Junior Market stock trading.
Trading ended with the prices of 13 securities advanced, 4 declined and 3 remained unchanged as 23 securities changed hands, compared to 23 on Wednesday. A mere 485,317 units valued at $1,504,400 changed hands, compared to 3,326,424 units valued at $12,838,542 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 21,101 units for an average of $65,409 in contrast to 118,801 units for an average of $458,519 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 114,398 valued at $281,234. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial exchanged 283 shares and closed 50 cents higher at $43, AMG Packaging ended at $2, trading 22,171 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a rise of 11 cents at $4.61, with 12,315 units, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.75, with an exchange of 34,000 shares. Everything Fresh gained 3 cents to close at $1.55, with 12,800 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled 1 cent higher at $2.97, in trading 19,836 units, FosRich Group traded 6,650 shares resulting in a rise of 9 cents to close at $4, Fontana finished trading 64,780 shares with a loss of 7 cents at $4.03. GWest Corporation ended 4 cents higher at $1.35, trading 16,150 units, Honey Bun gained 1 cent to close at $4, trading of 58,594 shares, iCreate closed trading of 22,559 shares with a rise of 1 cent to close at 90 cents. Indies Pharma finished 5 cents higher at $3.20, with an exchange of 37,257 shares, Iron Rock climbed 40 cents to $3.90, with 743 shares trading, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 17,425 shares and fell 18 cents to end at $2.30. KLE Group ended at $2.40, with 10,406 shares changing 
hands, Knutsford Express concluded trading with 3,909 stock units and rose 1 cent to close at $13, Lasco Distributors exchanged 34,706 units at $3.88, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.20, with 18,833 shares trading. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 7 cents higher at $3.25, with an exchange of 17,508 shares, Main Event traded 6,000 shares at $5, Medical Disposables added 50 cents to end at $7, with an exchange of 1,165 stock units, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 3 cents at $2.47, in exchanging 1,227 units and SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 10 cents at $1.50, with 66,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Blue Power concluded trading of 3,200 units, at $4.20. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 4 cents at $10.96, after trading 100 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 7,835 units at $4.50, Consolidated Bakeries closed 20 cents higher at $2, with 250,745 shares changing hands. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.75, with the exchanging of 2,206 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 3,357 shares with a loss of 33 cents at $11.72, Everything Fresh finished 4 cents higher at $1.52, with 119,546 stock units crossing the exchange. Elite Diagnostic settled 1 cent higher at $2.96, trading 26,229 units, Express Catering ended trading with 7,000 shares and rose 50 cents to end at $7.70, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 9 cents at $3.91, with 1,502,876 shares changing hands, Fontana finished trading 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 994,116 shares. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 4 cents at $1.31, with an exchange of 1,000 units, iCreate closed trading of 14,231 shares to close at 89 cents. Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.15, with 31,715 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 6,351 units and rose 44 cents to end at $3.95, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 13,235 shares and 
gained 18 cents to $2.48. KLE Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.40, with 17,810 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,200 stock units, with a gain of 99 cents to $12.99, Lasco Distributors finished 19 cents higher at $3.88, with 9,899 units trading, Lasco Financial added 20 cents to close at $4.40, with an exchange of 1,500 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 133,000 shares and rose 9 cents to end at $3.18, Main Event fell 30 cents to $5, with 21,943 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables exchanged 20,000 stock units to close at $6.50, Paramount Trading closed 25 cents higher at $2.50, with 1,300 units passing through the exchange. SSL Venture Capital ended 10 cents higher at $1.60, trading 3,338 shares and tTech settled with a loss of 35 cents at $4.80, with 3,000 stock units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange lost more ground on Tuesday and closed April with a 5 percent fall in value, bringing the four months losses to 9.4 percent compared to a 5.8 percent rise for the All Jamaica index.
an average of $90,191 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 87,963 units valued $317,267 and previously, 88,152 units valued $318,072 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
cents higher at $3.25, with 1,160,900 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with 6,256 shares crossing the exchange, Jamaican Teas rose just 1 cent trading 29,188 units to end at $3.51, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 5,000 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $2.30. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 650 stock units with a loss of 99 cents at $12, Lasco Distributors closed with a gain of 17 cents at $3.69, in transferring 157,383 units, Lasco Financial rose 15 cents higher to close at $4.20, with 53,532 shares trading, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 27,045 shares with a loss of 11 cents at $3.09. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 22 cents at $2.25, with an exchange of 8,987 units and Stationery and Office concluded trading 10 cents higher at $6.85, with 16,929 shares.
Jamaican Teas traded 27,812 units with a loss of 10 cents at $3.50, Jetcon Corporation finished trading of 3,724 shares, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $2.35, Key Insurance closed 10 cents higher at $3.25, with swapping of 2,500 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 338 stock units and rose 49 cents higher to $12.99, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.52, with 46,495 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3.20, with 6,309 shares, Main Event traded with a loss of 50 cents at $5.30, after trading 12,594 shares. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 3 cents at $2.47, trading 4,000 units, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 4 cents at $1.50, with 2,185 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office traded 6,000 shares with a loss of 75 cents at $6.75.
to 91,615 units valued $329,850 and previously, 86,708 units valued $310,507 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
Iron Rock exchanged 12,967 shares with a loss of 40 cents in closing at $3.50, Jamaican Teas traded 5,000 units at $3.60, Jetcon Corporation finished the trading of 81,080 shares at $2.40, Knutsford Express closed at $12.50, while trading 600 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.51, with 51,500 units changing hands. Lasco Financial settled 5 cents higher at $4.05, with $2.93, with an exchange of 59,528 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 60,000 shares, 4 cents higher at $3.20, Main Event traded 8,620 shares after falling 5 cents to $5.80, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.54, in exchanging 1,640 shares and tTech settled 15 cents higher at $5.15, with 16,200 stock units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with reduced volume and value on Thursday, compared to Wednesday’s levels, but the market index gained 27.85 points to close at 2,993.36. 
In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
Iron Rock settled with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, with 100 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 5,500 units, with a loss of 40 cents at $3.60, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with 101,986 shares and lost 9 cents to close at $2.40. Knutsford Express concluded trading 20 cents higher at $12.50, with 2,262 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 3 cents at $3.60, with 5,150 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4, with 1,020 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with a loss of 4 cents at $3.16, with 2,350 shares. Main Event traded 46 cents higher at $5.85, with 7,042 shares, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 6 cents at $1.54, with 17,203 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading 50 cents higher at $7.50, with 117,355 shares and tTech settled at $5, with 27,965 stock units.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with reduced volume and value compared to Tuesday’s levels, but the market index gained 10.77 points to close at 2,965.51. 
cents higher to $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 14 cents higher at $2.49, with an exchange of 31,399 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 5,225 stock units, 40 cents higher at $12.30, Lasco Distributors finished 3 cents higher at $3.63, with 1,801 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 15 cents at $4, with 30,400 shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 3,162 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20. Main Event traded 1,928 shares and rose 34 cents to close at $5.39, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.60, while exchanging 1,900 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading with 29,786 shares for 25 cents higher at $7 and tTech settled with a loss of 30 cents at $5, with 1,776 stock units trading.
After a long period of inactivity, ISP Finance finally traded but fell $3 to close at $12.50 with exchange of a mere 100, Jamaican Teas traded with a loss of 35 cents at $3.55, with the swapping of 17,771 units. Jetcon Corporation gained 5 cents at $2.35, with 5,464 shares passing through the exchange, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 9,300 stock units at $11.90, Lasco Distributors dropped 10 cents and finished at $3.60, with an exchange of 19,550 units, Lasco Financial lost 1 cent and settled at $4.15, trading 10,781 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 79,700 shares, with an increase of 12 cents at $3.25, Main Event traded 5 cents higher at $5.05, with an exchange of 821 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading with 481,767 shares at $6.75 and tTech closed 30 cents higher at $5.30, with an exchange of 8,361 stock units.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging exchanged 280,000 stock units and ended at $2.12, Blue Power concluded trading with 4,320 units and lost 10 cents in closing at $4.40, CAC 2000 jumped $3 to close at $12, with 1,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished trading 40,259 units, and rose 2 cents to end at $4.62. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 24 cents at $2.51, with an exchange of 41,946 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading 6,614 shares and rose 50 cents higher to $13, Elite Diagnostic settled at $2.90, with 10,500 units changing hands, Express Catering ended trading of 8,466 shares to close at $7.22, Fontana finished trading 39,497 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $3.80. General Accident closed 29 cents higher at $4.29, with an exchange of 5,400 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 2 cents higher at $1.33, with 19,828 units changing hands, Honey Bun traded 100 shares with a loss of 22 cents at $3.83, iCreate lost 4 cents in closing at 81 cents, with an exchange of 
230 shares. Indies Pharma ended trading of 12,638 shares, with a loss of 4 cents at $3.01, Iron Rock settled 5 cents higher at $3.50, with 1,000 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded with a loss of 20 cents at $3.90, with the swapping of 6,800 units. Jetcon Corporation finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $2.30, with 2,427 shares passing through the exchange, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,543 stock units with a loss of 10 cents at $11.90, Lasco Distributors finished at $3.70, with an exchange of 216,373 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.16, trading 21,660 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 185,100 shares, with a loss of 8 cents at $3.13, Main Event traded 5 cents higher at $5, with an exchange of 11,421 shares, Paramount Trading closed 1 cent higher at $2.50, with 49,500 units trading and Stationery and Office concluded trading at $6.75, with 5,000 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with volume rising 85 percent and value increasing 104 percent over Tuesday’s levels, but the market index lost 13.59 points to 2,953.24, down 9 percent for 2019 so far.
units 100,529 valued $356,911 and previously 98,795 valued $352,089 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
Iron Rock settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.45, with 1,500,000 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 55 cents higher at $4.10, with 8,500 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading at $2.35, with 11,206 shares, Knutsford Express concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $12, with 7,025 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.70, with 22,724 units changing hands. Lasco Financial settled with an exchange of 3,295 shares and lost 24 cents at $4.16, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 101,962 shares and closed 1 cent higher at $3.21, Paramount Trading closed 34 cents higher at $2.49, with 25,000 units changing hands. SSL Venture Capital ended 5 cents higher at $1.60, with an exchange of 5,100 shares and tTech settled with a loss of 30 cents at $5, with 64,585 stock units changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9% closed at $1.15, trading 5,600 shares.