The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index declined by 30.21 points to close at 3,344.40 on Tuesday as 31 securities changed hands, with 16 rising, 9 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Trading settled with an exchange of 1,069,455 units valued at $6,472,675 compared to 928,669 units for $4,592,801 from 30 securities changing hands on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 34,499 units for $208,796 for each security traded, in contrast to 30,956 units for an average of $153,093 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 92,061 units valued at $433,479 and previously 95,253 units valued at $445,940. 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 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging closed trading of 32,060 units and gained 1 cent to end at $1.91, Blue Power ended market activity exchanging 23,680 shares to close at $7.10 after falling 70 cents, CAC 2000 fell $2.60 in trading 1,207 units at $12.50. Caribbean Cream ended with a fall of 35 cents in exchanging 1,858 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.90, Caribbean Producers lost 29 cents in trading 41,684 shares to close at $4.51. Consolidated Bakeries traded just 150 stock units and gained 8 cents in closing at $1.75, Derrimon Trading exchanged 37,176 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $2.50, Elite Diagnostic closed 19 cents higher at $6, after trading 16,662 stock units, Fontana lost 4 cents trading 163,454 shares in closing at $7.30. General Accident inched 1 cent higher in swapping of 35,491 units at $8.07, GWest Corporation climbed 6 cents in exchanging 2,823 shares at $1.11, Honey Bun closed with a rise of 30 cents at $6.60 after the swapping of 12,538 shares, iCreate added 1 cent and exchanged 535 shares to close at 69 cents. Indies Pharma fell 5 cents in trading 9,887 units at $3.10, Jamaican Teas lost 30 cents in closing at $6 with 74,100 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation traded 9,300 units and gained 9 cents to end at $1.99.
Key Insurance climbed 10 cents and exchanged 2,100 shares at $3.10, Lasco Distributors dipped 15 cents in exchanging 11,083 units at $3.25. Lasco Financial closed trading of 22,570 units and gained 20 cents to end at $5.10, Limners and Bards closed trading of 54,518 units and gained 11 cents to end at $2.56, Main Event rose 19 cents in trading 1,000 units at $5.30, Paramount Trading had 4,312 units changing hands and gained 30 cents to end at $2.10. Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 14,258 units and gained 13 cents to end at $12 and SSL Venture climbed 5 cents and exchanged 4,831 shares at $1.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index jumped 42.15 points to close at 3,374.61 on Monday as 30 securities changed hands, with 11 rising, 12 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Jamaican Teas ended trading with 63,736 shares after rising 37 cents to end at $6.30. Jetcon Corporation lost 9 cents with 8,100 units crossing the exchange at $1.90, Lasco Financial rose 5 cents to end at $4.90, with an exchange of 86,959 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing lost 30 cents trading 23,036 units at $5.05. Limners and Bards closed 5 cents lower at $2.45, with 30,992 stock units changing hands, Main Event climbed 9 cents in exchanging 8,053 shares at $5.11, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of 9 cents at $8, after swapping 1,000 shares. Paramount Trading ended market activity exchanging 100 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 20 cents and SSL Venture ended trading with 33,190 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $1.45.
shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Knutsford Express fell 40 cents in trading of 3,500 units to close at $10.60, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3.35, in swapping of 30,854 shares, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 24,295 shares to close at $4.85 after falling 6 cents. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 67,885 shares, after rising 45 cents to end at $5.35, Main Event dipped 96 cents in trading of 7,525 units at $5.02, Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 4,300 units and gained 2 cents to end at $11.87. SSL Venture fell 8 cents exchanging 30,900 units at $1.30 and tTech lost 79 cents in trading 2,140 shares to close at $6.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index rose 10.62 points to close at 3,362.79 on Thursday as 31 securities changed hands, with 13 rising, 8 declining while 10 remained unchanged.
iCreate climbed 6 cents and exchanged 33,028 shares at 72 cents, Iron Rock Insurance shed 35 cents in trading of 8,500 units at $3.60. Lasco Distributors dipped 30 cents in exchanging 8,838 units at $3.50, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 5 cents trading 7,527 units at $4.90, Limners and Bards closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.50, in swapping of 302,524 shares, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 1 cent at $8.09 with 4,549 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 18 cents at $2, after swapping 55,600 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 65 cents to settle at $11.85 with 2,800 shares crossing the exchange and tTech ended trading with 36,000 shares, after rising 49 cents to end at $6.79.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index eked out a minor gain of 4.01 points to 3,352.17 after trading closed on Wednesday after a near 47 points fall on Tuesday.
In contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.15 with 20,560 stock units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation lost 26 cents trading 206,970 units in closing at $1.60, Lasco Distributors lost 10 cents with 109,700 shares crossing the exchange to close at $3.80. Lasco Financial closed trading of 46,726 units and gained 21 cents to end at $4.91, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 10 cents and exchanged 230,707 shares at $4.95, Limners and Bards closed 3 cents higher at $2.55, with 78,286 stock units trading. Medical Disposables closed trading of 100 units and gained 80 cents to end at $8.10, SSL Venture climbed 3 cents and exchanged 55,169 shares to end at $1.38 and tTech lost 10 cents trading 1,060 shares to close at $6.30.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index dropped 49.65 points to 3,348.16 after trading resumed on Tuesday after the heroes’ holiday break on Monday. 
Honey Bun lost 45 cents trading 7,028 units to close at $6.70, Jamaican Teas gained 9 cents with 19,125 units changing hands to end at $6.30, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 57,060 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $1.86. KLE Group shed 24 cents to end at $1.76 with 3,321 stock units trading, Knutsford Express closed trading of 4,446 units and gained 40 cents to end at $11, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 2,880 units and lost 8 cents to end at $3.90, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 1,375,455 units and fell 12 cents to end at $4.85. Limners and Bards ended with a loss of 3 cents at $2.52 with 33,046 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables lost 81 cents to end at $7.30, after trading 7,700 shares and SSL Venture ended trading of 4,331 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $1.35.

Jamaican Teas declined 9 cents in trading of 19,125 units to end at $6.21, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 45,528 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $1.85. Knutsford Express closed trading of 150 units and gained 60 cents to end at $10.60, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 1,889 units and gained 22 cents to end at $3.98. Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 45,463 shares to close at $4.70 after falling 15 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 17,115 units and gained 2 cents to end at $4.97. Limners and Bards ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.55 with 89,957 stock units changing hands, Main Event traded 13,834 shares, after rising 63 cents to end at $5.98. Medical Disposables gained $1.11 to end at $8.11, trading 100 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.34 to end at $12.50, after exchanging 5,850 shares and SSL Venture ended trading of 40,500 shares and rose 5 cents to end at $1.20.
Jamaican Teas ended market activity in exchanging 123,313 shares to close at $6.30 after falling 5 cents. Knutsford Express fell 99 cents with 17,735 units at $10 crossing the exchange. Lasco Distributors fell 14 cents in trading of 1,512,271 units at $3.76, Lasco Financial ended exchanged 7,400 shares, after rising 25 cents to end at $4.85, Limners and Bards closed 6 cents higher at $2.56, with 130,664 stock units changing hands. Medical Disposables closed with a loss of 10 cents at $7, in swapping of 3,000 shares, Main Event declined 15 cents in trading of 4,000 units at $5.35. Paramount Trading declined by 7 cents to settle at $2.18 with 157,000 shares changing hands, SSL Venture shed 5 cents trading 6,400 units at $1.15 and tTech dipped 39 cents in trading of 610 units at $6.40.
Knutsford Express closed 87 cents higher at $10.99, with 100 stock units trading. Lasco Financial lost 13 cents in with 390,000 shares changing hands to close at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing ended market activity in exchanging 35,286 shares to close at $4.95 after falling 4 cents, Limners and Bards ended trading 187,195 shares to close at $2.50 after falling 5 cents. Main Event climbed 25 cents and exchanged 1,459,754 shares at $5.50, Stationery and Office Supplies lost $1.34 in trading 2,687 units, at $11.16 and SSL Venture closed 10 cents higher at $1.20, with 51,000 stock units changing hands.
Jetcon Corporation lost 9 cents trading 12,455 units at $1.90, Knutsford Express shed 50 cents in swapping 3,640 units to end at $10, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 249,546 units and gained 10 cents to end at $4, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4.70, after swapping 646,062 shares. Lasco Manufacturing fell 16 cents in trading of 165,919 units at $4.94, Limners and Bards lost 3 cents in exchanging 59,039 units at $2.69, Medical Disposables shed 81 cents in trading 4,959 units at $6.19. Main Event fell 25 cents in trading 174,015 units at $5.50, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1 to end at $12, trading 5,544 shares, SSL Venture added 1 cent and exchanged 179,949 shares at $1.10 and tTech closed trading of 21,266 units after climbing 79 cents to end at $6.79.