Trading closed on Monday with the volume of stocks trading dropping 28 percent, with 12 percent less the value than on Thursday prior to the close for the Independence holiday on Friday last and ended with a slight fall in the Junior Market the index, with rising stocks just edging out those declining.
Market activity led to 33 securities trading up from 29 on Thursday and ended, with 13 rising, 12 declining and eight closing unchanged.
The Junior Market Index slipped 6.14 points to 3,288.03. The PE Ratio, a tool used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 12.5 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 3,073,648 shares changing hands for $10,016,759 down from 4,256,935 units at $11,419,242 on Thursday. Mailpac Group led trading with 22.8 percent of total volume after trading 700,091 shares, followed by Lumber Depot 16.1 percent, with 493,583 units and Everything Fresh with 8.2 percent after an exchange of 252,724 units.
Trading averaged 93,141 units at $303,538 from 146,791 at $393,767 on Thursday. Trading month to date, averages 204,544 units at $586,518, compared to 241,307 units at $679,902 on Thursday. July closed with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 5 cents to $1.98 with 1,250 shares traded, Caribbean Cream fell 10 cents to $5.80 with 11,387 units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries shed 33 cents to finish at $1.62 with a transfer of 50,525 stocks. Derrimon Trading increased 4 cents to end at $2.45 in swapping 223,349 stocks. Everything Fresh declined 4 cents to 94 cents after exchanging 252,724 units, Express Catering dropped 18 cents to $4.82 with an exchange of 17,739 shares, Future Energy Source slipped 5 cents to $1.55 with 242,068 stock units passing through the market, GWest Corporation popped 7 cents to 99 cents with 87 stocks traded. Indies Pharma rallied 12 cents to $3.83 with 26,000 shares changing hands, KLE Group advanced 18 cents to $1.23 with a transfer of 102,900 units, 
Knutsford Express jumped $1 to $7.60 with an exchange of 13,100 stocks. Lasco Financial slipped 4 cents to $3.05 with an exchange of 119,698 units, Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents to $5.25 with 121,718 stock units traded, Lumber Depot dipped 3 cents to $2.95 while exchanging 493,583 shares. Main Event climbed 4 cents to $4.39 with the swapping of 21,255 stock units and SSL Venture advanced 12 cents to 83 cents with 2,100 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market cedes more ground on Monday
August 9, 2021 by IC Insider.com
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