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.
The Junior Market Index fell by 22.30 points to close at 3,273.19 on Monday after the prices of 16 stocks rose 10 declined and 8 remained unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.1.
Trading ended with 33 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 7,356,027 units valued at $36,156,183 compared to 9,461,484 units valued at $22,625,047, from stocks of 31 companies changing hands on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 216,354 units for $1,063,417 for each stock traded, in contrast to 305,209 units at $649,428 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 436,088 shares at $1,137,925 compared to an average of 453,305 shares at $1,143,762 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eight stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging lost 22 cents to close at $2.08 with 3,030,679 units changing hands, Blue Power exchanged 2,000 stock units, after rising 8 cents to end at $5.58, Caribbean Flavour traded 721,286 shares and lost $2 to close at $13. Caribbean Producers added 2 cents to finish at $4.82 while 2,000 stock units crossed the exchange, Dolphin Cove rose 1 cent to end at $11.11 with 4,000 units crossing the exchange, Elite Diagnostic traded 13,839 units and gained 13 cents to end at $5.05. Everything Fresh rose 3 cents to close at $1.10 after exchanging 10,200 stock units, Express Catering rose 10 cents in trading 34,771 shares to close at $6.10, Fontana lost 30 cents to close at $6.40 with 90,161 crossed the exchange. FosRich added 10 cents to settle at $4 while trading 4,184 stock units, General Accident fell 38 cents to close at $7.10 with 27,400 stock units changing hands, Honey Bun dropped 99 cents after exchanging 38,287 units at $7.40, iCreate slipped 1 cent to end at 70 cents in trading 43,684 shares. Indies Pharma gained 1 cent while trading 11,456 units at $2.91, Jamaican Teas gained 5 cents with 55,955 units changing hands at $6.30, Knutsford Express exchanged 5,374 shares with a rise of 38 cents to end at $9.60, Lasco Distributors added 9 cents with 32,654 shares crossing the exchange to close at $3.49. 
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.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
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.
Jamaican Teas lost 10 cents with 6,059,319 units changing hands at $6.10 as a director sold and a connected company bought most of the amount that traded, KLE Group traded 5,559 shares after rising 22 cents to $1.75, Knutsford Express exchanged 6,796 with a loss of $1 to end at $10. Lasco Distributors fell by 22 cents with 5,958,632 shares crossing the exchange at $3.22, Lasco Financial traded 108,782 stock units and lost 9 cents in closing at $4.40. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 1,575,261 shares and fell 4 cents to close at $5; Lumber Depot pulled back 21 cents $1.91 with 1,581,307 crossing the exchange, MailPac added 5 cents to settle at $2.18 while exchanging 847,643 shares. Main Event exchanged 299 units and rose 37 cents to $6.50, Medical Disposables fell 85 cents to $7.15 with 200 shares crossing the market, Paramount Trading exchanged 20,000 shares after falling 44 cents to $1.56 and SSL Venture Capital traded 32,935 shares and fell 9 cents to $1.10.
The Junior Market index closed on Wednesday with 37.35 points fall to close at 3,343.59 and bringing the two days decline to 69 points after 15 stocks rose and 13 declined and five remaining unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.3.
Jamaican Teas added 20 cents with 31,746 units changing hands at $6.20. Knutsford Express exchanged 3,420 with a gain of 71 cents to end at $11, Lasco Distributors rose 2 cents with 63,690 shares crossing the exchange at $3.22, Lasco Financial traded 39,866 stock units and lost 1 cent to close at $4.49. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 3,443 shares and rose 21 cents to close at $5.04, 
Lumber Depot jumped 48 percent on Monday on top of the 32.5 percent rise on Friday and is now up 97 percent from the Initial Public offer of $1.20, but MailPac stole the show in trading more than 33 million shares.
Fontana traded 604,270 shares but lost 39 cents to end at $7.40, FosRich gained 38 cents to settle at $4.20 in trading 44,140 stock units, Honey Bun slipped just 1 cent in exchanging 13,040 shares at $7.49. iCreate added 1 cent to end at 71 cents in exchanging 4,600 shares, Indies Pharma slipped 10 cents trading 15,111 units at $3.10. Jamaican Teas lost 1 cent with 16,080 units changing hands at $5.99, Lasco Distributors gained 3 cents with 221,755 shares crossing the exchange at $3.33, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 138,726 shares to close at $5.25 after rising 15 cents, Limners and Bards rose lost 20 cents to close at $2.78 with 86,530. Lumber Depot surged 77 cents with 1,481,121 shares changing to close at $2.36. Main Event increased by 5 cents to settle at $6.45 while exchanging 6,222 units and SSL Venture Capital lost 4 cents with an exchange of 10,000 shares to close at $1.36 and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped $1 to $10 with 6,042 shares trading.
The Junior Market had another listing as Lumber Depot made its debut on the market on Friday, bring the number of companies listed to 41 and total listings to 44. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 384,302 shares at $864,417 compared to an average of 255,401 shares at $585,144 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security switching owners.
Jamaican Teas lost 6 cents with 14,118 units changing hands at $6, Knutsford Express dropped back 91 cents with just 1,500 shares crossing the exchange at $10.29, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 138,726 shares to close at $5.25 after rising 15 cents, Limners and Bards rose 13 cents trading 29,990 units at $2.98. Lumber Depot rose 39 cents 
At the close of trading on Thursday, the Junior Market index recovered just 31.86 points of the 55.78 points lost on Wednesday and the 66.99 points fall on Monday as the market closed at 3,373.16 on Thursday. 
Iron rock Insurance closed at $3.80 after falling 20 cents with 13,000 shares trading. Jamaican Teas recovered the 7 cents lost on Wednesday with 6,306 units changing hands at $6.06, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 30,000 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 13 cents, Knutsford Express jumped $1.20 with just 100 shares crossing the exchange at $11.20, Limners and Bards rose 4 cents in trading 27,920 units at $2.85. MailPac rose 16 cents to end at $1.94 with 3,706,223 shares changing hands, Main Event gained 38 cents to settle at $6.45 while exchanging 74,342 units, Paramount Trading rose 45 cents with an exchange of 20,000 shares to close at $2 and tTech recovered 61 cents to close at $6.01 after an exchange of 55,296 shares.
The Junior Market index dropped a sharp 55.78 points to close at 3,341.30 on Wednesday after 66.99 points were slashed on Monday, with declining stocks exceeding rising ones for the third consecutive day.
In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each traded security.
Jamaican Teas fell 7 cents while 84,824 changed hands at $5.99, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 119,193 shares to close at $1.93 after rising 13 cents. Knutsford Express dived $1.50 with 43,436 shares crossing the exchange at $10, Lasco Financial exchanged 57,950 units, but fell 10 cents to end at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing gained 10 cents trading of 45,000 units at $5.10, Limners and Bards slipped 2 cents in trading of 126, 814 units at $2.81. MailPac pulled back 17 cents to end at $1.78 with 5,881,440 shares changing hands, Main Event declined 8 cents to settle at $6.07 with an exchange of 31,212 units and Paramount Trading lost 45 cents with a transfer of 62,639 shares to close at $1.55.
The Junior Market index inched 1.16 points higher to close at 3,397.08 on Tuesday after dropping sharply by 66.99 points on Monday, with declining stocks exceeding rising ones.
Indies Pharma declined 3 cents in trading of 18,976 units at $3.02, Jetcon Corporation ended market activity exchanging 59,702 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 13 cents. Knutsford Express climbed 50 cents and traded 8,800 shares at $11.50, Lasco Distributors declined 26 cents in trading of 52,105 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial exchanged 1,000 units and put on 20 cents to end at $4.60, Limners and Bards dipped 2 cents in trading of 31,662 units at $2.83. MailPac pulled back 3 cents to end at $1.95 with 10,264,726 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables declined by 40 cents to settle at $7.10 with an exchange of 156,000 units, SSL Venture exchanged 25,000 shares to close at $1.20 after falling 20 cents and tTech ended trading of a mere 77 shares, after rising 5 cents to $5.40.
Indies Pharma traded 11,122 shares and lost 15 cents in closing at $3.05, Jamaican Teas fell 9 cents in exchanging 21,220 shares to end at $6.06, Jetcon Corporation traded just 581 shares and gained 13 cents to close at $1.93. Lasco Distributors closed with just 100 units changing hands after rising 6 cents to end at $3.56, Lasco Financial lost 2 cents with the trading of 27,926 shares at $4.40, Limners and Bards rose 8 cents with 26,272 shares changing hands at $2.85. Recently listed, MailPac, traded 12,827,913 shares with the price pulling back 24 cents to end at $1.98, Medical Disposables exchanged 13,090 shares after gaining 40 cents to close at $7.50 and Paramount Trading closed at $2 after slipping 5 cents with an exchange of 21,000 shares.