The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 30 securities on Thursday with the prices of 12 securities advanced, 13 declined and 5 remained unchanged leading the market Index to dipped just 4.40 points to 3,422.55.
Market activities, resulted in an exchange of 2,444,430 units valued at $10,669,698 compared to 5,067,017 units valued at $23,716,252 from 28 securities changing hands on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 81,481 units for an average of $355,657 in contrast to 180,965 units for an average of $847,009 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 109,660 units at $517,835 compared to 124,236 shares valued at $601,721 previously, in contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 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 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended with a loss of $3.40 at a 52 weeks’ low of $33.60, after swapping 9,687 shares, AMG Packaging declined 11 cents in trading 25,000 units at $1.75, Blue Power ended with a loss of $1 at $9 with 5,155 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers lost 26 cents in trading of 16,110 units to close at $4.51, Consolidated Bakeries closed 5 cents higher at $1.80, with 6,000 stock units trading, Dolphin Cove ended trading with 34,205 shares, after rising 49 cents to end at $10.50. Derrimon Trading closed 13 cents higher at $2.55, with 143,250 stock units changing hands, Express Catering lost 62 cents trading 2,173 units at $5.68, Elite Diagnostic ended with 7,600 shares crossing the exchange after rising 81 cents to end at $6.21. Fontana closed trading of 120,657 units and gained 10 cents to end at $8.40, General Accident exchanged 3,100 units and gained 9 cents to end at $6.40, Honey Bun fell 35 cents in swapping 26,925 units at $6.15, Iron Rock Insurance lost 5 cents in trading 16,577 shares to close at $3.95. 
Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $6.10, with 24,774 stock units moving through the market, Jetcon Corporation lost 20 cents in trading of 25,559 units at $1.80. Knutsford Express fell 19 cents in exchanging 3,785 units at $10.81, Lasco Distributors closed 10 cents higher at $3.80, with 976,000 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 554,327 shares to close at $4.76 after falling 29 cents, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 9 cents and exchanged 32,560 shares at $5.29, Limners and Bards dipped 7 cents in trading 90,522 units at $2.75, Medical Disposables closed 5 cents higher at $7.05, trading 4,000 stock units. Main Event lost 49 cents in exchanging 24,779 shares to close at $5.51, Paramount Trading climbed 20 cents and exchanged 15,000 shares at $2.20. Stationery and Office Supplies ended trading with 2,250 shares, after rising 35 cents to end at $11.15 and SSL Venture Capital resumed trading after a long suspension and ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.60 with 9,121 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with the market Index dropping sharply by 89.34 points to close at 3,426.95 as Access Financial dived $5, General Accident dipped 60 cents and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 79 cents. 
Jamaican Teas fell 30 cents trading of 25,248 units at $6, Jetcon Corporation fell 20 cents in trading of 71,233 units at $2, Knutsford Express dipped 10 cents in trading 10,310 units at $11, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 3,069,824 units and gained 15 cents to end at $3.70. Lasco Financial ended with 94,729 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 5 cents to end at $5.05, Lasco Manufacturing closed with a loss of 20 cents at $5.20, after swapping 31,500 shares. Limners and Bards closed 7 cents higher at $2.82, with 88,901 stock units trading, Paramount Trading lost 20 cents in trading of 6,721 units at $2 and Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 79 cents in trading of 62,770 units to end at $10.80.
The trend of a large number of stocks rising at the end of one month, followed by falling prices at the start of the next, was evident at the end of September and October on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Honey Bun ended with a loss of $1 at $6 with 73,900 stock units changing hands, iCreate ended trading with 10,000 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at 72 cents, Indies Pharma ended with 79,613 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 2 cents to end at $3.32. Jetcon Corporation closed 20 cents higher at $2.20, with 83,296 stock units trading, Lasco Distributors dipped 30 cents in trading of 23,246 units at $3.55. Lasco Manufacturing closed with a loss of 10 cents at $5.40, in swapping of 20,753 shares, Limners and Bards lost 22 cents in exchanging of 201,729 units at $2.75 and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped by 81 cents to settle at $11.59. In the junior market preference segment, Paramount Trading close with a loss of 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.05 after swapping of 500 shares.
Honey Bun closed 61 cents higher at $7, with 4,545 stock units trading, Indies Pharma fell 8 cents in trading 18,763 units at $3.30. Jamaican Teas climbed 18 cents and exchanged 13,547 shares at $6.30, Jetcon Corporation dipped 9 cents in trading 40,000 units at $2, Knutsford Express fell $1.40 cents in trading of 367 units to close at $11.10, Limners and Bards closed 17 cents higher at $2.97, with 294,838 stock units trading. Lasco Distributors climbed 53 cents and exchanged 5,158,000 shares at $3.85, Lasco Manufacturing traded 35,825 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $5.50 and Main Event traded 8,086 declined by 5 cents to settle at $6.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Friday with the market index climbing 46.90 points to close at 3,478.33 as rising stocks dominated trading nearly 4 to 1.
Jetcon Corporation closed trading of 7,942 units and gained 29 cents to end at $2.09, Knutsford Express added $1.60 to end at $12.50 with 102,656 stock units trading. Lasco Distributors rose 7 cents and exchanged 571,096 shares at $3.32, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 151,959 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $5.40, Limners and Bards closed 30 cents higher at $2.80, with 226,883 stock units trading, Main Event ended exchanging 4,854 shares, after rising 33 cents to end at $6.05. Medical Disposables dipped 40 cents in trading of 3,943 units at $7, Paramount Trading closed 20 cents higher at $2.20, with the trading of 45,700 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.40 to end at $12.40 with 11,000 stock units changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with the market index rising 21.21 points to close at 3,431.43 as falling stocks edged out gainers.
Fosrich climbed 10 cents and exchanged 121,783 shares at $5, Fontana ended market activity while exchanging 117,597 shares to close at $8.11 after falling 28 cents. General Accident closed with a loss of 2 cents at $6.98, after swapping of 11,536 shares, iCreate lost 2 cents in trading 46,285 shares to close at 70 cents, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 3,505 units and gained 25 cents to end at $6.40, Jetcon Corporation lost 29 cents in trading 30,806 shares to close at $1.80. Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.25 with 313,746 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial climbed 23 cents and exchanged 6,100 shares at $5, Limners and Bards lost 10 cents trading 174,427 shares to close at $2.50, and Medical Disposables closed with a loss of $1.40 at $7.40, after swapping of 8,000 shares.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with the market index falling 33.75 points to close at 3,410.22 as rising and falling stocks were almost even.
Honey Bun closed 20 cents higher at $6.20, with 100 stock units clearing the exchange, Jamaican Teas declined 35 cents in trading of 63,645 units at $6.15, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.09 with 3,135 stock units changing hands. Limners and Bards closed trading of 464,624 units and gained 9 cents to end at $2.60, Lasco Distributors climbed 1 cent, exchanging 117,000 shares at $3.26, Lasco Financial shed 15 cents in trading of 1,220 units at $4.77, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 15 cents in exchanging of 189,539 units at $5.20. Main Event closed 2 cents higher at $5.72, with 1,100 stock units trading, Stationery and Office Supplies traded 7,400 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $11 and tTech dipped 60 cents with 107,043 units changing hands at $6.
The Junior Market Index jumped 45.19 points to close at 3,443.97 in trading on Tuesday and almost erased the 50 points fall on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
iCreate ended market activity in exchanging 70,000 shares to close at 72 cents after falling 3 cents, Iron Rock Insurance closed 5 cents higher at $4, with 12,500 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas climbed 40 cents and exchanged 5,350 shares at $6.50, Key Insurance ended trading 1,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $3. Limners and Bards declined 4 cents exchanging 243,826 units at $2.51, Lasco Financial climbed 2 cents after swapping 75,441 shares at $4.92, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 9 cents in trading 28,763 units at $5.35. Main Event ended market activity exchanging 2,452 shares to close at $5.70 after falling 29 cents, Paramount Trading climbed 30 cents and exchanged 15,000 shares at $2 and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped $1.20 in trading of 189,909 units to close at $10.30.
Jetcon Corporation climbed 30 cents with 188,632 shares changing hands at $2.10, Knutsford Express ended market activity exchanging 2,750 shares to close at $10.90 after falling 9 cents, Limners and Bards closed 3 cents higher at $2.55, with 252,272 stock units clearing the exchange, Lasco Distributors ended exchanging 126,000 shares to close at $3.25 after falling 23 cents. Lasco Financial traded 95,877 shares, after rising 22 cents to end at $4.90, Medical Disposables climbed 70 cents and exchanged 99,870 shares at $8.80, Main Event ended trading with 150 shares, after rising 34 cents to end at $5.99 and tTech swapped 27,000 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $6.60. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 dipped 2 cents in trading 18,045 units at $1.08.
The Junior Market Index slipped 4.73 points to close at 3,449.27 on Friday with 26 securities changing hands, with 11 securities rising, 11 declining as 4 remained unchanged.
Honey Bun lost 20 cents to close at $6.20, after swapping of 1,116 shares, iCreate closed 2 cents higher at 77 cents, with 151,499 stock units trading, Indies Pharma shed 13 cents trading 53,023 units at $3.30, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 80,953 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.98. Knutsford Express ended trading with 5,713 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $10.99, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 1,236,217 shares to close at $2.52 after falling 30 cents, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 32 cents at $4.68, in swapping of 37,300 shares. Medical Disposables closed trading of 68,130 units and gained 70 cents to end at $8.10 and Main Event closed 4 cents higher at $5.65, with 3,648 stock units trading. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 lost 4 cents in trading 44,500 shares to close at $1.10.
