New record high for the JSE Junior Market.
Investors pushed most prices higher on the Junior Market in trading on Friday with the vast majority of companies contributing to market activity as the market index rocketed to cross the 3,500 mark for the first time.
The Junior Market Index jumped 74.67 points to close at a record 3,537.21 on a day when 35 securities changed hands, up from 32 on Wednesday, as prices of 21 securities rose, 9 declined and 5 remained unchanged.
At the close, Limners and Bards ended at a record close of $3.75, Elite Diagnostic closed at a record high of $6.22, Jamaican Teas ended at a record close of $7.26, but Caribbean Cream closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $4.25.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 6,412,413 units valued at $28,100,938 compared to 16,230,256 units valued at $62,517,388 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 183,212 units for an average of $802,884 in contrast to 479,173 units for an average of $2,057,215 on Wednesday. July ended with an average of 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes|Access Financial gained $1.45 to end at $47.95, trading 500 shares, AMG Packaging rose 3 cents to end at $2.30 with 19,256 stock units trading, Blue Power shed 50 cents to settle at $12.50 with 125,315 shares changing hands. CAC 2000 gained 10 cents to end at $16 with 30,300 stock units trading, Caribbean Cream dived $1.06 to settle at a 52 weeks’ closing low of $4.25 with 9,376 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours climbed $1.06 to settle at $17.16 with 50,301 shares changing hands. Cargo Handlers gained 97 to end at $10.97, trading 100 shares, Caribbean Producers ended at $4.80, trading 28,075 shares, Consolidated Bakeries rose 10 cents to end at $2.30 trading 50,536 stock units Derrimon Trading gained 20 cents to end at $2.80, in exchanging 466,558 shares. Dolphin Cove fell 5 cents to end at $12 with 100 stock units trading. Express Catering climbed 20 cents to settle at $6.70 with 69,027 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh gained 4 cents to end at $1.35 with 165,730 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic rose 52 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.22, trading 158,926 shares. Fosrich Group added 20 cents to settle at $4.90 with 12,025 shares changing hands, Fontana dropped 15 cents to settle at $8.60 with 311,145 shares changing hands, General Accident climbed 35 cents to $4.90 trading 102,460 shares, GWest Corporation traded 15,899 shares at $1.54. Honey Bun fell 35 cents to end at $5, with 434,837 shares changing hands, iCreate exchanged 68,780 shares to close at 70 cents, Indies Pharma gained 20 cents to end at $3.30 trading 58,782 stock units, Jamaican Teas gained $1.61 to end at a record close of $7.26 trading 39,035 stock units changing hands. 
Jetcon Corporation climbed 23 cents to settle at $1.93 with 103,043 shares trading, Knutsford Express shed 50 cents to end at $12 with an exchange of 2,643 stock units, Key Insurance dropped 65 cents to settle at $3.25 with 200 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards gained 60 cents to end at record close of $3.75 with 3,292,680 stock units trading. Lasco Distributors added 7 cents to end at $3.40, trading 48,900 stock units. Lasco Financial rose 35 cents to $5.50, in trading 83,035 shares, Lasco Manufacturing inched 5 cents higher to settle at $4.25 with 306,360 shares changing hands, Main Event climbed 95 cents to end at $7.95, trading 50,790 shares, Medical Disposables gained 50 cents to end at $8 with 18,200 stock units trading. Paramount Trading fell 2 cents to $2.38, trading 102,000 shares, Iron Rock Insurance rose 5 cents to settle at $4.05 with 23,679 shares changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 45 cents to end at $12.20, in trading 17,920 shares and tTech closed at $6, trading 145,900 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
and Stationery and Office Supplies closed at a record high of $12.65.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging lost 8 cents in trading 89,430 shares to close at $2.27, Blue Power declined $1.20 in trading of 57,206 units to close at $13, Caribbean Cream exchanged 161 stock units and rose 29 cents higher to $5.29, Caribbean Flavours climbed 4 cents exchanging 1,778 shares at $16.10. Cargo Handlers lost 95 cents in trading of 200 units at $10, Caribbean Producers closed 1 cent higher at $4.80, with 52,587 stock units trading, Caribbean Producers ended trading with 52,587 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 42,456 shares, after rising 11 cents to end at $2.20. Dolphin Cove ended trading with 1,200 shares, after rising 5 cents to close at $12.05, Express Catering climbed 25 cents and exchanged 242,715 shares to close at $6.50. Everything Fresh ended trading of 44,175 shares, after rising 11 cents to end at $1.31, Elite Diagnostic closed 5 cents higher at $5.70, with 252,600 stock units trading. Fosrich Group dipped 26 cents in trading of 32,841 units to end at $4.70, Fontana closed trading of 335,330 units and gained 25 cents to end at $8.75, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.54 with 38,657 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma lost 10 cents in trading of 69,350 units at $3.10. Jamaican Teas closed trading of 49,450 units and gained 65 cents to end at record closing high of $5.65, 
Knutsford Express climbed $1.52 to settle at $12.50 with 340,610 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards climbed 15 cents and exchanged 5,684,628 shares to end at a record closing high of $3.15. Lasco Distributors climbed 18 cents trading 513,676 shares to end at $3.33, Lasco Financial closed trading of 6,941,822 units and climbed 55 cents to end at $5.15, Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in trading 50,166 units to close at $4.20. Iron Rock Insurance closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4, in swapping 59,344 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.25 to end at a record high of $12.65, in trading 1,154 stock units and tTech ended trading of 10,410 shares, after rising 10 cents to close at $6.
Lasco Financial ended trading with 1,427,673 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $4.60. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 133,549 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $4.35, Limners and Bards closed 85 cents higher at $3, with 9,233,651 stock units trading, Medical Disposables ended trading of 11,800 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $7.50, Main Event lost 35 cents in trading of 5,000 units at $7. Paramount Trading closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $2.40, Iron Rock Insurance closed trading of 7,046 units and gained 20 cents to end at $4.10. Stationery and Office Supplies declined 80 cents to settle at $11.40 after trading 5,000 shares, Sweet River ended trading with 4,000 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at $2.75, tTech ended trading of 19,690 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $5.90.
June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
Honey Bun lost 75 cents in trading of 31,241 units to end at $5.30, Indies Pharma closed 4 cents higher at $3.06, with 35,000 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas dipped 25 cents in trading of 2,059,280 units to end at $4.75, after trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.99 earlier. Jetcon Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $1.95, with 58,152 stock units trading, Limners and Bards traded 69,589 units and gained 85 cents to end at a record of $2.15 after trading at an intraday high of $2.40, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.59 with 1,564,185 stock units changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing close with a loss of 5 cents at $4.20, in swapping 100,663 shares, Main Event lost 64 cents in trading of 12,141 units at $7.35. Paramount Trading closed 30 cents higher at $2.30, with 500 stock units trading, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.20 to end at a record close of $12.20, trading 2,268 shares and tTech declined 30 cents in trading of 5,000 units at $5.20.
Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 8,200 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $1.90, Knutsford Express closed 10 cents higher at $11, with 2,973 stock units trading, Key Insurance closed trading of 953 units and gained 20 cents to end at $3.90. KLE Group closed 1 cent higher at $1.73, with 1,155 stock units trading, Limners and Bards climbed 30 cents to settle at a record high of $1.30 with just 100 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed 15 cents higher at $3.15, with 54,500 stock units trading, Lasco Financial gained 1 to end at $4.60, trading 546,846 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 41,900 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $4.25, Medical Disposables climbed 31 cents in exchanging 22,800 shares at $7, Main Event ended with a loss of 1 cent to close at $7.99 with 7,062 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading closed trading of 35,551 units and gained 22 cents to end at $2, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 1 cent to close at $11 with 5,885 stock units changing hands and tTech climbed 40 cents and exchanged 127 shares at $5.50.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index surged 85.66 points to end at 3,318.09 on Thursday, the highest close for the year, and the highest point since the latter part of October last year. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 93,288 units with a value of $337,830 for each security traded, compared to 94,629 units with a value of $334,761 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
General Accident dipped 6 cents in trading of 239,128 units at $4.29. GWest Corporation staged a big recovery since falling to a low a recent low of 70 cents to end trading at $1.55 after rising 30 cents in exchanging 6,300 units. 
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index rose 38.69 points to close at 3,189.88 on Tuesday and sits just 1.8 percent below the opening level for the year and just slightly lower than the close on January 23. 
June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
Fontana gained $1.14 to end at $8.45 with 355,933 stock units trading, General Accident dipped 23 cents in trading of 64,972 units at $4.15, iCreate closed trading of 102,500 units and gained 6 cents to end at 66 cents, ISP Finance fell 20 cents in trading of 3,783 units to end at $13.65. Jamaican Teas lost 13 cents in trading 100 shares to close at $4.30, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 73,886 shares to close at $1.60 after falling 20 cents, Lasco Distributors dipped 18 cents in trading of 55,300 units at $3.15, Lasco Manufacturing shed 8 cents in trading of 29,235 units at $4.20. Medical Disposables closed trading of 53,095 units and gained 30 cents to end at $7. Main Event climbed 45 cents and exchanged 12,176 shares at $7, Ironrock Insurance climbed 4 cents and exchanged 500 shares at $3.57, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 69 cents and exchanged 26,328 shares to end at $9.70 and tTech Limited ended trading of 62,382 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $5.25.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index rose 24.98 points to 3,151.19 on Monday as rising stocks edged out declining ones. 
GWest Corporation ended trading with 96,535 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $1, Honey Bun lost $1.05 cents in trading of 15,660 units at $5. iCreate Limited declined by 10 cents to settle at record low of 60 cents, in trading of 118,800 units, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.43 with 7,762 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 354,542 shares, after rising 13 cents to end at $3.30. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 243,393 shares after rising 8 cents, to end at $4.28. Main Event lost 15 cents in trading of 13,570 units to close at $6.55 and Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.79 with 5,000 stock units changing hands.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index jumped 42.38 points to close at 3,126.21 on Friday as rising stocks beat declining ones 3 to 2.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 86,814 units with a value of $302,918 for each security traded, compared to 89,989 units with a value of $295,131 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
Honey Bun climbed 15 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $6.05, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 70 cents with 102,230 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma ended trading with 320,470 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $3.02, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.44 with 21,911 stock units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation fell 9 cents in trading 2,084 units at $1.80. Lasco Distributors closed 5 cents higher at $3.20, with 38,196 stock units trading. Iron Rock Insurance closed trading of 3,000 units with a gain of 3 cents to end at $3.53, Stationery and Office Supplies declined 1 cent, to close at 9.01, with 58,105 stock units changing hands and tTech ended trading of 27,199 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $5.10.
June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
GWest Corporation closed trading of 171,006 units with a gain of 9 cents to end at 91 cents, Honey Bun dipped 15 cents in trading of 10,000 units at $5.90. iCreate fell 2 cents in trading 9,496 units at 71 cents, Indies Pharma declined 2 cents in trading of 80,365 units to close at $3.01, Jamaican Teas climbed 1 cent in exchanging 19,777 shares at $4.45, Lasco Distributors closed 5 cents higher at $3.15, with 680,499 stock units trading. Lasco Financial ended trading with 104,594 shares, after rising 10 cents to close at $4.60, Medical Disposables declined 23 cents in trading 6,160 units at $6.70, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 48 cents in trading 217,587 units to close at $9.02, tTech shed 25 cents in trading of 6,000 units to end at $5. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading climbed 5 cents and exchanged 6,114 shares at $2.05.