Investors transferred 56 percent more stocks, with a 217 percent greater value than on Friday and ended, with the Market Index jumping 35.18 points to 3,304.61, after the index crossed the 3,300 point level for the first time since it last did on August 3, as trading came to an end on the Junior Market on Monday.
Market activity led to 33 securities trading compared to 32 on Friday and ended with 13 rising, 15 declining and five closing unchanged as two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ high.
The PE Ratio, a measure investors use to compute appropriate stock values, averages 12.5 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
A total of 13,826,361 shares traded for $78,414,751 compared to 8,891,277 units at $24,705,867 on Friday. Fosrich led trading, with 50.7 percent of total volume after trading 7.01 million shares, followed by Future Energy Source, with 18.8 percent of the day’s trade for 2.60 million units and Jamaican Teas 7.2 percent, with or 997,039 units.
Trading averaged 418,981 units at $2,376,205 in contrast to 277,852 at $772,058 on Friday. Trading month to date, averages 233,742 units at $775,069, from 211,185 units at $580,096 on Friday. July closed with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Cargo Handlers popped 70 cents to $8.50, with 5,775 shares traded, Caribbean Cream dropped 23 cents to $5.50 with a transfer of 2,000 stock units, Derrimon Trading fell 9 cents to $2.38 exchanging 71,443 stocks. Dolphin Cove advanced 50 cents to $8.50, with 270,310 shares changing hands, Express Catering jumped 71 cents to $5.80 with 50,000 stocks passing through the market, Fontana popped 10 cents to $6.10 to close at 98,001 units. Future Energy Source rose 12 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.80 with 2,598,220 stock units traded, General Accident gained 10 cents to end at $5.68 with a transfer of 323,370 shares, Honey Bun climbed 30 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $7.80 with an exchange 54,899 stocks. Jamaican Teas lost 7 cents to finish at $3.75 with 997,039 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation fell 15 cents to $1.20 with investors switching ownership of 8,000 stock units, Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $3.20 with 86,100 shares traded. 
Lasco Manufacturing slipped 5 cents to $5.20 with a transfer of 40,320 stocks, Limners and Bards gained 6 cents to close at $3.10 with an exchange of 69,270 units, Mailpac Group dropped 20 cents to $3.70 with 652,703 stock units changing hands. Main Event rallied 53 cents to $4.80 with 60,814 shares passing through the market, SSL Venture fell 13 cents to 71 cents with 30,000 stocks traded, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 38 cents to settle at $7.05 with a transfer of 29,827 units and Tropical Battery dropped 17 cents to $1.21 with 221,125 shares crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% lost 10 cents to end at $1 with 500 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Stocks bounced quite sharply on Thursday to record 3,295 points in the market index shortly after the market opened, ending the day with the volume of stocks increasing 75 percent at 38 percent greater value than Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock ExchangeJunior Market.
At the close, Cargo Handlers dropped 70 cents to $7.80 with 17,500 shares traded, Caribbean Assurance Brokers slipped 7 cents to $1.91 with 528 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream shed 40 cents to $5.20 with an exchange of 56,711 stock units. Consolidated Bakeries fell 22 cents to $1.58 with 6,863 shares passing through the market, Derrimon Trading rose 9 cents to $2.46 with investors switching ownership of 26,486 stock units, Dolphin Cove dropped 25 cents to $8 with 500 stocks traded. Elite Diagnostic popped 14 cents to $3.04 with 3,536 shares changing hands, Express Catering climbed 25 cents to $4.50, with 112,199 stock units crossing the market, Fosrich lost 13 cents to $8.02 with 15,173 stocks changing hands. General Accident dropped 12 cents to $5.58 with an exchange of 1,030 units, Indies Pharma shed 29 cents to close at $3.40 with 295,534 shares traded, Knutsford Express jumped 57 cents to $7.69 with 1,320 stock units trading.
Lasco Financial fell 20 cents to $3 with 93,722 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards lost 12 cents to finish at $3.01 with an exchange of 80,458 units, Main Event slipped 11 cents to $4.28 with 1,100 stock units passing through the exchange. Medical Disposables shed 49 cents to $4.65 with 81,947 shares traded, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 56 cents to $7.43 with 86 stocks changing hands and Tropical Battery rallied 10 cents to $1.40 with 254,850 stock units crossing the exchange.
Market activity led to 36 securities trading, up from 33 on Monday, with nine rising, 18 declining and nine closing unchanged.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Jetcon Corporation slipped 10 cents to $1.20 in trading 20 shares, Knutsford Express dropped 48 cents in closing at $7.12 after 2,100 stock units crossed the market, Lasco Financial lost 4 cents in closing at $3.01 after trading 29,175 units. Limners and Bards dropped 8 cents to $3.02 in exchanging 176,184 stocks, Lumber Depot fell 5 cents to $2.90 trading 288,074 shares, SSL Venture dropped 12 cents to 71 cents, with 20,301 units crossing the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies popped $1.75 to $7.50 with 44,424 stock units clearing the market and Tropical Battery lost 4 cents to close at $1.34 while exchanging 33,544 stocks.
Trading closed on Monday with the volume of stocks trading dropping 28 percent, with 12 percent less the value than on Thursday prior to the close for the Independence holiday on Friday last and ended with a slight fall in the Junior Market the index, with rising stocks just edging out those declining.
Trading averaged 93,141 units at $303,538 from 146,791 at $393,767 on Thursday. Trading month to date, averages 204,544 units at $586,518, compared to 241,307 units at $679,902 on Thursday. July closed with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Knutsford Express jumped $1 to $7.60 with an exchange of 13,100 stocks. Lasco Financial slipped 4 cents to $3.05 with an exchange of 119,698 units, Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents to $5.25 with 121,718 stock units traded, Lumber Depot dipped 3 cents to $2.95 while exchanging 493,583 shares. Main Event climbed 4 cents to $4.39 with the swapping of 21,255 stock units and SSL Venture advanced 12 cents to 83 cents with 2,100 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading closed on Wednesday with the index falling as investors transferred 73 percent fewer shares for 73 percent less the value than on Tuesday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Trading averaged 120,533 units at $340,274 in contrast to 434,865 shares at $1,240,593 on Tuesday. Trading for the month to date averages 279,912 units at $796,774. July closed, with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Lumber Depot rose 5 cents to $2.99 with 645,830 stock units traded and Main Event slipped 5 cents to $4.75 with 12,738 shares crossing the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 37 cents to $7.25 after trading 23 socks and Tropical Battery popped 13 cents to $1.43 after an exchange of 45,654 units.
Market activity led to 33 securities trading, similar to Thursday, and ended with 11 stocks rising, 13 declining and nine ending unchanged.
Trading averages 160,841 units at $520,136 versus 111,343 at $263,357 on Thursday. Trading for the month to date averages 156,090 units at $447,181, versus 155,814 units at $442,949 on Thursday. June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,459.
KLE Group rose 10 cents to $1.28 with 5,000 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards lost 8 cents to finish at $3.02 with a transfer of 164,547 stock units, Lumber Depot fell 7 cents to $3.36, with investors switching ownership of 202,312 units. Mailpac Group slipped 5 cents to $3.80, with 1,172,910 stocks traded and tTech dropped 35 cents to $4.40 with 85,940 shares crossing the exchange.
Market activity led to 34 securities trading compared to 37 on Tuesday and ended, with nine stocks rising, 23 declining and two closing unchanged. At the close, the Junior Market Index fell 22.01 points to settle at 3,347.07.
At the close, Blue Power dropped 20 cents to $3.40 with an exchange of 2,498 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 19 cents to $1.86 with 3,467 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 9 cents to finish at $6.39, with 10,003 stocks traded. Caribbean Flavours rose 5 cents to $2.11, with a transfer of 22,965 shares, Consolidated Bakeries rallied 29 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.99, with investors switching ownership of 3,500 units, Elite Diagnostic shed 29 cents to $3.20 with an exchange of 24,034 stocks. Express Catering declined 11 cents to $5.50, with 13,000 shares changing hands, Fosrich fell 12 cents to $8 with 40,000 units traded, General Accident advanced 34 cents to $5.60 with a transfer of 41,099 stocks. GWest Corporation slipped 5 cents to $1.01, with 1,234 shares passing through the market, Indies Pharma rallied 13 cents to $3.79 with an exchange of 16,895 units, KLE Group dropped 24 cents to $1.05 with 100 stocks changing hands. Knutsford Express spiked $1.20 to $8.40, with 1,572 shares traded, Lasco Distributors lost 9 cents to close at $3.90 with a transfer of 6,791 units, Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $3.15 with 3,669 stocks passing through the market. 
Lasco Manufacturing shed 25 cents to $5 with an exchange of 37,462 shares, Limners and Bards fell 15 cents to $3.15, with 37,367 units changing hands, Lumber Depot lost 5 cents to settle at $3.40 with 520,691 stocks traded. Main Event dropped 20 cents to $5.20 with a transfer of 1,500 shares, Medical Disposables climbed 23 cents to $4.99 with investors switching ownership of 8,653 stocks, SSL Venture declined by 22 cents to 73 cents with 11,397 units changing hands and Stationery and Office Supplies fell 10 cents to $7.40 with 19,493 shares crossing the exchange.
A total of 37 securities traded, up from 33 on Monday and ending with 12 rising, 13 declining and 12 closing unchanged, while 
At the close, Access Financial climbed 67 cents to $21.50 with an exchange of 2,325 shares, 
Knutsford Express dropped $1.20 to $7.20 in an exchange of 789 shares, Lasco Financial lost 10 cents to settle at $3.20 with a transfer of 3,331 units. Lasco Manufacturing fell 12 cents to $5.25 with 35,979 stocks traded, Limners and Bards spiked 18 cents to $3.30 with a transfer of 118,679 stock units and Medical Disposables shed 43 cents to $4.76 with 35,421 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading for Monday averages 88,562 units at $270,780, down sharply from 205,836 at $848,518 on Friday. Trading month to date averages 166,238 units at $478,681, compared to 172,172 units at $494,563 on Friday. June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,459.
Lasco Manufacturing rallied 12 cents to $5.37 with 28,436 units traded, Lumber Depot slipped 6 cents to $3.44 with a transfer of 437,520 stock units, Mailpac Group rose 8 cents to $3.88 with 377,504 shares crossing the market. Medical Disposables lost 9 cents to close at $5.19, with 1,090 stocks changing hands, SSL Venture advanced 18 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of 98 cents with 18 units traded, Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 10 cents to $7.50 with a transfer of 6,688 stock units and tTech shed 33 cents to close at $4.42, with 563 shares crossing the exchange.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Jamaican Teas lost 5 cents to close at $4 after exchanging 529,940 shares, Jetcon Corporation popped 5 cents to $1.40 in trading 400,714 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing fell 14 cents to $5.26 after crossing the market with 49,316 stocks, Limners and Bards slipped 7 cents to $3.20 with 12,000 shares changing hands. Lumber Depot fell 10 cents to $3.40 in an exchange of 55,086 stock units, Mailpac Group rallied 24 cents to $3.94 after 703,806 stocks crossed the exchange, Medical Disposables spiked 25 cents to $5.15 with the swapping of 200 units and Paramount Trading lost 10 cents in closing at $1.16 in exchanging 205,348 stock units.
