The volume of stocks trading on Wednesday, dropped 79 percent and the value plunged 77 percent from Tuesday’s activity with the market index gaining 22.95 points to finish at 3,320.50 at the close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Market activity was down to 38 securities trading from 43 on Tuesday, with 11 rising, 18 declining and nine closing unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of stocks averages 12 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 3,922,990 shares changing hands for $14,194,764 down from 8,917,282 units at $63,058,701 on Tuesday.
Jamaican Teas led trading with 32.4 percent of the volume in exchanging 1.27 million shares, followed by Mailpac Group with 10 percent with 390,852 units and Lumber Depot 9.8 percent with an exchange of 383,073 units.
Tday’s trading averages 103,237 shares at $373,546 down from 439,937 units at $1,466,481 on Tuesday. Month to date trading averages 187,503 units at $614,434, compared to 201,365 units at $654,061 on Tuesday. May closed with an average of 318,089 units at $760,337.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with the bid higher than its last selling price and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial rallied 30 cents to $22.30 with 70 shares changing hands, Blue Power lost 10 cents to finish at $3.61 with switching ownership of 100 stocks, Cargo Handlers dropped $1.12 to $7.57 with an exchange of 5,361 stock units. Caribbean Producers popped 10 cents to $3.95 with 296,352 units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries jumped 11 cents to $1.89, with 10,200 stock units traded, Dolphin Cove climbed $1 to $8 with a transfer of 96,154 stocks. Fontana slipped 9 cents to $6.01 with 248,337 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation spiked 26 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.54 in switching ownership of 218,316 stock units, Knutsford Express shed 95 cents to end at $7.50 with an exchange of 7,500 shares. Lasco Distributors rose 19 cents to $4 with 20,049 stock units passing through the market, Lasco Financial lost 7 cents to close at $3.68 with 82,000 stocks traded, Lasco Manufacturing slipped 5 cents to $5.40 with a transfer of 34,124 shares. 
Limners and Bards popped 12 cents to $3.17 with 198,594 stock units changing hands, Lumber Depot fell 9 cents to $3.60 with a change in ownership of 383,073 units, Mailpac Group advanced 10 cents to $3.70 with 390,852 shares traded. Main Event declined 13 cents to $5.15 with a transfer of 9,744 stock units while Stationery and Office Supplies dropped $1 to $8 with 2,790 stock units crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 lost 8 cents to close at $1.12 with 100 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
