Knutsford Express jumped $4.99 to a new record high of $46.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with the market index rising and two securities hit new records. At the close 21 securities changed hands versus 19 on Tuesday and the market index rising 32.28 points to end at 3,263.15 with slightly less stocks closing higher than lower.
Advancing stocks were just less than declining stocks 8 to 10, with 1,708,218 units valued at $12,344,346 changing hands compared to 2,359,315 units valued at $15,986,987 on Tuesday. Trading ended with 11 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 3 with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 81,344 units for an average value of $587,826 traded, compared to 124,174 units for an average value of $841,420 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 107,103 units and $786,736 while at the close of the prior day it was 119,982 units and $886,191.
The average volume and value for April ended at 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services jumped $3.25 to close at an all-time high of $45 in trading traded 450 units, at the there was a block of 680,727 units offered for sales at$45 each. AMG Packaging climbed 5 cents and closed at $4.95 with just 3,353 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers lost 15 cents in trading 2,140 shares at $20.15, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 6,275 units and lost 15 cents to end at $7.85, Caribbean Flavours loss $2.40 in trading 8,725 units to end at $8.60. Caribbean Producers lost 3 cents trading 143,060 shares changing hands, to close at $3.72, General Accident lost 18 cents and closed trading with 30,045 shares at $3.32, Honey Bun gained 15 cents with 3,500 shares changing hands, to close at $7.70, ISP Finance ended at $18 with 24,471 units. Jamaican Teasrose 5 cents in trading 24,430 shares, to close at $4.85, Jetcon Corporation rose 20 cents and ended at $13.25 with 326,608 shares trading. 
Key Insurance lost 1 cent in trading 37,910 units to close at $3.89, Knutsford Express jumped $4.99 and traded 200 shares at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $46,Lasco Distributors ended with 500,029 units trading with a fall of 5 cents at $7.20, Lasco Financial fell 5 cents and ended with 199,629 shares changing hands at $4.55, Lasco Manufacturing fell 2 cents and closed at $5.48 while trading 77,707 shares, Main Event rose 31 cents and ended trading 9,400 shares, to end at $6.31, Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 16,700 units trading, Paramount Trading ended with 156,063 shares changing hands and lost 5 cents to $3.40, tTech ended with 4,405 units changing hands at $7.49 after rising 35 cents to $7.49 and Eppley 10% preference share, ended with 133,118 units changing hands at $6.50 after falling 30 cents.
CAC 2000 rose 10 cents in trading 300 shares at $7.30, Cargo Handlers lost 10 cents in trading 1,000 shares at $20.30, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 22,650 units and gained 40 cents to end at $8, Caribbean Flavours loss $1.50 in trading 7,400 units to end at $11. Caribbean Producers traded 102,302 shares changing hands, to close at $3.75, Derrimon Trading had 2,851 units changing hands to close with a gain of 630 cents at $8.50, Dolphin Cove lost 20 cents and closed trading with 5,100 shares at $20.80, Honey Bun gained 5 cents with 9,711 shares changing hands, to close at $7.55, ISP Finance climbed $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $18 with 55,529 units. Jamaican Teas rose 5 cents in trading 137,555 shares, to close at $4.80, 
Jetcon Corporation rose 10 cents and ended at $13 with 20,675 shares trading, the stock closed with a bid of $13.20 following the release of the company’s annual report, that stated that revenue for the first quarter of 2017 is up 75 percent, with profit more than doubling that of the first quarter of 2016. Key Insurance lost 1 cent in trading 6,031 units to close at $3.89, Knutsford Express rose just 1 cent trading with 559 shares at $41.01, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,020,270 units trading with a rise of 5 cents at $7.25, Lasco Financial ended with 3,000 shares changing hands at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents and closed at $5.50 while trading 260,000 shares, Main Event fell 50 cents and ended trading 664,863 shares, to end at $6, Medical Disposables jumped 40 cents and ended at $6 with 36,864 units trading.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with only 15 securities changing hands versus 22 on Friday, the market ended at a record close of 3,256.31 points with gains of 12.36 points. 
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 115,790 units for an average value of $930,961 traded, compared to 48,609 units for an average value of $299,798 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for April was 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
Honey Bun fell 5 cents with just 700 shares changing hands, to close at $7.50, Jamaican Teas traded 140,445 shares, to close at $4.75, Jetcon Corporation rose 20 cents and ended at $12.90 with 347,000 shares trading, Key Insurance lost 5 cents in trading 1,000 units to close at $3.90 Lasco Distributors ended with 1,079,130 units trading at with a loss of 30 cents at $7.20, Lasco Financial ended with 6,300 shares changing hands at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing rose 10 cents and closed at $5.70 while trading 7,550 shares, Main Event rose 50 cents and ended trading 17,445 shares, to end at a closing 52 weeks’ high of $6.50, Paramount Trading jumped 45 cents and ended at $3.45 with 1,300 units trading and tTech ended with 12,622 units changing hands at $7.10 after falling 35 cents.
At the close of the market on Friday, AMG Packaging closed with a loss of 1 cent at $4.99 with 43,224 units changing hands, Blue Power jumped $2 to close at $37 with 3,240 units changing hands, CAC 2000 traded 5,000 shares to close with a loss of 70 cents at $7.20, Cargo Handlers traded 1,100 shares to close at $20.10, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 330,000 units and gained 2 cents to end at $7.56, Caribbean Producers ended at $3.75 with 260,414 shares trading, Consolidated Bakeries rose 21 cents with 40,000 shares changing hands, to close at $3.20. C2W Music had 4,000 units changing hands to close with a gain of 6 cents at 43 cents, Dolphin Cove jumped 92 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $21 with 1,000 shares trading, Honey Bun rose 5 cents with just 100 shares changing hands, to close at $7.55, Jamaican Teas traded 141,771 shares, to close at $4.75, Jetcon Corporation lost 30 cents and ended at $12.70 with 18,700 shares trading, 
KLE Group slipped 20 cents to end at $2.80 with 17,105 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express closed trading with 12,238 shares at $41, Lasco Distributors rose 50 cents and ended with 33,787 units trading at $7.50, Lasco Financial lost 15 cents and ended with 25,810 shares changing hands at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing lost 65 cents to close at $5.60 while trading 3,678 shares, Main Event ended trading 70,943 shares, to close at $6, Medical Disposables traded 41,788 shares, lost 40 cents to close at $5.60, Paramount Trading dropped 45 cents to end at $3 with 14,500 units trading and tTech ended with 1,000 units changing hands at $7.45 after falling by 5 cents.
The average volume and value for the month to the previous trading day ended at 557,888 units and $3,070,123. The average volume and value for March was 137,459 units and $1,313,411.
Honey Bun fell 5 cents with 8,013 shares changing hands, to close at $7.50, Jamaican Teas traded 33,952 shares, to close at $4.75, Jetcon Corporation put on 5 cents and ended at $13 with 1,027 shares trading, KLE Group rose 20 cents to end at $3 with 2,000 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express closed trading with 3,110 shares at $41, Lasco Distributors rose ended with 32,267 units trading at $7, Lasco Financial lost 5 cents and ended with 2,000 shares changing hands at $4.75, Lasco Manufacturing jumped 66 cents to close at a 52 weeks high of $6.25 while trading 68,270 shares, Main Event lost 10 cents trading 92,328 shares to close at $6, Paramount Trading rose 45 cents to end at $3.45 with 1,650 units trading, Sweet River ended with 1,000 units changing hands at $3.50 after rising by 1 cent and Eppley 8.25% preference share closed trading with 15,904 units changing hands at $6.10.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading at yet another record closing high with a big gain of 43.64 points, with an increase of 1.36 percent to 3,247.20 points on Wednesday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date are 557,888 units and $3,070,123. The average volume and value for the month to the previous trading day ended at 587,157 units and $3,229,177. The average volume and value for March was 137,459 units and $1,313,411.
General Insurance fell 10 cents and ended at $3.20 with 106,550 shares trading, Honey Bun rose 15 cents with 14,965 shares changing hands, to close at $7.55, ISP Finance lost 3 cents to end $17 with 74,496 units changing hands after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $17.51. Jamaican Teas added 3 cents trading 500,072 shares, to close at $4.75, Jetcon Corporation put on 15 cents and ended at $12.95 with 8,344 shares trading, KLE Group ended at $2.80 with 5,670 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express closed trading with 3,265 shares at $41, Lasco Distributors rose 2 cents and ended with 80,680 units trading at $7, Lasco Financial rose 29 cents and ended with 78,156 shares changing hands at $4.80, Lasco Manufacturing gained 33 cents to close at $5.59 while trading 359,883 shares, Main Event rose 11 cents trading 1,264 shares to close at $6.10 and Medical Disposables closed at $6 with 48,166 units trading. 
Trading ended with 9 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 2 ending with lower offers, than their last traded price.
Honey Bun had 3,944 shares changing hands, to close at $7.40, 
Jamaican Teas fell 15 cents trading 204,689 shares, to close at $4.85, Jetcon Corporation ended at $12.84 with 19,185 shares trading, Knutsford Express closed trading with 15,275 shares at $41, Lasco Distributors shed 39 cents and ended with 272,184 units trading at $6.90, Lasco Financial jumped 59 cents and ended with 8,800 shares changing hands at $4.75, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.75 while trading 583,590 shares, Main Event jumped 60 cents trading 31,673 shares to close at $6, Medical Disposables dropped 20 cents and closed at $6.50 with 19,860 units trading, tTech rose 20 cent, trading 2,500 shares to end at $7.50 and Eppley 9.5% preference shares traded 1,000 units to close at $6.02.
At the close of the market on Thursday, AMG Packaging rose 40 cents to close at $5.50 with 15,377 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers traded 209 shares and rose 40 cents to close at $20.50, Caribbean Cream lost 40 cents in trading 6,375 units to end at $7.50, Caribbean Producers rose 1 cent and ended at $3.75 with 14,369 shares trading, Derrimon Trading lost 30 cents and ended at $8.20 with 30,045 shares trading, Honey Bun had 6,129 shares changing hands, to close with a fall of 25 cents at $7.25, Iron Rock Insurance ended at $3 with 19,769 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas gained 50 cents trading 201,800 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5, 
after the stock was split 2 for 1 last week, Jetcon Corporation rose 74 cents to end at $12.84 with 34,483 shares trading, Key Insurance traded 27,977 units to close at $3.05, Knutsford Express closed trading with 8,026 shares at $41, Lasco Distributors gained 49 cents and ended with 2,083,974 units trading at $7.29, Lasco Financial lost 9 cents and ended with 23,367 shares changing hands at $4.16, Lasco Manufacturing gained 75 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.75, Main Event dropped 80 cents trading 22,768 shares to close at $5.40, Paramount Trading dropped 45 cents and closed at $3 with 6,000 units trading and tTech lost 20 cent, trading 10,163 shares to end at $7.30.
At the close of the market on Thursday, Access Financial Services climbed $2 to $37 in trading 120 units, AMG Packaging rose 10 cents to close at $5.10 with 29,000 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with 868 units changing hands at $35, Cargo Handlers traded 380 shares at $20.10, Caribbean Cream gained 10 cents in trading 4,000 units to end at $7.90, Caribbean Producers lost 1 cent and ended at $3.74 with 1,400 shares trading, Consolidated Corporation traded 20,300 shares to end at $2.80 after falling 6 cents, 
Jetcon Corporation rose 10 cents to end at $12.10 with 210,457 shares traded, Key Insurance traded 195,450 units to close with a gain of 5 cents at $3.05, KLE Group ended at $2.80 with 101,871 shares changing hands after rising by 30 cents, Knutsford Express closed trading with 3,110 shares at $41, Lasco Distributors ended with 404,843 units trading at $6.80, Lasco Financial rose 5 cents and ended with 40,530 shares changing hands at $4.25, Lasco Manufacturing gained 5 cents to close with 636,494 units changing hands at $5, Main Event rose 60 cents trading 215,516 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.20 after trading as high as $6.50,Medical Disposablesrose 70 cents and closed trading with 119,000 shares at $6.70, Paramount Trading lost 5 cents and closed at $3.45 with 20,000 units trading and Sweet River lost 1 cent, trading 803,000 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.49.