The volume of stocks traded dropped 54 percent on Wednesday below Tuesday level, with the value of stocks traded falling 57 percent, leading to a fall in the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange index.
Market activity led to 33 securities trading compared to 35 on Tuesday, with nine rising, 15 declining and nine closing unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index shed 20.50 points to settle at 3,242.48. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.3 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
A total of 3,663,127 shares changed hands for $11,641,559 compared to 8,565,841 units at $25,324,572 on Tuesday. Lumber Depot led trading with 44.4 percent of total volume after trading 1.63 million shares, followed by Jamaican Teas 19.9 percent with 728,146 units and Future Energy Source 14.1, with 516,351 shares.
Trading averaged 111,004 units at $352,775 in contrast to 244,738 shares at $723,559 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 222,342 units at $638,846, compared to 232,326 units at $664,500 on Tuesday. August closed with an average of 464,471 units at $1,258,652.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, Blue Power declined 30 cents to $3, trading 12 shares, Cargo Handlers shed 55 cents to end at $7 with the swapping of 1,221 stock units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 10 cents to $1.65 trading 19,294 stocks, Express Catering rallied 10 cents to $4.90 after exchanging 500 units. Fontana fell 57 cents in closing at $6.03, with 126,041 stock units clearing the market, Future Energy Source dropped 5 cents to $2.39, with 516,351 shares changing hands. Honey Bun increased 35 cents to $9 in exchanging 12,380 stock units, Indies Pharma declined 22 cents to $3.17 while exchanging 1,012 stocks, ISP Finance spiked $6.10 to $23.50 trading 259 units. Jetcon Corporation gained 4 cents to close at $1 after exchanging 173 units, Lasco Distributors advanced 4 cents to $3.85 with 534 stock units changing hands. Limners and Bards climbed 25 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $4, trading 309,877 units.
Lumber Depot rose 5 cents to close at $2.80, with 1,628,060 shares crossing the market and Stationery and Office Supplies shed $1.14 in ending at $5.81, with 10,610 units crossing the market.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share declined 10 cents to 90 cents after trading 1,006 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Steady trading for Junior Market
Trading closed on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising marginally over Monday’s levels as the value slipped 6 percent lower, leading to falling stocks edging out those rising on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Market activity led to 35 securities trading compared to 36 on Monday and ended, with 12 rising, 14 declining and nine closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index fell 17.99 points to 3,262.98. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.3 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
A total of 8,565,841 shares changed hands for $25,324,572 compared to 7,959,396 units at $26,899,270 on Monday. Lumber Depot led trading with 44.9 percent of total volume after an exchange of 3.84 million shares, followed by Jamaican Teas 9.9 percent, with 846,546 units and Future Energy Source 9.7 percent, with 826,684 shares.
Trading averaged 244,738 units at $723,559 in contrast to 221,094 at $747,202 on Monday and month to date, an average of 232,326 units at $664,500, compared to 231,021 units at $658,292 on Monday. August closed with an average of 464,471 units at $1,258,652.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending, with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Cargo Handlers fell 5 cents to $7.55 after trading 6,303 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers lost 4 cents to end at $1.75, exchanging 1,500 units, Dolphin Cove popped 30 cents to $9.30 in switching ownership of 5,700 stock units, Fontana rose 30 cents to $6.60 while exchanging 214,435 stocks. General Accident advanced 7 cents to $5.37 in an exchange of 15,000 shares. Honey Bun rose 5 cents to $8.65, with 45,700 units crossing the exchange, iCreate declined 5 cents to 74 cents, with 55,000 stocks crossing the market, Indies Pharma increased 28 cents to $3.39 with the swapping of 7,808 stock units. Jamaican Teas declined 17 cents to $3.60 after 846,546 stock units, Jetcon Corporation shed 4 cents to end at 96 cents in exchanging 200,258 units, Lasco Distributors dropped 9 cents to $3.81, with 16,205 shares changing 
hands. Lasco Financial fell 4 cents to close at $3.15 after trading at 23,500 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing lost 11 cents to end at $4.85 in trading 6,905 stocks, Lumber Depot dropped 32 cents to $2.75, with 3,844,851 units crossing the market, Mailpac Group rallied 13 cents to $3.64 while exchanging 651,442 shares, Medical Disposables popped 16 cents to end at $4.61 in switching ownership of 50,517 stock units, Paramount Trading rose 10 cents to $1.11 in an exchange of 566,220 units, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 7 cents to $6.95 trading 35,904 shares and tTech spiked 42 cents to $4.62, with 7,776 stock units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Lumber continues to drives Junior Market
Lumber Depot continued to command the lead volume on the Junior Market for the third day when closed on Monday, accounting for 4.8 million units or 60 percent of the shares exchanged for the day that saw investors transferring 42 percent more units for 64 percent greater value than on Friday.
Lumber Depot dominated trading volume.
Market activity led to 36 securities trading compared to 33 on Friday and ended with 13 rising, 13 declining and 10 closing unchanged. At the close, the Junior Market Index rallied 25.89 points to 3,280.97. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.3 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
A total of 7,959,396 shares traded for $26,899,270 compared t0 5,600,351 units at $16,401,398 on Friday. Future Energy Source closed trading, with the second highest volume, with 10.4 percent of the day’s trade for 824,499 units and Fontana controlled 9.6 percent market share with an exchange of 764,811 units after investors picked up the company’s stock following the release of positive full year results after trading on Friday.
Trading averaged 221,094 units at $747,202 in contrast to 169,708 at $497,012 on Friday and month to date averages 231,021 units at $658,292, compared to 232,225 units at $647,515 on Friday. August closed with an average of 464,471 units at $1,258,652.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Blue Power dropped 20 cents to $3.30 with investors switching ownership of 150 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 9 cents to $1.79 with 6,150 stock units traded, Caribbean Cream popped 30 cents to $6.40 with an exchange of 1,989 units. Caribbean Flavours rallied 6 cents to $1.96, with 10,202 stocks changing hands, Express Catering fell 10 cents to $4.80 with a transfer of 10,000 shares, Fontana climbed 42 cents to $6.30, with 764,811 units passing through the market. Shortly after trading opened the stock triggered the circuit breaker of the exchange and traded up to a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $7.31, before pulling back at the close. Fosrich rose 8 cents to $8.18 with 300 stock units traded, Future Energy Source lost 9 cents to close at $2.42 with an exchange of 824,499 shares, General Accident shed 25 cents to end at $5.30 with 60,000 stocks changing hands. GWest Corporation advanced 13 cents to $1.14 with a transfer of 17,393 stock units, Honey Bun rallied 12 cents to $8.60 with investors switching ownership of 7,451 shares, Indies Pharma fell 31 cents to $3.11 with 326,732 stocks traded. Jetcon Corporation gained 8 cents to settle at $1 with an exchange of 5,952 units, Lasco Distributors advanced 13 cents to $3.90 with 5,350 stock units changing hands, Limners and Bards increased 12 cents to $3.74 with a transfer of 221,001 shares. 
Lumber Depot shed 11 cents to close at $3.07 after trading 4,795,471 units, Mailpac Group fell 15 cents to $3.51 with 193,419 stocks traded, Medical Disposables dipped 16 cents to $4.45 with 74,483 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading declined 14 cents to $1.01 with a transfer of 212,785 units, SSL Venture lost 14 cents to close at 64 cents with investors switching ownership of 20,000 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies spiked $1.27 to $7.02 with 3,000 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
tTech in, Jetcon out of ICTOP10
In a week when the Junior Market slipped just one percent after 32 points fall and the Main Market nearly 4,000 points for a fall of just under one percent, there was little change to the ICTOP10 listings, but change there was.
Jetcon Corporation came into the TOP10 in the prior week and enjoyed a modest pickup from 91 cents and is overtaken by tTech after the price fell from $4.70 last week to $4.20 this past week.
The highlights for this past week are Future Energy Source, Sygnus Credit Investments, after posting full year profit, Radio Jamaica, with Lumber Depot coming into focus, Fontana, Scotia Group and Jamaica Broilers that all released quarterly results with differing outcomes.
Following the release of outstanding first quarter and full year results last week, Sygnus Credit Investments announced a dividend of 0.262 of a US cent payable on October 15, but the stock price pulled back from $16.30 last week to $15.16. Radio Jamaica made some recovery to close the week at $3.58, up from $3.17. The company also announced a 2 cents dividend to be paid in mid-October, but the stocks appear to stay below $4 for a while, with demand currently weak above $3.50.
Elsewhere, Future Energy Source, a former ICInsider.com BUY RATED stock that underwent a sharp pullback last week to $2.05 rose this past week to $2.51 as buying interest remains strong. Lumber Depot sits just below the ICTOP10 Junior Market stocks, after posting strong first quarter results that rose 140 percent over the 2020 first quarter, with ICInsider.com projecting earnings now at 35 cents per share, up from 27 cents previously, for the current year and the potential for the price to double into early 2022. Fontana reported increased earnings of $512 million, up from $277 million with earnings per share of 41 cents, just 4 cents below ICInsider.com forecast. Jamaica Broilers posted lower first quarter profit of $275 million, down from $383 million as the Jamaican and Haitian segments posted lower profits, but the USA segment enjoyed an 84 percent jump. 
Scotia Group reported profit of $2.8 billion an increase of 81 percent over the depressed 2020 third quarter and slightly more than the $2.7 billion generated in the April quarter, the group seems on target to earn around $3.50 per share for the year.
The top three Main Market stocks are, Berger Paints followed by JMMB Group and Guardian Holdings, with expected gains of 202 to 290 percent, versus last weeks’ 209 to 286 percent.
The top three stocks in the Junior Market are Elite Diagnostic, followed by Medical Disposables and General Accident. All three have the potential to gain between 224 percent and 291 percent, compared to 233 and 275 percent last week.
This past week, the average gains projected for the Junior Market rose from 198 percent to 209 percent and Main Market stocks moved from 173 percent to 170 percent.
The Junior Market closed the week with an average PE of 11.3 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings and currently trades well below the target of 20 and the historical average of 17 for the period to March this year based on 2020 earnings. 
The TOP 10 trades at a PE of 6.6, with a 42 percent discount to that market’s PE and the potential to rise 77 percent to March next year, based on an average PE of 20.
The JSE Main Market ended the week with an overall PE of 16, a little distance from 19 the market ended at in March, suggesting a 19 percent rise at a PE of 19 and 25 percent at a PE of 20 from now to March 2022. The Main Market TOP 10 trades at a PE of 7.7, with a 52 percent discount to the PE of that market, well off the potential of 20.
ICTOP10 stocks are not intended to be a selection of the best stocks in the market but are most likely to be the best winners within a fifteen-month period. ICInsider.com ranks stocks to filter out the bigger winners from the rest, allowing investors to focus on potentially huge winners, helping to keep out emotional attachments to stocks that often result in costly mistakes being made. IC TOP10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns up to March 2022 and ranked in order of potential gains, based on likely increase for each company, considering the earnings and PE ratios for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate and result in weekly movements in and out of the lists. Revisions to earnings per share are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
Persons who compiled this report may have an interest in securities commented on in this report.
Lumber led trading for second day
Lumber Depot led trading on Friday, with the highest volume for the day, following the large trade in the stock on Thursday that followed the release of the first quarter results, with a 140 rise in profit, with the overall volume of stocks trading falling 83 percent, with the value falling 82 percent from Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market.
Market activity led to 33 securities trading down from 38 on Thursday, with 13 rising, 11 declining and nine, closing unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index popped 5.56 points to 3,255.08 and the PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values averages, 11.2 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
A total of 5,600,351 shares changing hands for $16,401,398 down from 31,088,441 units at $95,481,815 on Thursday. Lumber Depot led trading with 43.6 percent of total volume after an exchange of 2.44 million shares followed by Future Energy Source 22.8 percent, with 1.28 million units and Caribbean Flavours 6.2 percent, with 350,000 shares.
Trading averaged 169,708 units at $497,012 down from 818,117 at $2,512,679 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 232,225 units at $647,515, down from 240,039 units at $666,328 on Thursday. August closed with an average of 464,471 units at $1,258,652.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial popped 49 cents to close at $21.49 in an exchange of 697 shares, Blue Power rose 20 cents to $3.50, with 90,012 units changing hands. Cargo Handlers declined 5 cents to $7.60 after 25,059 stock units crossed the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers dipped 5 cents to $1.70, with 47,642 shares switching owners, Caribbean Cream lost 50 cents to end at $6.10 while exchanging just 515 stocks. Consolidated Bakeries increased 7 cents to $1.76 with an exchange of 3,926 units, Derrimon Trading rose 9 cents to $2.34 after exchanging 218,780 stock units, Fontana shed 22 cents to $5.88 with the swapping of 59,024 shares. Fosrich fell 6 cents to $8.10 after 44,000 units changed hands, General Accident gained 18 cents in closing at $5.55, after 7,094 stocks crossed the exchange. Honey Bun fell 22 cents to $8.48 in trading 26,906 stock units, Indies Pharma lost 8 cents to close at $3.42 in exchanging 4,280 units, Jamaican Teas rallied 5 cents to $3.79 with an exchange of 20,170 stock units, Jetcon Corporation dropped 8 cents in closing at 92 cents after exchanging 140,280 shares. 
Lasco Distributors shed 23 cents to end at $3.77, with 105,089 units crossing the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing increased 14 cents to $4.96 after 5,704 stocks changed hands, Limners and Bards advanced 42 cents to $3.62, with 53,305 stocks crossing the market. Lumber Depot popped 2 cents to $3.18 while exchanging 2,440,430 units as a major shareholder seems to be offloading stocks and Main Event climbed 15 cents in closing at $4.20 in trading 11,789 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Lumber clobbers JSE Junior market
Fresh from a release of blowout first quarter results, with profit surging 140 percent to $72 million from a 16 percent rise in revenues and pushed demand for Lumber Depot shares with an exchange of 24.4 million units in taking 78.4 percent market share and drove the volume of shares traded on the Junior Market up 407 percent over Wednesday’s level with a 547 percent jump in the value in the transfer of funds.
Lumber Depot dominated trading with 24.4 million shares.
Market activity led to 38 securities trading from 40 n Wednesday, ending with 15 rising, 16 declining and seven closing unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index lost 32.29 points to 3,249.52.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in the computation of appropriate stock values, averages 11.2 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Overall, 31,088,441 shares traded for $95,481,815 compared to 6,132,229 units at $14,766,906 on Wednesday.
After lumber Depot huge trades, Future Energy Source followed by cornering 14 percent of the day’s trade, with 4.34 million units andMailpac Group ended, with 1.9 percent market share with an exchange of 581,749 units.
Trading averaged 818,117 units at $2,512,679 up from 153,306 shares at $369,173 on Wednesday and for the month to date an averages of 240,039 units at $666,328 compared to 142,840 units at $355,879 on Wednesday August closed with an average of 464,471 units at $1,258,652.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial jumped $1 to $21 in trading 178 shares, Blue Power popped 30 cents to $3.30 with an exchange of 14,930 stocks, Cargo Handlers dropped 50 cents to $7.65 with 16,948 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Assurance Brokers advanced 15 cents to $1.75 with 1,848 units traded after the stock traded at an intraday low of $1.52. Caribbean Cream gained 50 cents to close at $6.60 with a transfer of 66,547 shares, Caribbean Flavours slipped 8 cents to $1.90 with 121,050 stocks passing through the market. Consolidated Bakeries lost 10 cents to end at $1.69 with an exchange of 31,780 units, Derrimon Trading declined 5 cents to $2.25, with 189,209 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove fell $1.20 to $9 with 35,498 stocks traded. Express Catering dropped 30 cents to $4.90 with a transfer of 3,902 units, Fontana advanced 10 cents to $6.10 with investor switching ownership of 109,548 stock units, Future Energy Source rose 8 cents to $2.50 with an exchange of 4,342,763 shares. General Accident slipped 8 cents to $5.37 with 250,000 units changing hands, GWest Corporation increased 6 cents to 99 cents with 27,930 stock units traded, Honey Bun gained 15 cents to close at $8.70 with a transfer of 4,220 shares. Jamaican Teas slipped 6 cents to $3.74 with 78,300 stocks passing through the market, Knutsford Express climbed 10 cents to $7 with an exchange of 2,006 units, Limners and Bards shed 45 cents to close at $3.20 with 254,789 stock units changing hands. 
Lumber Depot rose 10 cents to $3.16 with 24,379,081 shares traded, Main Event dropped 20 cents to $4.05 with a transfer of 2,777 units, Medical Disposables added 9 cents to $4.61 with a transfer of 31,223 stock units. Stationery and Office Supplies shed 75 cents to finish at $5.75 with investors switching ownership of 3,500 stocks, Tropical Battery lost 6 cents to end at $1.30 with 41,134 units changing hands and tTech fell 30 cents to $4.20 with 32,292 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market slips Wednesday
Trading picked up over Tuesday’s levels at the close of the Junior Market on Wednesday, with 51 percent more stocks changing hands, with 9 percent greater value than on Tuesday and the market slipping modestly below Tuesday’s close.
Market activity led to 40 securities trading compared to 36 on Tuesday and ended with 12 rising, 13 declining and 15 closing unchanged, leading to the Junior Market Index slipping 2.42 points to 3,281.81. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.3 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 6,132,229 shares changing hands for $14,766,906 compared to 4,072,561 units at $13,535,342 on Tuesday. Future Energy Source led trading with 33.2 percent of total volume after exchanging 2.04 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot 16.8 percent with 1.03 million units and CAC 2000 9.5% preference shares with 16.3 percent after an exchange of 1.0 million units.
Trading averaged 153,306 units at $369,173 in contrast to 113,127 at $375,982 on Tuesday and month to date an average of 142,840 units at $355,879, versus 140,590 units at $353,021 on Tuesday.August closed with an average of 464,471 units at $1,258,652.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Blue Power fell 10 cents to $3 with an exchange of 160,666 shares, CAC 2000 dipped 15 cents to $9.15 with 500 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers rallied 54 cents to $8.15 with 172 stock units traded. Caribbean Assurance Brokers slipped 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.60 with investors switching ownership of 96,876 stocks, Caribbean Cream lost 19 cents to close at $6.10 with a transfer of 53,979 shares, Dolphin Cove declined by 5 cents to $10.20 with an exchange of 3,006 stock units. Elite Diagnostic rose 6 cents to $3.07 with 70 units changing hands, Express Catering shed 30 cents to settle at $5.20 with 14,153 stocks traded, General Accident popped 10 cents to $5.45 with 4,055 shares passing through the market. Honey Bun rose 5 cents to $8.55 with a transfer of 59,488 stock units, iCreate slipped 5 cents to 80 cents with an exchange of 229,367 stocks, Indies Pharma spiked 5 cents to $3.50 with 9,791 units changing hands. 
Knutsford Express lost 10 cents to close at $6.90 with 2,027 shares traded, Lasco Manufacturing dropped 14 cents to $4.85, with investors switching ownership of 9,651 stocks, Limners and Bards increased by 10 cents to $3.65 with a transfer of 4,023 units. Lumber Depot rose 7 cents to $3.06, with 1,031,956 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables shed 57 cents to $4.52, with 40,000 stocks traded and tTech dropped 20 cents to $4.50 with 9,000 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Gains for Junior Market on Tuesday
Trading closed on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 40 percent and the value dropping 11 percent from Monday’s trades, with the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market ending trading on the up that almost recovered Monday’s 31 point loss.
Thirty six securities traded on Tuesday, compared to 38 on Monday, ending with 12 rising, 14 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index spiked 28.14 points to 3,284.23, The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.4 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 4,072,561 shares changing hands for $13,535,342 compared to 6,820,741 units at $15,123,760 on Monday. Future Energy Source led trading with 30.9 percent of total volume after trading 1.26 million shares, followed by General Accident, 15.4 percent, with 625,475 units and Derrimon Trading with 9.3 percent after an exchange of 377,233 shares.
Trading averaged 113,127 units at $375,982 in contrast to 179,493 at $397,994 on Monday. Trading month to date, averages 140,590 units at $353,021, compared to 147,181 units at $347,510 on Monday. August averaged 464,471 units at $1,258,652.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Blue Power increased 5 cents to $3.10 after 94,833 shares crossed the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 10 cents to $1.65 while exchanging 11,534 units. Caribbean Cream rallied 14 cents to $6.29 trading 136,110 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries rose 4 cents to $1.79 after 4,000 stocks swapped ownership, Derrimon Trading declined 4 cents to $2.31 in exchanging 377,233 shares. Dolphin Cove dropped 85 cents to $10.25 in trading 33,465 units, Elite Diagnostic shed 8 cents in ending at $3.01 trading 1,045 stock units, Express Catering declined 22 cents to $5.50 in exchanging 500 shares, Future Energy Source rallied 33 cents to end at $2.41 after exchanging 1,258,359 stock, GWest Corporation gained 8 cents to end at 93 cents in an exchange of 2,000 units. Honey Bun lost 6 cents to close at $8.50, with 32,185 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas advanced 7 cents to $3.80 with the swapping of 18,324 units. 
Knutsford Express spiked 14 cents to $7, finishing trading of 6,710 stock units, Lasco Distributors popped 4 cents to $4 in trading 263,992 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing rallied 14 cents to $4.99 in switching ownership of 23,713 shares. Limners and Bards increased 25 cents to $3.55 after 65,048 stocks crossed the exchange, Paramount Trading advanced 14 cents to $1.14 after exchanging 2,973 units and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 50 cents in ending at $6.50 after an exchange of 53,724 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
3 day Junior Market fall to Monday
Trading ended with 31.00 points lobbed off the Junior Market Index on Monday on top of the 45.5 points lost on the previous two days with the market settling at 3,256.09, but that belies the 19 stocks rising, 14 declining, trading of 38 securities, up from 37 on Friday, as investors exchanged 68 percent more stocks than on Friday, with the value increasing by 46 percent.
A total of 6,820,741 shares traded for $15,123,760, from 4,053,642 units at $10,381,943 on Friday. Future Energy Source led trading with 69.9 percent of total volume after 4.77 million of the company’s shares traded, followed by Jetcon Corporation 7.3 percent, with 500,253 units and Lumber Depot with 5.4 percent after an exchange of 371,598 units.
Trading averaged 179,493 units at $397,994, up from 109,558 shares at $280,593 on Friday. Trading month to date averages 47,181 units at $347,510, up from 136,218 units at $330,382 on Friday. August closed with an average of 464,471 units at $1,258,652.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.3 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 four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial dropped 55 cents to $20 with 10,445 shares changing hands, Blue Power shed 25 cents to $3.05 with a transfer of 25,100 stock units, Cargo Handlers fell 54 cents to $7.61 with an exchange of 98 stocks. Caribbean Cream rallied 45 cents to $6.15, in the switching of 42,983 units, Derrimon Trading rose 5 cents to $2.35 with 127,987 shares passing through the market, Dolphin Cove fell 90 cents to $11.10 with 88 stocks traded. Elite Diagnostic rallied 7 cents to $3.09 with 98,460 stock units changing hands, Everything Fresh added 8 cents to end at 98 cents with a transfer of 23,976 units, Fontana rose 11 cents to $6 with an exchange of 92,136 shares. General Accident slipped 5 cents to $5.35 with 63,000 stock units passing through the market, GWest Corporation lost 5 cents to close at 85 cents with 13,679 stocks traded, Honey Bun dropped 69 cents to $8.56 with 15,421 units changing hands. Jamaican Teas rose 15 cents to $3.73 in trading 95,954 shares, Jetcon Corporation climbed 9 cents to $1 with an exchange of 500,253 stock units, Knutsford Express declined 14 cents to close at $6.86 with 300 stocks passing through the market. 
Lasco Distributors rallied 26 cents to $3.96 with 3,171 units traded, Lasco Manufacturing fell 15 cents to $4.85 with 15,400 shares changing hands, Mailpac Group lost 11 cents to end at $3.64 with a transfer of 36,322 stock units. Medical Disposables jumped 50 cents to $5.10 with investors switching ownership of 10,786 stocks, SSL Venture gained 12 cents to close at 74 cents with 13,762 units passing through the market and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 54 cents to $7 with 69 shares crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% slipped 8 cents to $1.01 with 4,914 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Sterling back in ICTOP10 Wisynco out
Sterling Investments returns to the ICTOP10 Main Market listing as Wisynco fell out of, following earnings downgrade to $1.20 per share for the current year, with the company posting 83 cents per share for the year to June.
The highlights this past week is the increased interest in Sygnus Credit Investments that drove the price up nine percent after posting outstanding full year results during the week, and the sharp pullback in the price of Radio Jamaica, with the price ending at $3.17, down from last week’s $4.40. By early next week, Radio Jamaica should announce the amount of dividend to be paid and the date of payment.
Elsewhere, Future Energy Source, a former ICInsider.com BUY RATED stock that enjoyed strong buying interest that pushed the price to a high of $3.40, saw a sharp pullback to end the week at a more palatable $2.05.
The top three Main Market stocks are Berger Paints, with the potential to gain 273 percent, followed by JMMB Group and Guardian Holdings, with expected gains of 209 to 286 percent for the three, versus last weeks’ 214 to 273 percent.
The top three stocks in the Junior Market are Elite Diagnostic, followed by Medical Disposables and General Accident. All three have the potential to gain between 235 percent and 275 percent, compared to 217 and 283 percent last week.
This past week the average gains projected for the Junior Market rose from 191 percent to 198 percent and Main Market stocks from 168 percent to 173 percent.
The Junior Market closed the week with an average PE of 11.3 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings and currently trades well below the target of 20 and the historical average of 17 for the period to March this year based on 2020 earnings. The TOP 10 trades at a PE of 6.9, with a 39 percent discount to the PE of that market and the potential to rise 61 percent to March next year, based on an average PE of 20.
The JSE Main Market ended the week with an overall PE of 15.6, a little distance from the 19 the market ended at in March, suggesting a 22 percent rise at a PE of 19 and 28 percent at a PE of 20 from now to March 2022. The Main Market TOP 10 trades at a PE of 7.6, with a 51 percent discount to the PE of that market, well off the potential of 20.
The ICTOP10 stocks are not intended to be the best stocks in the market but are most likely to be the biggest winners within a fifteen-month period. 
ICInsider.com ranks stocks to filter out the bigger winners, allowing investors to focus on potentially huge winners and helping to keep out emotional attachments to stocks that often result in costly mistakes being made.
ICTOP10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns up to March 2022 and ranked in order of potential gains, based on likely increase for each company, considering the earnings and PE ratios for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate and result in weekly movements in and out of the lists. Revisions to earnings per share are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
Persons who compiled this report may have an interest in securities commented on in this report.