Stationery & Office Supplies climbed to $5.50 on Friday
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange settled on Friday with 23 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,515,647 units valued at $7,693,114 compared to 2,015,630 units valued at $11,835,081 on Thursday.
The market Index surged by 48.58 points to close at 3,034.13, stemming from the prices of 13 securities advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining with prices unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 65,898 units for an average of $334,483 in contrast to 125,977 units for an average of $739,693 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 75,762 units valued at $353,074 and 79,378 units with an average value of $354,819 previously. In contrast, September closed with average of 116,176 units valued at $538,652 for each security traded.
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking mixed for Monday’s trading activity as 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed 80 cents higher at $42, with 15,853 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging added 9 cents to end at $3.49, with 135,101 units trading, Cargo Handlers finished $1 higher at $11, with 415 units, Caribbean Producers traded 5 cents higher at $3.70, with 182,833 units. Eppley closed with a loss of $1 to end at $11, with 5,000 shares changing hands, Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5, with 433,774 units trading, General Accident traded at $3, with 172,114 stock units, Honey Bun jumped 60 cents higher to $5, with 11,449 shares, Iron Rock ended trading at $3.15, with 5,000 shares. ISP Finance ended 50 cents higher at $18.50, with 2,500 units, Jamaican Teas ended at $4.10, with 60,447 units trading, 
Jetcon Corporation concluded trading 9 cents higher at $4.99, with 115,923 stock units having been exchanged, KLE Group rose 30 cents higher to $2.80, with 40,000 shares, Knutsford Express finished with a loss of 1 cent at $14.99, after 20,350 units were exchanged. Lasco Distributors traded 5 cents higher at $6.30, with 162,000 shares, Lasco Financial traded 6,955 units at $4.20, Lasco Manufacturing traded at $4, with 42,484 units, Main Event ended trading 21 cents higher at $5.57, after just 3,190 units changed hands, Medical Disposables settled 76 cents higher at $5.50, with 8,800 shares. Paramount Trading rose 40 cents to $3.20, with 2,825 units, Stationery and Office climbed 50 cents to $5.50, with 62,599 shares, tTech ended trading at $7.05, with 18,000 stock units changing hands and in the junior market preference segment, Eppley finished at $6, with 8,035 stock units trading.
and an average of 76,123 with an average value of $327,928, previously. In contrast, September closed with average of 116,176 units valued at $538,652 for each security traded.
Derrimon Trading ended at $7, with 1,000 stock units, Express Catering climbed 66 cents higher to $5.10, with 73,142 shares, after the company reported that profit more than doubled in the quarter to August from a 10 percent rise in revenues. Honey Bun traded 10 cents higher at $4.40, with 1,000 units, Iron Rock closed 25 cents higher at $3.15, with 61,538 shares, ISP Finance settled at $18, with 2,983 units, Knutsford Express closed 1 cent higher at $15, with 66,270 units, Lasco Distributors settled with a loss of 5 cents at $6.25, with 1,214,790 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial concluded trading at $4.20, with 155,534 shares, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4, with 14,700 units, Main Event traded 21 cents higher at $5.36, with 9,621 units and Stationery and Office ended trading 17 cents higher at $5, with 236,628 units.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading on Wednesday with 16 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,087,963 units valued at $5,258,148, which is much improved compared to 462,606 units valued at $2,337,749 on Tuesday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 76,123 units valued at $327,928, previously 71,470 units valued at an average of $327,875. In contrast, September closed with average of 116,176 units valued at $538,652 for each security traded.
General Accident ended at $3, with 705 units, Honey Bun settled 30 cents higher at $4.30, after trading 4,000 shares, Jamaican Teas settled at $4.10, with 122,528 units, Knutsford Express finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $14.99, with 5,060 shares, Lasco Distributors ended trading at $6.30, with 11,761 shares, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.20, with 19,763 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with a rise of 35 cents to $4.20, with 3,316 shares, Main Event closed with a loss of 15 cents at $5.15, with 6,653 stock units, Medical Disposables traded 14 cents higher at $4.74, with 1,071 units, Stationery and Office ended 3 cents higher at $4.83, after 692,137 shares changed hands, while tTech traded 5 cents higher at $7.05, with 14,031 units and in the junior market preference segment, Eppley concluded trading with a loss of 55 cents at $6, with 60,800 stock units.
In moderate trading, the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, ended with only 15 securities changing hands, on Tuesday, with an exchange of a mere 462,606 units valued at $2,337,749, well down on Friday’s levels.
Trading ended with an average of 30,840 units for an average of $155,850 in contrast to 139,389 units for an average of $725,011 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 66,921 units valued at $302,510, previously. In contrast, September closed with average of 116,176 units valued at $538,652 for each security traded.
Caribbean Cream ended with a loss of 10 cents at $5.90, with 500 units, Consolidated Bakeries ended 3 cents higher at $2.05, with 250 units changing hands. Express Catering ended 19 cents higher at $4.69, with 1,706 stock units, Jetcon Corporation settled 40 cents higher at $4.90, with 220 stock units, Knutsford Express ended trading at $15, with 10,147 units trading, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 5 cents at $6.30, after 29,959 shares changed hands, Lasco Financial finished trading 25 cents higher at $4.25, with 1,891 units, Lasco Manufacturing gained 5 cents at $3.85, with 6,400 shares. Medical Disposables settled with a loss of 70 cents at $4.60, with 73,541 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 9 cents higher at $4.80, with 276,242 shares, tTech traded 1 cent higher at $7, with 21,000 units and in the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading traded 35,000 shares at $1.95, with Eppley ending trading at $6.55, with 5,100 stock units changing hands.
In contrast, September closed with average of 116,176 units valued at $538,652 for each security traded.
Jetcon Corporation fell 50 cents to $4.50, with 50,064 shares. Key Insurance finished with a loss of 50 cents at $3.50, with 194,997 units traded, KLE Group settled at $2.50, with 250,000 units, Knutsford Express traded 11 cents higher at $15, with 202,982 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished trading 35 cents higher at $6.35, with 282,987 shares, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 50 cents at $4, after 47,769 units traded, Lasco Manufacturing ended 5 cents higher at $3.80, with 86,540 units. Main Event ended trading 15 cents higher at $5.30, with 18,799 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables concluded trading with 2,000 shares at $5.30, Paramount Trading got a lift from the first quarter results showing profits more than doubling and finished 30 cents higher at $2.80, after 458,395 shares were traded and tTech finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $6.99, with 50,000 units.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange settled on Thursday with 20 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 969,013 units valued at $4,496,741 compared to 827,619 units valued at $4,771,002 on Wednesday. 
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking mixed for Friday’s trading activity with 1 stock ending with the bid higher than their last selling price and 2 with lower offers.
General Accident traded 30 cents higher at $3, with 2,125 units, Honey Bun finished trading with a loss of 20 cents at $4, with 15,101 units, Jamaican Teas ended trading 9 cents higher at $4.10, with 31,362 stock units, Jetcon Corporation concluded trading at $5, with 12,000 shares changing hands, KLE Group settled 10 cents higher at $2.50, with 2,730 stock units. 
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped on Wednesday even with 25 securities changing hands as investors exchanged just 827,619 units valued at $4,771,002 compared to 2,217,305 units valued at $9,814,861 on Tuesday. 
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking mixed for Thursday’s trading activity as 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Iron Rock gained 10 cents to end at $2.90, with 30,000 shares. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 78,790 units valued at $343,165, previously 74,618 units valued at an average of $323,637. In contrast, September closed with average of 116,176 units valued at $538,652 for each security traded. Trading ended with the market sentiments looking mixed for Wednesday, as 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Consolidated Bakeries settled at $2.02, with 26,000 units. Dolphin Cove closed at $17.50, with 7,438 stock units, Eppley concluded trading at $12, with 1,500 shares changing hands, Express Catering traded 10 cents higher at $4.50, with 192,607 shares, General Accident fell 3 cents at to $2.70, with 837,115 stock units traded, Honey Bun traded with a loss of 1 cent at $4.09, with 3,420 stock units. Iron Rock traded at $2.80, with 6,245 units, Jamaican Teas settled at $4.10, with 23,280 stock units, Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 50 cents at $4.50, with 13,419 stock units, Knutsford Express concluded trading at $14.89, with 4,188 stock shares. Lasco Distributors traded 619,619 units at $6, Lasco Financial settled at $4.25, with 52,621 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended 25 cents higher at $3.75, trading 3,100 stock units, Main Event finished with a loss of 3 cents at $5.15, exchanging 61,685 shares, Medical Disposables lost 15 cents at $5.15, trading 1,899 shares and Stationery and Office closed at $4.70, trading 81,373 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley settled with a loss of 5 cents at $6.50, with 45,961 units changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with 23 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 2,266,563 units valued at $14,319,936 compared to only 807,449 units valued at $4,046,825 on Monday. 
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking mixed for tomorrow’s trading activity as 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Honey Bun closed 15 cents higher at $4.05, with 3,005 stocks, Iron Rock traded at $2.80, with 5,019 units. Jamaican Teas finished at $4.20, with 13,087 units, Jetcon Corporation traded 22 cents higher at $4.50, with 110,977 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 40 cents at $14.50, with 19,271 stocks, Key Insurance finished 25 cents higher at $4, with 10,000 shares. KLE Group rose 2 cents to $2.96, with 70,600 units, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a rise of 20 cents to $6.80, with 1,700,000 shares, Lasco Financial settled at $3.99, with 7,803 units, Lasco Manufacturing traded with a loss of 20 cents at $4, while trading 59,908 shares. Main Event closed with a loss of 13 cents at $5.62, with 9,404 units, Paramount Trading fell 20 cents to $2.70, with 10,850 stock units, Stationery and Office settled with a loss of 10 cents at $4.75, with 156,871 units and Eppley 9.5 percent preference share settled at $7.25, with 645 stock units.
In Junior Market trading on Monday activity fell sharply, compared to the levels on Friday. At the close of the market, just 16 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of only 807,449 units valued at $4,046,825.
In contrast, August closed with average of 234,437 units valued at $1,295,260 for each security traded.
Eppley settled at $12, with 10,589 units, 
