Falling stocks dominated the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with the Index diving 51.63 points to close at 3,127.51 as the prices of 6 securities rose, 12 fell and 9 remained unchanged.
Trading ended on Wednesday with 28 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 3,473,115 units valued at $10,367,273 compared to 4,609,652 units valued at $19,878,004 on Tuesday.
Trading closed with an average of 124,040 units for an average of $370,260, in contrast to 148,698 units for an average of $641,226 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 226,842 units valued at $650,656 and previously, 232,813 units valued at $666,944 in contrast to 204,171 units for an average of $803,427. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers.
At the close of the trading, Access Financial ended with a loss of $3 at $50, in an exchange of 1,600 shares, Blue Power concluded trading of 10,514 units and rose 3 cents to $5, CAC 2000 closed 38 cents higher at $12.50, with 5,000 shares crossing the trading platform. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 1 cent at $13, trading 29,901 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 10,700 shares with a loss of 8 cents at $5.12, Caribbean Producers lost 10 cents to end at $4.50, with 57,042 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.90, with an exchange of 1,029,307 shares. Everything Fresh closed at $1.75, with the trading of 101,000 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 7 cents higher at $3.17, with an exchange of 22,051 units. Express Catering ended trading with 3,000 shares, at $7.30, FosRich Group traded 16,025 shares, at $4, Fontana ended at $3.99, with 344,662 shares trading, and General Accident closed with a loss of 34 cents at $4.15, with an exchange of 55,500 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $1.80, trading 47,838 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 33,050 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.82, ICreate traded 955,125 and lost 1 cent to close at $1.04. 
Indies Pharma finished trading of 183,190 shares with a loss of 7 cents at $2.76, Jamaican Teas traded 17,119 units at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 15 cents higher at $3.15, with 98,264 shares traded, KLE Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $3.10, exchanging 5,918 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 3,250 stock units with a loss of 3 cents at $12.87, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, with an exchange of 24,883 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, trading 138,706 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 9,370 shares at $3.25, Main Event exchanged 13,250 shares, at $5.60, Medical Disposables finished trading 40 cents higher at $7, with 140,000 stock units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital closed at $1.95, with an exchange of 35,000 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 81,850 shares after rising 17 cents to $8.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
$3.87, ICreate traded 561,314 and lost 4 cents to close at $1.05. Indies Pharma finished 13 cents higher at $2.83, trading 13,467 shares. Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with 92,970 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 15 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 19,276 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 108,985 shares, at $3, Key Insurance closed at $3, with the trading of 5,000 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading with 3,814 stock units at $12.90, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.80, with 1,047,602 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.60, after trading 10,462 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 10,451 shares with a loss of 2 cents to close at $3.25. Main Event traded with a loss of 20 cents at $5.60, with 1,236 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables rose 11 cents to close at $6.60, trading 19,900 stock units, SSL
Iron Rock settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.50, with 39,030 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 4,523,710 shares, but lost 10 cents to close at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 4,015 shares, at $3, Knutsford Express concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $12.90, with 10,948 stock units passing through the market. Lasco Distributors finished 5 cents higher at $3.80, in exchanging 33,333 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.80, trading 4,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 3,162 shares at $3.27, Main Event traded 80 cents higher at $5.80, with 6,657 shares crossing the stock exchange platform. Medical Disposables jumped 99 cents and finished trading 65,774 stock units at $6.49, SSL Venture Capital concluded trading of 4,500 shares, at $1.95, Stationery and Office finished 15 cents higher at $8.25, in exchanging 9,551 shares and tTech ended trading of 138 units with a loss of 39 cents to $5.50.
shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished trading 164,694 units, with a loss of 20 cents at $4.50. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, with an exchange of 10,350 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 15 cents higher at $2.95, in exchanging 390,716 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 1,973 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $14, Everything Fresh ended 4 cents higher at $1.74, with 4,500 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 25 cents at $3.15, trading 10,984 units. Express Catering ended trading 241,022 shares, with a loss of 1 cent to close at $7.49, FosRich Group traded 48,639 shares at $4, Fontana finished trading 9 cents higher at $3.95, with 337,361 shares crossing the exchange platform, General Accident closed at $4, with 39,838 stock units changing hands. GWest Corporation ended 5 cents higher at $1.75, with an exchange of 97,288 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 600 shares, with a loss of 1 cent to end at $3.98, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 8 cents at $2.91, trading 19,777 shares, Iron Rock settled 5 cents higher at 
$3.55, in exchanging 29,885 shares. ISP Finance ended trading 15,000 stock units, at $13, Jamaican Teas traded 10,000 units, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $3.95, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 6,200 shares and rose 39 cents to end at $3, Knutsford Express concluded trading of just 100 stock units at $13. Lasco Distributors exchanged 865,988 units, at $3.75, Lasco Financial settled 1 cent higher at $4.80, with an exchange of 85,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 323,827 shares at $3.27, Main Event traded with 1,000 shares with a loss of 70 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $5. Medical Disposables gained 10 cents to $5.50, with 63,322 stock units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital ended 25 cents higher at $1.95, trading 4,500 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 9,000 shares with a loss of 40 cents to close at $8.10.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with on Thursday the Index gaining 7.05 points to close at 3,108.36 as the prices of 10 securities rose, 10 fell and 6 remained unchanged. 
of 54 cents at $2.61, Knutsford Express exchanged 30,553 stock units after rising $2.10 to close at $13. Lasco Distributors finished 5 cents higher at $3.75, trading 86,259 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 1 cent at $4.79, with 31,401 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 500,787 shares after closing 7 cents higher at $3.27. Main Event traded 13,357 shares with a loss of 10 cents to end at $5.70. Medical Disposables lost 35 cents to close at $5.40, with 147,678 stock units passing through the market, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 32 cents at $2.08, after 90,800 units traded. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 20 cents at $1.70, with 23,937 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 40,000 shares at $8.50 and tTech settled with a loss of 86 cents at $5.89, in exchanging 10,682 stock units.
Junior market trading ended with the Index gaining 27.35 points to close at 3,101.31 on Wednesday with the prices of 13 securities advancing, 9 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
201,036 shares and rose 14 cents higher to $3.99, Indies Pharma finished 10 cents higher at $2.80, in exchanging 61,592 shares. ISP Finance ended trading with 5,000 stock units and climbed $2 to $13, Jamaican Teas traded 81,678 units for 28 cents more at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 446,571 shares, adding 15 cents to end at $3.15, Knutsford Express lost $1.60 cents to close at $10.90, with 4,100 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 29 cents at $3.70, with 210,378 units trading, Lasco Financial settled 24 cents higher at $4.80, with 82,082 shares crossing through the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 101,576 shares, and rose 4 cents to end at $3.20, Medical Disposables finished trading 1,381 stock units and gained 25 cents to end at $5.75. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, trading 9,803 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading 30 cents higher at $8.50, with 2,689 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 35.86 points to close at 3,073.96 on Tuesday, the market climbed back from a much deeper decline in the earlier part of trading when it was down more than 70 points. 
Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 27 cents at $2.70, in exchanging 175,005 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 5,208 units, with a loss of 28 cents to close at $3.72, Jetcon Corporation ended trading of 4,457 shares, with a loss of 7 cents at $3. Knutsford Express closed trading of 33,454 stock units with a loss of 20 cents, to end at $12.50, Lasco Distributors finished 29 cents higher at $3.99, with 5,978 units trading, Lasco Financial settled 6 cents higher at $4.56, with 5,033 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 185,000 shares, at $3.16, Main Event traded a mere 111 shares, with a loss of 1 cent to close at $5.80, SSL Venture Capital ended 25 cents higher at $1.95, with an exchange of 5,108 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 15,000 shares with a loss of 30 cents to end at $8.20.
Lasco Distributors lost 29 cents at $3.70, with 18,809 units passing through the market, Lasco Financial settled 15 cents higher at $4.50, as investors swapped 152,349 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 24,058 shares, with a loss of 3 cents at $3.16, Main Event traded 3,600 shares and climbed 31 cents higher to $5.81, Paramount Trading closed at $2.40, while exchanging 52,155 units, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 25 cents in closing at $1.70, trading 54,880 shares. Stationery and Office concluded trading of 28,176 and rose 10 cents to close at $8.50 and tTech settled 91 cents higher at $6.75, with 30,000 stock units changing hands but the stock was on offer at $6.20 at the close. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 preference share closed at $1, with 1,000 shares trading.
In an active trading session on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, 27 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of 4,398,457 units valued at $19,730,388. 
at $7.50, FosRich Group traded 32,795 shares and moved 17 cents higher to $4.17, Fontana finished trading of 123,255 shares, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $3.95. General Accident closed at $4, with an exchange of 155,848 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.45, with 4,600 units trading. Indies Pharma ended 6 cents higher at $2.80, with an exchange of 15,140 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 537,851 units and rose 5 cents to $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with a loss of 11 cents at $3.07, in exchanging 925,520 shares, Lasco Distributors gained 24 cents to close at $3.99, with 426,911 units trading. Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 15 cents at $4.35, in exchanging 119,944 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 138,653 shares with a loss of 1 cent in closing at $3.19, Main Event traded 240,861 shares, with a loss of 30 cents at $5.50, Medical Disposables finished trading at $5.50, with 24,000 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading closed at $2.40, trading 35,364 units and SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.95, with 594,200 shares traded.
$14.50, with an exchange of 2,000 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 7,500 shares, at $5.37. Caribbean Flavours traded 12,000 stock units with a rise of $1.85 to close at $18, Caribbean Producers finished trading 6,841 units, with the price moving 5 cents higher to $4.75, Dolphin Cove fell 5 cents to close at $15.35, trading 150 shares, Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.90, with 14,030 stock units trading. Elite Diagnostic settled 31 cents higher at $3.40, with 29,103 units changing hands. Express Catering ended trading 15,500 shares and closed 6 cents higher at $7.06, FosRich Group traded 5,621 shares at $4, Fontana closed 10 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 1,345,881 shares, General Accident closed 1 cent higher at $4, with 42,042 stock units changing hands. GWest Corporation ended 9 cents higher at $1.45, with an exchange of 8,000 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 42,960 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 16 cents at $2.74, with 164,127 shares passing through the market, Jamaican Teas traded 42,300 units with a loss of 5 cents at $3.95. Jetcon Corporation closed at $3.18, trading 1,500 shares, 
Knutsford Express concluded trading of 5,050 stock units and climbed 50 cents higher to $13, Lasco Distributors finished at $3.75, with an exchange of 12,784 units, Lasco Financial rose 15 cents to $4.50, in trading 10,000 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 70,310 shares, with a loss of 9 cents at $3.20, Paramount Trading closed at $2.40, with 5,981 units changing hands, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 20,592 shares and rose 40 cents higher to $8.40 and tTech settled at $5.84, in exchanging 23,706 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% closed at $1, with 293,741 shares changing hands.
