The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continues to struggle on Tuesday with 25.98 points slashed off the close of the index on Monday and is down 7.1 percent for the year to date to close on Tuesday at 3,111.04.
The market closed with 33 securities changing hands, with the prices of 9 securities advanced, 18 declined and 8 remained unchanged, resulting in an exchange of 2,469,369 units valued at $7,388,636, compared to 2,881,585 units valued at $9,881,495 from 33 securities on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 70,553 units at $211,104 for each security traded, in contrast to 87,321 units for an average of $299,439 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 151,001 units at $551,762 and previously 150,098 units valued at $541,417 for each security. In contrast, December closed with an average of 521,319 shares at $1,344,719 for each security traded. The average PE Ratio of the market ended at 13.2 based on earnings for 2019.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial rose 5 cents and exchanged 100 shares at $30.31, AMG Packaging moved 2 cents higher to $2.10, with 10,964 stock units trading, Blue Power dipped 10 cents in trading of 48,495 units at $4. Caribbean Cream declined by 10 cents to settle at $3.65, with an exchange of 23,084 units, Caribbean Producers dropped 20 cents in trading 40,319 units to settle at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading of 19,740 units and gained 6 cents to end at $1.69. Derrimon Trading finished with a gain of 5 cents at $2.25 after exchanging 3,400 units, Express Catering fell 5 cents in trading of 48,103 units at $6.10, Fontana shed 4 cents with 32,665 units changing hands at $7.05. General Accident dipped 30 cents to settle at $6 with 12,906 units crossing the exchange, GWest Corporation gained 7 cents to end at $1.12 with 27,000 units trading, Honey Bun closed with a loss of $1.40 at $7.30, in swapping 61,161 shares. iCreate gained 1 cent to settle at 80 cents, with 127,613 stock units trading, Indies Pharma closed 13 cents higher at $3.05, with 35,502 stock units crossing the exchange, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents in trading 14,490 shares to close at $1.50. Knutsford Express ended 45 cents higher to $10, with 1,760 stock units trading,
Lasco Distributors closed trading of 15,646 units and gained 2 cents to end at $3.15, Lasco Financial fell 7 cents in trading of 393,791 units at $3.88. Lasco Manufacturing shed 25 cents in trading of 2,182 units at $4.25, Limners and Bards finished with a loss of 1 cent at $2.89 with 105,176 stock units changing hands, Lumber Depot ended market activity exchanging 146,262 shares to close at $1.51 after falling 8 cents. MailPac Group lost 17 cents in trading 1,016,266 shares to close at $1.96, Main Event shed 20 cents trading of 6,400 units at $5.80, Medical Disposables declined by 30 cents after exchanging 37,700 units at $6.70. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.70, in swapping of 490 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 98 cents in trading of 11,200 units at $9.02 and SSL Venture lost 2 cents to end at $1.08 with 3,532 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Jetcon Corporation finished 10 cents higher at $1.65, with an exchange of 29,800 stock units. Key Insurance added 1 cent to end at $3.80, with 23,000 stock units trading, KLE Group exchanged 27,107 shares, after rising 76 cents to finish at $2.80, Knutsford Express lost 65 cents in trading of 358 units at $9.55. Lasco Distributors dropped 3 cents in trading 923,118 shares to close at $3.13, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.95 with 32,534 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 35 cents and exchanged 162,698 shares at $4.50. Lumber Depot declined by 4 cents to settle at $1.59 with 419,324 units crossing the exchange, Main Event fell 6 cents in trading of 73,238 units at $6, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of 50 cents to end at $7, after swapping 10,000 shares. Paramount Trading ended trading with 2,000 shares, after rising 5 cents to settle at $1.75, SSL Venture closed the day with 200 shares traded, after gaining 2 cents to finish at $1.10 and tTech lost 40 cents in trading of 12,300 units at $5.60.
Trading on the Junior Market ended on Friday with prices of 15 securities advanced, 13 declined and 4 remained unchanged. The Junior Market Index declined by 10.36 points to close at 3,160.49.
Key Insurance closed 69 cents higher at $3.79, with 102,403 stock units changing hands, Knutsford Express closed 85 cents higher at $10.20, with 3,574 stock units trading, Lasco Distributors shed 4 cents in transferring of 96,444 units at $3.16. Lasco Financial ended market activity, with 45,874 shares changing hands to close at $3.96 after falling 6 cents, Lasco Manufacturing shed 15 cents in trading of 74,364 units at $4.15. Limners and Bards ended with 31,893 shares, crossing the exchange after rising 2 cents to end at $2.90, Lumber Depot gained 1 to end at $1.63, in trading 231,475 shares, MailPac ended with a loss of 1 cent at 2.13 with 420,737 stock units changing hands, Main Event fell 4 cents in trading 5,940 units at $6.06. Medical Disposables closed market activity with 45,797 units and gained 75 cents to end at $7.50, SSL Venture dipped 16 cents in trading of 1,900 units at $1.08 and tTech closed with 100 units changing hands and gained 40 cents to end at $6.
Iron Rock Insurance declined 48 cents to settle at $3.50 with an exchange of 500 shares, Jamaican Teas dipped 20 cents in trading 52,900 units at $6.30, Jetcon Corporation traded 101,844 shares and declined by 15 cents to settle at $1.40, Key Insurance lost 70 cents to settle at $3.10. Knutsford Express climbed 19 cents and exchanged 1,319 shares at $9.35, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.20 with 166,869 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial declined 8 cents in trading 1,220 units at $4.02, Lasco Manufacturing closed 12 cents higher at $4.30, in trading 66,399 stock units. Lumber Depot fell 5 cents with 707,508 shares changing hands at $1.62, MailPac gained 5 cents to $2.14, with 6,343,722 stock units crossing the exchange, Main Event lost 20 cents in trading 887 shares to close at 6.10 cents. Paramount Trading shed 3 cents in transferring 10,549 units at $1.70, SSL Venture gained 1 cent to end at $1.24, after trading 81,100 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies closed 99 cents higher at $10, with 19,845 stock units changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market ended on Tuesday with prices of 10 securities rising, 15 declining and 3 remaining unchanged as the market Index slipped 8.19 points to close at 3,226.88. 
Jetcon Corporation declined by 15 cents to settle at $1.50 with 11,497 shares crossing the exchange, Key Insurance ended trading with 512,969 shares, after rising 8 cents to end at $3.78, Knutsford Express closed trading of 987 units and gained 5 cents to end at $9.16. Lasco Distributors closed 1 cent higher at $3.17, with 36,799 stock units trading, Lasco Financial shed 28 cents in trading of 2,734 units at $4.02, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 17 cents and exchanged 101,737 shares at $4.48, Limners and Bards fell 14 cents in trading 29,418 units at $2.85. Lumber Depot declined 10 cents to settle at $1.70 while exchanging 491,831 units, MailPac closed trading of 740,424 units and gained 3 cents to end at $2.10. Main Event lost 10 cents in trading 49,160 shares to close at $6.40, Medical Disposables fell 89 cents in trading of 19,000 units at $6.70 and tTech ended exchanging 9,400 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $5.60.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Monday with Market Index advanced by 26.06 points to close at 3,235.07 from an equal number of stocks rising and falling. 
Jamaican Teas ended market activity, exchanging 140,915 shares to close at $6.69 after falling 19 cents, Jetcon Corporation climbed 20 cents and traded 55,131 shares at $1.65, Key Insurance ended market activity, with 18,397 shares crossing the exchange to close at $3.70 after falling 10 cents, KLE Group finished trading with 319,823 shares, after rising 6 cents to end at $2.10. Knutsford Express dropped 84 cents in transferring 2,033 units at $9.11. Lasco Distributors fell 13 cents and completed market activity exchanging 79,999 shares to close at $3.16, Lasco Financial lost 10 cents trading 52,450 stock units to close at $4.30, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 15 cents and exchanged 98,768 shares at $4.31. Limners and Bards ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.99, with 28,873 stock units changing hands. Lumber Depot climbed 19 cents and exchanged 1,018,540 shares at $1.80, MailPac rose 2 cents in transferring of 459,048 shares at $2.07. Main Event ended trading with 2,740 shares, after rising 10 cents to $6.50, Medical Disposables closed 59 cents higher at $7.59, with 2,433 stock units trading and Paramount Trading closed with 15,041 units changing hands and gained 20 cents to end at $1.90.
Indies Pharma gained 18 cents to close at $3.10, with the trading of 51,726 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance exchanged 35,850 units and gained 20 cents to end at $4, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 243,285 units and rose 23 cents to end at $6.88. Jetcon Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $1.45, trading 44,975 stock units, Knutsford Express ended market activity, exchanging 30,250 shares to close at $9.95 after falling 5 cents. Lasco Distributors rose 13 cents to close $3.29, with 85,000 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial closed 30 cents higher at $4.40, with 29,850 stock units trading. Lasco Manufacturing climbed 5 cents and exchanged 21,300 shares at $4.16, Limners and Bards gained 25 cents and exchanged 87,009 shares at $3, Mailpac Group lost 5 cents in trading 332,699 shares to close at $2.05. Main Event ended 33 cents higher at $6.40, with 5,570 stock units crossing the exchange, Paramount Trading fell 3 cents in trading of 237,730 units at $1.70 and SSL Venture lost 4 cents in transferring 121,000 units at $1.20.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with the Junior Market Index shedding another 34.24 points to close at 3,211.18, bringing the year’s loss to 4 percent as declining stocks edged out advancing ones. 
Honey Bun traded 1,992 units and declined 20 cents to settle at $8.30. iCreate closed 3 cents higher at 83 cents, with 63,807 stock units crossing the exchange, Jamaican Teas lost 35 cents in trading 79,655 units to close at $6.65, Jetcon Corporation dropped 20 cents in trading of 91,678 units at $1.40. Lasco Distributors closed with 214,115 shares changing hands, after rising 5 cents to end at $3.16, Lasco Financial shed 25 cents in trading of 4,578 units at $4.10, Lasco Manufacturing declined by 21 cents to settle at $4.11 after units 64,197 passed through the market. Limners and Bards closed with a loss of 15 cents at $2.75, after swapping 108,276 shares, Lumber Depot fell 4 cents in trading of 1,508,978 units at $1.61. Main Event closed 3 cents higher at $6.07, with an exchange of 3,917 stock units, Paramount Trading closed 1 cent higher at $1.73, with the swapping of 21,600 stock units and SSL Venture ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.24 with 830 stock units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange slipped again on Wednesday with the market Index falling 10.92 points to end at 3,245.42 as prices of 13 securities advanced, 14 declined and 10 remained unchanged. 
ISP Finance climbed 50 cents in exchanging just one share at $29.50, Jamaican Teas dipped 29 cents in trading 801,148 units to end at $7, Key Insurance dipped 10 cents in transferring 2,184 units at $3.80. Lasco Distributors lost 2 cents trading 626,778 shares to close at $3.11, Lasco Financial ended swapping with 4,428 shares, after rising 25 cents to finish at $4.35, Lasco Manufacturing closed 7 cents higher at $4.32, with the trading of 12,506 stock units. Limners and Bards lost 10 cents in exchanging 25,369 units at $2.90, Lumber Depot climbed 12 cents and traded 736,293 shares at $1.65, Mailpac Group closed 2 cents higher at $2.10, with 2,647,671 stock units trading. SSL Venture shed 9 cents in exchanging 6,500 units at $1.25 and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 50 cents in transferring 22,300 shares to close at $10.15.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 33 securities changing hands, resulting in 15 securities advancing, 8 declining and 10 remaining unchanged. 
Consolidated Bakeries rose 10 cents with a transfer of 300 units at $1.90, Dolphin Cove lost 5 cents in trading 217 shares to close at $11.75. Derrimon Trading dipped 5 cents in the trading of 2,538 units at $2.50, Everything Fresh ended with 14,500 shares changing hands, after rising 3 cents to end at $1.10, Express Catering lost 5 cents in the trading of 4,876 units at $6.25. Fosrich lost 6 cents in trading 59,940 shares to close at $4.40, General Accident climbed 24 cents to close at $6.44, with 3,000 stock units crossing the exchange, GWest Corporation closed 3 cents higher at $1.10, trading 30,858 stock units. Honey Bun climbed 85 cents and exchanged 26,155 shares at $8.15, iCreate gained 1 cent to end at 75 cents, trading 193,406 shares, Indies Pharma fell 8 cents in trading of 190,360 units at $2.92, Jamaican Teas lost 61 cents in exchanging 874,330 shares to close at $7.29. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 102,054 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $1.60, Key Insurance closed trading of 200 units and gained 30 cents to end at $3.90, 
KLE Group ended with 8,977 shares changing hands, after rising 4 cents to end at $2.04. Knutsford Express climbed 1 cent, with an exchange of 578 shares at $10, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 16 cents at $4.10, in swapping of 28,880 shares, Lasco Manufacturing lost 35 cents trading 44,141 units at $4.25. Lumber Depot closed 1 cent higher at $1.53, with 158,203 stock units trading, MailPac Group ended with 591,022 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 3 cents to end at $2.08. Main Event exchanged 23,894 stock units after rising 4 cents to close at $6.04, Paramount Trading shed 18 cents in trading of 5,000 units at $1.72 and Stationery and Office Supplies gained 15 cents in exchanging 5,317 shares to close at $10.65.