Juniors drop – Monday

The Junior Market lost ground on Monday as the market index fell 26.30 points to end at 3,195.95 as declining socks just edged out advancing ones.6 to 5. Volume traded suffered a 66 percent reduction and the value of stocks trading dropped 63 percent, compared to trading on Friday.
The junior Market closed with 18 securities versus 23 on Friday leading to only 500,614 units valued at $2,920,659 trading compared with 1,459,166 units valued at $7,939,041 on Friday.
Trading closed with 6 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of just 28,812 units for an average value of $162,259 compared to 63,442 units for an average value of $345,176 on Friday. In contrast, June closed with averages of 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, stocks trading and their last traded price are: AMG Packaging closed at $4.05 with a mere 594 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers traded 8,204 shares and fell 9 cents to $15.90, Caribbean Producers gained 19 cents in trading only 373 shares to close at $3.69, C2W Music traded 6,000 shares to close at 43 cents, Derrimon Trading ended at $8.05 with 11,912 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove dropped $3 and ended at $17 with 753 shares trading, Eppley jumped 95 cents and closed with 6,000 units, changing hands at $12.95 General Accident fell 35 cents and closed trading with 500 shares at $3, ISP Finance gained 50 cents to end at $18.50 with 14,547 units changing hands. Jamaican Teas traded 49,146 shares, to end at $4.20, Jetcon Corporation fell 14 cents and ended at $5.35 with 349,980 shares trading, KL E Group traded 30,000 shares to end at $2.10. Knutsford Express traded 3,700 shares but lost 70 cents to end at $15. Lasco Distributors ended at $7 after trading 2,350 units, Lasco Financial gained 5 cents with 100 shares changing hands, to end at $3.80, Main Event jumped 75 cents and ended trading 6,242 shares at $6, Paramount Trading lost 2 cents to end at $3 with 5,973 units trading and tTech ended with 2,623 units changing hands to close at $7.80.
In other news, another Junior Market listing is set to hit the market in July, this one will be a big hit with investors, with a low offer price in the region of $2 and historical PE of 8 times 2016 earnings and an even lower PE, based on 2017 earnings, with revenues growing around 20 percent. IC Insider.com will provide a full update very soon.