The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange lost more ground on Tuesday and closed April with a 5 percent fall in value, bringing the four months losses to 9.4 percent compared to a 5.8 percent rise for the All Jamaica index.
At the close of market activities, the market index lost 22.89 points to close at 2,941.54 as the prices of 9 securities advanced, 12 declined and 4 remained unchanged as 24 securities changed hands, compared to 23 on Monday. The volume and value trading climbed to 2,022,568 units valued $7,237,526 compared to 486,748 units at $2,074,395 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 84,274 units for an average of $301,564 in contrast to 21,163 units for 
an average of $90,191 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 87,963 units valued $317,267 and previously, 88,152 units valued $318,072 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed trading at $42.55, with an exchange of 100 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2.23, with 22,311 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading 3,522 units, with a loss of 20 cents at $4.20, Cargo Handlers settled 5 cents higher at $11, in swapping 6,749 shares. Caribbean Cream ended trading of 200,539 shares with a loss of 23 cents at $5.27, Caribbean Producers gained 30 cents to close at $4.50, with 6,000 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.79, after trading 39,455 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading 6,655 shares at $12.05. Express Catering ended trading 1,000 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $7.20, Fontana finished trading 226,067 shares, 1 cent higher at $4, General Accident closed with a loss of 30 cents at $4, exchanging 7,500 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 4 cents higher at $1.35, trading 4,000 units. Honey Bun concluded trading of 2,500 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.99, iCreate lost 1 cent in trading 30,300 shares to close at 89 cents. Indies Pharma finished 5 
cents higher at $3.25, with 1,160,900 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with 6,256 shares crossing the exchange, Jamaican Teas rose just 1 cent trading 29,188 units to end at $3.51, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 5,000 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $2.30. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 650 stock units with a loss of 99 cents at $12, Lasco Distributors closed with a gain of 17 cents at $3.69, in transferring 157,383 units, Lasco Financial rose 15 cents higher to close at $4.20, with 53,532 shares trading, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 27,045 shares with a loss of 11 cents at $3.09. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 22 cents at $2.25, with an exchange of 8,987 units and Stationery and Office concluded trading 10 cents higher at $6.85, with 16,929 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday in 18 securities trading compared to 15 on Monday, with 6 advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
shares, JMMB Group ended trading with a loss of 5 cents to close at $1.65, after exchanging 21,200 shares. National Enterprises lost 20 cents and completed trading of 10,000 stock units at $7 and One Caribbean Media fell 10 cents and ended at $10.20, after exchanging 2,900 shares.
normalized earnings for the year to March 2019. 
each company’s current fiscal year, are used in determining, the selected stocks. The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed at a new record high on Monday, with All Jamaican Composite Index surging 9,373.64 points to 435,257.80 and the JSE Index climbing 8,518.11 points to 396,523.86.
626,260 changing hands, compared to 4,427,445 units valued at $384,592,987 units trading on Friday.
shares, Kingston Wharves climbed $1 and settled at $72, with an exchange of 446 units, NCB Financial Group declined $1.50 to close at $143.50, trading 2,122,314 shares. PanJam Investment climbed $1.50 and ended at $83, with 65,800 units changing hands, Sagicor Group jumped $3.50 to end at $47.50 in an exchange of 51,319 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund added 90 cents to end at $10, trading 67,521 shares, Seprod rose $1.35 and closed at $44.80, trading 63,993 shares and Wisynco Group rose 50 cents to end trading of 145,718 shares at a record high of $12.50.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday in 15 securities trading compared to 15 on Friday, with 5 advancing, 2 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments fell 21 cents and ended at $22.39, with 96,320 stock units changing hands and JMMB Group closed with a loss of 3 cents and ended at $1.70, after exchanging 11,000 shares.
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.
trading of 43,242 shares at $9.80, 
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.
of 1 cent at $120.11, after exchanging 500 shares and Trinidad Cement lost 5 cents and settled at $2.55, trading 2,555 shares.
JMMB Group climbed $2.84 to settle at $33.45, with 31,977 units changing hands. Kingston Properties lost 50 cents finished at $6.50, with an exchange of 4,245 stock units. Kingston Wharves dropped $2.50 to settle at $68, with 11,754 units changing hands, Mayberry Investments gained $1.23 in trading 13,686 shares, to close at $8.75. Sagicor Group lost $2.03 to end at $39.97 in an exchange of 81,141 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund dipped $1.34 to a 52 weeks’ low of $8.66, trading just 700 shares, Salada Foods traded 640 units and rose $1.01 to end at $31.01. Scotia Group lost 35 cents and finished trading 264,774 shares at $50.65, Seprod lost $1 and closed at $42, trading 45,978 shares and Supreme Ventures rose 49 cents and finished at $26.49 with an exchange 564,208 units.
