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 Jamaica Stock Exchange main market got a big dent at the close of trading on Wednesday, with advancing stocks outpacing declining ones. 
Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of $1 at $30 with 383,429 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained $1 to end at $13 with 44,650 stock units trading, MPC Caribbean closed with a loss of $4 to close at 52 weeks’ low of $126 in swapping of 500 shares, NCB Financial gained $7 to end at $215 in trading 83,555 shares. Proven Investments dropped $5 in trading of 27,436 units to settle at $ 35, Proven Investments decline 5 cents in trading of 27,436 units at $ 35. Sagicor Real climbed $1 to settle at $12 with 101,700 shares changing hands, Scotia Group declined $1.99 cents in trading of 24,845 units to close at $55 and Seprod ended with a loss of $1 at $50.01 with 43,825 stock units changing hands.
The volume and value of shares trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange surged sharply on Wednesday over Tuesday’s levels and ending with 3,772,753 units valued at $32,527,719 from 18 securities crossing the exchange. 
crossing the exchange, Scotiabank closed with a loss of 1 cent and ended at $59.49, with 39,704 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed with a loss of 2 cents at $107, exchanging 257 stock units.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market pulled back from the big gains on Monday, with declining stocks crushing advancers 5 to 2.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 2,066,282 units valued at $12,994,084 and previously, 2,131,616 units valued at $13,376,623. July closed with an average of 1,297,718 shares at $17,985,644 for each security traded.
Sagicor Group traded 37,004 shares and declined $1 to end at $75, Salada Foods fell $1 to close at $33 with just 400 units trading, Scotia Group added $1.99 to end at $56.99 with 101,771 shares changing hands. Seprod traded 1,022,951 stock units but fell 79 cents to close at $51.01, Stanley Motta rose 40 cents in closing at $6 while swapping 1,200 stock units, Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to settle at $27.50 with 235,920 shares changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 53 cents trading 28,633 units to close at $23.48.
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.
changing hands and West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent to end at $109, with investors exchanging mere 9 shares.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 2,131,616 units valued at $13,376,623 and previously, 2,179,264 units valued at $14,242,866. July closed with an average of 1,297,718 shares at $17,985,644 for each security traded.
Kingston Wharves ended trading with 10,163 shares, after declining by $2.59 to end at $66.41, Mayberry Investments rose $1.18 and exchanged 12,661 shares to close at $9.99, Mayberry Jamaican Equities added 90 cents in exchanging 1,660,033 shares to close at $13. NCB Financial climbed $7 trading 166,193 shares to close at $215. Proven Investments fell $1 in trading 650 stock units at $40, Scotia Group shed $1 to end at $55 with 85,932 shares changing hands, Stanley Motta lost 55 cents in closing at $5.60 while swapping 13,000 stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments gained $1.01 trading 66,285 units to close at $24.01 and Wisynco Group lost $1.50 to settle at $24 with 195,523 shares changing hands.
Honey Bun closed trading of 14,170 units and gained 29 cents to end at $6.50, iCreate closed trading of 326,610 units and gained 12 cents to end at 92 cents. Iron Rock Insurance lost 50 cents in trading of 9,419 units at $4, Jetcon Corporation climbed 12 cents and exchanged 242,483 shares at $1.70, Limners and Bards closed 15 cents higher at $3.30, with 1,833,785 stock units trading. Lasco Distributors shed 17 cents in trading of 17,466 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed trading of 86,947 units and gained 46 cents to end at $5.20. Medical Disposables ended trading with 2,356 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $7.50, Main Event fell 50 cents in trading of 32,699 units at $6.50, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 25 cents in trading of 4,090 units at $14.75 and tTech ended trading with 100 shares, after rising 80 cents to end at $7.35.
Sagicor Financial declined 15 cents and completed trading of 2,475 shares at $10.35 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 27,137 units and lost $1.50 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $25.50.
