Investors pushed Junior Market activities higher on Thursday with 32 securities changing hands up from 30 on Wednesday, resulting in an exchange of 9,668,717 units for $14,175,803, compared to 977,621 units at $4,392,917 on Wednesday.
At the close, the market index jumped 38.52 points to close at 3,355.93, resulting from 10 securities rising and 7 declining while the prices of 15 remained unchanged and the market’s average PE standing at 14.6.
Trading ended with an average of 302,147 units for an average of $442,994 in contrast to 32,587 units for an average of $146,431 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 121,954 shares at $524,208 and previously 111,374 shares at $528,977, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed $8 to settle at $37 with 68,059 shares changing hands, Blue Power lost 5 cents at $6.90, in swapping 6,743 units, Caribbean Flavours added 5 cents after exchanging 4,702 stock units at $13. Dolphin Cove gained $1.90 to end at $11.20 in trading 3,196 shares, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.64 with 7,405 stock units changing hands, Express Catering fell 20 cents trading 650 units at $6.20, Everything Fresh ended with 8,910,186 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 21 cents to $1.25. Express Catering fell 20 cents trading 650 units at $6.20, Fosrich lost 10 cents in trading 27,056 shares to close at $4.70, General Accident gained 55 cents to end at $7.75, in exchanging 10,000 shares, GWest Corporation closed with 100,000 units crossing the exchange and gained 7 cents to end at 97 cents. 
Indies Pharma ended market activity exchanging 137,922 shares to close at $3.10 after falling 26 cents, Jamaican Teas gained 10 cents with 24,400 shares crossing the market at $6.20, Lasco Distributors dipped 20 cents in an exchange of 14,190 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed 9 cents higher at $4.39, with 4,075 stock units changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing lost 8 cents trading 4,555 shares to close at $5.02, Stationery and Office Supplies rose 31 cents in an exchange of 40,958 shares at $11.50 and tTech traded 3,626 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $6.01.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Investors traded the same number of Junior Market securities of 30 for each day this week up to Wednesday with modest volume changing hands.
Indies Pharma closed 16 cents higher at $3.36, with 22,045 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas closed 15 cents higher at $6.10, with 6,500 stock units trading. KLE Group fell 5 cents in trading of 540 units at $1.70, Knutsford Express lost 32 cents in trading 7,900 shares, to close at $10.18, Lasco Distributors closed 20 cents higher at $3.50, with 713 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial fell 20 cents in trading of 26,760 units to close at $4.30. Lasco Manufacturing closed 10 cents higher at $5.10, with a transfer of 187,153 stock units, Limners and Bards climbed 12 cents and exchanged 56,121 shares at $2.82, Main Event fell 50 cents in trading of 9,500 units at $6 and Medical Disposables lost 84 cents with 4,000 units changing hands at $7.96.
Investors traded the same number of Junior Market securities on Tuesday as on Monday but with fewer units changing hands with a mere 779,323 units valued at $4,286,981 compared to 1,945,433 units valued at $5,415,942 on Monday.
Indies Pharma slipped 16 cents in trading 12,809 stock units to close at $3.20, Jamaican Teas shed 25 cents with 15,300 units crossing the exchange at $5.95. Jetcon Corporation declined 10 cents in trading 3,210 units at $1.80, Knutsford Express saw 3,368 units transferred with a gain of 50 cents to end at $10.50, Lasco Distributors shed 10 cents in trading of 55,474 units at $3.30, Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in 54,354 units changing hands at $5. Limners and Bards fell 5 cents in trading of 33,137 units at $2.70, Medical Disposables traded with 27,000 shares, after rising 80 cents to end at $8.80, Paramount Trading closed with a transfer of 26,842 units and gained 25 cents to end at $2 and SSL Venture lost 8 cents in trading 3,000 shares to close at $1.50.
Trading activity on the Junior Market on Monday ended with 30 securities changing hands, against 26 26 on Friday but with an exchange of just 1,945,433 units valued at $5,415,942 compared to 5,092,867 units valued at $20,132,259 on Friday.
Blue Power closed trading of 1,600 units and gained 10 cents to end at $7.30, Caribbean Flavours rose 70 cents higher to close at $13, with 2,298 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4.70, in swapping of 109,552 shares, Consolidated Bakeries exchanged 35,000 units and gained 1 cent to end at $1.80, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 81,123 shares, after rising 31 cents to $5.30. Investors transferred 252,481 units of Everything Fresh moving the price up by 5 cents to end at $1.10, Express Catering gained 30 cents to end at $6.40, in trading 18,082 shares, Fosrich fell 5 cents with 18,900 units changing hands at $4.75, General Accident climbed 79 cents to end at $8.09, with 19,988 stock units trading. Honey Bun rose 5 cents and exchanged 882 shares at $6.50, iCreate gained 1 cent to end at 62 cents, after trading 281,304 shares, Indies Pharma shed 3 cents with 30,104 units crossing the exchange at $3.36, Iron Rock Insurance lost 3 cents in trading 93,990 units at $3.45. Jamaican Teas lost 3 cents trading 17,750 units at $6.20, 
Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, in swapping of 20,200 shares, Knutsford Express lost 85 cents in trading 3,643 stocks units to close at $10, Lasco Distributors dropped 49 cents in trading of 6,091 units at $3.40. Lasco Financial closed trading of 322,888 units and gained 35 cents to end at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing fell 4 cents in trading of 45,901 units at $5.15, Limners and Bards climbed 3 cents and exchanged 63,595 shares at $2.75. Medical Disposables closed trading of 3,000 units and gained 55 cents to end at $8, Main Event climbed 40 cents in exchanging 200 shares at $6.50, Stationery and Office Supplies rose 13 cents to settle at $11.19 with 2,300 shares changing hands. SSL Venture gained 8 cents to close at $1.58, with 373,768 stock units trading and Ttech climbed 1 cent and exchanged 14,936 shares at $5.51.
Jamaican Teas closed trading of 41,424 units and gained 35 cents to end at $6.30, Lasco Distributors traded 500 shares, after rising 31 cents to end at $3.91, Lasco Financial climbed 15 cents and exchanged 145,200 shares at $4.15. Lasco Manufacturing ended market activity exchanging 35,100 shares to close at $5.20 after falling 2 cents, Main Event climbed 5 cents after exchanging 22,181 shares at $6.10, Paramount Trading dipped 10 cents in trading of 1,227 units at $1.75 and SSL Venture closed trading of 300 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.30.
General Accident dropped $1.59 in trading 6,500 shares to close at $6.41. iCreate climbed 1 cent and exchanged 110,353 shares at 61 cents, Jamaican Teas exchanged 26,121 units and declined 35 cents to settle at $5.95, Jetcon Corporation closed trading of 6,200 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.95, KLE Group ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.75 with 4,000 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors traded 15,626 stock units and declined by 30 cents to settle at $3.60, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 64,860 shares to close at $4 after falling 18 cents, Lasco Manufacturing lost 3 cents in trading of 25,880 units at $5.22 and Main Event climbed 15 cents and exchanged 42,877 shares at $6.05.
Trading on the Junior Market surged on Tuesday with an exchange of 12,854,412 units amounting to $57,700,892, compared to 1,518,746 units valued $8,756,192 on Monday as 29 securities changed hands, down from 34 on Monday.
In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security traded.
Fontana closed 16 cents higher at $7, with 137,572 stock units trading, General Accident climbed $1.50 to end at $8 with an exchange of 46,000 stock units, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 3 cents at 95 cents, in swapping of 4,342 shares, iCreate fell 9 cents in trading of 28,984 units at 60 cents. Jetcon Corporation lost 13 cents with a transfer of just 11,000 shares to close at $1.80, Lasco Distributors climbed 57 cents and inn exchanging 7,112,148 shares at $3.90, Lasco Financial shed 12 cents in trading of 27,655 units at $4.18, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 312,553 units and gained 20 cents to end at $5.25.
Investors drove the Junior Market Index down 67.60 points to close at 3,293.42 on Monday after pushing the prices of 20 securities lower and just 4 higher while leaving the prices of 10 unchanged and the market’s PE at 14.3. 
In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security traded.
iCreate ended trading with 14,000 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at 69 cents, Iron Rock Insurance fell 10 cents in trading of 40,000 units at $3.50, ISP Finance ended market activity exchanging 360 shares to close at $32.90 after falling 9 cents. Jetcon Corporation shed 6 cents trading 18,227 units at $1.93, Lasco Distributors declined 28 cents with 19,163 units crossing the exchange at $3.33, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 67,025 shares to close at $4.30 after falling 15 cents. Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in trading 36,574 shares to close at $5.05, Main Event closed trading of 6,189 units and gained 26 cents to end at $5.90. Medical Disposables ended market activity exchanging 25,000 shares to close at $6.75 after falling 25 cents, Paramount Trading shed 2 cents in trading of 1,000 units at $1.85 and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 20 cents in trading of 113,564 units to close at $11.
Junior Market Index closed trading on Friday with the prices of 10 securities advancing, 15 declining and 5 remaining unchanged, leading the Junior Market Index to eke out a minor rise of 0.72 points to close at 3,361.02. 
ISP Finance closed at $32.99 after jumping $2.99 in trading 1,000 shares. Jamaican Teas climbed 37 cents and exchanged 1,150,008 shares at $6.30 after reporting strong full-year results, Key Insurance fell 20 cents in trading of 1,800 units at $3.30. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 568,151 shares, and rose 31 cents to end at $3.61, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 20 cents and exchanged 362,459 shares at $5.20, Limners and Bards fell 16 cents in trading of 25,784 units at $2.72, Main Event lost 48 cents with 2,114 units crossing the exchange at $5.64. Medical Disposables closed trading of 1,290 units and gained 30 cents to end at $7, Paramount Trading shed 13 cents in trading of 37,100 units at $1.87 and tTech lost $1.40 in trading 18,689 shares to close at $5.50.
Junior Market Index dropped 38.60 points to close at 3,360.30 at the close of trading on Thursday with the prices of 7 securities rising, 13 declining and 8 remaining unchanged. 
Jamaican Teas ended market activity in exchanging 344,273 shares to close at $5.93 after falling 27 cents, Jetcon Corporation traded 25,300 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at $1.99, Lasco Distributors dipped 10 cents with 77,810 units crossing the exchange at $3.30. Lasco Financial shed 84 cents in trading 112,401 units at $4.45, following the release of the second-quarter results with a loss of $16 million in the quarter after making a loan loss provision of $180 million in the quarter, Limners and Bards fell 6 cents in trading 200,891 units at $2.88. Medical Disposables declined 30 cents to settle at $6.70. Paramount Trading climbed 15 cents and exchanged 10,694 shares at $2 and Stationery and Office Supplies ended trading 84,263 stock units after rising 17 cents to close at $11.20.