The Junior Market closed on Monday with the best finish in four months after the market index climbed 40.76 points to 2,591.55, the highest level since August 14 when it closed at 2599.86 points. At just after midday, the index climbed as high as 2614.45 but eventually settled lower and bettering Friday’s close.
Jamaican Teas traded the most volume on Monday.
The market closed with investors trading 469 percent more shares than Friday leaving declining stocks to outnumber advancing ones, with 12 stocks rising, 14 declining and 12 ending with prices unchanged after 38 securities changed hands up from 34 on Friday and resulted in an exchange of 13,471,646 shares for $33,806,568 up from 2,367,751 units at $5,915,555 on Friday.
Jamaican Teas led trading with 43.2 percent of total volume trading 5.82 million shares, followed by Mailpac Group with 22.7 percent after an exchange of 3.05 million units and Fosrich with 21.2 percent market share for a transfer of 2.85 million units.
Trading averaged 354,517 units at $889,647, up from 69,640 at $173,987 on Friday. The month to date averaged 320,769 units at $731,644, up from 316,508 units at $711,697 on Friday. November closed with an average of 193,331 units at $566,885 trading.
The average PE Ratio ended at 13.7 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell 10 cents to $20.10 with an exchange of 8,666 shares, AMG Packaging declined 22 cents to $1.46 with 158,125 stocks changing hands, Blue Power dropped 36 cents to $3 with 15,265 units trading. CAC 2000 jumped $2 to $10 with 2,182 shares traded, Cargo Handlers lost 20 cents to close at $6.80 with a transfer of 100 stock units, Caribbean Producers inched 1 cent higher to $2.95 with an exchange of 21,296 units. Derrimon Trading rose 25 cents to $2.50 with 1,235 stocks changing hands, Dolphin Cove climbed 80 cents to $6.80 with investors switching 161 shares, Elite Diagnostic gained 5 cents to close at $3.05 with 43,857 stock units traded. Everything Fresh closed 4 cents higher at 75 cents with a transfer of 2,412 stocks, Fontana slipped 7 cents to $5.43 with 127,515 units passing through the market, Fosrich exchanged 2,852,248 shares and shed 56 cents to end at $3.43. General Accident dropped 14 cents to $5.96 with 51,248 units changing hands, GWest Corporation rose 2 cents to 77 cents with a transfer of 1,000 stock units, Honey Bun fell 69 cents to $5.80 with 31,194 stocks changing hands. iCreate gained 11 cents to finish at 70 cents with 25,769 shares passing through the market, Indies Pharma slipped 2 cents to $2.48 with an exchange of 31,307 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance advanced 22 cents to $3.10 after trading 725 stock units.
Lasco Manufacturing dropped 20 cents to $3.70 with 708 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards rose 6 cents to $2.85 with a transfer of 180,351 units, Lumber Depot increased 16 cents to $1.50 with 628,682 stocks passing through the market. Mailpac Group traded 3,053,112 stock units and settled with a gain of 13 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.73 after the price bolted to an intraday record high of $3.10. Main Event declined 1 cent to $2.99 with 15,369 units trading, Medical Disposables fell 10 cents to $3.90 with investors switching ownership of 4,295 stocks. SSL Venture dropped 14 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of 45 cents with 100,000 units changing hands and Tropical Battery slipped 1 cent to $1.16 with 90,846 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
