The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with reduced volume and value on Thursday, compared to Wednesday’s levels, but the market index gained 27.85 points to close at 2,993.36.
At the close of the market, investors exchanged 26 stocks, compared to 22 on Wednesday with prices of 9 rising, 11 declining with 6 remaining unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of just 690,056 units valued at $2,672,243, compared to 723,588 units valued at $2,470,037 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 26,541 units for an average of $102,779 in contrast to 32,890 units for an average of $112,274 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 86,708 units valued $310,507 and previously, 90,668 units valued $324,180 for each security traded. 
In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended with a loss of $2.45 at $42.55, with an exchange of 500 shares, AMG Packaging fell 3 cents to $2.12, with 70,575 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 500 units, at $4.40. CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 76 cents at $11.24, with 1,761 shares traded, Caribbean Producers finished trading 18,510 units with a gain of 15 cents to close at $5, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.71, with an exchange of 1,400 shares, Dolphin Cove closed $1 higher at $14 in trading of 4,193 shares. Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 2 cents at $1.48, with 38,800 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 4 cents at $2.93, with an exchange of 18,229 units, Express Catering ended trading of 13,114 shares and rose 89 cents to $8. FosRich Group traded 40 cents higher at $4.30, with 3,000 shares crossing the exchange, Fontana finished trading with 136,013 shares, and rose 5 cents higher to $4, General Accident closed 30 cents higher at $4.30, with an exchange of 940 stock units. iCreate closed trading at 90 cents, in exchanging 40,000 shares. Indies Pharma finished at $3.01, trading 54,588 shares, 
Iron Rock settled with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, with 100 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 5,500 units, with a loss of 40 cents at $3.60, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with 101,986 shares and lost 9 cents to close at $2.40. Knutsford Express concluded trading 20 cents higher at $12.50, with 2,262 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 3 cents at $3.60, with 5,150 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4, with 1,020 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with a loss of 4 cents at $3.16, with 2,350 shares. Main Event traded 46 cents higher at $5.85, with 7,042 shares, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 6 cents at $1.54, with 17,203 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading 50 cents higher at $7.50, with 117,355 shares and tTech settled at $5, with 27,965 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with reduced volume and value compared to Tuesday’s levels, but the market index gained 10.77 points to close at 2,965.51. 
cents higher to $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 14 cents higher at $2.49, with an exchange of 31,399 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 5,225 stock units, 40 cents higher at $12.30, Lasco Distributors finished 3 cents higher at $3.63, with 1,801 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 15 cents at $4, with 30,400 shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 3,162 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20. Main Event traded 1,928 shares and rose 34 cents to close at $5.39, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.60, while exchanging 1,900 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading with 29,786 shares for 25 cents higher at $7 and tTech settled with a loss of 30 cents at $5, with 1,776 stock units trading.
After a long period of inactivity, ISP Finance finally traded but fell $3 to close at $12.50 with exchange of a mere 100, Jamaican Teas traded with a loss of 35 cents at $3.55, with the swapping of 17,771 units. Jetcon Corporation gained 5 cents at $2.35, with 5,464 shares passing through the exchange, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 9,300 stock units at $11.90, Lasco Distributors dropped 10 cents and finished at $3.60, with an exchange of 19,550 units, Lasco Financial lost 1 cent and settled at $4.15, trading 10,781 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 79,700 shares, with an increase of 12 cents at $3.25, Main Event traded 5 cents higher at $5.05, with an exchange of 821 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading with 481,767 shares at $6.75 and tTech closed 30 cents higher at $5.30, with an exchange of 8,361 stock units.
used in determining, the selected stocks. The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked in descending order. Potential 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.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging exchanged 280,000 stock units and ended at $2.12, Blue Power concluded trading with 4,320 units and lost 10 cents in closing at $4.40, CAC 2000 jumped $3 to close at $12, with 1,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished trading 40,259 units, and rose 2 cents to end at $4.62. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 24 cents at $2.51, with an exchange of 41,946 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading 6,614 shares and rose 50 cents higher to $13, Elite Diagnostic settled at $2.90, with 10,500 units changing hands, Express Catering ended trading of 8,466 shares to close at $7.22, Fontana finished trading 39,497 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $3.80. General Accident closed 29 cents higher at $4.29, with an exchange of 5,400 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 2 cents higher at $1.33, with 19,828 units changing hands, Honey Bun traded 100 shares with a loss of 22 cents at $3.83, iCreate lost 4 cents in closing at 81 cents, with an exchange of 
230 shares. Indies Pharma ended trading of 12,638 shares, with a loss of 4 cents at $3.01, Iron Rock settled 5 cents higher at $3.50, with 1,000 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded with a loss of 20 cents at $3.90, with the swapping of 6,800 units. Jetcon Corporation finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $2.30, with 2,427 shares passing through the exchange, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,543 stock units with a loss of 10 cents at $11.90, Lasco Distributors finished at $3.70, with an exchange of 216,373 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.16, trading 21,660 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 185,100 shares, with a loss of 8 cents at $3.13, Main Event traded 5 cents higher at $5, with an exchange of 11,421 shares, Paramount Trading closed 1 cent higher at $2.50, with 49,500 units trading and Stationery and Office concluded trading at $6.75, with 5,000 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with volume rising 85 percent and value increasing 104 percent over Tuesday’s levels, but the market index lost 13.59 points to 2,953.24, down 9 percent for 2019 so far.
units 100,529 valued $356,911 and previously 98,795 valued $352,089 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
Iron Rock settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.45, with 1,500,000 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 55 cents higher at $4.10, with 8,500 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading at $2.35, with 11,206 shares, Knutsford Express concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $12, with 7,025 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.70, with 22,724 units changing hands. Lasco Financial settled with an exchange of 3,295 shares and lost 24 cents at $4.16, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 101,962 shares and closed 1 cent higher at $3.21, Paramount Trading closed 34 cents higher at $2.49, with 25,000 units changing hands. SSL Venture Capital ended 5 cents higher at $1.60, with an exchange of 5,100 shares and tTech settled with a loss of 30 cents at $5, with 64,585 stock units changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9% closed at $1.15, trading 5,600 shares.
shares, Jamaican Teas traded 3,000 units with a loss of 55 cents at $3.55. Jetcon Corporation ended market activity with 62,000 shares and lost 13 cents to close at $2.35, KLE Group ended with a loss of 20 cents at $2.50, with 964 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors finished 5 cents higher at $3.75, with 15,000 units traded, Lasco Financial rose 20 cents and higher settled at $4.40, while trading 600 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 70,318 shares, with a loss of 25 cents to close at $3.20, Main Event ended with a loss of 5 cents at $4.95, with 10,400 shares changing hands, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 9,000 shares at $6.75 and tTech settled at $5.30, with 5,500 stock units trading.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed almost unchanged on Monday, with reduced trading levels. The market inched higher by just 0.93 points to 2,978.64.
average of $120,633 in contrast to 86,294 units for an average of $361,409 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 100,553 valued $361,045 and previously 105,772 valued at $381,706 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
3,250 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.30, while trading 10,000 units, iCreate gained 5 cents to close at 85 cents, with an exchange of 16,600 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 1 cent at $3.01, with 93,095 shares crossing the exchange. Jamaican Teas traded 8,977 units and rose 5 cents to close at $4.10, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 3,093 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $2.48, Key Insurance closed 10 cents higher at $3.15, with the trading of 5,000 shares, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, with an exchange of 59,681 units. Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 14 cents at $4.20, with 61,500 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 42,460 shares, with a rise of 24 cents to $3.45, Main Event traded with 4,000 shares and lost 25 cents to end at $5 and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 62,832 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $6.75.
negative impact on stock prices as investors gather funds to invest in what is proving to be a very popular issue. Reports reaching this publication is that a number of brokerage houses saw heavy traffic of applicants to purchase 
close of the previous week and Jamaican Teas closed at $4.05, up from the bid price of $3.50 to move out of the top tier of stocks.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $45.50, with an exchange of 15,421 shares, AMG Packaging traded 13,660 stock units to end at $2.23, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 10,900 shares at $5.28, Caribbean Flavours lost 80 cents to close at $16, with 38,000 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers traded 29,825 units with a loss of 40 cents to end at $4.20, Derrimon Trading ended 3 cents higher at $2.75, with 129,215 shares crossing the exchange, Dolphin Cove concluded trading with 34,346 shares at $12.50, Everything Fresh finished 9 cents higher at $1.49, in an exchange of 500 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled 11 cents higher at $2.96, trading 214,512 units, Express Catering ended trading with 87,172 shares and rose 80 cents to $7.80, FosRich Group closed at $3.90, with the swapping of 17,996 shares, Fontana lost 9 cents to end at $3.81, with 162,711 shares changing hands. General Accident closed with a loss of 55 cents at $3.95, with an exchange of 1,500 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.30, with 25,082 units traded, Indies Pharma finished exchanging 1,128,131 shares and lost loss of 1 cent to close at $3.02, Jamaican Teas lost 5 cents to close at $4.05, with 12,257 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 2,000 shares and closed 8 cents higher at $2.53. Knutsford Express ended trading with 25,800 stock units to close 40 cents higher at $12.30, Lasco Distributors finished 
with a loss of 2 cents at $3.70, with an exchange of 55,200 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 6 cents at $4.34, with the trading of 13,647 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 148,000 shares at $3.21. Main Event exchanged with 11,398 shares and gained 35 cents in closing at $5.25, Medical Disposables finished trading 10,477 stock units with a loss of $1.50 to $6.50, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 35 cents at $2.15, in exchanging 30,000 units, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 10 cents at $1.55, with the trading of 9,709 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 102,096 shares and rose 1 cent to end at $6.76,. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1.15, with 370 shares passing through the market
