Lumber dominates Junior Market trades

Lumber Depot led trading with 89.2 percent of the total volume on Friday, after an exchange of 13.8 million shares and leading to the overall volume of stocks traded surging 434 percent with the value rising 338 percent higher than on Thursday at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market.
Market activity led to 38 securities trading up from 32 on Thursday and ended with 14 rising, 13 declining and 11, closed unchanged.
The Junior Market Index fell 26.93 points to settle at 3,362.23. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 14.3. The PE ratio of each stock shown in the chart below is based on earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending up to August 2022.
Trading ended with 15,484,032 shares changing hands for $50,322,586 up from 2,898,249 units at $11,497,638 on Thursday. Following Lumber Depot’s big trade, Future Energy Source traded 4.6 percent of the day’s volume with 716,106 units and Dolphin Cove was next with 1.3 percent after an exchange of 208,699 shares.
Trading averaged 407,475 shares at $1,324,279 in contrast to 90,570 shares at $359,301 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 476,991 units at $1,465,352, against 483,371 units at $1,478,300 on Thursday. November closed with an average of 160,358 units at $581,730.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial fell $1.50 to close at $19.50 after trading 133 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers dropped 9 cents to $2.40, with 10,750 stocks crossing the market, Caribbean Cream rose 23 cents to $5.93 after an exchange of 200 stock units. Caribbean Flavours rallied 7 cents to $1.96 while exchanging 500 units, Consolidated Bakeries lost 10 cents to close at $1.25 with 149,279 stocks changing hands, Dolphin Cove shed 30 cents to close at $13.60 in an exchange of 208,699 shares. Express Catering popped 10 cents to $5.60 after 33,097 units passed through the exchange, General Accident declined 40 cents in closing at $6.30 in trading 1,174 stock units, GWest Corporation dropped 5 cents to end at 90 cents with an exchange of 1,895 stocks. Honey Bun shed 50 cents to end at $9.50 in owners switching 27,511 shares, iCreate gained 10 cents to end at 92 cents in trading 2,097 stock units, Jetcon Corporation declined 11 cents to close at 91 cents with 3,200 units clearing the market. Knutsford Express climbed 38 cents to $7.38, with 50 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors rallied 18 cents to $3.28 in exchanging 16,614 units, Lumber Depot spiked 15 cents to $3.24 after an exchange of 13,810,756 stocks. Medical Disposables fell 69 cents to $6 with the swapping of 38,500 shares, Paramount Trading advanced 5 cents in closing at $1.30 after exchanging 19,943 units, SSL Venture climbed 16 cents to close at 96 cents, with 11,890 shares clearing the market and tTech gained 28 cents to close at $4.78 in trading 50 stock units.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share increased 6 cents to end at 99 cents with an exchange of 7,201 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.