The volume of stocks trading spiked 31 percent, with a 16 percent greater value on Thursday than market activity produced on Wednesday, leading the Junior Market Index to close with an 11.73 points rally to settle at 3,349.20. Market activity led to 36 securities trading compared to 38 on Wednesday, with 14 rising, 13 declining and nine ending unchanged.
At the close, the PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 12.4 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Overall, 5,243,544 shares traded at $21,893,161 versus 7,559,997 units at $18,853,382 on Wednesday.
Fosrich led trading with 23.4 percent of total volume after 1.23 million shares traded, followed by Lumber Depot 18.6 percent with 974,222 units and Mailpac Group with 10 percent after an exchange of 524,832 units.
Trading averaged 145,654 unit at $608,143 versus 198,947 at $496,142 on Wednesday. for the month to date trading averages 146,884 units at $481,673, versus 147,466 units at $421,766 on Wednesday. May closed with an average of 318,089 units at $760,337.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Blue Power spiked 18 cents to $4.10 with an exchange of 164,855 shares, Cargo Handlers advanced 10 cents to $8.69, with 1,400 stocks changing, Caribbean Assurance Brokers slipped 5 cents to $1.96 with a transfer of 7,071 units. Caribbean Cream fell 10 cents to $5.60 with 22,132 stock units passing through the market, Derrimon Trading popped 7 cents to $2.53 with ownership of 357,692 shares changing, Dolphin Cove hammered a loss of 70 cents to close at $6.80 with an exchange of 50,283 stocks. Fosrich dropped 60 cents to $7.70, with 1,225,655 units changing hands, ISP Finance spiked $1.04 to $25.04 with a transfer of 5,000 stock units, Jamaican Teas fell 11 cents to $3.90 with 469,637 shares passing through the market. Jetcon Corporation rose 6 cents to $1.10 with ownership of 200,096 stocks changing, Knutsford Express jumped $1.43 to end at $8.45 with an exchange of 18,430 units, Lasco Financial popped 8 cents to $3.95, with 19,743 stock units traded. 
Lasco Manufacturing rallied 13 cents to $5.64 with 47,797 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards dropped 15 cents to $2.90 with a transfer of 4,498 units, Lumber Depot fell 18 cents to $3.26 with ownership of 974,222 stocks changing. Medical Disposables slipped 5 cents to $4.95 with 1,565 stock units changing hands and Stationery and Office Supplies spiked 67 cents to $8.31 with 66,386 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
