Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed sharply on Wednesday with 17,755,553 units valued at $89,888,819 crossing the exchange, compared to 2,988,737 units valued at $11,616,949 exchanged on Tuesday.
Trading level was swollen by a switch in ownership of shares within a group of companies, rather than a general pick up trading interest. The Junior Market index lost 22.39 points to close at 3,070.08 as declining stocks edged out advancing stocks for a second day.
Twenty seven (27) securities changed hands, compared with the same number on Tuesday. At the close of trading, prices of 10 securities rose, 11 declined and 5 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 657,613 units for an average of $3,329,215 in contrast to 110,694 units for an average of $430,257 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 194,026 shares valued at $852,887 
compared to 128,493 shares valued at $502,830 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 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 trading, Access Financial closed at $48, with 107,787 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 9 cents at $2.01, with an exchange of 1,456,154 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 103 units with a rise of 50 cents to close at $5. CAC 2000 finished 1 cent higher at $12.41, in trading 107,333 shares, Cargo Handlers settled at $12.65, with 5,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading 100,000 shares, for 2 cents more at $5.27, Caribbean Flavours traded just 300 stock units in gaining $1.05 to close at $18. Caribbean Producers finished trading 9 cents higher at $4.60, while exchanging 146,400 units, Derrimon Trading ended 7 cents higher at $2.87, with 172,919 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 1,221,152 shares with a loss of $1.65 cents at $11.71, Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.50, with 37,500 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.25, with the trading of 2,756,030 units, Express Catering ended trading of 975,759 shares 
with a loss of 40 cents at $7.50. FosRich Group traded 78,897 shares with a loss of 9 cents at $4.16, Fontana closed 6 cents higher at $4.06, with 522,903 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 55 cents at $3.95, while switching ownership of 2,422,309 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.75, trading just 647 units. ICreate fell 4 cents to close at 95 cents, in trading 36,885 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.11, with an exchange of 336,665 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 51,111 units, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 33 cents higher at $3.10, with 33,533 shares changing hand. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 6 cents at $3.70, with 1,318,768 units crossing the exchange, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, trading 47,833 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 791,665 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $3, Paramount Trading closed at $2.11, with an exchange of 2,000,000 units, SSL Venture Capital ended 4 cents higher at $1.70, with 16,350 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 3,011,550 shares with a loss of 3 cents to end at $7.47.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
$12.65, with an exchange of 2,000 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 46,928 units and rose 1 cent higher to $4.51. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2, with the trading of 3,000 shares, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 9 cents at $2.80, with an exchange of 68,000 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.45, as 139,500 stock units traded, Elite Diagnostic settled 5 cents higher at $3.25, with 35,055 units passing through the market. Express Catering ended trading with 229,963 shares after a loss of 9 cents in closing at $7.90, FosRich Group traded 28,691 shares and rose 5 cents to $4.25, Fontana finished trading with 999,692 shares as the price slipped 10 cents to $4, Honey Bun closed 13 cents higher at $3.85, in exchanging 500 shares. ICreate rose 5 cents to close at 99 cents, in trading 49,810 shares, Indies Pharma finished 16 cents higher at $3.16, with 108,168 shares changing hands. Jamaican Teas traded 5 cents higher at $3.80, with 53,685 units crossing through the exchange butt traded at a 52 
weeks’ intraday low of $3.60. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 3,741 shares at $2.77, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 915 stock units with a loss of 10 cents at $12.80, Lasco Distributors finished 6 cents higher at $3.76, while trading 61,941 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, with an exchange of 219,416 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 277,959 shares, 5 cents higher at $3.10. Main Event closed with a loss of 55 cents at $5.25, with 2,491 shares traded, Medical Disposables finished trading with 2,100 stock units 50 cents higher at $7, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 29 cents at $2.11, with 114,522 units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital lost 4 cents at $1.66, with 70,000 shares trading, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 17,200 shares at $7.50 and tTech settled with a loss of 50 cents at $5.50, with 207,650 stock units trading. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2, trading 146,720 stock units.
compared to 146,891 shares valued at $575,700 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
Indies Pharma gained 25 cents to end at $3, with 119,744 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 56,495 units with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, Jetcon Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $2.77, trading 6,460 shares. Knutsford Express jumped 90 cents higher to $12.90, with 37,592 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, with an exchange of 14,587 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 19 cents at $4.40, in exchanging 153,968 shares. Main Event traded 25,212 shares for an 80 cents hike to $5.80, Medical Disposables finished with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50, with 14,000 stock units changing hands, Paramount Trading closed 36 cents higher at $2.40, with an exchange of 1,283 units. SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.70, trading 44,732 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 5,400 shares, after rising of 50 cents to $7.50 and tTech settled 50 cents higher at $6, with 33,000 stock units changing hands.
hands, Cargo Handlers ended $12.65 higher at $12.65, with 5,500 stock units, Caribbean Cream settled at $5.25, with an exchange of 9,438 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 97,982 stock units at $4.47, Consolidated Bakeries finished trading 3,650 units, 1 cent higher to $2. Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 11 cents at $2.80, with 25,009 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove ended with a loss of $1.90 to $11.60, trading 176,147 shares, Everything Fresh concluded trading of 158,747 shares for 10 cents higher at $1.65, Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.20, with 10,000 stock units changing hands. Express Catering settled 42 cents higher at $8.30, with an exchange of 114,037 units, FosRich Group ended trading 33,093 shares at $4,after trading at an intraday all-time high of $4.50. Fontana traded 622,444 shares to close at $4, General Accident exchanged 73,369 shares with a gain of 5 cents to $4.35, GWest Corporation closed at $1.75, with 6,342 stock units changing hands, Honey Bun ended at $3.70, trading 705,845 units, ICreate fell 2 cents to close at 93 cents, trading 409,781 shares. Indies Pharma concluded trading of 42,204 shares with a loss of 25 cents at $2.75, Iron Rock finished with a loss of 50 cents at $3, with an exchange of 127,000 shares, ISP Finance rose 50 cents higher to $13.50, with 19,934 shares changing hands. Jamaican Teas ended trading 
79,420 stock units, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation swapped 11,594 units, with a loss of 23 cents at $2.72, Key Insurance finished trading 5,000 shares and rose 15 cents higher to $3.15, Knutsford Express ended at $12, with 200 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors lost 5 cents to end at $3.70, with an exchange of 193,061 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 8 cents higher at $4.59, trading 14,764 units, Lasco Manufacturing gained 4 cents to end at $3.05, with 48,900 shares changing hands, Main Event ended trading of 59,700 shares and gained 44 cents to close at $5. Medical Disposables traded 6,500 shares after rising 20 cents higher to $7, Stationery and Office dropped $1.20 to $7, with 39,298 shares changing hands and SSL Venture Capital closed at $1.70, with 28,115 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% preference share concluded trading of 31,724 units at $2.10.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Tuesday with more stocks declining than rising for the second day leading to another fall in the market index of 10.21 points to 3,109.61.
9,200 shares trading, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, exchanging 4,832 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 74,106 units with a loss of 15 cents at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents to end at $2.95, with the swapping of 27,400 shares. KLE Group ended with a loss of 30 cents at $2.80, with 550 shares changing owners, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 4,311 stock units at $12, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, in exchanging 210,500 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.80, trading 2,260,678 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3, with 182,048 shares changing hands, Main Event traded 16,400 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $5.35, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.95, trading 4,298 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 2,800 shares with a loss of 20 cents to close at $8.20.
Indies Pharma lost 14 cents to close at $3, with 78,934 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled with the trading 30,000 shares at $3.50, Jamaican Teas lost 24 cents to close at $4, with trading 14,090 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with 26,734 shares but lost 20 cents to close at $3.10. Knutsford Express concluded exchanging 2,670 stock units, with a loss of 87 cents to end at $12, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.70, with 985,338 units changing hands. Lasco Financial settled 60 cents higher at $5, with an exchange of 659,332 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 257,520 shares after declining 24 cents at $3, Main Event traded 7,286 shares at $5.40, Medical Disposables swapped 18,300 stock units with a loss of 5 cents at $6.55. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 4 cents at $2.04, with 211,090 units changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies concluded trading of 1,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents, at $8.40 and tTech settled with a loss of 70 cents at $5.50, with and exchange of 100 stock units.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday with 26 securities changing hands, compared with 25 securities trading on Thursday and ending with the prices of 6 securities advancing, 13 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
cents higher at $3.14, trading 36,886 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with an exchange of 27,500 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 58,475 units with a loss of 26 cents to end at $4.24. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 3,768 shares and rose 20 cents to $3.30, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 1 cent at $3.79, with 28,381 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.40, with 4,261 shares crossing the trading platform. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 54,369 shares, with a loss of 1 cent to close at $3.24, Main Event traded 3,080 shares with a loss of 10 cents to end at $5.40, Medical Disposables finished with a loss of 20 cents at $6.60, trading 8,700 stock units and tTech settled 70 cents higher at $6.20, with just 200 stock units trading. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading preference share ended at $2.10, with 76,382 stock units changing hands.
$1.80, with 35,447 units traded, Honey Bun concluded trading of 4,800 shares with a loss of 2 cents at $3.80, ICreate traded 399,531 shares with a lost of 2 cents to close at $1.02. Indies Pharma finished 24 cents higher at $3, with 728,417 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 1,037,035 units and rose 50 cents higher to close at $4.50. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 1,098,133 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.10, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,700 stock units at $12.87, Lasco Distributors finished 5 cents higher at $3.80, with 44,807 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 10 cents higher at $4.60, in trading 16,244 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 61,113 shares at $3.25, Main Event traded 13,409 shares with a loss of 10 cents to close at $5.50 and Medical Disposables finished trading 100,000 stock units with a loss of 20 cents at $6.80.
Falling stocks dominated the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with the Index diving 51.63 points to close at 3,127.51 as the prices of 6 securities rose, 12 fell and 9 remained unchanged. 
Indies Pharma finished trading of 183,190 shares with a loss of 7 cents at $2.76, Jamaican Teas traded 17,119 units at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 15 cents higher at $3.15, with 98,264 shares traded, KLE Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $3.10, exchanging 5,918 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 3,250 stock units with a loss of 3 cents at $12.87, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, with an exchange of 24,883 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, trading 138,706 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 9,370 shares at $3.25, Main Event exchanged 13,250 shares, at $5.60, Medical Disposables finished trading 40 cents higher at $7, with 140,000 stock units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital closed at $1.95, with an exchange of 35,000 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 81,850 shares after rising 17 cents to $8.50.
$3.87, ICreate traded 561,314 and lost 4 cents to close at $1.05. Indies Pharma finished 13 cents higher at $2.83, trading 13,467 shares. Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with 92,970 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 15 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 19,276 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 108,985 shares, at $3, Key Insurance closed at $3, with the trading of 5,000 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading with 3,814 stock units at $12.90, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.80, with 1,047,602 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.60, after trading 10,462 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 10,451 shares with a loss of 2 cents to close at $3.25. Main Event traded with a loss of 20 cents at $5.60, with 1,236 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables rose 11 cents to close at $6.60, trading 19,900 stock units, SSL