After attempting to rally on the previous four days with gains in the morning sessions and getting hit by selling that push the market lower on each occasion, the Junior Market finally relented and rose on Friday.
At the close, the Junior Market Index advanced 35.13 points to close at 2,414.24 after risen over 50 points at one stage of the day and left the average PE ratio ended at 8.8 times 2020-21 earnings. Market activities resulted in prices of 6 securities advancing, 12 losing and 12 remaining unchanged.
Trading concluded on Friday with an exchange of 30 securities, resulting in 2,927,416 units valued at $8,165,325 changing hands, compared to 24,912,363 units valued at $54,086,454 on Thursday. The stock exchange daily trading report for Friday has the incorrect total volume and value traded.
Trading ended with an average of 97,581 units at $272,177 for each security traded, in contrast to 711,782 units at an average of $1,545,327 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 496,819 valued at $1,138,825 and previously 546,675 units valued at $1,193,792. In contrast, March closed with an average of 226,230 units valued at $542,563 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost 99 cents in trading 1,165 shares to close at $24.01, Blue Power climbed 40 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $3.70, Caribbean Producers rose 19 cents and traded 140,238 shares at $2.94. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.19 with 577,500 stock units changing hands, Express Catering fell by 10 cents in trading of 227,833 units at $3.25, Fosrich closed 35 cents higher at $3.45, with 60,000 stock units trading. Fontana declined 8 cents to settle at $5.48, in trading 381,191 shares, GWest Corporation ended with 14,437 stock units changing hands, after rising 3 cents to end at 78 cents. Honey Bun shed 50 cents in exchanging 57,476 units at $5,
iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 47 cents, with 5,793 stock units changing hands, Jamaican Teas fell 10 cents to close at $4.20, with 4,500 shares passing through the market, Knutsford Express lost $1 to close at $7, with 4,591 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial closed trading of 5,750 units and gained 5 cents to end at $2.95, Lasco Manufacturing lost 7 cents in trading 3,747 shares to close at $3.90. Mailpac Group ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.68 with 356,247 stock units changing hands, Main Event shed 4 cents in trading 100,880 units at $3.81 and tTech climbed one cent and exchanged 260 shares at $4.21.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
