The Junior Market moved higher during early trading on Thursday, with the market Index hitting the 2620 points mark, but it failed to hang to the gains by the close to end with a fall of 14 points to end at 2596.02.
At the close, investors exchanged 6,245,390 shares for $15,597,349 from 33 securities compared to 22,898,027 units at $49,652,613 from 34 securities on Wednesday.
Trading ended with the prices of nine stocks rising, 13 declining and 11 closing unchanged. The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 10.1 based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings.
Mailpac Group led trading with 2.8 million shares for 45 percent of total the volume followed by Indies Pharma with 1.13 million units for 18 percent of the day’s trade and Lumber Depot with 798,698 units for 13 percent market share.
The average trade for the day ended at 189,254 units at $472,647, in contrast to an average of 673,471 valued at $1,460,371 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 517,773 units for $9,832,505, in contrast to 658,177 at $1,664,469 previously. In contrast, the average trade for June was 245,049 units at $689,955 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market AMG Packaging declined by 1 cent to end at $1.51 with investors trading 3,197 shares, Blue Power fell 8 cents to settle at $3.80 with investors swapping 3,626 stock units, Cargo Handlers dropped 30 cents in a transfer of 100 stock units to finish at $7.50. Caribbean Assurance Brokers slipped 3 cents to $2.20 with an exchange of 1,500 shares, Caribbean Producers dipped 10 cents trading 32,320 units to settle at $2.38, Derrimon Trading rose 3 cents to end at $2.41 with 53,674 units changing hands. Everything Fresh gained 9 cents in an exchange of 4,337 shares to settle at 75 cents, Fosrich shed 15 cents to close at $3.75 trading 8,810 units in the process, General Accident ended 1 cent higher at $7 with investors trading 121,951 shares. 
Honey Bun lost 8 cents to close at $5.50 in an exchange of 75,000 stock units, iCreate lost 1 cent to 54 cents trading 37,636 shares, Jamaican Teas lost 6 cents to close at $4.79 with 13,801 shares changing hands. Jetcon Corporation advanced 7 cents to end at $1.08 in the transferring of 128,201 units, Knutsford Express dropped $1.10 and exchanged 355,936 stock units to close at $6.80, Lasco Manufacturing shed 29 cents to end at $3.61 with 41,729 units crossing the exchange. Limners and Bards gained 3 cents to close at $2.50 with investors transferring 3,601 shares, Lumber Depot rose 3 cents to settle at $1.05 with investors trading 798,698 stock units, Mailpac Group exchanged 2,800,768 units to finish at $1.98 after rising 2 cents. Medical Disposables dropped 60 cents to close at $6.40 with the trading of 10,000 units and Stationery and Office Supplies dived 28 cents to end at $5.70 with 33,291 shares crossing the exchange.
In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% gained 4 cents to finish at $1.20, with investors transferring 150 stock units and Derrimon Trading climbed 10 cents to close at $1.90 with 59,447 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Honey Bun rose 3 cents to settle at $5.58 with the trading of 61,790 units, Indies Pharma gained 1 cent as investors transferred 341,207 shares to finish at $2.95. Jamaican Teas declined by 5 cents to end at $4.85 with trading in 4,500 shares, Jetcon Corporation closed 2 cents higher at $1.01 with an exchange of 60,500 shares, Limners and Bards lost 13 cents to finish at $2.47 with 125,851 shares changing hands. Lumber Depot fell 5 cents and traded 309,800 shares to close at $1.02, Mailpac Group exchanged 19,259,357 units and gained 8 cents to settle at $1.96, Medical Disposables jumped 25 cents to close at $7 with 16,482 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading lost 6 cents to finish at $1.94, with investors transferring 705 stock units and SSL Venture gained 12 cents to settle at 90 cents with 452 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands with the prices of 14 stocks rising, 11 declining and nine closing unchanged. The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 10.4 based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows one stock ended with the bid higher than its last selling price and four with lower offers.
Indies Pharma lost 6 cents to end at $2.94 trading 2,467,439 shares, ISP Finance climbed $2.98 to $15.98, with an exchange of just one stock unit, Jetcon Corporation gained 6 cents to close at 99 cents, with investors transferring 205,000 shares. Lasco Distributors rose 7 cents to end at $3.07 trading 216,327 shares, Lasco Financial was down 5 cents to settle at $2.50, in exchanging 13,100 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing rose 10 cents and closed at $3.90, with 11,367 stock units changing hands. Limners and Bards added 5 cents to settle at $2.60 trading 15,459 shares, Mailpac Group shed 29 cents to end at $1.88, after trading 17,100,452 shares, Main Event ended at $4.08, after picking up 1 cent with 1,000 units crossing the exchange. Medical Disposables shed 25 cents to settle at $6.75, with an exchange of 1,353 units and tTech closed 40 cents higher at $5.20, in transferring 200 units.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Indies Pharma jumped 57cents and ended at $3, exchanging 2,416,374 units, ISP Finance climbed $1 to $13, after transferring 2,149 shares, Jamaican Teas lost 6 cents to settle at $4.90, having traded 70,250 stock units. Lasco Distributors closed 7 cents lower at $3, with an exchange of 122,125 shares, Lasco Financial slipped 2 cents to $2.55 with 250,343 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing lost 10 cents to close at $3.80 trading 7,789 shares. Lumber Depot slipped 4 cents in closing at $1.07 with investors transferring 159,328 shares, MailPac Group lost 2 cents to finish trading 1,101,551 units at $2.17. Medical Disposables rose 70 cents to close at $7 trading 10,000 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 2 cents to end at $5.98 after exchanging 3,626 stock units.
The market closed with an exchange of 37,360,918 shares amounting to $101,776,650 compared to 11,750,821 units at $26,397,742 on Thursday.
Jamaican Teas fell by 11 cents to $4.96 in trading 13,750 units, Jetcon Corporation lost 12 cents to end at 93 cents in exchanging 50,000 shares, Lasco Distributors ended at $3.07 with gains of 16 cents after the transfer of 73,700 shares. Lasco Manufacturing rose 40 cents in closing at $3.90, in the trading of 18,620,719 shares, Limners and Bards lost 10 cents to settle at $2.55 with investors exchanging 185,809 shares, Lumber Depot rising 1 cent ended at $1.11, with an exchange of124,953 shares. MailPac Group gained 13 cents to close at $2.19 with a transfer of 3,470,490 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies rose 29 cents to end at $6, with 10,724 units changing hands and tTech dropped 59 cents in closing at $4.80 and trading 24,245 stock units.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell $3 with an exchange of 6,206 stock units, to finish at $24, Caribbean Cream rose 24 cents to end at $2.69 with the trading of 13,571 shares, Caribbean Producers settled at $2.39, after gaining 2 cents and with the transfer of 31,706 stock units. Derrimon Trading ended the day with 9,025,688 shares changing hands after shedding 34 cents to settle at $2.18, Elite Diagnostic declined by 6 cents to end at $3.87 with 21,229 units changing hands. Everything Fresh rose 2 cents to 76 cents with investors transferring 12,676 units, Express Catering increased by 4 cents after trading 1,996 stock units to finish at $4.34, Fontana fell 7 cents to settle at $5.32, with an exchange of 171,508 stock units, Fosrich advanced 4 cents to close at $3.55 trading 4,767 stock units. GWest Corporation lost 5 cents to close at 85 cents with 25,802 units changing hands, Honey Bun gained 29 cents after investors transferred 27,887 stock units to end at $5.69, iCreate fell 2 cents to 55 cents in the exchange of 588,774 shares. Indies Pharma closed at $2.45 after falling 3 cents and trading 42,180 stock units, Jamaican Teas gained 8 cents to close at $5.07 in the transfer of 218,974 shares, Jetcon Corporation slipped 3 cents to $1.05 with an exchange of 4,634 shares. Knutsford Express lost $1 to end at $7.90 in trading a mere 148 shares, Lasco Distributors slipped 9 cents to close at $2.91 with 103,988 units changing hands,
Lasco Financial declined 3 cents and exchanged 128,885 stock units to settle at $2.57. Lasco Manufacturing shed 46 cents to close at $3.50 with 145,000 stock units traded, Limners and Bards fell 12 cents to end at $2.65 in the transfer of 173,100 units, Lumber Depot slipped 2 cents to $1.10 with investors exchanging 173,176 shares. Mailpac Group rose 8 cents and closed at $2.06 with 733,707 stock units changing hands, Main Event ended at $4.07 after tumbling 41 cents in the transfer of 1,739 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 58 cents and traded 25,010 stock units to settle at $5.71 and tTech jumped 69 cents to close at $5.39, with just 35 units crossing the exchange.
The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 10.1 based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings. The market closed with an exchange of 3,953,494 shares, accounting for $9,882,736 compared to 4,554,181 units at 12,472,239 from 33 securities on Tuesday.
Caribbean Cream declined by 25 cents to settle at $2.45 with an exchange of 867,135 stock units, Derrimon Trading jumped 10 cents to end at $2.52 in trading 420,673 stock units. Dolphin Cove declined by 28 cents to close at $8 in trading 1,082 units, Elite Diagnostic gained 2 cents to end at $3.93 with 7,848 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh shed 6 cents to end at 74 cents with an exchange of 13,001 stock units. Express Catering dropped 5 cents to close at $4.30 in trading 13,725 units, Fosrich dived 51 cents to settle at $3.51 with an exchange of 6,034 stock units, General Accident added 5 cents to close at $6.20 with 280,144 stock units crossing the market. 
Honey Bun dropped by 32 cents to settle at $5.40 after exchanging 28,621 units, Indies Pharma lost 15 cents to end at $2.48 after trading 886 units, Jamaican Teas gained 21 cents to close at $4.99 with an exchange of 374,322 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing gained 46 cents to end at $3.96 trading 114,039 stock units, Limners and Bards climbed 21 cents to settle at $2.77 in with 84,525 stock units changing hands, Lumber Depot shed 1 cent to end at $1.12 in trading 5,122 stock units and Mailpac Group declined by 1 cent to $1.98 with 108,228 shares changing hands.
At the close of the market, Access Financial jumped $5.49 to $27 with 56,075 shares trading, AMG Packaging gained 3 cents to close at $1.68 after exchanging 7,720 shares, Blue Power advanced 16 cents to settle at $3.86 in trading 2,918 units. Cargo Handlers dropped 60 cents to $6.40 with 1,400 shares changing hands, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 5 cents and transferred 6,549 stock units to finish at $2.20, Caribbean Flavours jumped $2.22 to end at $13.72 with an exchange of 22,218 shares. Caribbean Producers slipped 3 cents to $2.37 with 152,585 units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries closed 9 cents higher at $1.60, trading 30,100 units, Derrimon Trading climbed 24 cents and exchanged 35,826 shares to finish at $2.42. Dolphin Cove dropped 2 cents to $8.28 with 1,460 stock units passing through the market, Fontana decreased 6 cents to settle at $5.39 with 46,002 units changing hands, Fosrich climbed 56 cents to end at $4.02 in the transfer of 117,363 shares. Honey Bun gained 8 cents and traded 43,409 stock units to settle at $5.72, 
Indies Pharma carved out a 15 cents gain to end at $2.63 with an exchange of 508,368 units, Jamaican Teas dropped 11 cents to close at $4.78 with investors transferring 3,642 stock units. Jetcon Corporation exchanged 1,236,791 units and fell 2 cents to settle at $1.08, Knutsford Express rose 20 cents to end at $8.90 with 11,637 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors shed 6 cents in the exchange of 675,284 shares to finish at $3. Lasco Manufacturing declined 45 cents to end at $3.50in the transfer of 87,821 stock units, Limners and Bards lost 24 cents to close at $2.56 trading 139,400 units, Lumber Depot advanced 13 cents and traded 133,144 stock units to settle at $1.13. Mailpac Group closed 1 cent higher at $1.99 exchanging 786,681 units, Main Event jumped 48 cents to settle at $4.48 in trading 977 shares, Medical Disposables shed 70 cents and with 300,200 shares changing hands to finish at $6.30 and Stationery and Office Supplies added 30 cents to end at $6.29 with 200 shares crossing the exchange.
Market activity and resulted in 33 securities changing hands, up from 31 on Friday, with investors pushing the prices of 13 stocks up and 14 down, leaving prices of six unchanged. The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 9.9 based on IC Insider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging advanced by 4 cents to end at $1.65 in trading 900 units, Blue Power gained 3 cents to end at $3.70 after investors swapped 49,900 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined by 5 cents to settle at $2.15 with an exchange of 26,721 shares. Caribbean Cream rose 23 cents to end at $2.70 with a trade of 400 units, Caribbean Flavours shed 20 cents to settle at $11.50 in exchanging 252,280 shares, Caribbean Producers gained 6 cents while closing at $2.40 trading 43,305 stock units. Consolidated Bakeries dropped 19 cents to $1.51 swapping 35,470 shares, Elite Diagnostic eased by 9 cents to settle at $3.91 in trading 20,300 units, Everything Fresh shed 1 cent to close at 80 cents with an exchange of 29,500 shares. Express Catering dropped 60 cents to $4.35 with investors swapping 77,204 stock units, Fontana declined by 4 cents to end at $5.45 with 1,213,293 units changing hands, Fosrich shed 54 cents to end at $3.46 with an exchange of 36,979 shares. General Accident gained 15 cents to $6.15 after exchanging 117,000 units, Honey Bun inched 1 cent higher to end at $5.64 with an exchange of 1,052 stock units, Indies Pharma declined 2 cents to end at $2.48 with 450,753 shares crossing the exchange. ISP Finance declined by $1 to close at $12 in trading 2,300 stock units, Jamaican Teas added 18 cents to close at $4.89 after investors swapped 69,509 units, Jetcon Corporation surged 8 cents to end at $1.10 in trading 7,929 shares.
Knutsford Express advanced 70 cents to end at $8.70 with an exchange of 784 stock units, Lasco Distributors gained 1 cent to $3.06 with a transfer of 88,405 shares, Limners and Bards gained 40 cents to close at $2.80 with 126,818 shares changing hands. Lumber Depot lost 12 cents to settle at $1 with investors swapping 10,120,000 stock units, Mailpac Group added 1 cent to close at $1.98 after trading 516,217 units, Main Event dropped 48 cents in closing at $4 with 81,745 shares passing through the market. Medical Disposables advanced 26 cents in closing at $7 with an exchange of 14,000 stock units, SSL Venture shed 7 cents in ending at 78 cents and trading 1,088 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 21 cents to $5.99 with 4,100 stock units changing hands.
Jetcon Corporation dropped 2 cents to close at $1.02 with an exchange of 406,110 shares. Knutsford Express fell 70 cents to close at $8 with an exchange of 39,200 stock units, Lasco Distributors rose 5 cents to $3.05 with an exchange of 352,503 shares, Lasco Manufacturing decreased by 5 cents to settle at $3.95 in trading 4,216 stock units. Limners and Bards shed 30 cents to end at $2.40 after exchanging 506,191 shares, Mailpac Group added 8 cents to settle at $1.97 with 2,553,025 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables shed 1 cent to close at $6.74 after swapped 3,911 units and tTech gained 1 cent in ending at $4.70 with an exchange of 59,766 shares.
