Fontana hits new high on Monday.
The Junior Market Index jumped sharply by 61.52 points to 3,165.12 at the close on Monday with 23 securities changing hands, resulting in the prices of 12 securities rising, 7 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
Pharmaceutical company, Fontana traded at a new all-time high of $5.59 but pulled back by the close to end at a 52 weeks’ high. Trading ended with an exchange of just 387,846 units valued at $1,455,265 down sharply from 3,027,637 units valued at $13,035,247 on Friday from 32 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 16,863 units for an average of $63,272 in contrast to 94,614 units for an average of $407,351 on Friday. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 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 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial rose by $1.30 in trading of 1,405 shares to end at $46.30, higher, AMG Packaging climbed 5 cents and exchanged 6,045 shares at $2.05, CAC 2000 settled at $1 higher at $15 but with only 100 stock units trading. Caribbean Flavours declined by 30 cents to settle at $14 after exchanging 5,550 units, Caribbean Producers gained 10 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $4.90. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.52 with 10,633 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove closed trading of 545 units to end at $12, Everything Fresh declined 3 cents trading of 47,743 units at $1.37, Express Catering ended trading with 100 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $6.70. Fontana rose 45 cents to at a record close of $5.25, trading 88,773 stock units after hitting an all-time high of $5.59, FosRich Group traded of 8,620 units at $4.50, GWest Corporation closed at $1.21, with 74,425 stock units traded, General Accident ended trading with 7,115 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $4.20. Honey Bun ended market activity exchanging 14,789 shares to close at $6.65 after falling 10 cents, Jetcon Corporation exchanged just 1,320 shares to close at $1.88,
iCreate declined by 2 cents to settle at 72 cents with 43,220 shares changing hands, Indies Pharma fell 5 cents in trading of 1,600 units at $3.10. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 5,537 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $3.40, Lasco Financial exchanged 2,255 shares, after rising 29 cents to end at $5, Lasco Manufacturing closed 20 cents higher at $4.25, with an exchange of 39,538 stock units, Main Event ended market activity exchanging 2,522 shares to close at $5.71 after falling 29 cents. Stationery and Office ended trading with 20,000 shares, after rising 69 cents to end at $9.70 and tTech closed 4 cents higher at $5.50, with 5,000 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on trading Friday, with 32 securities changing hands and the prices of 15 securities rising, 9 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
Key Insurance closed with a loss of 35 cents at $3.35, in swapping of 4,400 shares. KLE Group ended trading with 34,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $2.35, Knutsford Express finished trading 8,566 shares and rose $1 higher to $12.50, Lasco Distributors traded 46,835 units to close at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed trading of 6,700 units and gained 1 cent to end at $4.71. Lasco Manufacturing declined by 15 cents to settle at $4.05 in trading 477,000 units, Medical Disposables traded 28,592 units at $6.70, Paramount Trading closed trading 2,690 units at $2, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 59 cents at $9.01, in the swapping of 148,000 shares and tTech ended trading with 37,141 shares, after rising 16 cents to end at $5.46. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.15.
AMG Packaging closed at $1.99 with 14,425 stock units changing hands, Blue Power declined by 16 cents to settle at $4.79, Caribbean Cream closed trading 28,640 units at $5.27, Caribbean Producers traded 27,541 units at $4.80. Derrimon Trading ended market activity in exchanging 18,202 shares to close at $2.55 after falling 3 cents, Dolphin Cove closed trading of 4,409 units and gained 25 cents to end at $12, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 18,067 shares at $3.99. Everything Fresh exchanged 188,461 units at $1.40, Express Catering ended market activity exchanging 94,422 shares to close at $6.20 after falling 80 cents, Fontana closed trading of 239,209 units with a rise of 7 cents to end at $4.62. FosRich Group close with an exchange of 12,066 units at $4.70, General Accident traded 105,404 units to end at $4.10, GWest Corporation gained 11 cents to end at $1.15, in trading 277,027 units, iCreate ended market activity exchanging 12,930 shares to close at 70 cents. Indies Pharma traded of 8,634,384 units at $3.03, Iron Rock closed with a loss of 7 cents at $3.55, in swapping 66,702 shares, Jamaican Teas fell 12 cents trading 36,649 units to close at $4.18. 
Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents in trading of 177,109 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.75, Knutsford Express closed at $11.50 with 9,450 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors dipped 9 cents in trading of 28,853 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial traded 156,112 units to close at $4.70. Lasco Manufacturing climbed 10 cents and exchanged 938,182 shares at $4.20, Medical Disposables traded 7,786 units at $6.70, Paramount Trading fell 45 cents in trading 5,861 units at $2, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 2 cents and exchanged 93,187 shares at $9.60 and tTech decline 5 cents in trading of 1,100 units at $5.30.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Wednesday, with an exchange of 3,778,290 units valued at $13,398,281 compared to 1,838,031 units valued at $6,450,947 on Tuesday. 
Indies Pharma declined 9 cents in trading of 142,783 units at $3.03, Iron Rock ended trading of 67,246 shares, after rising 12 cents to end at $3.62, Jamaican Teas fell 5 cents in trading of 3,500 units at $4.30, Jetcon Corporation declined 5 cents in exchanging 1,055,936 units at $1.80. Knutsford Express declined $1 to end at $11.50 with 2,167 stock units changing hand, Lasco Distributors climbed 24 cents and exchanged 214,358 shares at $3.39, Lasco Financial closed the trading of 1,181,077 units and gained 20 cents to end at $4.70, Lasco Manufacturing shed 20 cents in trading of 85,400 units at $4.10. Main Event closed with a loss of 90 cents at $6, swapping of 1,928, shares, Medical Disposables dipped 30 cents trading of 5,000 units at $6.70, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 32 cents, trading 50,000 units at $9.58 and tTech declined 11 cents trading 18,203 units in closing at $5.35.
Caribbean Cream ended trading of 4,662 units at $5.27. Caribbean Producers closed trading of 58,622 units and gained 14 cents to end at $4.90, Consolidated Bakeries lost 23 cents trading 77,148 units to close at $1.77. Derrimon Trading at $2.59 with 57,558 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove traded 5,100 shares to end at $11.75, Elite Diagnostic exchanged 141 shares and declined by 3 cents to settle at $3.97, Everything Fresh exchanged 100,000 units at $1.40, Express Catering declined by 40 cents to settle at $6.75, with an exchange of 37,840 units. FosRich Group closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4.95, in the swapping of 6,208 shares, Fontana closed 11 cents higher at $4.51, with 171,655 stock units changing hands after the price hit an intraday all-time high of $4.96, GWest Corporation closed with 102,148 units changing hands at $1.02. General Accident lost 3 cents in trading of 17,684 units at $4.07. Honey Bun closed at $6.50 after hitting a new all-time high of $7.33 in trading 34,500 shares after dropping 50 cents, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at to close at 79 cents with 201,050 stock units changing hand, 
Indies Pharma traded 79,119 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $3.12. Jamaican Teas shed 35 cents in trading of 35,443 units to close at $4.35. Jetcon Corporation lost 2 cents in trading of 23,100 units at $1.85, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 14,883 shares at $12.50, Lasco Distributors shed 24 cents in trading of 339,755 units at 52 weeks’ low of $3.15, Lasco Financial dipped 15 cents in trading of 166,950 units to close at $4.50. Lasco Manufacturing hit a 52 weeks’ high of $4.50 but lost altitude by the close to finish trading 112,917 shares at $4.30, Main Event settled at $6.90 after 126,857 shares were traded, Medical Disposables climbed 30 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $7. Paramount Trading closed 42 cents higher at $2.45, with 5,800 stock units trading and Stationery and Office closed trading of 500 units and gained 30 cents to end at $9.90. In the junior market preference segment, CAC2000 preference share closed with a loss of 10 cents at $1, after swapping of 12,991 shares.
iCreate exchanged 100,200 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at 80 cents, Indies Pharma closed with a loss of 13 cents at $3.07, with an exchange of 173,410 shares, Jamaican Teas rose 15 cents to conclude trading of 9,540 shares at $4.70. Jetcon Corporation shed 3 cents in trading of 4,795 units at $1.87, Key Insurance closed 10 cents higher at $3.70, with 207 stock units changing hands, Knutsford Express fell $1.50 in concluding trading of 74,906 at $12.50, Lasco Distributors dipped 30 cents in trading of 74,906 units at $3.39. Lasco Financial declined 15 cents to settle at $4.65 and trading 42,255 shares, Lasco Manufacturing added 10 cents in closing trading at $4.30 with an exchange of 126,983 shares, Main Event settled $1 higher at $6.90 after 25,856 shares were traded. Medical Disposables lost 30 cents in trading of 1,500 units at $6.70 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 39,420 shares changing hands at $9.60.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 173,031 for an average of $731,049, previously, 195,632 at $730,567. In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
General Accident exchanged 34,633 shares at $4.15. GWest Corporation traded 38,980 shares to end at $1.15, iCreate fell 9 cents in trading 577,519 units to close at 71 cents, Jamaican Teas finished trading 16,033 shares with a rise of 20 to $4.55, Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 10 cents at $1.90, in swapping 533 shares. Key Insurance ended trading with 7,000 shares, after rising 25 cents to $3.60, Knutsford Express exchanged 13,588 shares at $11, Lasco Distributors closed 9 cents higher at $3.69, with 185,348 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial declined 60 cents to $4.80 in trading of 1,098,116 units and Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 1,801,604 shares, and rose 10 cents to end at $4.20. Medical Disposables closed trading of 45,260 units at $7, SSL Venture Capital ended market activity with 25,000 shares trading at $1.61 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 3,408 shares changing hands at $9.60.
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.
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.
