Trading ended with 37 active securities down from 39 on Tuesday, as investors pushed prices of 20 stocks higher and four lower while holding prices of 13 stable, helping the Junior Market Index to inch 9.94 points higher, to 2,646.39, for the highest close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange since April 14 this year.
At the close, 46 percent more shares were traded than on Tuesday, with 5,982,419 units changing hands for $14,795,087 compared to 4,103,575 units at $9,392,768 on Tuesday. The PE Ratio averages 14 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Mailpac Group led trading with 47.6 percent of total volume for 2.85 million shares, followed by Tropical Battery with 19.2 percent with a transfer of 1.15 million units and Derrimon Trading with 5.2 percent market with an exchange of 312,827 shares.
Trading averaged 161,687 units at $399,867 in contrast to 105,220 at $240,840 on Tuesday. The month to date, averaged 269,327 units at $651,799, compared to 274,968 units at $665,002 on Tuesday. November closed with an average of 193,331 units at $566,885.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging rose 6 cents to $1.66 with an exchange of 1,591 shares, Blue Power advanced 11 cents to $3.40 with a transfer of 100 units. CAC 2000 jumped $1.99 to $11.99 with 287 stocks changing hands following release of full-year results, showing a profit of $33 million, with most of it earned in the last quarter. Cargo Handlers climbed 29 cents to $7.60 with 1,000 units traded, Caribbean Cream declined by 4 cents to $4.15 with 100,034 stock units passing through the market, Caribbean Flavours slipped 1 cent to $1.69 with 13,549 stocks changing hands. Dolphin Cove jumped $1.55 to close at $9 with an exchange of 51,250 shares, Elite Diagnostic advanced 19 cents to $3.05 with a transfer of 105,045 units, Fontana gained 17 cents to settle at $5.77 with 117,820 stocks changing hands. Fosrich rose 4 cents to $4.20 with 23,689 stock units traded, General Accident climbed 20 cents to $6.19 with 32,872 shares crossing the exchange, GWest Corporation closed 2 cents higher at 75 cents with ownership of 63,862 units switching. Indies Pharma increased by 5 cents to $2.71 with an exchange of 3 4,926 stock units, Jamaican Teas rose 2 cents to $1.99 with a transfer of 198,561 stocks, Jetcon Corporation advanced 23 cents to 79 cents with 37,231 stock units changing hands. 
Lasco Distributors rose by 8 cents to $3.16 trading 15,763 shares, Lasco Financial climbed 6 cents to $2.76 with 2,568 stocks changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing dropped 18 cents to $3.70 with investors switching ownership of 41,293 units. Limners and Bards rose 1 cent to $3.15 with 130,979 stock units traded, Lumber Depot gained 2 cents to end at $1.58 with a transfer of 272,500 shares, Mailpac Group exchanged 2,848,891 units and increased 9 cents to $2.88. Paramount Trading closed 1 cent higher at $1.45 with 15,085 stocks changing hands and Tropical Battery gained 8 cents to finish at $1.20 with 1,149,078 shares trading.
In the preference segment, Derrimon Trading fell 5 cents to $1.95 with 5,000 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
