Knutsford Express is the Junior Market’s best performing stock for 2017
The Junior Market Index declined by 13.56 points on the final day of 2017 to close at 2,732.06 on Friday, ending the year with a gain of 5.3 percent, well off from the peak of 31 percent reached in late May.
Even as the market index barely rose, the top performing stock, Knutsford Express climbed 275 percent, followed by pre-owned car dealer, Jetcon Corporation with a gain of 199 percent, then the 2017 listings of Express Catering at third spot with 167 percent rise and Main Event with a gain of 164 percent.
The 2017 listed Main Event was the 4th best performing Junior Market stock for 2017.
5,420,352 units valued at $23,431,481 compared to 22,525,167 units valued at $250,208,093 from 23 securities changing hands on Thursday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 6 securities advanced, 7 declined and 9 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 246,380 units for an average of $1,065,067 in contrast to 979,355 units for an average of $10,878,613 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 568,732 units valued at $3,447,957 and previously 589,979 valued at $3,373,542. In contrast, November closed with average of 107,477 units valued at $545,989 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $3, with 27,939 stock units trading, Cargo Handlers ended trading with a loss of 80 cents at $10, with 353 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream dropped $1.20 to $4.80, exchanging 2,001,000 units, Caribbean Flavours finished trading at $11, with 4,404 shares, Caribbean Producers closed with a loss of 25 cents at $4, with 1,055,167 shares. Consolidated Bakeries ended at $1.80, with 8,700 stock units, Eppley settled at $12, with 1,000 shares, Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 99 cents at $4.01, with 25,508 stock units, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 2 cents at $3.23, with 122,234 units. General Accident finished trading 5 cents higher at $2.80, with 4,000 shares, GWest Corporation closed 39 cents higher at $3.60, with 1,391,193 shares, Honey Bun ended at $4, with 30,200 stock units,
Jamaican Teas settled at $3.70, with 13,330 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 20 cents higher at $5, with 24,329 stock units, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 8 cents at $3.90, with 92,966 stock units, Lasco Financial concluded trading 12 cents higher at $5.30, with 432,955 units, Lasco Manufacturing finished 20 cents higher at $3.90, with 6,180 shares. Main Event settled at $5.28, with 5,724 shares, Paramount Trading traded at $3, with 133,000 units, Stationery and Office finished trading 5 cents higher at $4.95, with 25,370 shares and tTech ended with a loss of 11 cents at $6.89, with 9,800 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley ended at $5.50, with 5,000 shares trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
In contrast, November closed with average of 107,477 units valued at $545,989 for each security traded.
Eppley settled at $12, with 20,000,400 shares, Express Catering ended trading 70 cents higher at $5, with 81,427 stock units, newly listed, GWest traded with a loss of 54 cents in trading 1,067,765 shares in closing price of $3.21, Honey Bun finished trading 9 cents higher at $4, with 500 shares, Iron Rock closed at $2.85, with 23,019 shares. Jetcon Corporation finished with a gain of 40 cents at $4.80, with 120,000 shares, Knutsford Express traded at $15, with 55,128 units, Lasco Distributors finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $3.98, with 127,481 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 23 cents at $3.70, with 130,028 stock units. Main Event concluded trading with a loss of 72 cents at $5.28, with 4,155 units, Paramount Trading settled at $3, with 22,885 shares and Stationery and Office ended trading at $4.90, with 828 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 10% concluded trading at $7.20, with a mere 330 units trading.
Eppley traded 10 million of the 12 million shares to trade on Wednesday with the market index jumping 58.96 points to 2753.77 as 22 securities up from 19 on Friday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to units 528,301 valued at $2,651,778 and previously 561,932 valued at $2,583,423. In contrast, November closed with average of 107,477 units valued at $545,989 for each security traded.
FosRich Group traded 311,953 shares and lost 4 cents to close at cents to end at $3.45, after trading at an intraday high of $3.55, General Accident traded with a loss of 25 cents at $2.75, with 272,416 units. GWest Corporation gained 45 cents in trading 265,396 shares and ended at a record close of $3.75, Jamaican Teas concluded trading 3 cents higher at $3.70, with 380 units, Jetcon Corporation finished with a loss of 30 cents at $4.40, with 36,924 shares, KLE Group ended trading at $2.50, with 6,787 stock units, Knutsford Express traded 20 cents higher at $15, with 6,300 units. Lasco Distributors finished trading at $3.99, with 416,117 shares, Lasco Financial closed 13 cents higher at $5.18, with 3,327 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended 33 cents higher at $3.93, with 972 stock units, Main Event concluded trading 72 cents higher at $6, with 1,850 units. Paramount Trading settled at $3, with 2,410 shares, Stationery and Office ended trading at $4.90, with 200,281 stock units and tTech jumped $1.60 to $7, trading 160,087 shares.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in the Market Index dropping 45.82 points, to close at 2,694.81 on Friday as 19 securities changing hands with the prices of 8 securities advanced, 6 declined and 5 remained unchanged. 
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Jetcon Corporation finished 30 cents higher at $4.70, with 43,076 shares. Lasco Distributors finished trading at $3.99, with 183,483 shares, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 13 cents at $5.05, with 87,901 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended 10 cents higher at $3.60, with 29,350 stock units, Main Event concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $5.28, with 3,036 units. Medical Disposables finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.95, with 100,000 shares, Paramount Trading settled at $3, with 6,520 shares, Stationery and Office ended trading at $4.90, with 27,591 stock units and tTech finished trading 22 cents higher at $5.40, with 2,451 shares.
In trading on the Junior Market Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, 
The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 568,154 units valued at $2,642,716 and previously, 600,336 units valued at $2,793,615. In contrast, November closed with average of 107,477 units valued at $545,989 for each security traded.
GWest Corporation traded for the first time and ended at $2.87 with a gain of 37 cents from the IPO price of $2.50. Honey Bun finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $4, with 11,850 shares, Knutsford Express traded 80 cents higher at $14.80, with 23,359 units, Lasco Distributors finished trading at $3.99, with 2,200 shares, Lasco Financial closed at $5.18, with 2,360 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.50, with 121,239 stock units, Main Event concluded trading at $5.30, with 296,246 units, Paramount Trading settled with a loss of 2 cents at $3, with 33,833 shares, Stationery and Office ended trading with a loss of 9 cents at $4.90, with 50,780 stock units and tTech finished trading at $5.18, with 86,765 shares changing hands.
Trading in the wider market on Wednesday only 11 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of just 393,186 units valued at $1,610,823 trading down sharply from the 3,645,919 units valued at $16,409,735 on Tuesday from trading in 19 securities.
Caribbean Producers closed at $3.80, with 111,700 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove finished 50 cents higher at $17, with 1,157 shares, Jamaican Teas concluded trading with a loss of 35 cents at $3.65, with 6,206 units, Jetcon Corporation finished at $4.40, with 3,000 shares. Lasco Distributors ended trading 14 cents higher at $3.99, with 107,138 shares, Lasco Financial closed 18 cents higher at $5.18, with 2,400 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 14 cents at $3.51, with 75,281 stock units, Main Event concluded trading at $5.30, with 4,869 units, Paramount Trading settled 2 cents higher at $3.02, with 400 shares and Stationery and Office ended trading 14 cents higher at $4.99, with 80,934 stock units.
The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 625,999 units valued at $2,913,941 and previously, 681,693 units valued at $3,088,628. In contrast, November closed with average of 107,477 units valued at $545,989 for each security traded.
Honey Bun finished trading 50 cents higher at $4.50, with 24,475 shares, Jamaican Teas concluded trading 35 cents higher at $4, with 3,559 units. Jetcon Corporation gained 10 cents to $4.40, with 148,000 shares, Knutsford Express traded with a loss of 50 cents at $14, with 365 units, Lasco Distributors lost 5 cents to end at $3.85, with 789,740 shares, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 10 cents at $5, with 204,857 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended 5 cents higher at $3.65, with 64,240 stock units, Main Event concluded trading 2 cents higher at $5.30, with 1,356 units, Medical Disposables finished at $5, with 16,033 shares, Stationery and Office ended trading 5 cents higher at $4.85, with 89,188 stock units. Sweet River traded at $3.85, with 2,265 units and tTech finished trading with a loss of 18 cents to close t 52 weeks’ low of $5.18, with 3,283 shares trading.
Trading ended with an average of 7,710,082 units for an average of $36,396,887 in contrast to 113,566 units for an average of $524,668 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 681,693 valued at $3,088,628 and previously, 81,430 units valued at $339,888. In contrast, November closed with average of 107,477 units valued at $545,989 for each security traded.
General Accident traded with a loss of 10 cents at $2.90, with 1,114 units, ISP Finance added $1 to end at $12, with 27,000 stock units, Jamaican Teas concluded trading 5 cents higher at $3.65, with 23,631 units. Jetcon Corporation finished at $4.30, with 96,000 shares, Knutsford Express traded with a loss of 30 cents at $14.50, with 1,145 units, Lasco Distributors finished trading with a loss of 70 cents at $3.90, with 164,100 shares, Lasco Financial closed 29 cents higher at $5.10, with 92,635 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended 5 cents higher at $3.60, with 30,420 stock units, Main Event concluded trading 19 cents higher at $5.28, with 2,060 units, Paramount Trading settled 2 cents higher at $3, with 6,970 shares and tTech finished trading with a loss of 14 cents at $5.36, with 1,390 shares.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange gained moderately on Thursday, with the market index rising 16.60 points to close at 2,671.26 as the prices of 7 securities advanced, 4 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 79,086 valued at $326,414 and previously, 83,407 shares valued at $344,814. In contrast, November closed with average of 107,477 units valued at $545,989 for each security traded.
Express Catering ended trading 1 cent higher at $4.29, with 24,811 stock units, Jamaican Teas concluded trading 37 cents higher at $3.70, with 44,213 units, Jetcon Corporation finished at $4.30, with 67,551 shares, KLE Group ended trading 42 cents higher at $2.50, with 1,118 stock units. Lasco Distributors finished trading with a loss of 24 cents at $4.11, with 31,962 shares, Lasco Financial closed at $4.75, with 4,948 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 15 cents at $3.30, with 81,530 stock units, Medical Disposables finished 5 cents higher at $5, with 965 shares, Paramount Trading settled 18 cents higher at $2.88, with 100,310 shares and tTech finished trading at $5.50, with 16,050 shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Express Catering ended trading 8 cents higher at $4.28, with 5,189 stock units, General Accident traded with a loss of 38 cents at $3, with 10,335 units, Honey Bun finished trading at $3.99, with 1,516 shares, Jamaican Teas lost 17 cents to close at $3.33, with 229,800 units. Jetcon Corporation finished with a loss of 40 cents at $4.30, with 1,063,400 shares, Knutsford Express traded with a loss of 5 cents at $14.75, with 5,530 units, Lasco Distributors finished trading 10 cents higher at $4.35, with 516,274 shares, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 65 cents at $4.75, with 43,798 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 7 cents at $3.45, with 14,461 stock units, Main Event concluded trading at $5.09, with 169,788 units and Stationery and Office ended trading at $4.80, with 72,226 stock units.