Trading closed on Thursday with the volume and value of stocks traded rising modestly over Wednesday’s levels and led the Market Index into a decline of 15.53 points to 3,317.13 at the close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Trading ended with 38 active securities compared to 37 on Wednesday, with 12 rising, 18 declining and eight finishing unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.5 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
A total of 5,648,917 shares traded for $14,145,296 compared to 5,553,859 units at $12,475,514 on Wednesday. Future Energy Source led trading for a second consecutive day with 56.6 percent of total volume for an exchange of 3.2 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot with 9.9 percent for 558,375 units and Derrimon Trading 7.2 percent after trading 406,445 units.
Trading averaged 148,656 units at $372,245 from 150,104 at $337,176 on Wednesday, while trading month to date averages 149,370 units at $354,944. August closed with an average of 464,471 units at $1,258,652.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging lost 6 cents to close at $1.60,, trading 4,101 shares, Blue Power rose 20 cents to $3.30 in an exchange of 300 stocks, CAC 2000 slipped 20 cents to $9.30 in trading 10,868 stock units. Cargo Handlers lost 20 cents to end at $8.15 with 3,065 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream popped 60 cents to $6 in trading 925 stock units, Caribbean Flavours rallied 7 cents to $1.98 after exchanging 20,494 units. Express Catering popped 32 cents to $5.72 with a transfer of 3,007 stock units. Future Energy Source shed 23 cents to $2.20 with 3,195,686 shares crossing the exchange, Honey Bun gained 20 cents to close at $9.20 in exchanging 114,740 units, Indies Pharma declined 26 cents to $3.43 after an exchange of 5,000 stocks. Jamaican Teas fell 29 cents to $3.60 in transferring 36,859 shares, Jetcon Corporation lost 6 cents to finish at 99 cents in switching ownership of 122,699 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing gained 10 cents to end at $5 in an exchange of 4,505 stock units, Limners and Bards shed 24 cents to close at $3.50 with 121,200 units crossing the market. Mailpac Group declined 20 cents to $3.60 with the swapping of 145,936 stock units, Medical Disposables rallied 11 cents to $4.65 in trading 10,047 units, 
Paramount Trading lost 15 cents to close at $1 with 5,000 shares changing hands, SSL Venture gained 13 cents in ending at 77 cents with 28,050 stock units crossing the market. Stationery and Office Supplies fell 75 cents to $6.45 in trading 300 stocks, Tropical Battery rose 5 cents to $1.40 with 275,806 units clearing the market and tTech fell 42 cents to $4.37, finishing with a transfer of 1,049 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Market activity led to 37 securities trading compared to 39 on Tuesday and ended with 13 rising, 15 declining and nine closing unchanged.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Lasco Distributors slipped 5 cents to $3.80 with 156,462 stocks changing hands, Lasco Financial rallied 20 cents to $3.19, with 16,043 shares passing through the market. Lasco Manufacturing fell 9 cents to $4.90 with 5,884 stock units traded, Medical Disposables shed 71 cents to end at $4.54 with a transfer of 5,800 stocks, Paramount Trading climbed 19 cents to $1.15, with 7,906 units changing hands and tTech jumped 59 cents to $4.79 with 15,051 shares crossing the exchange.
At the close, Access Financial advanced 45 cents to $21 trading 7,567 shares, AMG Packaging slipped 6 cents to $1.60 swapping ownership of 52,341 units, Cargo Handlers fell 10 cents to $8.40 with an exchange of 158,001 stock units. Caribbean Cream shed 30 cents to end at $5.40 with a transfer of 39,800 stocks, Dolphin Cove jumped $1.75 to $12 with 75,011 shares changing hands, Express Catering lost 6 cents to finish at $5.44 with 26,568 stock units traded. Fontana dipped 18 cents to $6 with 92,284 stocks passing through the market, Future Energy Source dropped 24 cents to $2.40 with an exchange of 9,922,250 shares, Honey Bun shed 50 cents to close at $8.50 with a transfer of 9,474 stocks. iCreate slipped 5 cents to 78 cents with 83,492 units changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance fell 38 cents to $3.50 trading 36,999 stocks units, Jamaican Teas popped 40 cents to $3.85, with 1,942,373 shares passing through the market.KLE Group lost 7 cents to $1.15 with an exchange of 1,111 units, Lasco Distributors rose 5 cents to $3.85 with a transfer of 10,499 stock units, Lasco Financial dropped 14 cents to $2.99 with 99,748 shares changing hands.
Lasco Manufacturing advanced 17 cents to $4.99 with 8,405 stocks passing through the market, Limners and Bards jumped 58 cents to a 52 weeks’ close of $3.73 with an exchange of 308,947 stock units, Lumber Depot gained 10 cents to settle at $3 with a transfer of 570,494 units. Mailpac Group rose 8 cents to $3.76 with 165,147 shares changing hands, Main Event dropped 48 cents to $4.27 with investors switching ownership of 14,501 stock units, Medical Disposables rose 5 cents to $5.25 with an exchange of 16,263 stocks. Paramount Trading fell 14 cents to 96 cents with a transfer of 267,362 units, SSL Venture lost 10 cents to land at 64 cents with 55,051 stock units changing hands and tTech shed 59 cents to close at $4.20 with 237 shares crossing the exchange.
Similar to Friday, market activity led to 36 securities trading and ended, with 15 rising, 15 declining and six, closing unchanged, leaving the Junior Market Index down 20.40 points to 3,337.91.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.9 based on ICInsider.com’s2 021-22 earnings forecast.
Honey Bun shed 14 cents in closing at $9, with 34,631 stocks crossing the market, Indies Pharma spiked 11 cents to $3.70 after exchanging 89,690 units, Jamaican Teas rallied 5 cents to $3.45, with 308,781stock units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation rose 23 cents to $1.14 after 1,085 stocks crossed the market. Lasco Manufacturing lost 6 cents to close at $4.82, with 25,540 units clearing the market. Limners and Bards popped 5 cents ending at $3.15 trading 241,458 units, Medical Disposables rose 10 cents to $5.20 in an exchange of 3,893 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 70 cents to $7.20, after 151 shares changed hands.
The Junior Market Index dipped 8.24 points to 3,325.28, as 38 securities traded, up from 32 on Tuesday and ended with eight rising, 14 declining and 16 closing unchanged.
At the close, AMG Packaging slipped 6 cents to $1.60 with an exchange of 20,004 shares, Cargo Handlers dropped 11 cents to $8.59 with 3,000 stocks changing hands, Elite Diagnostic fell 8 cents to $3 with 198,866 units traded. Fosrich declined by 13 cents to $8.02 with a transfer of 205,045 stock units, Future Energy Source climbed 41 cents to a record close of $2.85 with investors switching ownership of 5,122,295 shares, with valuation now seemingly, stretched. Honey Bun jumped 49 cents to a 52 weeks close of $9.49 with an exchange of 198,502 stocks. Indies Pharma dropped 27 cents to $3.40, with 146,035 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas lost 9 cents to finish at $3.55 with 722,149 stock units traded, KLE Group advanced 10 cents to $1.20 with a transfer of 4,400 shares. 
Knutsford Express rallied 10 cents to $8.10 with 3,784 units passing through the market, Lasco Manufacturing dropped 29 cents to $4.87 with an exchange of 65,318 stocks, Mailpac Group rose 5 cents to $3.60 with 625,731 stock units changing hands. Main Event shed 60 cents to close at $4.30 with 26,087 shares traded, Medical Disposables advanced 39 cents to $5.09 with a transfer of 97,406 units, SSL Venture lost 6 cents to end at 74 cents with investors switching ownership of 20,350 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 38 cents to settle at $6.40 with 1,202 shares crossing the exchange.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Honey Bun jumped 84 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $9 with 138,083 stock units changing hands, iCreate rose 7 cents to 85 cents with 117 stocks traded, Indies Pharma fell 21 cents to $3.67 with a transfer of 52,683 units. Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $3.10 with an exchange of 2,100 shares, Mailpac Group declined by 9 cents to end at $3.55 with 34,312 stocks passing through the market, Medical Disposables dropped 39 cents to $4.70 with 23,111 units changing hands. SSL Venture gained 16 cents to settle at 80 cents to 20,000 stock units traded, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 28 cents to $6.78 with the transfer of 993 units and tTech advanced 20 cents to $4.40 with 21,000 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading volume spiked 1,103 percent higher on Monday, over market activity on Friday driven by the heavy trading in the shares of Future Energy Source (FESCO) shares, as investors exchanged 128 million units of the company’s shares that accounted for 93 percent of the day’s volume on the Junior Market on Monday.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Lasco Distributors climbed 20 cents to $4 with 600 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing spiked 25 cents to $5.20 with 22,058 shares traded, Limners and Bards gained 8 cents to close at $3.10 with a transfer of 64,743 stocks. Main Event rose 5 cents to $4.90 with 400 shares passing through the market, Paramount Trading dropped 14 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing low of 95 cents with 4,789,438 stocks changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies popped 75 cents to $6.50 with 544 stock units traded and tTech fell 20 cents to $4.20, with 300 shares crossing the exchange.
Similar to Thursday, 37 securities traded on Friday and ended, with 14 rising, 13 declining and 10 closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index gained 12.34 points to settle at 3,311.18. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.4 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Lasco Distributors dropped 14 cents to $3.80 with 124,400 shares traded. Lasco Financial climbed 19 cents to $3.19 with a transfer of 43,800 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing declined by 25 cents to finish at $4.95 with investors switching ownership of 27,978 stock units. Main Event rallied 35 cents to $4.85 with 26,114 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables climbed 28 cents to $5.09 to finish with 98,477 units traded, SSL Venture dropped 16 cents to 64 cents with a transfer of 20,625 stocks. Stationery and Office Supplies shed $1.65 to close at $5.75 with investors switching ownership of 5,077 units and Tropical Battery rose 5 cents to $1.34 with 220,632 shares crossing the exchange.
Market activity led to 35 securities trading compared to 33 on Tuesday and ended, with 10 rising, 17 declining and eight closing unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, drops to an average of 10.9 from 11.5 on Tuesday, based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
At the close, Access Financial advanced 36 cents to $21 with 500 shares traded, AMG Packaging rose 6 cents to $1.61 with 2,000 stocks changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries dropped 25 cents to $1.60 with a transfer of 3,121 units after the company posted increased losses for the June quarter compared with the similar period in 2020. Dolphin Cove shed 50 cents to close at $9 with an exchange of 431,935 stock units, Elite Diagnostic spiked 5 cents to $3.08 with 253,468 shares passing through the market, Express Catering dropped $1.19 to $4.96 with 102,013 stocks traded. Fontana advanced 26 cents to $6.08 with 225,655 stock units changing hands, Fosrich fell 32 cents to $8.10 with a transfer of 9,898 units, Future Energy Source gained 28 cents to finish at an all time high of $2.10 with an exchange of a market leading 4,198,648 shares. General Accident fell 14 cents to $5.56 with 228,438 stocks traded, Honey Bun rose 8 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $8.08 with 67,947 units changing hands, iCreate slipped 7 cents to 80 cents with a transfer of 1,700 stock units. 
Iron Rock Insurance shed $1.09 to finish at $3.10 with investors switching ownership of 14,925 shares, Jamaican Teas dropped 27 cents to $3.53 with an exchange of 287,024 stocks, KLE Group slipped 6 cents to $1.17 with 1,100 stock units traded. Lasco Distributors lost 9 cents to close at $3.95 with 28,000 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial fell 14 cents to $3.01 with a transfer of 34,500 units, Lasco Manufacturing shed 40 cents to end at $4.80 with an exchange of 17,189 stocks. Main Event advanced 20 cents to $5 with 505 stock units passing through the market, Medical Disposables lost 12 cents to end at $4.83 with 18,107 units changing hands, Paramount Trading declined 22 cents to $1.03 with investors switching ownership of 21,372 stocks and SSL Venture dropped 17 cents to 63 cents with 10,800 shares crossing the exchange.
Market activity led to 33 stocks trading, similar to that on Monday and ended, with 20 rising, seven declining and six ending unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.5 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
Honey Bun advanced 20 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $8 with 144,815 units passing through the market, Indies Pharma gained 14 cents to close at $3.64 with 28,071 stock units traded, Iron Rock Insurance climbed 30 cents to $4.19 with an exchange of 20,279 units. Jamaican Teas rose 5 cents to $3.80 with 11,963 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $3.15 with investors switching ownership of 128,046 units, Mailpac Group added 5 cents to end at $3.75 with a transfer of 1,413,824 shares. Paramount Trading rallied 23 cents to $1.25 with 15,939 stocks traded, SSL Venture rose 9 cents to 80 cents with 28,968 units changing hands and Tropical Battery gained 9 cents to close at $1.30 with 4,330 shares crossing the exchange.
