Trading closed on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 40 percent and the value dropping 11 percent from Monday’s trades, with the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market ending trading on the up that almost recovered Monday’s 31 point loss.
Thirty six securities traded on Tuesday, compared to 38 on Monday, ending with 12 rising, 14 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index spiked 28.14 points to 3,284.23, The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.4 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 4,072,561 shares changing hands for $13,535,342 compared to 6,820,741 units at $15,123,760 on Monday. Future Energy Source led trading with 30.9 percent of total volume after trading 1.26 million shares, followed by General Accident, 15.4 percent, with 625,475 units and Derrimon Trading with 9.3 percent after an exchange of 377,233 shares.
Trading averaged 113,127 units at $375,982 in contrast to 179,493 at $397,994 on Monday. Trading month to date, averages 140,590 units at $353,021, compared to 147,181 units at $347,510 on Monday. August averaged 464,471 units at $1,258,652.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Blue Power increased 5 cents to $3.10 after 94,833 shares crossed the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 10 cents to $1.65 while exchanging 11,534 units. Caribbean Cream rallied 14 cents to $6.29 trading 136,110 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries rose 4 cents to $1.79 after 4,000 stocks swapped ownership, Derrimon Trading declined 4 cents to $2.31 in exchanging 377,233 shares. Dolphin Cove dropped 85 cents to $10.25 in trading 33,465 units, Elite Diagnostic shed 8 cents in ending at $3.01 trading 1,045 stock units, Express Catering declined 22 cents to $5.50 in exchanging 500 shares, Future Energy Source rallied 33 cents to end at $2.41 after exchanging 1,258,359 stock, GWest Corporation gained 8 cents to end at 93 cents in an exchange of 2,000 units. Honey Bun lost 6 cents to close at $8.50, with 32,185 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas advanced 7 cents to $3.80 with the swapping of 18,324 units. 
Knutsford Express spiked 14 cents to $7, finishing trading of 6,710 stock units, Lasco Distributors popped 4 cents to $4 in trading 263,992 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing rallied 14 cents to $4.99 in switching ownership of 23,713 shares. Limners and Bards increased 25 cents to $3.55 after 65,048 stocks crossed the exchange, Paramount Trading advanced 14 cents to $1.14 after exchanging 2,973 units and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 50 cents in ending at $6.50 after an exchange of 53,724 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
