The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined 31.95 points to close at 3,613.15 on Thursday with 29 securities changing hands compared to 33 on Wednesday as more stock fell than rose.
At the close of trading, the prices of 10 rising, 14 declining while 5 closed unchanged as investors exchanged 3,905,180 units valued at $19,166,140 compared to 5,331,350 units valued at $24,276,008 on Wednesday, from an exchange of 32 securities.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stock closing with a higher bid than the last selling price and 2 closing with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 134,661 units for an average of $660,901 in contrast to 161,556 units for an average of $735,637 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 313,545 units at $1,245,996 and previously 274,536 units valued at $1,206,181 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units at $563,215 for each security traded.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging gained 4 cents and closed at $2.12, with 361,100 stock units trading, Blue Power fell 2 cents in trading of 72,452 units in ending at $10, CAC 2000 shed 15 cents in trading of 2,990 units at $15, Dolphin Cove fell 5 cents in trading of 2,586 units to settle at $12. Derrimon Trading fell 28 cents in exchanging 160,660 units at $2.50. Everything Fresh closed trading of 55,600 units and gained 2 cents to end at $1.41, Elite Diagnostic closed trading of 33,763 units and gained 50 cents to end at $7. Fosrich closed trading of 67,887 units and gained 20 cents to end at $5.80, Fontana lost 5 cents in trading 343,632 shares to close at 8.05 cents. General Accident ended trading with 1,049,730 shares, after rising 14 cents to end at $5.99, Honey Bun closed trading of 14,014 units after rising 45 cents to end at $6.95. Indies Pharma lost 15 cents in trading 88,912 shares to close at $3.60, ISP Finance gained $1 to end at $20 with 1,889 stock units trading. Jamaican Teas lost 7 cents trading 42,167 shares to close at $5.85, Jetcon Corporation fell 3 cents trading of 87,318 units at $1.97. 
Limners and Bards dipped 29 cents in trading 318,261 units to finish at $3.01, Lasco Distributors dipped 11 cents trading 90,016 units at $3.45. Lasco Financial closed trading of 202,259 units and gained 13 cents to end at $5.55, Lasco Manufacturing close with a loss of 25 cents, in trading 217,376 shares to close at 5.50 cents, Medical Disposables dipped 30 cents trading of 987 units at $7.30, Paramount Trading exchanged 90,200 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $1.70. Iron Rock Insurance closed with a loss of 35 cents at $4, in swapping of 280,948 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 22,410 shares, with a loss of 99 cents at $13.50 and tTech traded 7,306 units and gained 34 cents to end at $7.34.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped 46.09 points to close at 3,645.10 on Wednesday, as the market continues to recover from the 104 points fall up to Monday.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging ended trading with 200 shares, after rising 7 cents to end at $2.08, Blue Power ended trading of 37,579 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $12, Caribbean Cream declined 50 cents trading 10,000 units to close at $4.20. Caribbean Flavours closed trading of 1,052 units and gained 24 cents to end at $18.99, Caribbean Producers ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.60 with 118,519 stock units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading of 208,705 units and gained 10 cents to end at $2, Derrimon Trading shed 12 cents in trading of 62,033 units at $2.78. Everything Fresh closed trading of 35,087 units and gained 2 cents to end at $1.39. Elite Diagnostic dipped 50 cents in trading of 99,710 units at $6.50. Fosrich ended trading with 23,296 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $5.60, Fontana closed 10 cents higher at $8.10, with 109,447 stock units trading. General Accident ended trading with 20,533 shares, after rising 66 cents to end at $5.85, GWest Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $1.45, with 179,656 stock units trading. Honey Bun declined 65 cents to settle at $6.50, in trading 77,900 shares, iCreate lost 9 cents in trading 115,034 units to end at 81 cents. Indies Pharma ended trading with 90,977 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $3.75, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 245,137 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.92. 
Jetcon Corporation closed 10 cents higher at $2, trading 281,758 stock units, Knutsford Express closed trading of 9,641 units and gained 5 cents to end at $11.15. Limners and Bards closed trading of 279,233 units and gained 10 cents to end at $3.30. Lasco Distributors closed 27 cents to end at $3.56, with 1,000,200 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial closed trading of 62,465 units and gained 42 cents to end at $5.42, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 45 cents and exchanged 1,616,668 shares at $5.75, Medical Disposables climbed 10 cents and exchanged 100 shares at $7.60. Main Event lost 35 cents in trading 19,800 shares to close at $6.50, Paramount Trading fell 40 cents in trading 165,785 units to close at $1.60, Ironrock Insurance closed trading of 16,500 units and gained 35 cents to end at $4.35. Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $14.49 with 1,494 stock units changing hands and tTech closed with a loss of 30 cents at $7, after swapping of 4,400 shares.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped 40.27 points to close at 3,599.01 on Tuesday, as the prices of 12 securities rose and 17 declined while 3 closed unchanged.
Stocks ending with price changes| Access Financial gained $2 to end at $42 in trading 474 stock units, AMG Packaging fell 28 cents in trading of 155,000 units at $2.01, Blue Power ended trading with 34,911 shares, after rising 35 cents to end at $11.30, Caribbean Cream lost 59 cents in trading 241,833 shares to close at $4.70. Caribbean Flavours shed 24 cents in trading of 1,557 units at $18.75, Cargo Handlers gained $1 to end at $11 with 100 stock units trading, Caribbean Producers ended market activity exchanging 100,137 shares to close at $4.61 after falling 4 cents, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 64,895 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $1.90. Express Catering closed trading of 473,595 units and gained 10 cents to end at $6.50, Everything Fresh declined 8 cents in exchanging 22,260 units in ending at $1.37, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 173,867 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $7. Fosrich closed 70 cents higher at $5.50, with an exchange of 33,246 stock units, Fontana lost 48 cents in trading 118,978 shares to close at $8. General Accident dipped 71 cents in trading of 107,220 units to close at $5.19, GWest Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $1.40, with 2,800 stock units trading, Honey Bun closed trading of 338,726 units and gained 65 cents to end at $7.15, iCreate lost 2 cents in trading of 68,475 units to close at 90 cents. Indies Pharma closed trading of 525,248 units and gained 5 cents to end at $3.45, 
Jamaican Teas lost 10 cents trading 237,066 units at $5.90. Jetcon Corporation closed 20 cents higher at $1.90, trading 74,860 stock units, Knutsford Express shed 5 cents trading 5,032 units to close at $11.10. KLE Group lost 29 cents trading 15,000 units at $2.01, Limners and Bards dipped 10 cents in trading of 1,928,642 units to end at $3.20, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at 3.29 with 86,497 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial lost 20 cents in trading 44,624 shares to close at $5. Lasco Manufacturing declined by 20 cents to settle at $5.30 in trading 936,497 shares. Main Event ended trading with 21,500 shares, after rising 35 cents to end at $6.85, Stationery and Office Supplies declined by 25 cents trading 15,920 units to close at $14.50 and tTech shed 5 cents in trading 100 units at $7.30.
At the close on Thursday, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market pulled back from the record high reached on Wednesday and indications at the close suggest more declines are likely on Friday.
ISP Finance jumped $5 to end at $21, trading 1,500 shares, Jamaican Teas exchanged 66,384 shares to close at $5.60 after falling 22 cents. Jetcon Corporation dipped 20 cents in trading of 75,436 units at $1.80, Knutsford Express fell 10 cents in trading of 500 units at $11.10. Limners and Bards traded 803,097 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $3.20, Lasco Financial fell 50 cents in trading of 1,244,222 units at $5.50 after the company posted slightly lower first quarter profits, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.50 with 179,107 stock units changing hands. Stationery and Office Supplies fell 25 cents in trading of 17,150 units at $15.50 and tTech Limited climbed 49 cents in exchanging 166,068 shares at $7.99.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 5,851,203 units valued at $22,568,503 compared to 6,250,912 units valued at $27,428,507 trading on Tuesday.
Honey Bun close with a loss of $1.24 at $5.76, after swapping 214,611 shares, iCreate fell 9 cents trading of 126,485 units to end at 80 cents. Indies Pharma closed 20 cents higher at $3.95, with 67,901 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 66,120 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.82, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 1,494 units and gained 15 cents to end at $2. 
Lasco Distributors lost 20 cents trading 282,673 units to close at $3.20, Lasco Financial dipped 15 cents with 31,200 units crossing the exchange at $6.40, Lasco Manufacturing declined 6 cents in exchanging 185,929 units to settle at $5.44. Medical Disposables lost 56 cents trading 11,000 shares to close at $6.94, Main Event fell 98 cents in exchanging 27,784 shares to close at $6.02. Paramount Trading closed with 25,000 units changing hands with a rise of 15 cents to end at $1.95, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 6 cents and exchanged 11,042 shares to end at a record close of $15.75 and tTech Limited closed trading of 27,500 units and gained 52 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.45.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 181,805 units valued at $823,437 for each security and previously 195,575 valued at $871,008 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded.
GWest Corporation ended trading of 64,760 shares, after rising 6 cents to close at $1.40, Honey Bun climbed 60 cents and exchanged 464,000 shares at $6. Indies Pharma lost 41 cents in trading 151,509 shares to close at $3.30 after trading at 52 weeks’ intraday high of $4.10, Jamaican Teas declined $1.10 trading of 172,919 units to close at $6.85, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 1,029,798 shares to close at $3.70 after falling 24 cents. Lasco Distributors closed 29 cents higher at $3.75, with 557,503 stock units trading, Medical Disposables climbed $1 to settle at $8 with 17,000 shares changing hands. Main Event fell 50 cents trading of 48,978 units at $6.50 and tTech closed trading of 53,772 units and gained 50 cents to end at $6.50 after investors responded positively to half-year results showing a 62 percent rise in the second-quarter results to $15.7 million.
The record-breaking run by the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange was halted, in trading on Wednesday, with the market index declining 28.31 points to close at 3,540.54 for the first fall in 12 days.
July ended with an average of 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded.
Jetcon Corporation climbed 4 cents in exchanging 2,287 shares at $2. Knutsford Express settled at $12 with 2,653 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards added 4 cents and exchanged 4,245,953 shares to end at a record close of $3.94. Lasco Distributors rose 31 cents trading 62,793 shares to close at $3.46, Lasco Financial closed trading of 192,840 units and gained 53 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $6.50, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 76 cents in exchanging 880,251 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $5.16. Medical Disposables ended trading of 32,090 shares, after rising $1.80 to end at $7 after the company reported slightly lower profit in the first quarter, to June. Main Event ended market activity exchanging 7,360 shares to close at $7 after falling 84 cents, Paramount Trading shed 40 cents trading of 2,000 units to close at $1.80, and Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 2,664 units and shed 59 cents to end at $12 and tTech settle at $6 with 43,529 shares changing hands. 
General Accident closed trading of 100,100 units and gained 50 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.40, iCreate closed 10 cents higher at 80 cents, with 72,719 stock units trading, Indies Pharma dipped 9 cents in trading of 439,404 units at $3.21, Iron Rock Insurance shed 5 cents in trading of 23,919 units at $4. Infrequently traded ISP Finance dropped $2.15 in trading of 26,659 units at $11.50, Jamaican Teas lost 26 cents in trading of 220,533 units at $7, Jetcon Corporation climbed 3 cents in exchanging 61,340 shares at $1.96. Limners and Bards climbed 15 cents and exchanged 2,638,421 shares to end at a record close of $3.90. Lasco Distributors lost 25 cents trading 135,609 shares to close at $3.15, Lasco Financial closed trading of 129,841 units and gained 47 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $5.97, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 15 cents in exchanging 125,484 shares at $4.40, Medical Disposables ended trading 100 shares, after rising 80 cents to end at $8.80. Main Event ended market activity exchanging 6,210 shares to close at $7.84 after falling 11 cents, Paramount Trading shed 18 cents in trading of 15,000 units to close at $2.20, and Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 386 units and gained 39 cents to end at $12.59.
Jetcon Corporation climbed 23 cents to settle at $1.93 with 103,043 shares trading, Knutsford Express shed 50 cents to end at $12 with an exchange of 2,643 stock units, Key Insurance dropped 65 cents to settle at $3.25 with 200 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards gained 60 cents to end at record close of $3.75 with 3,292,680 stock units trading. Lasco Distributors added 7 cents to end at $3.40, trading 48,900 stock units. Lasco Financial rose 35 cents to $5.50, in trading 83,035 shares, Lasco Manufacturing inched 5 cents higher to settle at $4.25 with 306,360 shares changing hands, Main Event climbed 95 cents to end at $7.95, trading 50,790 shares, Medical Disposables gained 50 cents to end at $8 with 18,200 stock units trading. Paramount Trading fell 2 cents to $2.38, trading 102,000 shares, Iron Rock Insurance rose 5 cents to settle at $4.05 with 23,679 shares changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 45 cents to end at $12.20, in trading 17,920 shares and tTech closed at $6, trading 145,900 shares.
