Investors pushed the Junior Market index up 29.96 points to close at 3,128.45 on Wednesday as advancing and declining stocks were virtually tied.
At the close of market activities, 29 securities changed hands, compared to 28 on Tuesday and resulted in prices of 8 securities rising, 9 declining and 12 remaining unchanged.
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Market activity led to an exchange of 1,339,414 units valued at $6,540,409 compared to 2,553,658 units valued at $8,541,233 on Tuesday. The average trade for the day amounts to 46,187 units for an average of $225,531 in contrast to 91,202 units for an average of $305,044 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 75,993 units for an average of $292,574 and previously, 78,159 units for an average of $297,447. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of 50 cents at $45, in trading 879 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with an exchange of 9,829 stock units, Blue Power exchanged 21,313 units at $4.40, CAC 2000 traded 541 shares to finish at $12, Caribbean Producers finished trading 1,971 units at $4.80. Consolidated Bakeries lost 20 cents to close at $1.80, with 22,221 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended 20 cents higher at $2.90 exchanging 30,332 shares, Everything Fresh settled 9 cents higher at $1.60, trading6 32 units. Elite Diagnostic ended trading 45,903 shares and rose 20 cents to end at $3.50, Express Catering traded 9,800 shares at $7, FosRich Group lost 25 cents to close at $4.75, with an exchange of 731,585 shares, Fontana closed at $4.50, trading 8,737 stock units. GWest Corporation concluded trading of 4,562 shares, at $1.31, Honey Bun finished at $5, with 119,800 shares crossing the exchange, iCreate settled at 90 cents, with 11,243 shares traded, Indies Pharma ended trading 6,600 stock units with a loss of 8 cents at $3.06. Jamaican Teas closed 50 cents higher at $4.70, after trading 1,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 15 cents at $1.95, with 300 shares changing hands, 
Key Insurance concluded trading of a mere 100 stock units with a loss of 55 cents at $3.35, KLE Group finished at $2.40, with an exchange of 100 units. Knutsford Express settled with a loss of 60 cents at $11.90, with 3,780 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 58,015 shares at $3.75, Lasco Financial traded 19,462 shares at $4.68, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 33,085 stock units with a loss of 7 cents at $3.43. Main Event lost 10 cents to close at $5.40, with an exchange of 102,070 units, Medical Disposables ended 5 cents higher at $6.85, trading 1,273 shares, SSL Venture Capital added 8 cents to end at $1.70, trading 331 shares, Stationery and Office settled 11 cents higher at $9.12, with an exchange of 93,450 stock units and tTech traded 500 shares and rose 38 cents to close at $6.08.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market index lost 20.26 points to close at 3,098.49 on Tuesday as the number of advancing and declining stocks were tied.
Iron Rock traded 843 units at $3.50, 
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market index jumped sharply by 46.18 points to close at 3,118.75 on Monday as advancing stocks outpaced declining stocks by a ratio of 3 to 2.
Indies Pharma traded 61,820 stock units with a loss of 3 cents to end at $3.15. ISP Finance jumped $3.50 to $19.50, trading a mere 343 shares, Jamaican Teas closed 45 cents higher at $4.10, with 15,500 shares crossing the exchange, Jetcon Corporation ended 2 cents higher at $1.82, in exchanging 20,100 shares, Knutsford Express settled at $12.50, with 1,957 shares crossing the exchange. Lasco Distributors ended trading of 37,739 shares at $3.80, Lasco Financial exchanged 53,699 shares, 19 cents higher at $4.70, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 10,150 stock units and rose 6 cents higher to $3.40, Main Event closed 44 cents higher at $5.50, with an exchange of 1,209 units. Stationery and Office settled with a loss of 49 cents at $9, with 140,452 stock units changing hands and tTech traded 574 shares and rose 30 cents to end at $5.60.
Lasco Financial with likely gains of 210 percent, followed by Iron Rock with potential gains of 208 percent. Of the three on Lasco Financial seems likely to break out after they release full year results later this month.
Caribbean Producers closed trading with 47,875 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $4.90. Derrimon Trading ended 4 cents higher at $2.85, with 12,921 shares changing hands. Everything Fresh settled at $1.53, with an exchange of 98,588 units, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 366,435 shares and climbed 34 cents higher to end at $3.50, Express Catering traded 22,427 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $6.90. FosRich Group ended the trading of 59,176 shares, at $5, Fontana closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4.55, in exchanging 96,454 stock units, General Accident ended with a loss of 39 cents at $4.10, with 9,800 units traded, GWest Corporation concluded trading of 42,971 shares at $1.39. Honey Bun finished 20 cents higher at $4, with 114,649 shares changing hands, iCreate settled with a loss of 5 cents at $0.85, with an exchange of 41,886 shares, Indies Pharma ended trading of 42,723 stock units, with a loss of 5 cents in closing at $3.30, ISP Finance jumped $1.30 to close at $12.50 after trading 430 shares. Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $4.20, after trading 106,203 shares, 
Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.40, with an exchange of 76,185 shares, KLE Group finished trading 12,059 units at $2.40, Knutsford Express settled at $12.50, with 13,621 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 111,463 shares and rose 1 cent higher to $3.90. Lasco Financial traded 41,105 shares, with a loss of 10 cents to close at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing closed 16 cents higher at $3.50, with 29,767 stock units changing hands, Main Event closed 6 cents higher at $5.06, with 16,165 units changing hands, Stationery and Office climbed $1.20 higher to $9.70, with an exchange of 73,200 stock units and tTech traded 5,000 shares with a loss of 29 cents to close at $5.90.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday in an exchange of 1,527,469 units valued at $5,859,798, compared to 1,508,027 units valued at $8,243,329 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, Blue Power concluded trading of 5,300 units with a loss of 30 cents at $4.40, Cargo Handlers lost 75 cents in closing at $10, with an exchange of just 300 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading with 38,112 units, and fell 15 cents to end at $4.75. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, in trading 1,300 shares, Derrimon Trading ended 31 cents higher at $2.81, while exchanging 244,762 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 756 shares, with a loss of 5 cents in closing at $12, Everything Fresh settled with a loss of 7 cents at $1.53, with 180,495 units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 111,323 shares and rose 16 cents higher to $3.16, Express Catering traded 56,263 shares at $7, FosRich Group traded 31,741 shares, at $5, Fontana closed 10 cents higher at $4.60, with 470,171 stock units changing hands. General Accident ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.49, with 10,000 units traded. GWest Corporation concluded trading with 14,282 shares, after rising 2 cents higher to $1.39, Honey Bun finished with a loss of 25 cents at $3.80, trading 3,948 shares, iCreate settled at 90 cents, with 29,014 shares crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma ended 
trading 36,600 stock units and rose 10 cents to close at $3.35. Iron Rock traded 116,347 units with a loss of 40 cents in closing at $3.50, Jamaican Teas closed 55 cents higher at $4.10, with an exchange of 24,296 shares, Jetcon Corporation added 20 cents to close at $2.50, with 500 shares traded, Knutsford Express fell 25 cents to $12.50, trading 1,150 shares. Lasco Distributors ended trading of 29,827 shares, at $3.89, Lasco Financial exchanged 6,000 shares, and rose 20 cents to close at $4.70, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 3,260 stock units after falling 26 cents to end at $3.34, Main Event closed with a loss of 50 cents at $5, with 8,129 units changing hands. Medical Disposables ended at $6.85, while exchanging 2,000 shares, SSL Venture Capital finished with a loss of 9 cents at $1.61, with 28,000 shares traded and Stationery and Office settled at $8.50 with an exchange of 72,193 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended 10 cents higher at $2, with 1,400 stock units changing hands.
with a loss of 9 cents at $3.25, Jamaican Teas lost 65 cents in closing at $3.55, trading 114,500 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended at $2.30, with 109,780 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express settled with a loss of 25 cents at $12.75, in trading 9,170 shares. Lasco Distributors ended trading 30,777 shares, at $3.89, Lasco Financial traded 6,725 shares with a loss of 50 cents at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 55,165 stock units and rose 10 cents to settle at $3.60, Main Event closed with a loss of 10 cents at $5.50, in exchanging 2,000 units. Paramount Trading concluded trading of 400 shares at $2.10, investors acted strongly to a 30 percent rise in the profit of Stationery and Office by driving the price up by $1.49 to close at $8.50 with 198,850 stock units changing hands and tTech traded 70,000 shares 9 cents higher at $6.19.
Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $4.20, with 1,898 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 18 cents at $2.30, with 8,088 shares crossing the exchange, but traded earlier, at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $2.29. Key Insurance concluded trading with 1,247 stock units, after rising 20 cents to end at $3.90, Lasco Distributors traded 65,399 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.89, Lasco Financial ended at $5, with 28,300 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 2 cents at $3.50, in trading 15,511 stock units. Main Event closed 60 cents higher at $5.60, with an exchange of 888 units, Paramount Trading concluded trading with 11,750 shares at $2.10, SSL Venture Capital finished at $1.70, with 2,846 shares passing through the exchange. Stationery and Office settled at $7.01 with 60,158 stock units changing hands and tTech traded with a loss of 10 cents at $6.10, with the trading of 6,300 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 8 cents at $1.90, with 25,630 stock units changing hands.
Eight consecutive days of record close, for the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended last week, but that did not prevent new additions to the main market IC Insider.com’s TOP 10. 
The stock comes to the market at 50 cents per share and boast a PE of 8.3 times normalized earnings for the year to March 2019. With the heavy oversubscription, the top investors will get just a fraction of what they applied for will certainly pushed the price higher when it lists and start trading.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange made good gains in trading on Wednesday, leading to a strong 45.43 points rise in the market index to close at 3,060.54 but with 52 percent less volume than on Tuesday. 
Trading ended with an average of 72,290 units for an average of $321,169 in contrast to 129,846 units for an average of $490,337 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 108,262 units valued at $359,706 and previously, 115,060 units valued at $366,988. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
9,174 shares and lost 35 cents to end at $3.80, iCreate closed trading of 10,200 shares with a gain of 7 cents to end at 85 cents, Indies Pharma exchanged 603,300 shares at $3.35, Iron Rock settled with a loss of 40 cents at $3.50, with 256 shares. Jamaican Teas closed 21 cents higher at $4.15, with 32,934 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation finished trading at $2.30, in exchanging 17,863 shares. Lasco Distributors traded 116,192 units for 1 cent higher, at $3.90, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, trading 124,901 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a rise of 39 cents to $3.64, with the trading of 116,121 shares, 
