Big drop in Junior Market on Tuesday

Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 80 percent and the value 30 percent more than on Monday with securities trading compared similar with the 45 trading on Monday and ended with 15 rising, 22 declining and eight closing unchanged and resulted in a big drop in the Market Index by 69.39 points to 3,950.60.
Investors traded 6,643,595 shares at $16,190,340 up from 3,691,376 units at $12,494,675 on Monday.
Trading averaged 147,635 shares at $359,785 compared to 82,031 shares at $277,659 on Monday, with a month to date, average of 152,213 units at $521,535 compared to 152,985 stock units at $548,796 on the previous day. June closed with an average of 319,230 units at $854,456.
Spur Tree Spices led trading with 2.44 million shares for 36.7 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 673,341 units for 10.1 percent of the day’s trade and ONE on ONE Educational with 543,072 units for 8.2 percent market share.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.4. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
The market closed with negative readings after Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and nine with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial declined $1.99 to $23, with 111 shares clearing the market, Cargo Handlers increased $1.05 to close at $20.05 in switching ownership of 494 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers dipped 26 cents to $3.02 after 80,000 units were traded, Consolidated Bakeries popped 37 cents to end at $2.97 with investors trading 9,576 stock units. Dolla Financial shed 12 cents in closing at $2.27 in trading 673,341 stocks, Dolphin Cove gained 31 cents and ended at $17.01 with shareholders swapping 28,197 shares, Elite Diagnostic fell 19 cents in closing at $2.01 with an exchange of 64,961 stock units, Express Catering rose 10 cents to end at $5.40 after an exchange of 29,732 units. Fontana lost 62 cents to close at $10.55 after trading 56,365 stock units,
Fosrich dropped 15 cents to $2.25 while exchanging 427,975 stocks, General Accident declined 45 cents after ending at $4.55 with 2,000 shares changing hands, iCreate dropped 9 cents in closing at $1.10 and closed with an exchange of 137,549 units. Iron Rock Insurance rose 16 cents to close at $2.65 with stakeholders exchanging 25 shares, ISP Finance rallied $2.11 to $26.50, with 7,690 units crossing the market, Jamaican Teas climbed 14 cents to end at $2.49 as investors traded 90,132 stock units, Lasco Distributors lost 37 cents to close at $3.52 in an exchange of 2,238 stocks. Lasco Manufacturing gained 11 cents in closing at $4.36 as 26,300 stocks passed through the market, Main Event shed 14 cents to end at $16 with a transfer of 5,721 shares, MFS Capital Partners climbed 18 cents to $2.79 in an exchange of 229,200 stock units. Paramount Trading rose 52 cents to $2.08 after 25,000 units crossed the market, Spur Tree Spices popped 8 cents in closing at $2.18 after a transfer of 2,441,128 units and Stationery and Office Supplies advanced $1.19 to close at $28.20, with  22,346 stocks crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.