Stability seems to be settling into the Junior market after sharp sell-off.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange settled on Thursday with Index falling 20.09 points to close at 2,093.76 as 40 securities changed hands, leaving just one ordinary listing that had no trading. At the close of market activities, the prices of 17 securities advanced, 18 declined and five remained unchanged.
At the close, market activity resulted in an exchange of 4,329,260 units valued at $9,680,619 compared to 2,522,568 units valued at $6,848,779 on Wednesday and the average PE ratio of the market reached 9.8 times 2019 earnings at the close.
Trading ended with an average of 108,232 units for an average of $242,015 in contrast to 78,830 units for an average of $214,024 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 220,993 valued at $518,921 and previously 228,599 units valued at $537,599. In contrast, February closed with an average of 167,673 units valued at $488,038 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell 9 cents in trading of 17,601 units at $18.31, AMG Packaging climbed 35 cents and exchanged 10,515 shares at $1.65, Blue Power ended trading with 41,806 shares, after rising 31 cents to end at $4. CAC 2000 lost $1.10 in trading 700 stock units to close at $11.40, Cargo Handlers picked up 90 cents exchanging 3,301 shares at $6, Caribbean Brokers lost 1 cent to end at $1.97 with 26,640 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers closed trading of 196,025 shares and gained 17 cents to end at $2.50, Consolidated Bakeries shed 2 cents to settle at $1.46, after transferring 4,740 units, Dolphin Cove ended trading with 3,508 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $6.50. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.46 with 5,000 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic closed 30 cents lower to settle at $2.60 with an exchange of 52,000 shares, Express Catering shed 30cents in trading of 92,892 units at $2.90. Fosrich closed with a loss of 25cents at $2.25, swapping of 11,111 shares, Fontana gained 25 cents and exchanged 712,569 shares at $4.25, General Accident closed 55 cents higher at $4.55, with 56,268 stock units trading. GWwest Corporation closed trading of 35,075 units and gained 2 cents to end at 72 cents, Honey Bun lost 30cents in exchanging 31,546 units at $5.70, Indies Pharma closed with 31,960 shares, crossing the market after rising 25 cents to end at $1.50. IronRock Insurance closed trading of 5,365 units and gained 70 cents to end at $3, Jamaican Teas lost 3 cents to settle at $3.93 after transferring 10,766 units, Jetcon Corporation shed 3cents to close at $1, with an exchange of 90,061 shares. 
Key Insurance ended with a loss of 1 cent at 2 with 80,000 stock units changing hands, KLE Group closed with 47,367 shares, changing hands after rising 1 cent to end at $1.21, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of $1 to finish at $6 with 3,211 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors shed 10 cents in trading of 30,601 units at $2.90, Lasco Financial climbed 5 cents and exchanged 344,486 shares at $2.55, Lasco Manufacturing rose 15 cents and transferred 40,200 shares at $3.65. Limners and Bards lost 5 cents in trading 209,671 shares to close at $1.80, Lumber Depot closed 5 cents higher at $1.20, with 1,302,525 stock units trading, MailPac ended with 402,140 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 4 cents to end at $1.41. Main Event declined by 65 cents in trading of 69,210 units at $3.85, Medical Disposables ended market activity exchanging 72,841 shares to close at $5.70 after falling 40cents, Paramount Trading closed 8 cents higher at $1.98, with 4,000 stock units trading. Stationery and Office Supplies picked up 30 cents and exchanged 6,782 shares at $5.80 and tTech ended market activity trading 5,000 shares to close at $3.50 after falling 20 cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
