Trading dominance belonged to Future Energy Source on Wednesday after accounting for 84.5 percent of the total market volume after an exchange of 12.64 million shares, with the price closing at a record closing high of $1.65 after 15 cents to be up 106 percent since listing in April this year, but after hitting an intraday record of $1.87 on the Junior Market.
Trading closed with the index falling 19.75 points to 3,376.58 as investors exchanged 352 percent more shares than on Tuesday at 161 percent greater value after 35 securities traded, compared to 37 on Tuesday and ending with 12 rising, 16 declining and seven closing unchanged.
At the close, the PE Ratio, one measure used to compute an appropriate value, for a stock averages 13.3 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 14,960,503 shares changing hands for $26,802,592, up from 3,308,374 units at $10,279,533 on Tuesday. Lumber Depot accounted for 4.5 percent of the day’s traded volume, with 679,182 units and Jamaican Teas chipped in with 2.2 percent market share with an exchange of 331,837 units.
Trading averaged 427,443 units at $765,788 in contrast to 89,416 at $277,825 on Tuesday. Month to date trades averaged 175,027 units at $475,907, compared to 147,927 units at $444,785 on Tuesday. June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,459.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial spiked $2.23 to $22.87 with 890 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging slipped 5 cents to $1.52, trading 46,000 stock units, Blue Power rose 7 cents to $3.60 in switching ownership of 50,766 units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 20 cents to close at $1.98 with an exchange of 750 stocks, Caribbean Cream advanced 20 cents to $5.70 with a transfer of 434 shares, Everything Fresh fell 6 cents to $1 with 61,313 stock units changing hands. Express Catering rallied 24 cents to $6.24 with 52,479 units traded, Fosrich spiked 65 cents to $8.25 with 2,180 stocks passing through the market. GWest Corporation dropped 13 cents to $1.05 with a transfer of 150 stock units, Honey Bun rallied 23 cents to $6.76 with 1,800 stocks changing hands, Indies Pharma shed 44 cents to $3.46, with 69,587 units traded. KLE Group fell 20 cents to $1.10 in switching ownership of 28,301 shares, Knutsford Express jumped 55 cents to $7.70 with an exchange of 11,632 stock units, Lasco Distributors dropped 19 cents to $3.90, with a transfer of 7,352 units. Lasco Manufacturing popped 5 cents to $5.40 with 99,156 stocks changing hands, Limners and Bards slipped 5 cents to $3.16, with 26,896 shares traded, Mailpac Group added 5 cents to finish at $3.88 with an exchange of 302,756 stock units. 
Main Event dipped 60 cents to $4.83 with 2,000 units through the market, Paramount Trading fell 21 cents to $1.16 with a transfer of 74,993 stocks, Stationery and Office Supplies slipped 10 cents to $7.90, with 26,930 stock units changing hands and Tropical Battery dipped 5 cents to $1.38 with 154,925 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
