Rising stocks edged losers on Junior Market

The volume of stocks traded declined 88 percent and the value 85 percent on Tuesday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Wednesday, and ended with 44 securities trading compared with 45 on Tuesday and closed with prices of 17 rising, 16 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
Investors traded 7,810,602 shares for $20,148,012 versus 63,417,243 units at $135,258,234.
Trading averaged 177,514 shares at $457,909 compared with 1,409,272 shares at $3,005,739 on Tuesday, with the month to date averaging 332,485 units at $814,903, down from 345,350 stocks at $844,540 on the previous day. June closed with an average of 319,230 units at $854,456.
Dolla Financial led trading with 3.42 million shares for 43.8 percent of total volume, followed by iCreate with 1.62 million units for 20.7 percent of trading and MFS Capital Partners chipped in with 356,333 units for 4.6 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rose 27.45 points to conclude trading at 3,981.41.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.3. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial slipped 10 cents to $24.89, with investors exchanging just three shares, AMG Packaging popped 14 cents to $2.49 in an exchange of 3,974 stocks, Blue Power increased 36 cents to $2.99 as 8 stock units passed through the market, Cargo Handlers climbed $1.90 to $21.10 after 2,500 units crossed the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 10 cents in closing at $3.10 after an exchange of 446 stocks, Caribbean Cream rallied 40 cents to $4.49 and closed after 31 units changed hands, Consolidated Bakeries dipped 30 cents to close at $2.60, with 10,486 shares clearing the market, Dolla Financial lost 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.10 in trading 3,418,116 stock units, but only after hitting an intraday low of $1.71. Dolphin Cove declined 81 cents to end at $16.30 with an exchange of 10,004 stocks, Elite Diagnostic dropped 15 cents in closing at $2, with 143,938 units crossing the exchange, Fontana shed 20 cents to end at $10.80 after investors ended trading 295,603 shares, Future Energy Source rose 8 cents to $3.97 while exchanging 195,231 stock units, GWest Corporation gained 13 cents to close at $1.07 with a transfer of 104 shares, Honey Bun climbed 71 cents in closing at $6.44, with 9,799 units changing hands, Indies Pharma advanced 11 cents to end at $3.20 with shareholders swapping 131,400 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance declined 40 cents in ending at $2.10 after a transfer of 237 stocks, Jamaican Teas climbed 8 cents in closing at $2.20 in switching ownership of 14,811 units, KLE Group fell 20 cents to close at $1.54 after an exchange of 200 shares, Knutsford Express lost 99 cents to close at $10.51 as investors exchanged 14,497 stocks, Lasco Distributors gained 28 cents to end at $4.18, with 294,817 stock units crossing the market, MFS Capital Partners dropped 16 cents in closing at $2.54 in an exchange of 356,333 shares, Paramount Trading rose 20 cents and ended at $2 with investors transferring 3,990 stock units, Stationery and Office Supplies increased 78 cents to close at $27.78, with 51,444 units crossing the market and Tropical Battery rallied 13 cents to end at $2.04 as investors exchanged 64,200 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.