Junior Market bounces on Thursday

The advanced, decline ratio was almost even at the close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, but that did not prevent the Market Index from rallying  42.71  points to close out the day at 3,811.57, after opening with more than 90 points in the early morning session and trading ended with the volume of stocks changing hands rising 267 percent and the value 190 percent more than Wednesday, following trading in 42 securities, down from 44 on Wednesday and ending with 16 rising, 15 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
Investors traded 11,110,231 shares for $23,817,408 up from 3,026,858 units at $8,218,631 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 264,529 shares at $567,081 compared with 68,792 units at $186,787 on Wednesday. Trading for the  month to date averages 126,578 stock units at $307,407 compared with 110,748 shares at $277,609, the previous day. Trading in August closed with an average of 183,001 units at $460,354.
EduFocal led trading with 3.49 million shares for 31.5 percent of total volume followed by Jamaican Teas with 1.50 million units for 13.5 percent of the day’s trade and Jetcon Corporation with 1.03 million units for 9.2 percent of the day’s volume.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 10.6, based on the last traded price in conjunction with projected earnings computed by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial rallied $2 to close at $25 in trading a mere 6 shares, Cargo Handlers bounced $2.90 to $16.40 after an exchange of 734 units, Dolphin Cove increased 44 cents and ended at $16.50 after an exchange of 101,912 stock units. Everything Fresh dropped 16 cents in closing at $1.32 after 15,226 stocks changed hands, Fontana declined 55 cents to $10, with 70,432 units crossing the market, Future Energy Source dipped 5 cents to end at $3.25 with a transfer of 790,345 stocks.General Accident slipped 5 cents and ended at $4.85 with investors trading 112 stocks, Honey Bun popped 11 cents to close at $6.71 with shareholders swapping 314,857 shares, ISP Finance climbed 75 cents in closing at 52 weeks’ high of $44.95 with stakeholders exchanging 10 stock units. Knutsford Express fell $1.01 to $10.24 in switching ownership of 4,428 shares, Lasco Distributors popped 10 cents to $4.45 as investors exchanged 52,306 stocks, Lumber Depot lost 25 cents in closing at $1.81 with 418,304 units clearing the market. Main Event shed $1.31 and ended at $14.19 after an exchange of 5,868 shares, MFS Capital Partners shed 15 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.10 after trading in 214,932 units, Paramount Trading lost 7 cents to close at $1.93 after a transfer of 26,357 stock units and Tropical Battery rose 10 cents and ended at $2 with traders dealing in 51,873 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.