Junior Market stock trading.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped 123.05 points in three days but ended nearly 53 points lower than the close of August when trading ended on Monday.
The Junior Market index jumped 54.94 points to close at 3,533.27 as prices of 10 securities advanced, 7 declined and 9 remained unchanged with 26 securities changing hands, up slightly from 24 trading
on Friday.
Trading resulting in an exchange of 6,210,149 units at $22,471,302 compared to 2,557,873 units valued at $13,773,282 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 238,852 units for an average of $864,281 in contrast to 106,578 units for an average of $573,887 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 and previously 988,164 units valued at $2,580,720 for each security traded. August ended with an average of 232,398 units valued at $1,072,851 for each traded security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading of 22,000 units and gained 1 cent to end at $1.87, Dolphin Cove exchanged 6,650 units and gained 75 cents to end at $11.75, Derrimon Trading fell 10 cents in trading 45,998 units at $2.35. Express Catering closed trading of 17,948 units and gained 15 cents to end at $6.50, Everything Fresh ended with 60,713 shares changing hands, after rising 11 cents to end at $1.31, Fosrich climbed 10 cents and exchanged 22,200 shares at $5.10. Fontana lost 17 cents in trading 129,752 shares to close at $8.30, General Accident closed with a loss of 5 cents at $6.90, after swapping of 141,722 shares, 
Honey Bun closed 61 cents higher at $7, with 4,545 stock units trading, Indies Pharma fell 8 cents in trading 18,763 units at $3.30. Jamaican Teas climbed 18 cents and exchanged 13,547 shares at $6.30, Jetcon Corporation dipped 9 cents in trading 40,000 units at $2, Knutsford Express fell $1.40 cents in trading of 367 units to close at $11.10, Limners and Bards closed 17 cents higher at $2.97, with 294,838 stock units trading. Lasco Distributors climbed 53 cents and exchanged 5,158,000 shares at $3.85, Lasco Manufacturing traded 35,825 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $5.50 and Main Event traded 8,086 declined by 5 cents to settle at $6.
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 Friday with the market index climbing 46.90 points to close at 3,478.33 as rising stocks dominated trading nearly 4 to 1.
Jetcon Corporation closed trading of 7,942 units and gained 29 cents to end at $2.09, Knutsford Express added $1.60 to end at $12.50 with 102,656 stock units trading. Lasco Distributors rose 7 cents and exchanged 571,096 shares at $3.32, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 151,959 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $5.40, Limners and Bards closed 30 cents higher at $2.80, with 226,883 stock units trading, Main Event ended exchanging 4,854 shares, after rising 33 cents to end at $6.05. Medical Disposables dipped 40 cents in trading of 3,943 units at $7, Paramount Trading closed 20 cents higher at $2.20, with the trading of 45,700 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.40 to end at $12.40 with 11,000 stock units changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with the market index rising 21.21 points to close at 3,431.43 as falling stocks edged out gainers.
Fosrich climbed 10 cents and exchanged 121,783 shares at $5, Fontana ended market activity while exchanging 117,597 shares to close at $8.11 after falling 28 cents. General Accident closed with a loss of 2 cents at $6.98, after swapping of 11,536 shares, iCreate lost 2 cents in trading 46,285 shares to close at 70 cents, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 3,505 units and gained 25 cents to end at $6.40, Jetcon Corporation lost 29 cents in trading 30,806 shares to close at $1.80. Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.25 with 313,746 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial climbed 23 cents and exchanged 6,100 shares at $5, Limners and Bards lost 10 cents trading 174,427 shares to close at $2.50, and Medical Disposables closed with a loss of $1.40 at $7.40, after swapping of 8,000 shares.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with the market index falling 33.75 points to close at 3,410.22 as rising and falling stocks were almost even.
Honey Bun closed 20 cents higher at $6.20, with 100 stock units clearing the exchange, Jamaican Teas declined 35 cents in trading of 63,645 units at $6.15, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.09 with 3,135 stock units changing hands. Limners and Bards closed trading of 464,624 units and gained 9 cents to end at $2.60, Lasco Distributors climbed 1 cent, exchanging 117,000 shares at $3.26, Lasco Financial shed 15 cents in trading of 1,220 units at $4.77, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 15 cents in exchanging of 189,539 units at $5.20. Main Event closed 2 cents higher at $5.72, with 1,100 stock units trading, Stationery and Office Supplies traded 7,400 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $11 and tTech dipped 60 cents with 107,043 units changing hands at $6.
The Junior Market Index jumped 45.19 points to close at 3,443.97 in trading on Tuesday and almost erased the 50 points fall on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
iCreate ended market activity in exchanging 70,000 shares to close at 72 cents after falling 3 cents, Iron Rock Insurance closed 5 cents higher at $4, with 12,500 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas climbed 40 cents and exchanged 5,350 shares at $6.50, Key Insurance ended trading 1,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $3. Limners and Bards declined 4 cents exchanging 243,826 units at $2.51, Lasco Financial climbed 2 cents after swapping 75,441 shares at $4.92, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 9 cents in trading 28,763 units at $5.35. Main Event ended market activity exchanging 2,452 shares to close at $5.70 after falling 29 cents, Paramount Trading climbed 30 cents and exchanged 15,000 shares at $2 and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped $1.20 in trading of 189,909 units to close at $10.30.
Jetcon Corporation climbed 30 cents with 188,632 shares changing hands at $2.10, Knutsford Express ended market activity exchanging 2,750 shares to close at $10.90 after falling 9 cents, Limners and Bards closed 3 cents higher at $2.55, with 252,272 stock units clearing the exchange, Lasco Distributors ended exchanging 126,000 shares to close at $3.25 after falling 23 cents. Lasco Financial traded 95,877 shares, after rising 22 cents to end at $4.90, Medical Disposables climbed 70 cents and exchanged 99,870 shares at $8.80, Main Event ended trading with 150 shares, after rising 34 cents to end at $5.99 and tTech swapped 27,000 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $6.60. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 dipped 2 cents in trading 18,045 units at $1.08.
The Junior Market Index slipped 4.73 points to close at 3,449.27 on Friday with 26 securities changing hands, with 11 securities rising, 11 declining as 4 remained unchanged.
Honey Bun lost 20 cents to close at $6.20, after swapping of 1,116 shares, iCreate closed 2 cents higher at 77 cents, with 151,499 stock units trading, Indies Pharma shed 13 cents trading 53,023 units at $3.30, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 80,953 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.98. Knutsford Express ended trading with 5,713 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $10.99, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 1,236,217 shares to close at $2.52 after falling 30 cents, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 32 cents at $4.68, in swapping of 37,300 shares. Medical Disposables closed trading of 68,130 units and gained 70 cents to end at $8.10 and Main Event closed 4 cents higher at $5.65, with 3,648 stock units trading. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 lost 4 cents in trading 44,500 shares to close at $1.10.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Indies Pharma lost 2 cents in trading of 1,850 units at $3.43, Jamaican Teas lost 4 cents in trading 16,223 units to close at $5.96. Knutsford Express traded 4,837,099 units and gained 5 cents to end at $10.95, Limners and Bards closed with a loss of 13 cents at $2.82, in moving 2,386,967 shares, Lasco Distributors climbed 18 cents and exchanged 185,821 shares to end at $3.48, Lasco Manufacturing declined 2 cents to settle at $5.44 in trading 16,398 shares. Medical Disposables lost 60 cents trading 5,000 shares to close at $7.40, Main Event had 2,500 shares changing hands, after rising 4 cents to end at $5.61, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 8 cents higher at $1.70, with 100 stock units trading and tTech closed trading of 4,421 units and gained 30 cents to end at $5.90.
Trading ended with an average of 82,731 units for an average of $356,514 in contrast to 54,574 units for an average of $349,152 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 1,378,282 valued at $3,071,604 and previously 1,502,456 units for $3,331,836. August ended with an average of 232,398 units valued at $1,072,851 for each traded security.
Iron Rock Insurance exchanged 3,000 shares after rising 59 cents to end at $3.95, Jamaican Teas declined by 30 cents to settle at $6 in trading 362,394 shares, Knutsford Express fell 10 cents in trading of 5,641 units at $10.90, Key Insurance lost 20 cents in trading 100 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.80. Limners and Bards lost 4 cents trading 165,769 units at $2.96, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.49 with 54,665 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial dipped 50 cents in trading of 212,070 units to end at $4.50. Lasco Manufacturing dipped 21 cents in exchanging 25,049 units at $5.30, Main Event closed 95 cents higher at $6.95, with 1,000 stock units trading, Stationery and Office Supplies declined by $1.95 to settle at $11.05 but with 7,594 shares being traded and tTech closed trading of 355 units and gaining 89 cents to end at $5.90.
Key Insurance lost 25 cents in trading 200 shares to close at $3, Limners and Bards ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3 with 349,292 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors slipped 1 cent to $3.50 with the trading of 43,257 stock units. Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 14,665 shares to close at $5 after falling 40 cents, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.51 with 19,300 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables climbed $2.40 to settle at $8 with a mere 100 shares trading. Main Event closed with a loss of 50 cents at $6, the swapping of 8,761 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies ended trading with 355,751 shares, after rising 17 cents to end at $13.