The Junior Market closed on Monday with the best finish in four months after the market index climbed 40.76 points to 2,591.55, the highest level since August 14 when it closed at 2599.86 points. At just after midday, the index climbed as high as 2614.45 but eventually settled lower and bettering Friday’s close.
Jamaican Teas traded the most volume on Monday.
The market closed with investors trading 469 percent more shares than Friday leaving declining stocks to outnumber advancing ones, with 12 stocks rising, 14 declining and 12 ending with prices unchanged after 38 securities changed hands up from 34 on Friday and resulted in an exchange of 13,471,646 shares for $33,806,568 up from 2,367,751 units at $5,915,555 on Friday.
Jamaican Teas led trading with 43.2 percent of total volume trading 5.82 million shares, followed by Mailpac Group with 22.7 percent after an exchange of 3.05 million units and Fosrich with 21.2 percent market share for a transfer of 2.85 million units.
Trading averaged 354,517 units at $889,647, up from 69,640 at $173,987 on Friday. The month to date averaged 320,769 units at $731,644, up from 316,508 units at $711,697 on Friday. November closed with an average of 193,331 units at $566,885 trading.
The average PE Ratio ended at 13.7 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell 10 cents to $20.10 with an exchange of 8,666 shares, AMG Packaging declined 22 cents to $1.46 with 158,125 stocks changing hands, Blue Power dropped 36 cents to $3 with 15,265 units trading. CAC 2000 jumped $2 to $10 with 2,182 shares traded, Cargo Handlers lost 20 cents to close at $6.80 with a transfer of 100 stock units, Caribbean Producers inched 1 cent higher to $2.95 with an exchange of 21,296 units. Derrimon Trading rose 25 cents to $2.50 with 1,235 stocks changing hands, Dolphin Cove climbed 80 cents to $6.80 with investors switching 161 shares, Elite Diagnostic gained 5 cents to close at $3.05 with 43,857 stock units traded. Everything Fresh closed 4 cents higher at 75 cents with a transfer of 2,412 stocks, Fontana slipped 7 cents to $5.43 with 127,515 units passing through the market, Fosrich exchanged 2,852,248 shares and shed 56 cents to end at $3.43. General Accident dropped 14 cents to $5.96 with 51,248 units changing hands, GWest Corporation rose 2 cents to 77 cents with a transfer of 1,000 stock units, Honey Bun fell 69 cents to $5.80 with 31,194 stocks changing hands. iCreate gained 11 cents to finish at 70 cents with 25,769 shares passing through the market, Indies Pharma slipped 2 cents to $2.48 with an exchange of 31,307 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance advanced 22 cents to $3.10 after trading 725 stock units.
Lasco Manufacturing dropped 20 cents to $3.70 with 708 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards rose 6 cents to $2.85 with a transfer of 180,351 units, Lumber Depot increased 16 cents to $1.50 with 628,682 stocks passing through the market. Mailpac Group traded 3,053,112 stock units and settled with a gain of 13 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.73 after the price bolted to an intraday record high of $3.10. Main Event declined 1 cent to $2.99 with 15,369 units trading, Medical Disposables fell 10 cents to $3.90 with investors switching ownership of 4,295 stocks. SSL Venture dropped 14 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of 45 cents with 100,000 units changing hands and Tropical Battery slipped 1 cent to $1.16 with 90,846 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
For the month to date, the average trade is 381,049 units at $858,170, compared to 367,408 units at $829,230 on Tuesday. November closed with an average traded of 193,331 units at $566,885.
Lumber Depot slipped 2 cents to $1.18 with a transfer of 86,618 stocks, Mailpac Group traded 14,262,739 shares and gained 6 cents to settle at $2.25, Main Event shed 25 cents to close at $3 with 6,366 units passing through the market. Medical Disposables fell 12 cents to $4.02 with an exchange of 29,098 stock units, Paramount Trading advanced 18 cents to $1.52 with 73,494 shares changing hands, SSL Venture rose 3 cents to 56 cents with a transfer of 500 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies gained 10 cents to end at $4.10 with 2,954 units crossing the exchange.
The market closed with an exchange of 49,121,788 shares for $110,386,381, up from 3,445,343 units at $7,674,800 on Monday. Mailpac Group led trading with 44.23 million shares, followed by Caribbean Producers with 6.3 percent of the day’s trade with an exchange of 3.11 million units and Jamaican Teas with 0.9 percent market share with a transfer of 426,360 units.
At the close of the market, Access Financial jumped $2.11 to $22.06 with an exchange of 10 shares, AMG Packaging slipped 9 cents to $1.60 with 1,597 stocks changing hands, Blue Power dropped 43 cents to $3 with owners switching 5,010 stock units. Cargo Handlers shed 88 cents and traded 2,000 units to close at $6.32, Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 7 cents to finish at $1.80 with 13,146 shares passing through the market, Caribbean Flavours lost 5 cents to end at $1.70 with a transfer of 5,451 stocks. Derrimon Trading fell 24 cents to $2.31 with an exchange of 27,140 units, Dolphin Cove rose 76 cents to $7 with 6,740 stock units changing hands, Everything Fresh slipped 6 cents to 65 cents with 137,787 shares changing hands. Fontana rose 6 cents to $5.45 with 410,784 stocks traded Fosrich gained 39 cents to $3.99 with 50,004 units passing through the market, General Accident rose 4 cents to end at $6 with a transfer of 8,677 stock units. Honey Bun gained 20 cents to close at $5.70, in exchanging 54,932 shares, iCreate increased 5 cents to 67 cents with 1,736 units changing hands, Indies Pharma advanced 14 cents to $2.50, after trading 2,750 stock units. Iron Rock Insurance climbed 15 cents to $2.95 with 35,035 stocks passing through the market, ISP Finance jumped $6.05 to $23.05 with a transfer of 500 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 426,360 stock units and rose 8 cents to $1.88. Lasco Distributors slipped 1 cent to $3.17 with 25,684 stocks changing hands, Lasco Financial gained 6 cents to close at $2.71 with an exchange of 8,328 units, Lasco Manufacturing advanced 22 cents to $3.90 with investors switching ownership of 37,767 shares.
Lumber Depot rose 2 cents to $1.20 with 150,700 stock units passing through the market, Mailpac Group traded 44,229,960 shares in adding 1 cent to close at $2.19, Medical Disposables advanced 13 cents to $4.14 with a transfer of 24,644 units. SSL Venture slipped 2 cents to 53 cents exchanging 18,220 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies declined by 5 cents to $4 with 3,350 stock units changing hands, Tropical Battery gained 6 cents to finish at $1.19 with 41,500 units traded and Tech climbed 21 cents to $4.30 with 35 stocks crossing the exchange.
Trading ended with 33 securities changing hands compared to 29 on Thursday and concluded with the prices of 11 stocks rising, 16 declining and six remaining unchanged.
Trading averaged 114,080 units at $235,290 in contrast to 249,352 at $600,698 on Thursday. The month to date averaged 160,524 units at $366,841, compared to 176,657 units at $412,538 on Thursday. November ended with an average of 193,331 units at $566,885.
Limners and Bards gained 2 cents to settle at $2.70 with 6,318 stocks changing hands, Lumber Depot slipped 2 cents and exchanged 909,101 shares at $1.18, Mailpac Group traded 463,285 stocks and rose 4 cents to $2.19. Main Event jumped 25 cents to $3.25 with 3,076 units changing hands, Medical Disposables lost 1 cent to finish at $4.34 with a transfer of 10,840 stock units, SSL Venture slipped 2 cents to 54 cents with 10,000 shares passing through the market. Tropical Battery fell 5 cents to $1.15 with 50,919 stocks traded and tTech dropped 21 cents to $4.09 with 55,081 units crossing the exchange.
Trading ended with 35 stocks changing hands compared to 34 on Monday, with prices of 13 stocks rising, 18 declining and four remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $2.58 to $19.92 with the trading of a mere 100 shares, AMG Packaging gained 6 cents to end at $1.65 with an exchange of 1,141 stocks, Blue Power rose 5 cents to $2.60 in an exchange of 7,040 stock units. CAC 2000 shed $2 to $8 with a transfer of 1,564 shares, Cargo Handlers lost 11 cents to $7.20 with 200 units traded, Caribbean Assurance Brokers advanced 19 cents to $1.91 with an exchange of 500 stocks. Caribbean Cream fell 12 cents to $4 with 8,513 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours lost 5 cents to close at $1.70 with a transfer of 14,992 stocks, Caribbean Producers climbed 18 cents to $2.60 with 500 units traded. Consolidated Bakeries declined by 12 cents to settle at $1.10 with 5,000 shares passing through the market, Derrimon Trading gained 15 cents and exchanged 66,059 stocks to end at $2.50, Elite Diagnostic dropped 27 cents to $3.03 with 88,087 units changing hands. Express Catering rose 5 cents to $4.05 with a transfer of 250 shares, Fontana traded 530,841 stock units and lost 3 cents to end at $4.97, Fosrich slipped 10 cents to $3.90 with 4,068 stocks passing through the market. General Accident fell 24 cents to $5.96 with 123,138 shares changing hands, GWest Corporation gained 4 cents to finish at 69 cents in switching ownership of 11,159 units, iCreate closed 1 cent higher at 66 cents with 19,023 stock units traded. 
Indies Pharma lost 3 cents to end at $2.55 with a transfer of 5,428 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 3,400,162 units in shedding 22 cents to settle at $1.79, KLE Group dropped 30 cents to $1.15 with 5,000 stocks passing through the market. Knutsford Express jumped 29 cents to $6 with 1,053 shares traded, Lasco Distributors rose 17 cents to $3.46 with 21,784 stocks changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing closed 2 cents higher at $3.68 in a transfer of 95,410 units. Limners and Bards fell 13 cents to $2.50 with 39,832 stock units traded, Lumber Depot declined 15 cents to $1.20 with 168,882 shares passing through the market, Mailpac Group traded 1,321,705 stocks and slipped 1 cent to $2.20. SSL Venture rose 3 cents to 56 cents with a transfer of 14,628 units, Tropical Battery lost 6 cents to finish at $1.17 with 225,701 shares traded and tTech shed 52 cents to close at $4.08 with 44,599 stock units crossing the exchange.
October averaged 230,868 units at $535,509.
Jamaican Teas lost 4 cents to end at $2.01, after clearing the market with 795,817 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended at 82 cents, with gains of 7 cents while trading 43,464 shares, Knutsford Express slid 29 cents to $5.71, with the swapping of 566 units. Lasco Financial lost 5 cents to end at $2.55 after exchanging 25,684 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing lost 14 cents to $3.66, after trading 57,387 stock units, Limners and Bards carved out a gain of 13 cents to end at $2.63, in an exchange of 210,501 shares. Lumber Depot rose 14 cents to $1.35, with 259,988 shares changing hands, Mailpac Group climbed 7 cents to $2.21, with 1,717,151 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables shed 42 cents to close at $3.93, with the trading of 77,098 shares. Paramount Trading rose 18 cents to close at $1.50, with an exchange of 665 units, SSL Venture lost 4 cents to end at 53 cents, switching of ownership of 1,100 units, Stationery and Office Supplies ended at $4.43, after losing 12 cents transferring 4,152 units and Tropical Battery gained 13 cents to close at $1.23, in trading 1,579,900 shares.
Jetcon Corporation lost 13 cents to end at 70 cents, in transferring 123,927 shares, Knutsford Express shed 70 cents in closing at $6, after crossing the market with 113,924 stock units, Lasco Distributors gained 14 cents to close at $3.29, with investors swapping 15,019 shares. Lasco Financial dropped 24 cents to $2.40, trading 9,350 units, Lasco Manufacturing rose 40 cents to $3.90, in exchanging 18,125 stock units, Lumber Depot lost 1 cent in closing at $1.28, with the switching of 388,704 shares. Mailpac Group fell 4 cents to $2.14, after exchanging 875,012 shares, Main Event shed 37 cents to close at $3.03, with 10,000 units changing hands and Tropical Battery gained 4 cents to end at $1.16, in clearing the market with 20,772 stock units.
Trading ended with more stocks declining than rising after an exchange of 33 percent more shares than on Tuesday. The market closed with 38 securities changing hands compared to 33 on Tuesday and closed with the prices of 15 stocks rising, 17 declining and six remaining unchanged. The average PE Ratio ends at 12.5 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
At the close of the market, Access Financial advanced 45 cents to $20.55 with an exchange of 6,753 shares, AMG Packaging slipped 1 cent to $1.59 with 71,448 stocks changing hands, Blue Power declined by 9 cents to $3.50 with 50 units traded. CAC 2000 jumped 80 cents to close at $10 with 1,000 stocks passing through the market, Cargo Handlers dropped 65 cents to $6.30 transferring 5,444 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined 15 cents to $1.75 with switching ownership of 43,718 units. Caribbean Cream declined by 19 cents in exchanging 93,302 stocks to finish at $3.81, Caribbean Producers gained 17 cents to close at $2.49 with 227,116 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading lost 2 cents to settle at $2.38 with 20,761 units passing through the market. Dolphin Cove advanced 18 cents trading 2,368 stocks to end at $5.68, Elite Diagnostic dropped 20 cents to $3.10 in transferring 29,120 shares, Everything Fresh declined by 10 cents to 63 cents, in switching ownership of 165,878 units. Express Catering shed 67 cents to settle at $3.31 with an exchange of 89,040 stocks, Fontana climbed 30 cents to end at $5.38 with 149,049 units changing hands, General Accident gained 10 cents to finish at $6.20 with 62,300 shares traded. GWest Corporation rose 11 cents to close at 76 cents with 34,793 stocks passing through the market, iCreate lost 3 cents to settle at 59 cents with a transfer of 59,812 units, Indies Pharma increased 7 cents to $2.50, trading 89,073 shares. Iron Rock Insurance dropped 20 cents to finish at $2.80 with 31,000 stocks changing hands, Jamaican Teas exchanged 976,355 shares and climbed 20 cents to close at $6.70, Jetcon Corporation slipped 1 cent to 83 cents with 170,553 units passing through the market. Knutsford Express rose 5 cents to $6.70 with 1,000 shares traded, Lasco Financial gained 4 cents to end at $2.64 with a transfer of 10,000 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing fell 35 cents to $3.50 with investors switching ownership of 511,000 units.
Lumber Depot increased 8 cents to $1.29 with an exchange of 22,500 stocks, Mailpac Group rose 2 cents to $2.18 with 325,265 units changing hands, Medical Disposables dropped 27 cents to $3.93 with 33,581 shares traded. Paramount Trading increased by 2 cents to $1.32 with 30,000 stocks passing through the market, SSL Venture fell 1 cent to 57 cents with a transfer of 6,800 units, Stationery and Office Supplies slipped 5 cents to $4.50 with investors switching ownership of 25,843 shares. Tropical Battery exchanged 675,760 units and declined by 7 cents to $1.12 and tTech gained 3 cents to finish at $4.90 with 2,665 stocks crossing the exchange.
Trading ended with 33 securities changing hands compared to 37 on Monday and closed with the prices of 11 stocks rising, 14 declining and eight remaining unchanged. Dolphin Cove closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.50.
Trading averaged of 159,785 units at $474,494 in contrast to 162,160 at $594,077 on Monday. Trading month to date, averaged 195,107 units at $565,977 compared to 197,311 units at $571,684 on Monday. Trading in October averaged 230,868 units at $535,509.
ISP Finance gained 11 cents to end at $16.11, after crossing the market with 22,879 stock units, Jamaican Teas shed 35 cents to close at $6.50, in the trading of 482,354 shares, 
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Jamaican Teas exchanged 2,715,159 units and advanced 55 cents to end at $6.70, Jetcon Corporation gained 5 cents trading 706,934 shares to finish at 75 cents, Knutsford Express slid 3 cents to $6 with 2,188 units passing through the market. Lasco Financial rose 1 cent to close at $2.66 with a transfer of 500 stock units, Lumber Depot declined by 5 cents to $1.20 with an exchange of 17,571 shares, Mailpac Group lost 2 cents to finish at $2.15 with 70,344 stock units changing hands. Main Event dropped 50 cents to $2.99 with 4,893 shares traded, Medical Disposables fell 10 cents to close at $4.30 with 12,009 shares passing through the market, Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 20 cents to end at $4.50, with the ownership of 1,000 shares switching and tTech shed 65 cents to finish at $5 with 69,629 units crossing the exchange.
