Junior Market falls on Monday

Junior Market stocks mostly closed lower in trading closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday, with the volume of stocks traded rising just 2 percent and the value 12 percent more than Friday with 44 securities trading compared with 39 on Friday and ended with 12 rising, 26 declining and six closing unchanged.
Investors traded 3,051,134 shares for $7,412,676 compared with 3,001,295 units at $6,636,828 on Friday.
Trading averaged 69,344 shares for $168,470, compared with 76,956 units at $170,175 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 227,498 units at $506,319 compared with 240,554 stock units at $534,209 on the previous trading day in contrast to October that closed with an average of 361,392 units at $863,984.
One Great Studio led trading with 635,866 shares for 20.8 percent of total volume followed by Lumber Depot with 286,029 units for 9.4 percent of the day’s trade and Future Energy with 238,393 units for 7.8 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index skidded 21.15 points to end at 3,752.02.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial dipped $1 to end at $25 and closed after an exchange of 1,085 stock units, AMG Packaging fell 70 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.80 while exchanging 40,411 shares, CAC 2000 skidded 28 cents to $4.61 with traders dealing in 100 stocks. Caribbean Cream rallied 12 cents and ended at $3.50 in an exchange of 1,702 units, EduFocal lost 10 cents to close at $2 after investors ended trading of 2,965 stocks, Everything Fresh popped 10 cents to $1.55 with a transfer of 6,573 units. Fosrich shed 15 cents and ended at $2.30 after exchanging 153,490 shares, Honey Bun dropped 25 cents to close at $6.45 after 2,454 stock units passed through the market, iCreate climbed 8 cents to end at 63 cents with investors trading 8,115 shares. Indies Pharma rose 10 cents in closing at $2.95 after a transfer of 3,447 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance declined 19 cents to $2 as investors exchanged 100 stocks, KLE Group gained 25 cents to end at $1.48 with shareholders trading 802 units. Lasco Manufacturing increased 22 cents in closing at $4.72 after an exchange of 11,538 stocks, Limners and Bards shed 9 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.58 with investors transferring 45,000 units, Main Event advanced 94 cents to close at $14.50 with 1,056 shares crossing the market and tTech dropped 39 cents to $1.91 in an exchange of 100 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.