The Junior Market Index surged 69.58 points to close at 3,381.05, after 32 securities traded and ending with the prices of 20 stocks gaining, nine declining and three remaining unchanged, leaving the average PE of the market at 14.4.
Market activity, resulted in 3,410,056 shares, valued $8,477,900 changing hands, well down on the 75,841,257 units costing $156,402,048, from 32 securities trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 106,564 shares at $264,934 for each stock traded, in contrast to 2,370,039 units for $4,887,564 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 532,595 shares at $1,310,956 compared to an average of 559,861 shares at $1,177,902 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $2.30 to end at $33.30 after exchanging 400 stock units, Blue Power fell 50 cents to settle at $5 with 3,500 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 2 cents to end at $4.30, trading 5,000 stock units. Caribbean Flavours gained $2.64 to end at $15.64, after exchanging 100 shares, Caribbean Producers gained 10 cents to end at $4.95 with 22,684 stock units crossing the exchange. Consolidated Bakeries rose 5 cents to settle at $1.75 with 200 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading gained 6 cents to end at $2.61, while exchanging 95,351 shares, Dolphin Cove lost 1 cent to settle at $11.10 with 515 shares changing hands. Elite Diagnostic added 6 cents to settle at $4.99 with 6,052 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh gained 9 cents and ended at $1.19 in trading 607 stock units, Express Catering dropped $1 to end at $6.50, with an exchange of 41,870 stock units, Fontana gained 39 cents to end at $7.39, trading 125,259 shares. GWest Corporation closed 10 cents higher at 96 cents, with 3,846 stock units crossing the market, Honey Bun gained 10 cents to settle at $7.50 with 75,634 shares changing hands, iCreate ended trading with 3,370 shares, after declining 3 cents to end at 68 cents, Jamaican Teas transferred 10,460 shares and lost 10 cents to end at $6.20. Jetcon Corporation gained 20 cents to end at $1.80 while exchanging 9,500 shares, Knutsford Express climbed 95 cents to $10.25 with 950 shares Lasco Distributors gained 39 cents to close at $3.50 while trading 46,707 stock units.
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.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
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.
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.
The Junior Market index closed on Wednesday with 37.35 points fall to close at 3,343.59 and bringing the two days decline to 69 points after 15 stocks rose and 13 declined and five remaining unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.3.
Jamaican Teas added 20 cents with 31,746 units changing hands at $6.20. Knutsford Express exchanged 3,420 with a gain of 71 cents to end at $11, Lasco Distributors rose 2 cents with 63,690 shares crossing the exchange at $3.22, Lasco Financial traded 39,866 stock units and lost 1 cent to close at $4.49. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 3,443 shares and rose 21 cents to close at $5.04, 
The Junior Market had another listing as Lumber Depot made its debut on the market on Friday, bring the number of companies listed to 41 and total listings to 44. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 384,302 shares at $864,417 compared to an average of 255,401 shares at $585,144 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security switching owners.
Jamaican Teas lost 6 cents with 14,118 units changing hands at $6, Knutsford Express dropped back 91 cents with just 1,500 shares crossing the exchange at $10.29, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 138,726 shares to close at $5.25 after rising 15 cents, Limners and Bards rose 13 cents trading 29,990 units at $2.98. Lumber Depot rose 39 cents 
At the close of trading on Thursday, the Junior Market index recovered just 31.86 points of the 55.78 points lost on Wednesday and the 66.99 points fall on Monday as the market closed at 3,373.16 on Thursday. 
Iron rock Insurance closed at $3.80 after falling 20 cents with 13,000 shares trading. Jamaican Teas recovered the 7 cents lost on Wednesday with 6,306 units changing hands at $6.06, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 30,000 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 13 cents, Knutsford Express jumped $1.20 with just 100 shares crossing the exchange at $11.20, Limners and Bards rose 4 cents in trading 27,920 units at $2.85. MailPac rose 16 cents to end at $1.94 with 3,706,223 shares changing hands, Main Event gained 38 cents to settle at $6.45 while exchanging 74,342 units, Paramount Trading rose 45 cents with an exchange of 20,000 shares to close at $2 and tTech recovered 61 cents to close at $6.01 after an exchange of 55,296 shares.
The Junior Market index dropped a sharp 55.78 points to close at 3,341.30 on Wednesday after 66.99 points were slashed on Monday, with declining stocks exceeding rising ones for the third consecutive day.
In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each traded security.
Jamaican Teas fell 7 cents while 84,824 changed hands at $5.99, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 119,193 shares to close at $1.93 after rising 13 cents. Knutsford Express dived $1.50 with 43,436 shares crossing the exchange at $10, Lasco Financial exchanged 57,950 units, but fell 10 cents to end at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing gained 10 cents trading of 45,000 units at $5.10, Limners and Bards slipped 2 cents in trading of 126, 814 units at $2.81. MailPac pulled back 17 cents to end at $1.78 with 5,881,440 shares changing hands, Main Event declined 8 cents to settle at $6.07 with an exchange of 31,212 units and Paramount Trading lost 45 cents with a transfer of 62,639 shares to close at $1.55.
The Junior Market index inched 1.16 points higher to close at 3,397.08 on Tuesday after dropping sharply by 66.99 points on Monday, with declining stocks exceeding rising ones.
Indies Pharma declined 3 cents in trading of 18,976 units at $3.02, Jetcon Corporation ended market activity exchanging 59,702 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 13 cents. Knutsford Express climbed 50 cents and traded 8,800 shares at $11.50, Lasco Distributors declined 26 cents in trading of 52,105 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial exchanged 1,000 units and put on 20 cents to end at $4.60, Limners and Bards dipped 2 cents in trading of 31,662 units at $2.83. MailPac pulled back 3 cents to end at $1.95 with 10,264,726 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables declined by 40 cents to settle at $7.10 with an exchange of 156,000 units, SSL Venture exchanged 25,000 shares to close at $1.20 after falling 20 cents and tTech ended trading of a mere 77 shares, after rising 5 cents to $5.40.
