4 consecutive record Junior Market close

Trading closed on Friday with the Junior Market Index climbing 44.79 points to settle at a closing record high of 4,369.94, with four consecutive record closings and ended with a rise of 27.5 percent for the year to date, just two percentage points from the entire year gains in 2021.  
As was the case on Thursday, 44 securities traded on Friday and ended with 22 rising, eight declining and 14 unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to determine stock values, averages 13.8. The Junior Market PE ratios incorporate projected earnings computed by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years closing up to the end of August 2023.
The volume of stocks traded rose 16 percent more, with a value of 5 percent less than on Thursday. Overall, 12,348,074 shares traded for $45,037,672 compared to 10,631,744 units at $47,631,025 on Thursday. Indies Pharma led trading with 2.39 million shares for 19.4 percent of total volume, followed by iCreate with 1.79 million units for 14.5 percent of the day’s trade and JFP Limited with 1.35 million units for 10.9 percent market share.
Trading averaged 280,638 shares at $1,023,583 in contrast to 241,631 shares at $1,082,523 on Thursday with month to date, averaging 451,494 units at $1,705,387 compared to 464,966 units at $1,759,149 on the previous trading day. March closed with an average of 719,276 units at $2,636,802.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial rose $1 to $21, after 19,254 shares crossed the market, Blue Power popped 20 cents to close at $4, with 29,889 stock units clearing the market, Cargo Handlers climbed 80 cents in closing at $10.95 after exchanging 500 stocks. Caribbean Assurance Brokers increased 35 cents ending at $2.85 with the swapping of 135,650 units, Dolphin Cove gained 40 cents to end at $22, with 65,079 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic rallied 19 cents to $3.79 in an exchange of 209,048 shares. Fontana advanced 11 cents in closing at $11 after trading 134,843 units, Fosrich dropped $1.07 after ending at $28.13 in switching ownership of 105,699 stocks, iCreate rallied 59 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.10 after exchanging 1,789,801 stock units. Indies Pharma gained 15 cents to close at $3.25 while trading 2,391,948 shares, Iron Rock Insurance lost 25 cents in closing at $3.50, with 3,587 units crossing the exchange, Jetcon Corporation increased 11 cents to end at $1.40, with 515,419 stocks crossing the market.KLE Group rose 31 cents to $2.67 in exchanging 305 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 33 cents to close at $5.33 with 42,274 stock units changing hands, Mailpac Group rose 14 cents to $3.27 with an exchange of 180,175 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies popped 31 cents in ending at $9.11 after trading 40,070 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.