Trading closed on the Junior Market on Thursday with the index hanging on to 24.01 points rise to close at 3,344.51 after moving to 3,353.89 midway the trading session, with the volume of stocks changing hands plunging 120 percent from Wednesday trades at 76 percent less the value.
Market activity led to 37 securities trading compared to 38 on Wednesday, with 16 rising, 12 declining and nine closing firm and Jetcon Corporation closed at a 52 weeks’ high.
The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate relative value for stocks, averages 12.6 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
A total of 8,643,634 shares traded for $25,023,570 up from 3,922,990 units at $14,194,764 on Wednesday.
Limners and Bards led trading with 19.8 percent after an exchange of 1.71 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot 18.4 percent, with 1.59 million units and Jamaican Teas 10.8 percent with an exchange of 934,948 shares.
Trading averaged 233,612 units at $676,313 up from 103,237 at $373,546 on Wednesday. Month to date Trading averages 193,078 units at $621,916, compared to 187,503 units at $614,434 on Wednesday. May closed with an average of 318,089 units at $760,337.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Blue Power climbed 14 cents to $3.75 with 40,000 shares changing hands, Cargo Handlers popped 79 cents to $8.36 with 590 stocks traded, Caribbean Assurance Brokers slipped 6 cents to $2.05 in switching ownership of 377,216 stock units. Caribbean Cream dropped 17 cents to $5.83 with an exchange of 50,306 units, Caribbean Flavours fell 8 cents to $2.08 with a transfer of 53,225 shares, Caribbean Producers rose 10 cents to $4.05 with 116,105 stocks traded. Consolidated Bakeries lost 11 cents to close at $1.78 with 85,877 stock units changing hands, Derrimon Trading rallied 7 cents to $2.59 with 252,137 units trading, Express Catering rose 5 cents to $4.80 with an exchange of 68,988 shares. Fontana increased by 8 cents to $6.09 with a transfer of 135,743 stocks, General Accident added 5 cents to finish at $5.80 with 32,128 units traded, Honey Bun dropped 29 cents to $6.70 with 50,049 stock units changing hands. iCreate fell 11 cents to 77 cents with investors swapping 393,695 shares, Indies Pharma lost 5 cents to close at $4 with an exchange of 16,946 stock units, Jetcon Corporation advanced 17 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.71 with a transfer of 394,058 stocks.
Knutsford Express spiked 95 cents to $8.45 with 10,900 shares traded, Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents to $5.45 with 12,547 stock units changing hands, Limners and Bards dipped 17 cents to $3 with 1,710,655 units changing hands. Lumber Depot lost 10 cents to close at $3.50 with an exchange of 1,589,336 shares, Mailpac Group slipped 10 cents to $3.60 with a transfer of 765,207 stocks, Main Event picked up 10 cents to finish at $5.25 with 50,518 stock units traded and Stationery and Office Supplies jumped $1 to $9 with 18,360 units crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% rose 8 cents to $1.20 with 88 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
