The Junior Market Index advanced 15.19 points to 3,364.15, with the prices of 11 securities rising against 13 that fell, leaving five stocks trading with unchanged prices.
The average PE of the market ended at 14.4.
Market activity ended with 29 securities trading, resulting in 5,086,049 units valued at $10,583,733 compared to 3,973,357 units valued at $16,004,427 from 35 securities on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 175,381 units $at 364,956 for each stock traded, in contrast to 113,524 shares, for an average of $457,269 on Tuesday. 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 Investors Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
By the close of trading, AMG Packaging added 1 cent to settle at $2.10 with 26,700 shares changing hands, Blue Power traded 17,588 units with a rise of 50 cents to close at $5, 
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.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
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.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Indies Pharma gained 29 cents and closed at $3.20 with 22,227 stock units crossing the exchange, Jamaican Teas transferred 315,700 shares and lost 10 cents to end at $6.10, Lasco Distributors traded 14,000 stock units after falling 29 cents to end at $3.21, Lasco Manufacturing dived 85 cents to settle at $4.15 with 49,928 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards rose 10 cents to end at $3 with 23,000 stock units crossing the exchange. Lumber Depot lost 7 cents to end at $1.68 with a transfer of 2,090,343 stock units, MailPac gained 4 cents in trading 1,725,404 shares to settle at $2.12 changing hands, Main Event dropped 35 cents to settle at $6.15 with 94,667 shares crossing the exchange. Medical Disposables lost 10 cents to end at $6.90 with 2,000 stock units trading and Paramount Trading slipped 5 cents to end at $2 in transferring 2,500 shares.
With the final days of 2019 draws to a close, investors looking back must ponder how the JSE Main Market stocks outperformed the Junior Stocks by a considerable margin, by growth in the market indices and the number of shares with triple-digit gains.
Still, they were replaced this week, by Honey Bun and tTech, in at number 9 and 10 positions, respectively. There were no changes to the TOP 10 listing for Main Market stocks.
Forecasted earnings and PE ratio for the current fiscal year are in determining potential gains. Possible gains for each stock are ranked in descending order, with the highest-ranked being the most attractive. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.
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 JSE Main Market TOP 10 had just stock leaving with 
Radio Jamaica still holds on to the lead for Main Market stocks, with an expected increase of 236 percent, followed by Pulse Investments in the number two spot with projected growth of 205 percent and Sygnus US dollar-denominated stock with likely gains of 186 percent, is next.
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.
