Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Tuesday with more stocks declining than rising for the second day leading to another fall in the market index of 10.21 points to 3,109.61.
At the close of market activities 28 securities changed hands, compared with 29 securities trading on Monday and ending with the prices of 6 securities advancing, 13 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 3,968,653 units valued at $16,061,548 trading, compared to 6,546,471 units valued at $26,108,684 exchanged on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 141,738 units for an average of $573,627 in contrast to 225,740 units for an average of $900,299 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 170,040 shares valued at $701,594 compared to 184,448 units valued at $766,741 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
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 1 with a lower offer.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $53, with 642 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended at $2.31, trading 35,650 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 19,040 units, with a loss of 35 cents to close at $4.50, Cargo Handlers settled at $12.90 with a loss of 10 cents, exchanging 3,900 shares. Caribbean Flavours traded 8,119 stock units with a leap of $2.01 to close at $20.50, Caribbean Producers finished trading 63,841 units at $4.50, Derrimon Trading ended 23 cents higher at $2.93, with 36,758 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh finished 13 cents higher at $1.65, with 4,402 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.30, with 10,100 units changing hands. Express Catering ended trading with 12,020 shares, for 10 cents higher to $7.95, FosRich Group traded 29,900 shares, for 5 cents higher at $3.85, Fontana finished trading 45,952 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.96, General Accident closed at $4.50, with an exchange of 486,619 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.75, trading 104,195 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 53,158 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, investors dumped 257,234 ICreate shares to close at a record low of 90 cents, having fallen 11 cents. Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.96, with 
9,200 shares trading, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, exchanging 4,832 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 74,106 units with a loss of 15 cents at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents to end at $2.95, with the swapping of 27,400 shares. KLE Group ended with a loss of 30 cents at $2.80, with 550 shares changing owners, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 4,311 stock units at $12, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, in exchanging 210,500 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.80, trading 2,260,678 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3, with 182,048 shares changing hands, Main Event traded 16,400 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $5.35, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.95, trading 4,298 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 2,800 shares with a loss of 20 cents to close at $8.20.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
$3.87, ICreate traded 561,314 and lost 4 cents to close at $1.05. Indies Pharma finished 13 cents higher at $2.83, trading 13,467 shares. Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with 92,970 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 15 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 19,276 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 108,985 shares, at $3, Key Insurance closed at $3, with the trading of 5,000 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading with 3,814 stock units at $12.90, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.80, with 1,047,602 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.60, after trading 10,462 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 10,451 shares with a loss of 2 cents to close at $3.25. Main Event traded with a loss of 20 cents at $5.60, with 1,236 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables rose 11 cents to close at $6.60, trading 19,900 stock units, SSL
In an active trading session on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, 27 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of 4,398,457 units valued at $19,730,388. 
at $7.50, FosRich Group traded 32,795 shares and moved 17 cents higher to $4.17, Fontana finished trading of 123,255 shares, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $3.95. General Accident closed at $4, with an exchange of 155,848 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.45, with 4,600 units trading. Indies Pharma ended 6 cents higher at $2.80, with an exchange of 15,140 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 537,851 units and rose 5 cents to $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with a loss of 11 cents at $3.07, in exchanging 925,520 shares, Lasco Distributors gained 24 cents to close at $3.99, with 426,911 units trading. Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 15 cents at $4.35, in exchanging 119,944 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 138,653 shares with a loss of 1 cent in closing at $3.19, Main Event traded 240,861 shares, with a loss of 30 cents at $5.50, Medical Disposables finished trading at $5.50, with 24,000 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading closed at $2.40, trading 35,364 units and SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.95, with 594,200 shares traded.
higher at $3.75, with 49,560 shares, Indies Pharma closed 14 cents higher at $3.14, with 89,033 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded just 2,500 units at $4, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,229 stock units and rose 60 cents higher to $12.70. Lasco Distributors finished 20 cents higher at $4, exchanging 32,593 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 1 cent at $4.20, trading 60,136 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 53,600 shares, with a loss of 29 cents at $3.10, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.94, with an exchange of 5,300 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 11,000 shares with a loss of 90 cents at $7.50.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 22 securities changing hands, down from 26 on Wednesday with 6 securities advancing, 9 declining and 7 remaining unchanged leaving the index 23.48 points lower at 3,176.76.
lower offers.
higher at $3.30, with 92,655 shares trading, Knutsford Express finished trading of 1,465 shares and rose 50 cents higher to $13, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, trading 69,196 shares, Lasco Financial ended 4 cents higher at $4.54, with an exchange of 68,077 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 58,075 stock units, with a loss of 10 cents at $3.20, Main Event finished at $5.90, with 4,429 units, Paramount Trading closed at $2, with 108,345 shares trading, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 1,100 shares to close at $1.95 and Stationery and Office traded 5,408 shares at $9. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 gained 16 cents and closed at $1.16, with 202,228 shares changing hands.
trading at $13, with an exchange of 31,895 shares, Jamaican Teas closed at $4, with 26,665 shares trading, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 13 cents at $3.30, with 54,920 shares changing hands. Key Insurance ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $3.19, with 13,250 stock units, Knutsford Express finished trading 4,590 shares for $1.40 higher to close at $13, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 6 cents at $3.70, trading 257,635 shares, Lasco Financial ended 15 cents higher at $4.35, with 49,262 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 20,338 stock units with a loss of 13 cents to close at $3.70, Main Event finished with a loss of 90 cents at $6, in exchanging 5,920 units, Medical Disposables settled with a loss of 51 cents at $6.50, with 478 shares trading. Paramount Trading ended at $2, with an exchange of 108,433 shares, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 2,000 shares to close at $1.95 and tTech closed at $5.90, with 906 units changing hands.
In a long delayed but shortened trading session on Friday, the Junior Market traded volume jumped 154 percent over Thursday’s levels while the value of trades increased by 203 percent resulting from 1,085,040 units valued at $5,213,905 compared to 426,549 units valued at $1,722,476 on Thursday, 
$3.38, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 5 cents at $3.85, with 13,750 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma closed trading of 50,512 shares at $3.25, ISP Finance concluded trading 3,300 shares at $1 higher to end at $13. Jamaican Teas finished 10 cents higher at $4, exchanging 500 shares. Key Insurance ended trading at $4, with an exchange 10,000 stock units, KLE Group traded 42,700 units at $3, Knutsford Express closed trading of 1,100 shares with a loss of 50 cents at $12.50. Lasco Distributors closed 7 cents higher at $3.89, with 169,003 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 16 cents at $4.60, after 25,861 shares changed hands, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading with 13,300 stock units for a gain of 1 cent to $3.99. Medical Disposables settled 50 cents higher at $7, with the trading of 10,588 shares, Paramount Trading exchanged 4,122 shares at $2.90, SSL Venture Capital lost 1 cent in trading 5,115 shares to end at $1.93 and Stationery and Office traded with a loss of 5 cents at $8.10, with 3,966 shares changing hands.
While Junior Market stocks on the Jamaica Stock Exchange chalked up gains of just 18.8 percent overall for 2018, but 5 companies’ stock rose between 104 to 282 percent for the year.
in the top 10 for two consecutive years. Caribbean Flavours landed the 6th spot with a gain of 73 percent. Statinery & Office Supplies reappeared in the Top 10 with a rise of 69 percent. ISP Financial chipped in with a rise of 67 percent in 8th spot to be followed by the Montego Bay based, Cargo Handlers that chipped in with 50 percent and the early 2018 listed Elite Diagnostic, was tenth after rising 48 percent.
reflected the losses caused by the toilet tissue operations with a decline in the stock price by 37 percent as it followed tTech with a decline of 33 percent. Eppley that migrated to the main market on the last day of 2018, declined 24 percent to the 6th worse performer, while Lasco Financial lost altitude to close out 2018 as the 7th worse performing the Junior Market stock, with a loss of 15 percent, just ahead of Knutsford Express at the 8th spot, with a fall of 13 percent, Sweat River fell 9 percent and Consolidated Bakeries ended at the 10th spot with a loss of 6 percent.
Two big blocks of shares traded on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, as 23 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of 37,359,775 units valued at $87,094,646, leading to a 3 to 1 dominance of declining to advancing stocks. 
amounts to units 187,380 units valued at $640,878 and previously 97,570 units valued at $444,262. October, ended with an average of 69,421 units valued at $347,455 for each security traded.
loss of 70 cents at $4, while exchanging 5,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $3.79, with 25,695 stock units changing hands. Key Insurance lost 15 cents in closing at $3.25, with an exchange of 12,070,405 units, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 15 cents at $3.80, with 222,000 shares changing hands, 
cents higher at $2.30, with 4,612 shares changing hands, 
ended with a loss of 6 cents at $3.94, in swapping 56,009 shares, 
