Stocks recorded gains at the close of trading on Monday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with stocks rising to edge out declining after trading 92 percent fewer shares traded at 90 percent lower value than on Friday.
Trading ended with 35 securities changing hands compared to 37 on Friday and ended with prices of 14 stocks rising, 13 declining and eight remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rose 19.62 points to settle at 2,592.67. The average PE Ratio stands at 13.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 3,562,074 shares for $11,265,090 compared to 45,521,469 units at $117,540,297 on Friday. Limners and Bards led trading with 19.3 percent of total volume after 688,265 shares traded, followed by Mailpac Group with 13.8 percent for 490,563 units and Derrimon Trading with 473,353 units for 13.3 percent market share.
Trading averaged 101,774 units at $321,860 in contrast to 1,230,310 at $3,176,765 on Friday. Month to date averaged 328,929 units at $792,188, versus 345,356 unit at $826,199 on Friday. Trading in November resulted in an average of 193,331 units at $566,885 changing hands.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed 3 cents to $20.35 in an exchange of 2,000 shares, AMG Packaging increased 5 cents to $1.60, with 2,450 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream climbed 31 cents to $4.50 after clearing the market with 98,515 stock units. Caribbean Flavours dipped 3 cents to $1.65 in exchanging 61,396 shares, Caribbean Producers fell 4 cents to $2.70 while exchanging 245,306 stock units, Derrimon Trading rose 9 cents to $2.30, with 473,353 stock units crossing the market. Dolphin Cove gained 1 cent to close at $7 in an exchange of 50,036 shares, Everything Fresh carved out a gain of 7 cents to close at 74 cents, with 8,653 units changing hands, Fontana gained 24 cents to end at $5.49, with 93,040 stocks clearing the exchange. Fosrich fell 2 cents to $4.18 after trading 5,500 shares, General Accident shed 6 cents to end at $5.98 with 137,907 stock units passing through the market, Gwest Corporation declined by 3 cents to 70 cents after 5,585 shares crossed the exchange. Honey Bun shed 6 cents to close at $5.96 after exchanging 81,214 units, iCreate advanced 8 cents to 63 cents in exchanging 990 shares, Indies Pharma gained 11 cents to end at $2.72, with 101,245 stock units changing hands. Iron Rock Insurance increased 15 cents to $3.20 after trading 21,741 shares, Jamaican Teas declined by 12 cents to $1.93, with 108,556 units crossing the exchangechanging hands, Lasco Distributors climbed 4 cents to $3.20 with investors swapping 346,443 units. 
Lasco Manufacturing lost 5 cents to end at $3.75, with the trading of 152,340 units, Limners and Bards carved out a loss of 11 cents to end at $2.86 after 688,265 units crossed the market, Lumber Depot shed 7 cents to settle at $1.48, with 161,941 shares changing hands. Mailpac Group climbed 43 cents to $2.82 with investors swapping 490,563 shares, Paramount Trading advanced 9 cents to $1.44 after exchanging 20,000 stock units, SSL Venture carved out a loss of 2 cents in ending at 57 cents with investors swapping 4,955 units and Tropical Battery dropped 2 cents to end at $1.17, after trading 31,228 stocks.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share shed 1 cent in closing at $1.13 trading 988 units and Derrimon Trading preference shares advanced 10 cents to $2.10 with investors exchanging 5,000 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Invitation opens at 9 am on December 28 and will close at 4 pm January 11, subject to the Selling Shareholders’ right to close the issue at any time after it on the Opening Date once the shares are fully subscribed.
Trading resulted in 665 percent more shares than on Thursday with the value climbing 652 percent resulting in an exchange of 45,521,469 shares for $117,540,297 compared to 5,946,650 units at $15,620,193 on Thursday.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained 1 cent to end at $20.32, with investors swapping 9,809 shares, AMG Packaging lost 9 cents to close at $1.55, after finishing with 20,344 stock units, Blue Power shed 61 cents to close at $2.75, in exchanging 8,293 units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 9 cents to end at $1.89, after trading 5,000 stock units, Caribbean Flavours picked up 1 cent to settle $1.68, with 102,351 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers ended at $2.74, after gaining 4 cents trading 1,000 units. Derrimon Trading closed 1 cent higher at $2.21, after switching ownership of 749,394 shares, Dolphin Cove rose 19 cents to $6.99 in transferring 200 units, Everything Fresh shed 7 cents to settle at 67 cents, with 37,670 stock units crossing the exchange. Express Catering gained 1 cent to close at $3.79 in exchanging 1,051 units, Fontana fell 24 cents to $5.25 after transferring 283,368 shares, Fosrich advanced 20 cents to $4.20, with the trading of 500 units. General Accident shed 1 cent in closing at $6.04, after an exchange of 141 units, Honey Bun lost 7 cents trading 2,365,434 shares to end at $6.02, iCreate slipped 8 cents to 55 cents, in crossing the exchange with 252,300 tock units. Indies Pharma dipped 9 cents to $2.61, in transferring 155,236 units, Jamaican Teas picked up 1 cent in closing at $2.05, with an exchange of 102,836 shares, Lasco Financial finished 7 cents higher at $2.75, with investors swapping 6,005 units. 
Lasco Manufacturing dropped 8 cents to end at $3.80 after 109,641 stocks crossed the market, Limners and Bards lost 8 cents to $2.97, with an exchange of 221,647 shares, Lumber Depot gained 5 cents after ending at $1.55 trading 265,596 stock units. Mailpac Group declined 45 cents to $2.39, with an exchange of 40,391,268 units, Main Event fell 5 cents to $3 trading 902 shares, SSL Venture rose 4 cents to 59 cents, with 2,000 stocks passing through the market and Tropical Battery lost 1 cent to settle at $1.19 after investors swapped 328,366 shares.
Trading ended with 46 securities changing hands compared to 45 on Thursday and closed with the prices of 22 stocks rising, 12 declining and 12 remaining unchanged, with Ciboney trading at a 52 weeks’ high of 25 cents. The average PE Ratio ended at 16.8 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Sagicor Group with 8 percent for 3 million units and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with a 3.6 percent market share for 1.35 million units.
NCB Financial advanced $2 to $144 trading 21,418 stocks, Pan Jam Investment climbed $1.32 to $66.82, after 64,236 shares crossed the market, Sagicor Group dropped $4.49 to close at $45.01, with 3,004,520 shares clearing the market. Scotia Group gained 50 cents to finish at $44.50, trading 5,364 units, Seprod lost 45 cents in closing at $66 and exchanging 25,732 stock units and Wisynco Group increased 50 cents to $16, with 30,512 stock units passing through the market.
Trading ended with 37 securities changing hands, with nine declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gained 9 cents to close at $1.64, after clearing the market with 1,000 units, Cargo Handlers rose 30 cents to settle at $6.80 trading 5,276 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers closed at $1.80 with gains of 5 cents after 63,271 shares crossed the exchange. Caribbean Cream carved out a gain of 9 cents to end at $4.19, with 64,594 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours closed 7 cents higher at $1.67, in trading 113,834 shares, Caribbean Producers lost 5 cents to settle at $2.70, after exchanging 174,898 shares. Consolidated Bakeries slipped 1 cent to $1.39 in trading 1,000 units, Derrimon Trading shed 29 cents to settle at $2.20, with 1,194,540 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic lost 3 cents trading 25,329 stock units to end at $2.99. Everything Fresh picked up 3 cents to close at 74 cents, after an exchange of 1,000 units, Express Catering gained 28 cents to end at $3.78, with investors swapping 500 units, Fontana closed 24 cents higher at $5.49, with 96,452 shares crossing the exchange. General Accident gained 15 cents in closing at $6.05 trading 655 units, GWest Corporation ended 73 cents, with gains of 7 cents after transferring 1,100 units, Honey Bun rose 4 cents to close at $6.09, with an exchange of 7,951 units. Indies Pharma lost 2 cents to settle at $2.70, after clearing the market with 94,052 shares, Iron Rock Insurance declined by 5 cents to $3.05, with an exchange of 30,000 stock units, Jamaican Teas gained 19 cents to close at $2.04 after transferring 414,656 shares. 
Lasco Manufacturing lost 1 cent to end at $3.88, with 80 units changing hands, Limners and Bards gained 5 cents to settle at $3.05, after trading 116,719 shares, Lumber Depot fell by 6 cents to $1.50, with 1,614,599 shares crossing the market. Mailpac Group lost 1 cent in closing at $2.84 after 298,911 shares changed hands, Main Event gained 5 cents to end at $3.05, with an exchange of 2,903 units, Stationery and Office Supplies rose 79 cents to settle at $4.54, with 213 units crossing the market and Tropical Battery picked up 4 cents to end at $1.20 trading 86,840 shares.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index shed 469.19 points to 425,750.84, the Main Index lost 370.18 points to 388,653.19 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.12 points to settle at 101.22.
Month to date averaged 311,235 units at $5,303,669 for each security, in contrast to 312,683 units at $4,031,460 on Wednesday. November averaged 623,120 units at $6,686,047.
NCB Financial climbed $1.86 to $142 in exchange 6,022,238 shares, 138 Student Living shed 41 cents to settle at $4.34, in an exchange of 348 units, Pan Jam Investment lost 50 cents in closing at $65.50 trading 7,986 units, Sagicor Group rose $1.25 to $49.50, with investors swapping 12,622 stock units. Salada Foods advanced by $2.98 to $29, in an exchange of 1,000 units, Scotia Group dropped $1 to close at $44, after the transferring of 30,250 shares, Seprod lost 55 cents in closing at $66.45, with 1,813 units changing hands and Wisynco Group slipped 98 cents to close at $15.50, with 1,114,154 shares passing through the market.
Mailpac Group climbed 22 cents in exchanging 839,236 stock units to end at $2.85, Main Event fell 5 cents to $3 with investors switching ownership of 5,000 shares, Medical Disposables advanced 27 cents to end at $4.27 with the trading of 24,750 units. Paramount Trading dropped 19 cents to $1.35 with 1,000 stocks passing through the market, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 80 cents to end at $3.75 with a transfer of 3,397 stock units and tTech rose 21 cents to $4.30 with 3,550 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading for the day averaged 416,333 units at $6,731,340 for each security, compared to an average of 175,011 shares at $2,380,259 on Tuesday. Month to date averaged 312,683 units at $4,031,460 for each security, in contrast to 302,986 units at $3,778,872 to Tuesday. November averaged 623,120 units at $6,686,047.
Pan Jam Investment settled at $66, after losing $1.99 after transferring 1,056 units, Seprod closed $1 higher at $67, with 4,452 stock units changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 38 cents to $16.58 trading 133,911 shares.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 2,008.23 points to 428,733.79, the Main Index advanced 1,833.71 points to 391,266.62 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.41 points to 101.92.
Month to date trade averaged 302,986 units at $3,778,872, in contrast to 315,550 units at $3,916,179 on Monday. November averaged 623,120 units at $6,686,047.
Pulse Investments gained 35 cents to end at $4.71, with 255,000 shares changing hands, Sagicor Group rose $1.49 to $48.50, trading 32,896 stock units, Sterling Investments gained 39 cents to settle at $3.05, in an exchange of 314,500 shares. Supreme Ventures finished at $18, with gains of 50 cents and 78,024 shares crossing the exchange, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 31 cents to end at $16.20, after 67,770 shares cleared the market.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands compared to 38 on Monday and concluded with the prices of 14 stocks rising, 11 declining and nine finishing unchanged. At the close, the average PE Ratio ended at 13.7 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Monday. November averaged 193,331 units at $566,885.
Limners and Bards exchanged 501,415 stock units and rose 15 cents to finish at $3, Lumber Depot gained 10 cents to close at $1.60 with 117,993 shares passing through the market, Mailpac Group traded 939,501 units and lost 10 cents to close at $2.63. Main Event rose 6 cents to $3.05 with a transfer of 127,073 stocks, Medical Disposables gained 10 cents to end at $4 with the trading of 2,000 stock units, SSL Venture climbed 10 cents to 55 cents with 39,100 units changing hands and tTech dropped 21 cents to $4.09 with 6,731 shares crossing the exchange.
