After pulling back on to close off the week on Friday, prices moved mostly higher on Monday, leading the Junior Market Index to spike 32.53 points to close at 3,360.37 after the market opened with the index at just over 3,376 points and closed at the highest level since January 2 last year, with the market breaking through the line of resistance.
A total of 35 securities traded, up from 33 on Friday, with prices of 15 rising, 10 declining and 10 ending unchanged, with four stocks closing at 52 weeks’ highs.
At the close, the PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 13 based on ICInsider.com’s computation of 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading of 4,578,291 shares resulted in a sum of $12,801,730 changing hands versus 4,452,883 units at $13,124,211 on Friday.
Future Energy Source led trading with 20.2 percent of total volume in trading 923,670 shares, followed by Tropical Battery 18 percent, with 825,416 units and Jamaican Teas with 13.2 percent after an exchange of 602,315 stock units.
Trading on Monday, averaged 130,808 units at $365,764 down from 134,936 at $397,703 on Friday. For the Month to date, trading averages 182,121 units at $578,161, down from 187,419 units at $600,090 on Friday. 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 six with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging fell 15 cents to $1.52 with 49,755 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers popped 10 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.10 with 243,412 stocks trading, Consolidated Bakeries dipped 12 cents to $1.78 with 6,650 stock units changing hands. Derrimon Trading rose 8 cents to $2.57 with an exchange of 283,485 units, Everything Fresh lost 8 cents to close at $1 with a transfer of 87,000 shares, Express Catering spiked 70 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.10 with 59,628 stocks passing through the market. Fontana increased by 9 cents to $6.18 with investors switching ownership of 424,647 stock units, General Accident rallied 5 cents to $5.80 with 3,091 units traded, iCreate added 9 cents to finish at 87 cents with 1,829 shares changing hands. Indies Pharma advanced 25 cents to $4.15 with an exchange of 42,309 stocks, Jamaican Teas fell 13 cents to $3.92 with a transfer of 602,315 stock units, Jetcon Corporation gained 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.90 with155,600 units passing through the market. 
Lasco Distributors dropped 19 cents to $3.81 with investors swapping 26,359 shares, Limners and Bards lost 10 cents to finish at $3.05 with 162,984 stocks traded, Main Event fell 26 cents to $5 with 64,116 stock units changing hands. Medical Disposables surged 64 cents to $5 with a transfer of 40 units, Tropical Battery advanced 20 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.45 with 825,416 stock units traded and tTech climbed 39 cents to $5.45 with 115 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
