The four consecutive days of gains in the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market ended Thursday, with a modest fall in the market index after the volume of stocks traded jumped 192 percent and the value climbed 160 percent higher than Wednesday.
The Junior Market Index shed 18.33 points to settle at 3,965.57 after 40 securities traded, down from 43 on Wednesday, with 15 rising, 19 declining and six, closing unchanged. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was negative at the close, with no stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price while eight closed with lower offers.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 19.5. The PE ratio of each stock in the chart below is based on ICInsider.com earnings forecast for companies with financial years up to August 2022.
Overall, 12,953,091 shares traded for $51,920,823 up from 4,440,089 units at $19,969,265 on Wednesday. SSL Venture led trading with 3.38 million shares for 26.1 percent of total volume followed by Jamaican Teas with 2.01 million units for 15.5 percent of the day’s trade, Future Energy Source with 1.77 million units for 13.7 percent market share, while Lasco Financial ended with 1.19 million units changing hands for 9.2 percent market share.
Trading on Thursday averaged 323,827 shares at $1,298,021 compared to 103,258 shares at $464,402 on Wednesday and month to date, averaging 378,787 units at $1,434,941, compared to 381,857 units at $1,442,591 previously. January closed with an average of 319,395 units at $1,181,136.
At the close, Access Financial increased 69 cents to $20.65 closing with 104 shares traded, AMG Packaging advanced 34 cents in closing at $3.40 while exchanging 8,389 stock units, Blue Power dropped 50 cents to close at $3.50 trading 13,364 stocks. Cargo Handlers climbed 50 cents to $8.10 after exchanging 69,249 units, Dolphin Cove lost $1.94 to end at $27 with an exchange of 281,403 units, Elite Diagnostic declined 21 cents to end at $3.10 in switching ownership of 134,462 shares. General Accident fell 20 cents to close at $6.10, with 2,320 stocks crossing the market, Honey Bun rallied 15 cents to $9.85 after 47,551 stock units changed hands, Iron Rock Insurance shed 32 cents after ending at $3.10 in an exchange of one unit.
KLE Group dropped 37 cents to close at $2.18 in trading 17,495 units, Knutsford Express rose 20 cents and ended at $8 after exchanging 11,696 shares, Lasco Manufacturing gained 10 cents to end at $4.65 trading 24,895 stock units. Limners and Bards shed 23 cents in closing at $3.51 in exchanging 187,213 units, Medical Disposables popped 35 cents to $7, with 14,127 stocks crossing the exchange, SSL Venture declined 11 cents to close at $1.54 with 3,382,222 shares crossing the market. Stationery and Office Supplies increased 10 cents in ending at $7.50 with the swapping of 5,323 stock units and tTech lost 15 cents in closing at $4, with 5,500 stocks clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Running streak broken for Junior Market
February 24, 2022 by IC Insider.com
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