands, up from 20 on Wednesday. Derrimon Trading ordinary as well as its preference share ended at 52 weeks’ high of $19.60 and $2.50 respectively. Derrimon posted a 45 percent rise in its first quarter profit and announced 10 to 1 stock split to be voted on at the company’s upcoming AGM.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 556,076 units for an average of $2,608,837 in contrast to 86,604 units for an average of $373,881 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 210,982 units valued at $961,878 and previously 71,831 units valued at $297,781. June closed with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed with a loss of 50 cents at $46.50, trading 500 shares, AMG Packaging price fell 8 cents to end at $2, with 11,775 stock units, Caribbean Cream ended trading 40 cents higher at $5, with 10,000 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 35 cents at $5.25, in exchanging 140,555 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2, with 116,600 shares. C2W Music ended at $1.30, with 27,566 shares, Derrimon Trading jumped $1.20 to a new high of $19.60, with 13,766 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled 8 cents higher at $3.05, with 32,097 units, FosRich Group finished trading 20 cents higher at $2.95, with 38,505 shares. General Accident closed with a loss of 1 cent at $2.95, after trading 106,177 stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 20,000 shares with a loss of 25 to $5, Iron Rock finished at $3, with 501 shares traded, ISP Finance settled at $15, with 904 shares. 
Jamaican Teas ended trading 1 cent higher at $5, with 9,332,829 stock units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 10 cents at $4, as 40,594 units were exchanged, KLE Group closed at $2.90, with 1,864 shares, Knutsford Express lost 41 cents to close at $12.10, with 2,000 shares. Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $4.19, as 3,477,500 stock units were exchanged, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4.20, with 104,600 shares, Main Event ended trading at $7, with 26,189 shares, Medical Disposables traded 872 shares at $5 and Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 50 cents at $8, trading 107,942 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% preference share ended 60 cents higher to an all-time high of $2.50, with 1,000 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market moves higher – Wednesday
Derrimon closed at new 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday.
At the close of market activity, the prices of 5 stocks that traded remained unchanged out of a total of 20 securities trading on Wednesday, with a similar number trading on Tuesday. At the close, one stock Derrimon Trading closed at 52 weeks’ high as investors seem to be responding to a combination of increased first quarter profit and a proposed 10 to 1 stock split to come. A total of 1,732,089 units valued at $7,477,627 traded compared to 1,064,377 units valued at $3,987,642 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 86,604 units for an average of $373,881 in contrast to 53,219 units for an average of $199,382 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 71,831 units valued at $297,781 and previously 64,795 units valued at $261,543. June closed with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.At the close of trading, Access Financial closed with a loss of 4 cents at $47, with 1,400 shares traded, AMG Packaging fell 2 cents to end at $2.08, with 27,000 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading at $48, with 1,178 units, Caribbean Flavours traded 60 cents higher at $11.60, with 3,905 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading after rising 5 cents to $5.60, with 1,521 units. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.05, with 96,800 shares, Derrimon Trading jumped $2.40 to a new all-time high of $18.40, with just 500 shares, Dolphin Cove finished with a loss of $1.80 at $15, while exchanging 20,000 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 8 cents at $2.97 trading 65,477 units.
Express Catering traded 4,427 shares with a loss of 45 cents to $7.05, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.40, exchanging 10,919 units, Jamaican Teas eased down by 1 cent to $4.99, with 1,120 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded 154,528 units. at $4.10, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 1 cent higher at $4.20, with 430,142 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $4.99, trading 497,156 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled 20 cents higher at $4.20, with 223,000 shares, Paramount Trading traded 25,143 stock units and finished trading at $2.97, Stationery and Office closed 54 cents higher at $8.50, with 12,615 units trading and tTech concluded trading at $6, with 5,000 shares changing hands.Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market gains again – Tuesday
C2W trades at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.30 on Tuesday.
The Junior Market inched higher at the close on Tuesday, leading to the market Index rising just 7.32 points to close at 3,071.02 after the prices of 10 securities advanced and 6 declined.
At the close of market activity 4 remained unchanged out of a total of 20 securities trading on Tuesday compared to 24 securities trading on Monday. At the close, one stock C2W Music closed at 52 weeks’ high and 1,064,377 units valued at $3,987,642 traded, compared to 1,657,028 units valued at $6,997,147 changing hands on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 53,219 units for an average of $199,382 in contrast to 75,319 units for an average of $318,052 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 64,795 units valued at $261,543. June closed with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging ended trading rising 9 cents to $2.10, with 5,738 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 3 cents to close at $4.60, with 1,550 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded at $11, with 7,953 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading 35 cents higher at $5.55, with 50,570 units, C2W Music ended 3 cents higher at 52 weeks’ high of $1.30, with 13,000 shares. Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.05, with 18,002 units trading, Everything Fresh gained 17 cents to close at $2.42 trading 331,780 shares, Express Catering traded 50 cents higher at $7.50, with 50,873 shares, FosRich Group rose 15 cents to $2.75, with 35,646 shares, General Accident closed with a loss of 4 cents at $2.96 and 65,519 stock units changing hands. 
GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 50 cents at $2.50, with 37,683 units traded, Honey Bun gained 5 cents to end at $5.25, with 1,600 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5, with 114,149 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4.10, with 159,848 units. Lasco Distributors concluded trading 93,515 stock units and rose 19 cents to $4.19, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 1 cent at $4.99, after exchanging 16,828 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4 and the trading of 40,386 shares, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 4 cents at $7.96, with 18,458 units and tTech concluded trading at $6, with 800 shares changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% ended trading at $6, with 479 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Positive July start for Junior Market
Derrimon Trading closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $15 on Monday.
The Junior Market opened trading July on a positive note when the market closed on Monday, leading to the market Index rising 26.14 points to close at 3,063.70.
Market activity resulted in 22 securities changing hands, resulting in the prices of 10 advancing, 7 declining and 2 remaining unchanged compared to 24 securities trading on Friday. At the close, two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ high and 1,657,028 units valued at $6,997,147 traded, compared to 4,873,191 units valued at $15,916,560 changing hands on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 75,319 units for an average of $318,052 in contrast to 203,050 units for an average of $663,190 on Friday. June closed with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging ended 1 cent higher at $2.01, with 3,895 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $48, with 3,103 units, Caribbean Cream closed trading at $4.63, with 36,811 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 10 cents higher at $5.20, with 744 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading at $2.10, with 13,000 shares. C2W Music ended 47 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.27, with 44,209 shares trading, Derrimon Trading concluded trading $1.30 up at an all-time closing high of $15, with 8,333 shares, after it traded at an intraday high of $16, Elite Diagnostic settled 5 cents higher at $3.05, with 112,684 units, Everthing Fresh traded 32,820 shares but fell 15 cents, to end at $2.25, Express Catering traded with a loss of 20 cents at $7, in exchanging 23,749 shares. FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 39 cents at $2.60, while just 4,731 shares changed hands, 
General Accident closed 2 cents higher at $3, with 107,169 stock units traded, Honey Bun concluded trading at $5.20, with 1,747 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $5, after 88,992 stock units were exchanged. Jetcon Corporation closed at $4 higher at $4, with 104,374 shares, Key Insurance traded at $4, with 1,000 units, Knutsford Express rose 1 cent to end at $12.51, with 850 shares trading, Lasco Distributors ended at $4, with 676,262 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 11 cents higher at $5, with 289,231 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing rose 30 cents to $4.20, with 84,335 units, Main Event settled 73 cents higher at $7, with 3,024 shares trading and Paramount Trading fell 3 cents to end at $2.97, with 15,965 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading picks up on Junior Market – Friday
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Volume surged on the Junior Market, on Friday with 4,873,191 units valued at $15,916,560 changing hands, with GWest trading almost 3.6 million units valued at $9.6 million.
The day’s trading saw a 212 percent rise in the volume and 165 percent increase in the value over the 1,563,696 units valued at $6,095,052 traded on Thursday.
Market activity resulted in 24 securities changing hands, leading to the prices of 5 advancing, 11 declining and 8 remaining unchanged compared to 22 securities trading on Tuesday. The Junior Market Index slipped just 0.74 points to close at 3,037.56.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 203,050 units for an average of $663,190 in contrast to 91,982 units for an average of $358,532 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 139,543 units valued at $671,002 and previously 136,164 units valued at 671,284. May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging suffered a loss of 10 cents to end at $2, with 42,000 stock units trading, Caribbean Cream dropped 87 cents to $4.63, with 29,345 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers traded down 10 cents to $5.10, with 26,000 stock units, Derrimon Trading ended at a new high by rising by $1.70 to $13.70, with 500 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading $1.99 higher at $16.80, with 4,700 shares. Elite Diagnostic finished at $3, with 77,171 stock units trading, Express Catering ended trading 20 cents higher at $7.20, with 37,570 shares, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 1 cent at $2.99, in exchanging 42,123 shares, General Accident lost 3 cents to end at $2.98, with 41,000 shares. 
GWest Corporation jumped 50 cents higher to $3, with 3,562,554 stock units, Honey Bun ended at $5.20, trading just 100 units, Iron Rock concluded trading at $3, with 528,900 shares, ISP Finance finished with a loss of 2 cents at $15, after trading 9,000 shares. Jamaican Teas settled at $5.50, with 1,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading at $4.06, with 90,000 stock units, Key Insurance traded at $4, with 148 units, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 1 cent at $12.50, trading 58,719 shares. Lasco Distributors ended at $4, after shedding 10 cents exchanging 41,764 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading of 6,941 stock units and fell 11 cents to $4.89, Lasco Manufacturing declined 30 cents to close at $3.90, with 26,900 units, Medical Disposables fell 17 cents to $5, with 500 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading 78,256 stock units at $8 and tTech ended at $6, with 8,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Everything Fresh finds some support
A report that Everything Fresh is negotiating to acquire an unnamed company seems to have provided some support for the stocks on the Junior Market on Wednesday. The price gained 5 cents to close at $2.15 with 52,600 shares traded.
By the close of the market, trading levels fell back from the to just 654,195 units valued at $2,886,318 compared to 1,970,213 units valued at $9,973,911 on Tuesday.
Market activity resulted in 22 securities changing hands, leading to the prices of 9 advancing, 9 declining and 4 remaining unchanged compared to 27 securities trading on Tuesday. The Junior Market Index declined by 7.80 points to close at 3,032.28.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 29,736 units for an average of $131,196 in contrast to 72,971 units for an average of $369,404 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 137,894 units valued at $683,354 and previously 143,670 units valued at $713,028. May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of $1 at $51, with 1,210 shares, Blue Power concluded trading with a loss of $2 at $50, with 120 units, Caribbean Cream ended trading 87 cents higher at $5.50, with 4,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $5, with 945 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2.10, with 23,800 shares. Dolphin Cove finished with a loss of 19 cents at $14.81, exchanging 21,281 stock units, Elite Diagnostic rose 5 cents to $3.10, with 97,600 units, Express Catering traded 20 cents higher at $7, trading 7,700 shares, FosRich Group finished market activity 25 cents higher at $3, trading 30,000 shares. 
General Accident closed at $3.01, with 36,278 stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $5.18, after exchanging 2,000 shares, Iron Rock finished 5 cents higher at $3, with 10,000 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $5.50, with 12,600 stock units. Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 6 cents at $3.99, with 20,634 units, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 19 cents at $12.51, as 1,750 shares traded, Lasco Distributors rose 10 cents to $4.20, with 32,350 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 2 cents at $4.98, trading 62,057 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled 20 cents higher at $4.20, with 201,080 shares, Main Event lost 4 cents to close at $6.16, with 4,464 shares, Medical Disposables traded 17 cents higher at $5.17, with 4,850 shares and Stationery and Office closed at $8, with 26,876 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Everything Fresh drops to $2
Access Financial jumps $6.50 on Tuesday.
Everything Fresh that went public in May at $2.50, traded at a low of $2 on the Junior Market on Tuesday but closed 37 cents down at $2.10 with 319,746 shares traded.
By the close of the market, trading levels rose on Tuesday, ending at 1,970,213 units valued at $9,973,911 compared to 1,012,130 units valued at $4,392,627 on Monday.
Market activity resulted in 27 securities changing hands, leading to the prices of 8 advancing, 11 declining and 8 remaining unchanged compared to 27 securities trading on Monday. The Junior Market Index declined by 14.40 points to close at 3,040.08 even as Access Financial jumped $6.50 and Blue Power rose another $2 to be up 82 percent since announcing a possible stock split.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 72,971 units for an average of $369,404 in contrast to 37,486 units for an average of $162,690 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 143,670 units valued at $713,028 and previously 148,628 units valued at $737,126. May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial jumped $6.50 to close at $52, in trading 933 shares, Blue Power concluded trading with a rise of $2 to end at $52, after exchanging 14,041 units, Cargo Handlers settled at $10, with 4,500 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading at a loss of 87 cents to $4.63, with 21,088 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished trading with 1,006,000 units at $5. Consolidated Bakeries closed 10 cents higher at $2.10, with 33,083 shares, C2W Music traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of 80 cents and ended at $0.59, with 4,500 shares, Dolphin Cove finished with a loss of $1 at $15, trading 20,017 stock units, Elite Diagnostic fell 1 cent to $3.05, with 77,077 units. Eppley ended trading with a loss of $1.50 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of at $8, with an exchange of 45,675 shares, Express Catering traded with a loss of 45 cents at $6.80 and 48,212 shares changing hands, FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $2.75, after exchanging 32,021 shares, 
General Accident closed at $3.01, with 5,222 stock units. Honey Bun concluded trading 20 cents higher at $5.20, with 62,420 shares, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 12 cents at $5.80, trading 8,665 stock units, Jetcon Corporation fell 5 cents to $4.05, with 33,000 units, Key Insurance finished trading at $4, with 13,000 shares. KLE Group closed 10 cents higher at $2.80, with 10,000 shares, Knutsford Express ended at $12.70, with 3,921 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 13,681 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 20 cents at $5, trading 13,255 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 14,336 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 41 cents at $6.20, after exchanging 11,579 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading 5 cents higher at $3, with 40,430 stock units, Stationery and Office closed at $8, with 113,611 units and tTech concluded trading 70 cents higher at $6, with 200 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.