Junior Market stock trading.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange recovered some of the recent losses on Wednesday as advancing stocks outnumbered declining stocks and the volume of trading rose 64 percent.
At the close of market activities, the market index rose 28.68 points to close at 2,970.22 as the prices of 14 securities advanced, 11 declined and 3 remained unchanged as 28 securities changed hands, compared to 24 on Tuesday. Trading resulted in rise in the volume changing hands to 3,326,424 units valued at $12,838,542 compared to 2,022,568 units valued $7,237,526 on Tuesday.
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 118,801 units for an average of $458,519 in contrast to 84,274 units for an average of $301,564 on Tuesday. 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 5 cents at $42.50, with an exchange of 20,304 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 23 cents at $2, trading 109,388 stock units, 
Blue Power concluded trading of 3,200 units, at $4.20. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 4 cents at $10.96, after trading 100 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 7,835 units at $4.50, Consolidated Bakeries closed 20 cents higher at $2, with 250,745 shares changing hands. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.75, with the exchanging of 2,206 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 3,357 shares with a loss of 33 cents at $11.72, Everything Fresh finished 4 cents higher at $1.52, with 119,546 stock units crossing the exchange. Elite Diagnostic settled 1 cent higher at $2.96, trading 26,229 units, Express Catering ended trading with 7,000 shares and rose 50 cents to end at $7.70, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 9 cents at $3.91, with 1,502,876 shares changing hands, Fontana finished trading 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 994,116 shares. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 4 cents at $1.31, with an exchange of 1,000 units, iCreate closed trading of 14,231 shares to close at 89 cents. Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.15, with 31,715 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 6,351 units and rose 44 cents to end at $3.95, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 13,235 shares and 
gained 18 cents to $2.48. KLE Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.40, with 17,810 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,200 stock units, with a gain of 99 cents to $12.99, Lasco Distributors finished 19 cents higher at $3.88, with 9,899 units trading, Lasco Financial added 20 cents to close at $4.40, with an exchange of 1,500 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 133,000 shares and rose 9 cents to end at $3.18, Main Event fell 30 cents to $5, with 21,943 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables exchanged 20,000 stock units to close at $6.50, Paramount Trading closed 25 cents higher at $2.50, with 1,300 units passing through the exchange. SSL Venture Capital ended 10 cents higher at $1.60, trading 3,338 shares and tTech settled with a loss of 35 cents at $4.80, with 3,000 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Jamaican Teas traded 27,812 units with a loss of 10 cents at $3.50, Jetcon Corporation finished trading of 3,724 shares, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $2.35, Key Insurance closed 10 cents higher at $3.25, with swapping of 2,500 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 338 stock units and rose 49 cents higher to $12.99, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.52, with 46,495 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3.20, with 6,309 shares, Main Event traded with a loss of 50 cents at $5.30, after trading 12,594 shares. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 3 cents at $2.47, trading 4,000 units, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 4 cents at $1.50, with 2,185 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office traded 6,000 shares with a loss of 75 cents at $6.75.
to 91,615 units valued $329,850 and previously, 86,708 units valued $310,507 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 exchanged 12,967 shares with a loss of 40 cents in closing at $3.50, Jamaican Teas traded 5,000 units at $3.60, Jetcon Corporation finished the trading of 81,080 shares at $2.40, Knutsford Express closed at $12.50, while trading 600 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.51, with 51,500 units changing hands. Lasco Financial settled 5 cents higher at $4.05, with $2.93, with an exchange of 59,528 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 60,000 shares, 4 cents higher at $3.20, Main Event traded 8,620 shares after falling 5 cents to $5.80, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.54, in exchanging 1,640 shares and tTech settled 15 cents higher at $5.15, with 16,200 stock units changing hands.
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. 
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 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.
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.
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.
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
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined further on Wednesday, following Tuesday’s big fall but with a more balanced advance decline ratio, with 158 percent greater volume and at 209 percent more value. 
785,030 units changing hands. Trading ended with an average of 158,621 units for an average of $609,180 in contrast to 71,401 units for an average of $228,825 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 115,502 valued at $409,958 and previously 108,316 valued at $376,754 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
an exchange of 5,500 shares, Indies Pharma finished at $3.03, in exchanging of 1,754,506 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 500 units 20 cents higher, at $3.70, Jetcon Corporation ended trading of 40,424 shares at $2.50, Key Insurance closed 5 cents higher at $3.05, with 13,000 shares crossing the exchange. KLE Group ended 5 cents higher at $2.70, with an exchange of 417 shares, Knutsford Express concluded trading with 11,842 stock units at $11.90, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, as 1,480,615 units changed hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 40 cents at $4.10, as 26,130 shares traded. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 316,736 shares, at $3.21, Main Event traded 57,209 shares, 1 cent higher to end at $5.41, SSL Venture Capital rose 5 cents higher to $1.65, trading 11,530 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading at $6.75, with 100,200 shares passing through the exchnage. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1.15, with 6,400 shares changing hands.
with a loss of 4 cents in closing at $3.95, General Accident closed 5 cents higher at $4.30, with an exchange of 81,000 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 20 cents at $1.30, with 82,735 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading of 4,145 shares at $4, iCreate lost 1 cent and closed at $1, with an exchange of 1,011,174 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 1 cent at $3.05, trading 1,066,647 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 5,000 units and gained 33 cents to close at $3.53, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, with an exchange of 415,000 units. Lasco Financial settled 49 cents higher at $4.99, with 1,254 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 24,028 shares at 3 cents higher to $3.48, Main Event traded with 6,200 shares at $5.40. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.60, with an exchange of 29,947 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading at $6.75, with 15,500 shares changing hands.
