Trading closed on Monday, with the volume of stocks traded rising declining 88 percent with the value falling by 86 percent lower than on Friday after the market index rose at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market.
A total of 35 securities traded down from 39 on Friday with 13 rising, 15 declining and seven closing unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index popped 25.53 points to 3,453.83 after trading as high as 3,476.12 within 15 minutes of the market’s opening.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 14.5. The PE ratios of stocks in the chart below are based on earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending up to August 2022.
Trading ended with 4,433,043 shares changing hands for $15,158,849 versus 36,836,465 units at $111,353,786 on Friday. Caribbean Assurance Brokers led trading with 1.17 million shares for 26.3 percent of total volume, followed by Derrimon Trading, 938,417 units for 21.2 percent of the day’s trade and Mailpac Group 655,668 units with a 14.8 percent market share.
Trading averaged 126,658 shares at $433,110 down from 944,525 shares at $2,855,225 on Friday. December closed with an average of 409,209 units at $1,318,877.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial increased $1.75 to $20.75 after trading just 47 shares, Blue Power spiked 18 cents to $3.16 with 2,193 stocks clearing the market, Cargo Handlers dropped $1.24 to $7.01, with the swapping of 4,531 stock units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 10 cents to close at $2.50, with 1,165,378 units crossing the market, Caribbean Cream shed 38 cents to end at $5.32, with 3,668 units changing hands, Dolphin Cove popped $2 to end at $17 after exchanging 179,535 shares. Elite Diagnostic rose 15 cents to $3 in exchanging 125,078 stocks, Fosrich advanced 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $10.25 after trading at 7,539 stock units, Indies Pharma fell 11 cents to $3.39 in switching ownership of 58,076 shares. Jetcon Corporation declined 5 cents in closing at 88 cents after an exchange of 189,015 stock units, KLE Group climbed 21 cents to $2 in trading 8,014 stocks, Knutsford Express lost 32 cents to end at $8 with 1,509 units changing hands.
Lasco Financial rallied 6 cents to close at $3.06 with an exchange of 259,716 units, Limners and Bards dipped 11 cents to $3.76 in an exchange of 144,683 shares, Lumber Depot slipped 11 cents to $3 while exchanging 122,784 stock units. Mailpac Group declined 29 cents to $3.49, with 655,668 stocks changing hands, Main Event rose 5 cents to $4.55 in trading 40,000 shares and Medical Disposables fell 44 cents to end at $6.05 after 6,197 stock units crossed the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.