Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 36 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,796,789 units valued at $5,251,681 compared to 12,466,951 units valued at $49,798,922 on Wednesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 17 securities advanced, 12 declined and 7 remained unchanged and the Junior Market Index advanced 29.65 points to close at 3,270.16.
The market’s average PE Ratio ended the day at 13.9 times earnings for 2019.
Trading ended with an average of 49,911 units for an average of $145,880 in contrast to 356,199 units for an average of $1,422,826 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 168,507 valued at $582,049 and previously 199,671 units valued at $696,663. In contrast, December closed with an average of 521,319 shares at $1,344,719 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell 58 cents in trading of 5,808 units at $30, AMG Packaging closed with a loss of 2 cents at $2.20, swapping of 193,543 shares, Blue Power climbed 40 cents and exchanged 10,117 shares to finish at $5.50. CAC 2000 lost 50 cents in trading of 1,000 units at $13, Caribbean Cream fell 18 cents in trading of 12,097 units at $3.82, Consolidated Bakeries closed 2 cents higher at $1.68, with 3,000 stock units trading, Dolphin Cove fell $1.30 in trading of 153 units at $10.70. Elite Diagnostic shed 11 cents in trading 31,000 units at $4.89, Everything Fresh closed with a loss of 3 cents at $1.04, swapping 84,393 shares, Fosrich rose 8 cents to $4.40, with 35,701 stock units changing hands, Fontana traded 76,490 units and gained 10 cents to end at $7. General Accident ended trading with 30,235 shares, after rising 17 cents to $6.17, GWest Corporation added 4 cents to finish at $1.19, with 32,734 stock units trading, Honey Bun climbed 18 cents in exchanging 11,625 shares at $8.09, Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.19 with 37,354 stock units changing hands. Iron Rock Insurance closed 10 cents higher at $4, with 6,440 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas swapped 114,066 units in adding 50 cents to end at $7.50, Jetcon Corporation climbed 1 cent and exchanged 47,500 shares at $1.75, 
Key Insurance closed 20 cents higher at $3.50, with 187 stock units trading. KLE Group closed trading with a loss of 5 cents at $1.70, in swapping 15,500 shares, Knutsford Express closed trading of 6,500 units and gained 1 cent to end at $10.60, Lasco Distributors finished 19 cents higher at $3.25, with 2,565 stock units crossing the exchange. Lasco Financial ended trading with 3,400 shares, after rising 12 cents to close at $4.40, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 21 cents and exchanged 27,178 shares at $4.66, MailPac Group fell 4 cents trading 264,314 units at $2.05. Main Event rose 19 cents and exchanged 11,053 shares at $5.20, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 1 cent at $6.70 with 13,500 stock units changing hands, SSL Venture lost 13 cents in trading 285,000 shares to close at $1.25 and Stationery and Office ended exchanging 2,110 shares, after rising 45 cents to end at $10.95.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with 35 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 12,466,951 units amounting to $49,798,922 compared to 4,382,872 units for $10,759,249 on Tuesday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows ten stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
Jetcon Corporation climbed 24 cents to $1.74, with an exchange of 79,000 shares, Knutsford Express dipped 41 cents, ending at $10.59 with trades of 8,843 units, Lasco Distributors dropped 24 cents after exchanging 51,094 shares at $3.06, Lasco Financial ended trading 30,669 units, after losing 19 cents to close at $4.28. Lasco Manufacturing lost 5 cents swapping 17,583 shares and ended at $4.45, Limners & Bards declined 4 cents in transferring 175,981 units at $2.90. MailPac Group shed 1 cent trading 2,430,612 units at $2.09, Main Event declined by 99 cents to settle at $5.01 with 17,989 shares changing hands. Medical Disposables lost 39 cents in exchanging 16,903 shares at $6.71, Paramount Trading ended at $1.79, after losing 4 cents trading 5,000 shares, SSL Venture Capital closed 18 cents higher at $1.38, with 33,443 stock units changing hands and tTech lost 5 cents in exchanging 30,000 units to close at $5.50.
The Junior Market suffered the worse one day fall ever on Monday, with a decline of 102.64 points to close at 3,275.55 after investors slashed the prices of 23 securities down, leaving just 6 to rise as five closed unchanged. 
Lasco Financial swapped 29,700 stock units after falling 20 cents to end at $4.10, Lasco Manufacturing lost 66 cents to settle at $4 with 146,880 shares changing hands. Limners & Bards fell 1 cent with 103,876 stock units changing hands at $2.99. Lumber Depot gained 1 cent to end at $1.51 with a transfer of 2,302,905 stock units; Main Event gained 5 cents trading 22,291 shares to settle at $6.10, Medical Disposables shed 55 cents to end at $7 with an exchange of a mere 200 units. Paramount fell 27 cents while trading 834 shares to close at $1.83, SSL Venture Capital lost 20 cents to close at 52 weeks’ low of $1 with 185,114 stock units changing hands. Stationery and Office Supplies fell 50 cents to end at $10.50 with 105,795 shares crossing the exchange and tTech ended at $5.55 after gaining 5 cents while exchanging 100 units.
By the close of trading, AMG Packaging added 15 cents to close at $2.25 with 15,392 shares changing hands, Blue Power lost 20 cents trading 1,100 units at $4.80, Cargo Handlers exchanged 3,452 units and rose 55 cents to close at $9.50. Investors exchanged 57,928 shares of Caribbean Cream, pushing the price up by 70 cents to $4.30, Caribbean Producers lost 20 cents to end at $5 with 8,354 stock units crossing the exchange. Dolphin Cove rose 4 cents to close at $11.15 with 13,101 units changing hands. Everything Fresh gained 5 cents to end at $1.20, trading 13,968 stock units. Express Catering gained 5 cents to close at $6.65, with an exchange of 3,000 stock units, Fontana climbed 34 cents to $7.35, after trading 109,600 shares, FosRich had 13,217 stock units changing hands and rose 5 cents to close at $4.50, General Accident added 10 cents to end at $7.10, with 3,200 units crossing the market. GWest Corporation exchanged 206,075 shares after gaining 7 cents to close at $1.07, Honey Bun rose 49 cents to settle at $8.45, after trading 51,959 shares, iCreate fell 1 cent to 70 cents with 187,342 shares changing hands. Iron Rock Insurance gained 41 cents to end at $4 with 1,226 stock units changing hands, 
Jetcon Corporation rose 13 cents while exchanging 9,460 shares and ended at $1.78. Knutsford Express gained 35 cents to end at $10.60 with 2,259 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors gained 5 cents trading 23,300 shares to end at $3.30, Lasco Financial ended with 49,800 stock units crossing the exchange after falling 3 cents to end at $4.30. Lasco Manufacturing lost 2 cents to settle at $4.66, with 74,436 shares changing hands. Limners & Bards lost 2 cents with 199,350 stock units changing hands at $3. Lumber Depot fell 10 cents to end at $1.50 with a transfer of 1,616,977 stock units, MailPac gained 3 cents trading 496,288 shares to settle at $2.12, SSL Venture Capital gained 7 cents to end at $1.20 with a mere 200 stock units trading and tTech dropped $1.02 to end at $5.50, in a transfer of 865 shares.
Caribbean Producers lost 10 cents to end at $5.20 with 16,686 stock units crossing the exchange. Consolidated Bakeries rose 14 cents to settle at $1.80 with 12,000 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading lost 1 cent to close at $2.59 with 37,262 units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic fell 9 cents to end at $4.90 while trading 15,473 shares, Everything Fresh lost 7 cents to end at $1.15 in trading 12,500 stock units. Express Catering fell 6 cents to close at $6.60, with an exchange of 24,736 stock units, Fontana shed 29 cents to end at $7.01, after trading 67,069 shares, FosRich exchanged 82,276 stock units and rose 13 cents to close at $4.45, General Accident fell 10 cents to end at $7, with 2,763 units crossing the market. Honey Bun climbed 10 cents to settle at $8, after trading 3,500 shares, iCreate rose by a cent to 71 cents with 24,391shares changing hands, Indies Pharma lost 35 cents and closed at $3.15 with 62,440 stock units crossing the exchange. Iron Rock Insurance gained 7 cents to end at $3.59 with just one stock unit changing hands, 
Jamaican Teas exchanged 165,465 shares and rose 30 cents to end at $6.60. Lasco Distributors gained 4 cents trading 16,930 shares to end at $3.25, Lasco Financial swapped 11,200 stock units after falling 16 cents to end at $4.33. Lasco Manufacturing lost 1 cent to settle at $4.68, with 4,036 shares changing hands. Lumber Depot lost 1 cent to end at $1.60 with a transfer of 3,793,154 stock units, MailPac slipped 2 cents trading 511,531 shares to settle at $2.09, Medical Disposables jumped 75 cents to end at $7.55 with 6,400 stock units trading and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 10 cents to end at $11, in transferring 1,000 shares.
The Junior Market recovered nearly 45 of 77 points fall suffered at the close on Monday, with investors pushing the prices of 15 securities higher against eight that declined, leaving 12 stocks trading unchanged. 
FosRich swapped 55,290 stock units and rose 2 cents to close at $4.32, GWest Corporation fell 1 cent to end at $1, with 14,464 units crossing the market, Honey Bun jumped $1.90 to settle at $7.90, after trading 21,220 shares. Iron Rock Insurance gained 7 cents to close at $3.52 with 31,434 shares changing hands, Indies Pharma gained 30 cents and closed at $3.50 with 361,999 stock units crossing the exchange. Jamaican Teas exchanged 30,265 shares and rose 20 cents to end at $6.30, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents trading 55,060 shares to end at $1.65, Lasco Financial gained 9 cents to end at $4.49, with 387,091 stock units changing hands Lasco Manufacturing jumped 54 cents to settle at $4.69 with 8,731 shares changing hands, Lumber Depot lost 7 cents to end at $1.61 with a transfer of 1,212,706 stock units. MailPac slipped 1 cent trading 281,140 shares to settle at $2.11, Medical Disposables lost 10 cents to end at $6.80 with 92,777 stock units trading and Paramount Trading rose 10 cents to end at $2.10, in transferring 104,000 shares and tTech climbed $1.02 to close at $6.52 with 46,414 shares trading.
Lasco Financial rose 40 cents to end at $4.40, trading 10,600 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing rose 25 cents to settle at $5 with 41,544 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards lost 10 cents to end at $2.90 with 75,820 stock units crossing the exchange. Lumber Depot lost 8 cents to end at $1.75, transferring 1,704,385 stock units, MailPac traded 882,679 shares to settle at $2.08 changing hands after falling 22 cents, Main Event climbed 35 to settle at $6.50 with 9,000 shares changing hands. Medical Disposables lost 40 cents to end at $7 with 35,328 stock units trading, Paramount Trading gained 5 cents to end at $2.05, in transferring 13,706 shares and SSL Venture Capital rose 2 cents to end at $1.13 with 121,562 stock units changing hands.
In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
Knutsford Express exchanged 33,258 shares and declined 30 cents to end at $9.30, Lasco Distributors dropped 38 cents with 275,192 shares crossing the exchange to close at $3.101, Lasco Financial traded 20,660 stock units and gained 45 cents in closing at $3.90. Limners & Bards lost 5 cents in exchanging 113,993 stock units at $3, Lumber Depot lost 7 cents to close at $1.83 with 1,720,435 units crossing the exchange, MailPac rose 10 cents to settle at $2.30 while exchanging 71 million shares. Main Event traded 2,455 units but fell 5 cents to $6.15, Paramount Trading climbed 20 cents to close at $2 with 18,465 shares crossing the market, Stationery & Office Supplies rose 60 cents with just 1,001 units changing hands at $10.50 and tTech traded 3,785 shares but lost 45 cents to $5.50.
The Junior Market Index declined again at the close of trading on Monday, bringing the four days’ fall to 139 points, cutting the year to date gains for the market at a mere 0.8 percent after hitting a record on August 14 when it was up 12.8 percent to 3,662.94 points.
Lasco Financial traded 26,465 stock units and gained 35 cents in closing at $4.35, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 7,935 shares and fell 15 cents to close at $4.75, Lumber Depot lost a cent to close at $1.90 with 1,392,924 units crossing the exchange, MailPac rose 7 cents to settle at $2.20 while exchanging 589,347 shares. Main Event traded 2,455 units but fell 5 cents to $6.15, Paramount Trading climbed 24 cents to close at $1.80 with 4,817 shares crossing the market, SSL Venture Capital rose 1 cent in exchanging 10,000 stock units at $1.11. Stationery & Office Supplies lost 49 cents with 32,356 units changing hands at $10.50 and tTech traded just six shares but rose 45 cents to end at $5.95.
The Junior Market index fell 41.91 points to close at 3,295.49 on Friday, bringing the four days’ fall to 117 points after 12 stocks rose and 14 declined and seven remained unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.1.
Blue Power traded 2,710 stock units, after falling 35 cents to end at $5.50. CAC 2000 climbed $1 to close at $14 with 5,265 shares changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries shed 28 cents trading 4,720 units at $1.52, Dolphin Cove rose $1.60 to end at $11.10 with 2,694 units crossing the exchange, Elite Diagnostic transferred 78,000 units and fell 17 cents to end at $4.92. Everything Fresh lost 3 cents to close at $1.07 after exchanging 72,065 stock units, Express Catering lost 50 cents in trading 94,715 shares to close at $6, FosRich shed 20 cents to settle at $3.90 with 49,393 stock units changing hands, General Accident rose 8 cents to close at $7.48 after 35,281 stock units crossed the exchange. GWest Corporation traded 650 units and rose 23 cents to close at $1.06, Honey Bun gained 39 cents after exchanging 13,083 units at $8.39, iCreate gained 3 cents to end at 71 cents in trading 32,474 shares, Indies Pharma increased 30 cents while trading 159,619 units at $2.90. 
Jamaican Teas gained 15 cents with 12,500 units changing hands at $6.25, Knutsford Express exchanged 1,458 shares with a loss of 78 cents to end at $9.22, Lasco Distributors added 40 cents with 137,307 shares crossing the exchange at $3.40, Lasco Financial traded 18,864 stock units and lost 40 cents in closing at $4. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 12,995 shares and fell 10 cents to close at $4.90, Limners & Bards pulled back 5 cents to close at $3.05 with 24,518 units crossing the exchange, MailPac slipped 5 cents to settle at $2.13 while exchanging 3,776,578 shares. Main Event traded 17,308 units but fell 30 cents to $6.20, Medical Disposables gained 25 cents to $7.40 with 8,821 shares crossing the market and Stationery & Office Supplies loss 1 cent with 1,036 units changing hands at $10.99.
