Fosrich dominates Junior Market trading

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped sharply on Friday, with Junior Market Index plunging 62.76 points to end at 3,728.49 following trading in 43 securities compared with 42 on Thursday and ending with prices of 14 stocks rising, 19 declining and 10 closing unchanged accompanied by a big 1,701 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded, with a 1,912 percent surge in value over Thursday with Fosrich contributing most to trading on the overall stock exchange.
The market closed with trading of 121,305,240 shares for $259,384,829 compared with 6,736,179 units at $12,893,338 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 2,821,052 shares at $6,032,205 compared to 160,385 stock units at $306,984 on Thursday with trading  month to date, averaging 463,421 stock units at $1,012,497 compared to 126,617 stock units at $295,396 on the previous day and April with an average of 204,118 units at $439,599.
Fosrich led trading with 117.31 million shares for 96.7 percent of total volume followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 1.35 million stocks for 1.1 percent of the day’s trade and Mailpac Group with 541,231 units for 0.4 percent market share.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial dropped $1.27 in closing at $19.85 with investors trading 6,435 shares, AMG Packaging rose 15 cents to $3.50 in an exchange of 1,013 stocks, Blue Power rallied 55 cents to end at $3.71, with 8 shares changing hands. Caribbean Assurance Brokers sank 30 cents and ended at $3.52 with an exchange of 548 stock units, Caribbean Cream popped 17 cents to $4.18 after 15,003 shares were traded, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 12 cents to end at $2.18 in switching ownership of 10 stocks. Dolphin Cove increased $1.02 to $21 after an exchange of 1,719 units, Express Catering advanced 15 cents and ended at $3.95 with a transfer of 5,063 stock units, Fontana slipped 15 cents to end at $8.80 with investors swapping 81,646 shares. GWest Corporation gained 12 cents in closing at $1.04 with 41,022 units clearing the market, Honey Bun popped 40 cents to close at $7.90 in trading 1,242 stocks, Indies Pharma rallied 9 cents to finish at $2.72 with 127,023 stock units crossing the market after the stock hit a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $2.25. KLE Group increased 28 cents to $2.20 with investors transferring 555 shares, Lumber Depot fell 11 cents to close at $2.71 after an exchange of 2,614 units, MFS Capital Partners declined 9 cents in closing at $1.43 after 14,383 stocks passed through the market. Regency Petroleum lost 6 cents to finish at $2.09 with traders dealing in 276,021 stock units, Tropical Battery shed 7 cents and ended at $2.33 as investors exchanged 4,130 shares and tTech skidded 25 cents to end at $2.01 with trading of 4,352 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.