Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Monday with 34 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 2,705,269 units valued at $10,296,689 compared to 13,086,482 units amounting to $78,746,137 from 30 companies on Friday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 15 securities advanced, 13 declined and 6 remained unchanged. The Junior Market Index fell 22.53 points to close at 3,262.83 and the market’s average PE Ratio ended the day at 13.9 earnings for 2019.
Trading ended with an average of 79,567 units for an average of $302,844 in contrast to 436,216 units for an average of $2,624,871 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 189,635 valued at $800,580 and previously 208,070 valued at $883.944. In contrast, December closed with an average of 521,319 shares at $1,344,719 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice two bid-offer indicator reading shows seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed 50 cents higher at $30.50, with 1,100 stock units crossing the exchange, Blue Power declined 50 cents in trading of 21,110 units at $4.50, Cargo Handlers fell $1.50 trading of 23,803 units at $8. Caribbean Producers ended market activity exchanging 199,750 shares to close at $4.80 after falling 20 cents, Consolidated Bakeries traded 20,000 units and gained 11 cents to end at $1.80, Dolphin Cove gained $1 to end at $11.80 with 10,388 stock units trading. Derrimon Trading fell 3 cents with 9,565 units changing hands at $2.55, Everything Fresh climbed 3 cents in exchanging 6,914 shares at $1.07, Fontana rose 40 cents trading 34,132 stock units at $7, Fosrich gained 9 cents and exchanged 134,721 shares at $4.46. General Accident closed with a loss of 25 cents at $6.20, after swapping of 36,453 shares, GWest shed 18 cents in trading of 35,310 units at $1.07, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 80 cents at $7.30, after swapping of 121,550 shares, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 74 cents with 48,160 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma declined 19 cents to settle at $3 with 53,342 units crossing the exchange, Jamaican Teas ended trading with 219,731 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $7.90. Jetcon Corporation fell 20 cents with an exchange of 15,000 units at $1.50, Key Insurance closed 10 cents higher at $3.60, with 37,170 stock units trading, Knutsford Express declined 61 cents to settle at $9.99 after trading 19,746 shares. 
Lasco Distributors closed with 62,097 units hanging hands and rose 7 cents to end at $3.13, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.26 with 18,327 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing closed 10 cents higher at $4.60, with 218,213 stock units trading. Lumber Depot closed with an exchange of 531,327 units and gained 2 cents to end at $1.52, Mailpac Group fell 9 cents to end at $2.05, after swapping of 310,503 shares, Main Event closed 84 cents higher at $6.04, with 5,000 stock units trading. Medical Disposables ended trading of 200 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $7, Paramount Trading closed with 8,600 units changing hands, after rising 15 cents to end at $1.90 and SSL Venture traded 11,500 stock units and rose 3 cents to end at $1.34.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
