Junior Market stock trading.
The market index dived 43.58 points to close at 3,077.63 as 26 securities changed hands with prices of 7 stocks rising, 10 declining and 9 remaining unchanged, compared with 23 securities changed hands previously.
Trading ended with an average of 119,513 units for an average of $450,677 in contrast to 69,332 units for an average of $296,654 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 122,660 valued at $474,863 and previously 124,264 units valued at $487,194. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
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shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.At the close of the market, Access Financial traded 14,046 shares at $45.50, AMG Packaging ended 4 cents higher at $2.20, with an exchange of 5,000 stock units, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 3 cents at $9, with the swapping of 23,674 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 58,978 units, with a loss of 29 cents at $4.70. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 9 cents at $2, with 52,535 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.60, while trading 181,518 shares, Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.45, with 46,797 stock units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 14 cents at $3.02, with an exchange of 3,730 units, Express Catering ended trading of 51,100 shares at $8, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 40 cents at $4, with 7,484 shares, Fontana finished trading at $4.05, with 66,924 shares. General Accident closed with a loss of 30 cents at $4.20, with 93,750 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended 10 cents higher at $1.50, trading 26,782 units, Honey Bun concluded
trading with 300 shares at $4, iCreate closed at $1.01, with an exchange of 102,200 shares. Indies Pharma ended at $3.10, with 23,500 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled 1 cent higher at $3.99, with an exchange of 1,400 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 1,000 units for an increase of 10 cents to close at $4.10. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 6,210 shares with a rise of 5 cents to $2.85, Key Insurance closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3, with 4,000 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors finished 2 cents higher at $3.72, with an exchange of 193,890 units. Lasco Financial traded 16,000 shares with a loss of 2 cents to end at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with a loss of 25 cents at $3.40, while exchanging 2,015,333 shares, Main Event traded 7,248 shares at $5.45, Paramount Trading closed at $2.50, with 100 units changing hands and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 103,830 shares at $6.75.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $45.50, with an exchange of 7,807 shares, AMG Packaging ended 1 cent higher at $2.16, with 5,000 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 72,817 units, with a loss of 20 cents in closing at $4.30, Cargo Handlers settled at $11, in trading 1,500 shares. Caribbean Producers finished trading of 41,150 units with a rise of 19 cents to end $4.99, Consolidated Bakeries closed 4 cents higher at $2.09, with an exchange of 2,448 shares, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.65, with an exchange of 16,113 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.40, trading 244,900 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled with a rise of 16 cents at $3.16, in trading 1,000 units, Express Catering swapped 33,377 shares after rising 20 cents higher at $8, FosRich Group traded 4,777 shares, in rising 65 cents higher to $4.40, Fontana finished 
trading at $4.05, with 770,452 shares, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4, with 34,550 shares. iCreate rose 1 cent to close at $1.01, with an exchange of 6,590 shares. Iron Rock settled with a loss of 1 cent at $3.98, trading 5,000 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 12,224 units and rose 10 cents higher to $4, Jetcon Corporation traded 17,185 shares, at $2.80, Key Insurance closed at $3.15, with 1,000 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 19 cents at $3.70, with an exchange of 61,905 units, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 16,413 shares and closed 10 cents higher at $3.65, Main Event traded with a loss of 6 cents at $5.45, with 650 shares crossing through the exchange. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.65, with an exchange of 2,670 shares and Stationery and Office lost 5 cents to close at $6.75, with 235,105 shares changing hands.
Lasco Manufacturing traded 10 million shares on Junior Market on Thursday, accounting for 89 percent of the day’s volume that saw 11,336,686 units changing hands at $37,683,562, compared to 6,366,628 units valued at $24,922,045, changing hands on Wednesday. 
shares, at $4.05. GWest Corporation ended 15 cents higher at $1.45, in trading 16,715 units, 
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange index rose on Friday, 1,895,979 units valued at $7,592,683traded, down sharply from 3,232,801 units valued at $12,857,715 changing hands on Thursday. 
shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
$4.50, with an exchange of 19,850 stock units, iCreate lost 1 cent and closed market activity at $1.01, with an exchange of 111,640 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 3 cents at $3.02, in trading 34,600 shares. Iron Rock settled with a loss of 11 cents at $2.99, with 119,786 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 4,500 units, after rising 37 cents to $3.97, Jetcon Corporation climbed 37 cents higher to $3.24, with an exchange of 7,785 shares, KLE Group ended at $2.65, with 150 shares trading. Lasco Distributors closed 4 cents higher at $3.80, with 97,950 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 15 cents at $4.50, trading 68,459 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 37,509 shares and lost 19 cents to close at $3.31, Main Event traded 42,586 shares at $5.50 and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 2,000 shares at $7.50.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed sharply on Thursday with 8,679,414 units valued at $30,344,251 crossing the exchange, compared to 17,755,553 units valued at $89,888,819 exchanged on Wednesday.
cents at $3.01,with 475,330 shares changing hands. ISP Finance ended trading 500 stock units and rose $2 to close at $15.50, Jamaican Teas traded 72,300 units and rose 5 cents higher to $3.80, KLE Group ended at $2.80, with 8,689 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express concluded trading with 150 stock units and lost 10 cents to end at $12.70. Lasco Distributors finished 30 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 10,150 units, Lasco Financial settled 1 cent higher at $4.41, with 10,400 shares trading, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 6,167,975 shares after rising 6 cents to $3.06, Main Event traded 55 cents higher at $5.80, with 1,229 shares changing hands. Medical Disposables finished trading 43,371 stock units and rose 50 cents to $7.50, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.70, with just 2,500 shares passing through the exchange, Stationery and Office concluded trading 23,924 shares with a loss of 22 cents in closing at $7.25 and Sweet River finished with a loss of 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of at $3, with 198 shares changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed sharply on Wednesday with 17,755,553 units valued at $89,888,819 crossing the exchange, compared to 2,988,737 units valued at $11,616,949 exchanged on Tuesday. 
compared to 128,493 shares valued at $502,830 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
with a loss of 40 cents at $7.50. FosRich Group traded 78,897 shares with a loss of 9 cents at $4.16, Fontana closed 6 cents higher at $4.06, with 522,903 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 55 cents at $3.95, while switching ownership of 2,422,309 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.75, trading just 647 units. ICreate fell 4 cents to close at 95 cents, in trading 36,885 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.11, with an exchange of 336,665 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 51,111 units, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 33 cents higher at $3.10, with 33,533 shares changing hand. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 6 cents at $3.70, with 1,318,768 units crossing the exchange, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, trading 47,833 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 791,665 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $3, Paramount Trading closed at $2.11, with an exchange of 2,000,000 units, SSL Venture Capital ended 4 cents higher at $1.70, with 16,350 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 3,011,550 shares with a loss of 3 cents to end at $7.47.
$12.65, with an exchange of 2,000 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 46,928 units and rose 1 cent higher to $4.51. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2, with the trading of 3,000 shares, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 9 cents at $2.80, with an exchange of 68,000 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.45, as 139,500 stock units traded, Elite Diagnostic settled 5 cents higher at $3.25, with 35,055 units passing through the market. Express Catering ended trading with 229,963 shares after a loss of 9 cents in closing at $7.90, FosRich Group traded 28,691 shares and rose 5 cents to $4.25, Fontana finished trading with 999,692 shares as the price slipped 10 cents to $4, Honey Bun closed 13 cents higher at $3.85, in exchanging 500 shares. ICreate rose 5 cents to close at 99 cents, in trading 49,810 shares, Indies Pharma finished 16 cents higher at $3.16, with 108,168 shares changing hands. Jamaican Teas traded 5 cents higher at $3.80, with 53,685 units crossing through the exchange butt traded at a 52 
weeks’ intraday low of $3.60. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 3,741 shares at $2.77, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 915 stock units with a loss of 10 cents at $12.80, Lasco Distributors finished 6 cents higher at $3.76, while trading 61,941 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, with an exchange of 219,416 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 277,959 shares, 5 cents higher at $3.10. Main Event closed with a loss of 55 cents at $5.25, with 2,491 shares traded, Medical Disposables finished trading with 2,100 stock units 50 cents higher at $7, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 29 cents at $2.11, with 114,522 units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital lost 4 cents at $1.66, with 70,000 shares trading, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 17,200 shares at $7.50 and tTech settled with a loss of 50 cents at $5.50, with 207,650 stock units trading. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2, trading 146,720 stock units.
compared to 146,891 shares valued at $575,700 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
Indies Pharma gained 25 cents to end at $3, with 119,744 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 56,495 units with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, Jetcon Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $2.77, trading 6,460 shares. Knutsford Express jumped 90 cents higher to $12.90, with 37,592 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, with an exchange of 14,587 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 19 cents at $4.40, in exchanging 153,968 shares. Main Event traded 25,212 shares for an 80 cents hike to $5.80, Medical Disposables finished with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50, with 14,000 stock units changing hands, Paramount Trading closed 36 cents higher at $2.40, with an exchange of 1,283 units. SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.70, trading 44,732 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 5,400 shares, after rising of 50 cents to $7.50 and tTech settled 50 cents higher at $6, with 33,000 stock units changing hands.
hands, Cargo Handlers ended $12.65 higher at $12.65, with 5,500 stock units, Caribbean Cream settled at $5.25, with an exchange of 9,438 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 97,982 stock units at $4.47, Consolidated Bakeries finished trading 3,650 units, 1 cent higher to $2. Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 11 cents at $2.80, with 25,009 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove ended with a loss of $1.90 to $11.60, trading 176,147 shares, Everything Fresh concluded trading of 158,747 shares for 10 cents higher at $1.65, Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.20, with 10,000 stock units changing hands. Express Catering settled 42 cents higher at $8.30, with an exchange of 114,037 units, FosRich Group ended trading 33,093 shares at $4,after trading at an intraday all-time high of $4.50. Fontana traded 622,444 shares to close at $4, General Accident exchanged 73,369 shares with a gain of 5 cents to $4.35, GWest Corporation closed at $1.75, with 6,342 stock units changing hands, Honey Bun ended at $3.70, trading 705,845 units, ICreate fell 2 cents to close at 93 cents, trading 409,781 shares. Indies Pharma concluded trading of 42,204 shares with a loss of 25 cents at $2.75, Iron Rock finished with a loss of 50 cents at $3, with an exchange of 127,000 shares, ISP Finance rose 50 cents higher to $13.50, with 19,934 shares changing hands. Jamaican Teas ended trading 
79,420 stock units, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation swapped 11,594 units, with a loss of 23 cents at $2.72, Key Insurance finished trading 5,000 shares and rose 15 cents higher to $3.15, Knutsford Express ended at $12, with 200 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors lost 5 cents to end at $3.70, with an exchange of 193,061 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 8 cents higher at $4.59, trading 14,764 units, Lasco Manufacturing gained 4 cents to end at $3.05, with 48,900 shares changing hands, Main Event ended trading of 59,700 shares and gained 44 cents to close at $5. Medical Disposables traded 6,500 shares after rising 20 cents higher to $7, Stationery and Office dropped $1.20 to $7, with 39,298 shares changing hands and SSL Venture Capital closed at $1.70, with 28,115 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% preference share concluded trading of 31,724 units at $2.10.
iCreate shares, to close with a gain of 5 cents at 95 cents, Indies Pharma rose 4 cents to $3, with 520,129 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 52,575 units at $3.85, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,289 stock units at $12. Lasco Distributors finished 4 cent higher at $3.75, in exchanging 210,134 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 29 cents at $4.51, in trading just 2,150 shares, Lasco Manufacturing added 1 cent and ended trading at $3.01, with 347,874 shares changing hands. Main Event traded 56,028 shares with a loss of 79 cents at $4.56, Medical Disposables finished trading 6,500 stock units with a gain of 25 cents to close at $6.80, SSL Venture Capital lost 25 cents to end at $1.70, trading 321,203 shares.
