Trading jumped on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, but the market suffered more declines with falling stocks overwhelming those rising following a 69 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded with 136 percent more value than Wednesday following trading in 43 securities up from 41 on Wednesday and resulting in prices of 10 rising, 28 declining and five closing unchanged.
Investors traded 15,501,984 shares for $52,166,724, up from 9,199,758 units at $22,141,233 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 360,511 shares at $1,213,180 compared to 224,384 units at $540,030 on Wednesday, with the month to date, averaging 572,754 units at $1,132,714 versus 585,792 stock units at $1,127,771 on the previous day. February closed with an average of 318,024 units at $782,332.
Future Energy Source led trading with 7.96 million shares for 51.3 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 3.14 million units for 20.3 percent of the day’s trade and JFP Ltd with 586,143 units for 3.8 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index fell 48.88 points to settle at 3,594.67.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 10.6. 
The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded stock price divided by ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, AMG Packaging lost 38 cents to end at $3 after trading 5,025 shares, Caribbean Cream fell 15 cents in closing at $3.30 while exchanging 20,000 units, Dolphin Cove climbed 75 cents to close at $15 in switching ownership of 7,635 stocks. EduFocal declined 12 cents to a 52 weeks’ closing low of $1.79, with 12,319 stock units crossing the market, Everything Fresh dropped 9 cents to $1.54 after 15,311 stocks changed hands, Express Catering dipped 44 cents after ending at $4.75 with investors transferring 15,134 units. Fontana shed 11 cents to end at $7.40 with 54,775 shares clearing the market, Fosrich dipped 15 cents to $2.72 in an exchange of 259,589 stock units, 
Honey Bun increased 16 cents in closing at $6.26 after an exchange of 11,446 stocks. Indies Pharma advanced 9 cents to close at $2.80 after a transfer of 160,593 stock units, ISP Finance gained $1.01 to close at $21.01, with investors exchanging 80 units, Jamaican Teas fell 18 cents to $2.12 in an exchange of 192,340 shares. JFP Ltd rallied 8 cents to $1.68 in an exchange of 586,143 stocks, Knutsford Express lost 15 cents to end at $8.85 following 9,150 stock units passing through the market, Lasco Manufacturing declined 20 cents to $4.15 with the swapping of 6,685 shares. Main Event shed 29 cents to close at $11.57 with a transfer of 12,086 units, Medical Disposables dropped 15 cents to close at $4.85, with 5,000 shares crossing the exchange. MFS Capital Partners shed 11 cents to end at $3.41, with 564,431 stocks crossing the market, 
Paramount Trading declined 15 cents in closing at $2.24 with an exchange of 100 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 50 cents after ending at $14.50, with 31,821 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Falling stocks battered risers on the Junior Market
Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 55 percent and the value 58 percent lower than on Tuesday after trading took place in 41 securities compared with 40 on Tuesday and ended with prices of 11 rising, 24 declining and six closing unchanged.
A total of 9,199,758 shares were exchanged for $22,141,233 compared to 20,297,652 units at $52,761,871 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 224,384 shares at $540,030, compared with 507,441 shares at $1,319,047 on Tuesday with the month to date, averaging 585,792 units at 1,127,771 compared with 608,277 stock units at $1,164,338 on Tuesday the previous day. February closed with an average of 318,024 units at $782,332.
Derrimon Trading led trading with 2.10 million shares for 22.8 percent of total volume followed by Mailpac Group with 1.59 million units for 17.2 percent of the day’s trade, Dolla Financial with 1.53 million units for 16.6 percent market share and Fosrich with 1.28 million units for 13.9 percent of the trading volume.
At the close, the Junior Market Index fell 46.89 points to end at 3,643.55.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 10.8. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded stock price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and eight with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial declined 45 cents to end at $20.55, with an exchange of 100 shares, AMG Packaging increased 8 cents to $3.38 in trading 30,002 stocks, Cargo Handlers shed $1.09 in ending at $13.01 after investors traded 2,333 units. Caribbean Flavours lost 9 cents to close at $1.26 with an exchange of 194,228 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries dipped 20 cents to $2 after an exchange of 248,902 shares, 
Derrimon Trading dipped 10 cents to $2.05 in trading 2,098,597 stocks. Dolphin Cove fell 99 cents to end at $14.25 after 10,546 units changed hands, Fontana dipped 66 cents to a 52 weeks’ closing low of $7.51, with 52,622 stock units crossing the market, Honey Bun shed 35 cents in closing at $6.10 as investors exchanged 15,387 shares. Indies Pharma dropped 15 cents in ending at $2.71 with a transfer of 404,485 stocks, Jamaican Teas rallied 19 cents to $2.30 with investors transferring 15,150 stock units, JFP Ltd lost 9 cents in closing at $1.60 as 1,616 units passed through the market. Knutsford Express fell $1.15 after ending at $9 after an exchange of 17,979 stock units, Lasco Financial declined 16 cents to close at $2.55 in switching ownership of 21,263 stocks, Main Event gained 71 cents to end at $11.86, with 12,040 shares changing hands, 
Spur Tree Spices ended at a 52 weeks’ closing low of $2.51 after slipping 5 cents, with an exchange of 104,763 shares to close at $2.45 and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 10 cents to $15 after a transfer of just two units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
More slippage for Junior Market
Trading activity jumped on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with a 392 percent surge in the volume of stocks traded as the value climbed 391 percent above that on Monday with 40 securities trading compared with 39 on Monday and ended with 14 rising, 18 declining and eight closing unchanged.
A total of 20,297,652 shares were exchanged for $52,761,871 versus 4,128,803 units at $10,755,628 on Monday.
Trading averaged 507,441 shares at $1,319,047 compared to 105,867 units at $275,785 on Monday, with the month to date, averaging 608,277 shares at $1,164,338 compared to 614,793 stocks at $1,154,341 on Monday the previous day. February closed with an average of 318,024 units at $782,332.
Fosrich led trading with 10.82 million shares for 53.3 percent of total volume followed by Jamaican Teas with 5.12 million units for 25.2 percent of the day’s trade and Regency Petroleum with 1.21 million units for 6 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index dropped 13.86 points to end at 3,690.44.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11. PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded stock price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and seven with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial declined $1.20 to $21 in switching ownership of 1,769 shares, AMG Packaging climbed 40 cents to close at $3.30 after trading 74,274 stocks, Caribbean Flavours rallied 8 cents to $1.35 with investors transferring 3,500 units. Dolla Financial fell 10 cents to $2.69 with 360,212 stock units crossing the market, 
Elite Diagnostic dropped 19 cents to $2.70, with 78,321 shares clearing the market, Future Energy Source popped 13 cents to $4.25 in an exchange of 107,537 stocks. Jamaican Teas dipped 33 cents to end at $2.11 with an exchange of 5,117,861 units, JFP Ltd increased 9 cents to close at $1.69, with 58,714 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors rose 19 cents in ending at $2.72 with the swapping of 11,257 shares. Lasco Manufacturing gained 23 cents in closing at $4.35 after an exchange of 14,910 stock units, Limners and Bards shed 16 cents ending at $2.20 in an exchange of 674,350 stocks, Main Event fell $1 to $11.15 after a transfer of 8,732 units. Medical Disposables declined 12 cents to end at $5.02 while exchanging 5,100 units, Regency Petroleum dropped 
10 cents to $1.90 in trading 1,214,127 shares and Spur Tree Spices dipped 9 cents to close at $2.50 after exchanging 28,382 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market trading falls back
Trading pulled back to more normal levels from Wednesday’s heady levels at the close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Thursday, with a 98 percent declining the volume of stocks traded with the value 96 percent lower than on Wednesday following trading in 46 securities up from 42 on Wednesday and ended with 18 rising, 19 declining and nine closing unchanged.
A total of 5,242,797 shares were traded for $17,417,126 compared to 272,054,087 units at $419,217,066 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 113,974 shares at $378,633, compared with 6,477,478 units at $9,981,359 on Wednesday with the month to date, averaging 680,242 stock units at $1,251,880 in contrast to 732,972 units at $1,333,194 on the previous day. February closed with an average of 318,024 units at $782,332.
MFS Capital Partners led trading with 734,917 shares for 14 percent of total volume followed by Tropical Battery with 453,589 units for 8.7 percent of the day’s trade after the price hit a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $1.90 and Future Energy Source with 399,936 units for 7.6 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rallied 9.49 points to close at 3,751.17.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11. The average is down to this relatively low due to new company results that led to increased earnings for the Thursday report and following 
ICInsider.com upgrading earnings for Main Event to $1.80 from $1.45 and Dolla Financial being switched from 2022 earnings of 15 cents for last year to 40 cents for this year, following the release of 2022 full year results, with earnings of 18 cents per share. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed based on the last traded stock price and ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial dipped 12 cents to close at $22, with 11,249 shares changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 24 cents in closing at $2.24 after investors swapped 5,051 stock units, Dolla Financial gained 15 cents to end at $2.85 as investors crossing the market exchanged 243,218 stocks Dolphin Cove rose $1.09 in ending at $15.25 with 57,649 units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic rallied 9 cents to $2.80 in an exchange of 445 stocks, Express Catering advanced 38 cents to end at $5.48 with investors transferring 5,600 units.
Fontana popped 15 cents to close at $8.40 after a transfer of 68,140 stock units, Future Energy Source rose 23 cents to $4.40 with an exchange of 399,936 shares, after the price hit a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $4.05, GWest Corporation climbed 12 cents in closing at $1.08 with a transfer of 1,564 stock units. Honey Bun lost 29 cents to $6.75, with 51,922 shares clearing the market, iCreate rallied 18 cents to end at $1.68 after trading 87,063 units, Indies Pharma rose 10 cents to close at $2.90, with 21,002 stocks crossing the market. Jamaican Teas shed 27 cents in closing at $2.20 with 151,736 units passing through the market, Jetcon Corporation fell 10 cents to 95 cents with 3,984 stocks crossing the exchange, Knutsford Express declined 13 cents to $9.02 after exchanging 7,287 stock units. Mailpac Group dipped 10 cents to close at $1.70 in switching ownership of 113,259 shares, Main Event popped $1.20 after ending at a record closing high of $13 while exchanging 264,941 stocks, following the release of solid first quarter results of 39 cents per share before trading opened, 
MFS Capital Partners dropped 18 cents in closing at $3.33 in an exchange of 734,917 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies increased 89 cents to end at $15.10 in trading 9,521 units.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share gained 14 cents to $1.05 with the swapping of 26,055 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Huge trading surge for Junior Market
Trading closed sharply higher on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Wednesday, with a 4,359 percent surge in the volume of stocks traded and the value jumping 2,415 percent more than on Tuesday after trading in 42 securities compared with 45 on Tuesday and ended with 10 rising, 21 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
Investors exchanged 272,054,087 shares for $419,217,066 compared to 6,101,272 units at $16,671,644 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 6,477,478 shares at $9,981,359 compared to 135,584 units at $370,481 on Tuesday with the month to date, averaging 732,972 units at $1,333,194 up from 199,190 stock units at $529,604 on Tuesday the previous day. February averaged 318,024 units at $782,332.
JFP Ltd led trading with 261.41 million shares for 96.1 percent of total volume followed by tTech with 5 million units for 1.8 percent of the day’s trade and Caribbean Assurance Brokers with 948,138 units for 0.3 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index dropped 55.99 points to close at 3,741.68,, the lowest point since the ending of January 2022.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.3. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded stock price in conjunction with ICInsider.com projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial lost 13 cents in closing at $22.12 in an exchange of 1,885 shares, AMG Packaging popped 36 cents in ending at $2.94, with 1,127 units crossing the market, Cargo Handlers dipped 89 cents to $14.11 and closed with 8 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 15 cents to close at $1.90 after an exchange of 948,138 stocks, Caribbean Cream declined 20 cents to $3.50 after an exchange of 200,000 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries dropped 9 cents to $2 with the swapping of 26,653 stock units. Dolla Financial shed 20 cents to close at $2.70 with a transfer of 369,259 units, Dolphin Cove shed 36 cents in closing at $14.16 in an exchange of 39,713 shares, Express Catering fell 30 cents to end at $5.10 after a transfer of 9,461 units. 
Fontana lost 15 cents at $8.25 in switching ownership of 37,317 stocks, Future Energy Source dipped 14 cents to $4.17 as 79,996 shares passed through the market, GWest Corporation declined 13 cents in closing at 96 cents with an exchange of 263 stock units. ISP Finance dropped $5.66 to close at $20 as investors exchanged 784 units, Knutsford Express advanced 13 cents to $9.15, with 21,743 stock units clearing the market, Main Event 20 cents to end at $11.80 after trading 36,428 shares. MFS Capital Partners lost 12 cents to end at $3.51 in trading 255,734 stocks, Paramount Trading climbed 16 cents in ending at $2.34 with an exchange of 142 shares, 
Stationery and Office Supplies fell 29 cents to $14.21 while exchanging 30,289 stocks and tTech gained 23 cents to close at $2.53 with investors transferring 5,000,000 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading drops on JSE USD Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended Wednesday, with a 26 percent fall in the volume of stocks changing hands following a 90 percent lower value than on Tuesday, resulting in seven securities traded, compared to eight on Tuesday with two rising, three declining and two ending unchanged.
Overall, 33,994 shares were exchanged for US$8,059 compared with 45,731 units at US$80,158 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 4,856 shares at US$1,151 versus 5,716 shares at US$10,021 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 8,281 stock units at US$3,190 compared with 8,596 units at US$3,377 on the previous day. February ended with an average of 43,793 units for US$2,015.
The JSE USD Equities Index lost 1.23 points to end at 220.54.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.4. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price of each stock divided by projected earnings forecasts done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than the last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share shed 0.04 of a cent to end at 6.95 US cents after a transfer of 400 shares, 
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy advanced 1.4 cents to 68 US cents after just two stocks passed through the market, Proven Investments dipped 0.47 of a cent after ending at 18.52 US cents in an exchange of 10,157 stock units. Sterling Investments fell 0.25 of a cent to close at 1.75 US cents with the swapping of 4,980 units and Sygnus Credit Investments USD share gained 0.49 of one cent in closing at 10 US cents while exchanging 14,905 shares.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% remained at US$2 with 915 units crossing the market and JMMB Group 6% ended at US$1.05 with a transfer of 2,635 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading plunges on the Junior Market
Trading activity dived on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 74 percent and the value 69 percent lower than on Monday with 45 securities trading compared with 46 on Monday and ended with 12 rising, 27 declining and six closing unchanged.
Investors traded 6,101,272 shares for $16,671,644 compared to 23,046,162 units at $53,285,932 on Monday.
Trading averaged 135,584 shares at $370,481, compared to 501,004 units at $1,158,390 on Monday with the month to date average of 199,190 units at $529,604 down from 206,218 stocks at $547,197 on the previous day. February averaged 318,024 units at $782,332.
Dolla Financial led trading with 741,210 shares for 12.1 percent of total volume followed by Derrimon Trading with 651,191 units for 10.7 percent of the day’s trade and MFS Capital Partners with 639,010 units for 10.5 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index dipped 20.24 points to end at 3,797.67.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.5. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded stock price in conjunction with ICInsider.com projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
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 fell 75 cents to $22.25 after 65 shares passed through the market, AMG Packaging dipped 52 cents to $2.58 in an exchange of 31 stock units, CAC 2000 lost 9 cents to close at $8.20 after transferring 100 units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 14 cents to end at $2.05 in switching ownership of 40,216 stocks, Caribbean Cream advanced 30 cents in closing at $3.70 with an exchange of 400 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries lost 8 cents to $2.09 after trading 12,354 shares. 
Dolla Financial popped 10 cents in ending at $2.90 with 741,210 units changing hands, Dolphin Cove shed 18 cents in closing at $14.52 with the swapping of 15,366 stocks, EduFocal rose 12 cents to end at $1.98 after trading 100,000 stock units. Elite Diagnostic fell 18 cents to $2.71 as investors exchanged 3,000 units, Fontana lost 15 cents to close at $8.40 after a transfer of 217,560 shares, Future Energy Source shed 24 cents to close at $4.31 as investors swapped 279,285 stocks. General Accident declined 33 cents to $5 in exchanging 50,042 units, iCreate dipped 10 cents to end at $1.55 with a transfer of 311,474 shares, JFP Ltd lost 13 cents in closing at $1.56 trading 183,096 stocks. Knutsford Express fell $1.14 to $9.02 with 34,586 stock units clearing the market, Lasco Manufacturing lost 25 cents to close at $4.05 with 1,448 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards shed 15 cents in closing at $2.51 in an exchange of 7,465 units. 
Main Event dipped 30 cents to end at $12 with the swapping of 13,673 stock units, Medical Disposables gained 15 cents to settle at $5 after a transfer of 22,840 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies shed 50 cents to close at $14.50 with investors transferring 20,484 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading jumps on Junior Market
Trading jumped sharply at the close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday, with a 92 percent surge in the volume of stocks traded and a 47 percent increase compared to Friday, leading to 46 securities changing hands up from 42 on Friday and ending with 23 rising, 17 declining and six unchanged.
Investors traded 23,046,162 shares for $53,285,932, up from 12,029,585 units at $36,181,749 on Friday.
Trading averaged 501,004 shares at $1,158,390 compared to 286,419 units at $861,470 on Friday, with the month to date averaging 206,218 units at $547,197 compared to 68,655 stock units at $469,317 on Friday, the previous day. Trading in February averaged 318,024 units at $782,332.
Derrimon Trading led trading with 14.92 million shares for 64.7 percent of total volume followed by Regency Petroleum with 1.95 million units for 8.5 percent of the day’s trade and Dolla Financial with 946,925 units for 4.1 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index advanced 11.64 points to 3,817.91.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.5. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded stock price in conjunction with ICInsider.com projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
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, AMG Packaging gained 59 cents in closing at $3.10 with 70,128 shares changing hands, CAC 2000 advanced $1.28 to $8.29 after trading 15 units, Cargo Handlers gained 8 cents to close at $15 in exchanging 6,660 stock units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers shed 17 cents to end at $1.91 with a transfer of 10,809 stocks, Caribbean Cream popped 10 cents to finish at $3.40 after 520 shares passed through the market, Derrimon Trading popped 10 cents to settle at $2.20 after trading 14,915,935 stocks. Dolla Financial slipped 8 cents to $2.80 with the swapping of 946,925 units, Dolphin Cove declined 63 cents to $14.70 after an exchange of 33,141 stock units, dipped 13 cents to end at $1.86 in switching ownership of 515,305 shares. 
Express Catering gained 24 cents to close at $5.40 after a transfer of 300 stocks, Fontana rallied 14 cents to end at $8.55 after 115,454 stock units cleared the market, Future Energy Source rallied 15 cents to $4.55 with a transfer of 392,151 units after the price hit an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $4.16. General Accident rose 33 cents in closing at $5.33 as investors exchanged 650 stocks, GWest Corporation gained 11 cents after ending at $1.04 in trading 12,113 shares, ISP Finance advanced 66 cents to close at $25.66 with investors transferring 825 units. Knutsford Express popped 10 cents to settle at $10.16 with an exchange of 4,000 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing lost 9 cents to close at $4.30 in switching ownership of 2,200 stock units, Lumber Depot gained 14 cents in closing at $2.20 in an exchange of 206,658 stocks. Main Event jumped $1.30 to $12.30 with the swapping of 58,507 units, MFS Capital Partners popped 46 cents to end at $3.70 as investors exchanged 409,249 shares,
Paramount Trading shed 20 cents to close at $2.15 after trading 25,685 units. Regency Petroleum lost 10 cents after ending at $2.05 with 1,947,630 shares changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 50 cents to end at $15 in an exchange of 18,301 stock units and tTech fell 20 cents to $2.30 after an exchange of 94,118 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading jumps on the Junior Market
Trading picked up sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Friday with a 156 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded valued 107 percent more than on Thursday, after trading occurred in 42 securities compared with 49 on Thursday and ended with 16 rising, 18 declining and eight unchanged.
A total of 12,029,585 shares were exchanged for $36,181,749 compared with 4,690,775 units at $17,476,868 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 286,419 shares at $861,470 compared to 95,730 units at $356,671 on Thursday with the month to date averaging 168,660 units at $469,317 compared to 153,150 stock units at $417,685 on the prior day. February closed with an average of 318,024 units at $782,332.
Derrimon Trading led trading with 4.65 million shares for 38.6 percent of total volume followed by Future Energy Source with 1.54 million units for 12.8 percent of the day’s trade and MFS Capital Partners with 981,663 units for 8.2 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index shed 19.21 points to end at 3,806.27, but Monday looks set to be a positive day with the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator being very positive, showing nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one stock with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.3. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded stock price divided by ICInsider.com projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
At the close, AMG Packaging rose 13 cents to $2.51 with a transfer of 496 shares, CAC 2000 lost 9 cents in closing at $7.01 after trading 1,460 units, Caribbean Cream dipped 20 cents to close at $3.30 in an exchange of 300 stocks. Caribbean Flavours gained 20 cents to end at $1.46 after a transfer of 1,510 stock units, Dolla Financial gained 8 cents in ending at $2.88 with 378,989 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove shed 57 cents after ending at $15.33 with 107,688 shares clearing the market. 
Express Catering shed 36 cents to end at $5.16 as investors exchanged 7,879 stocks, General Accident popped 31 cents to close at $5 with the swapping of 961,565 units, GWest Corporation fell 14 cents in closing at 93 cents after exchanging 18,016 shares. ISP Finance rallied $5 to $25 with investors transferring a mere 6 stock units, Jamaican Teas rose 19 cents to $2.44 after 4,189 stocks passed through the market, Lumber Depot lost 14 cents to close at $2.06 with the swapping of 115,466 units. Main Event dipped 85 cents in closing at $11 with an exchange of 73,470 shares, MFS Capital Partners declined 38 cents to end at $3.24 with 981,663 stocks clearing the market, 
Paramount Trading popped 20 cents to $2.35 as investors traded 150 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies gained 25 cents after ending at $14.50 in exchanging 17,000 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market drops
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Traded mixed on Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 34 percent, with a 51 percent higher value than Wednesday after all of the 49 listed securities attracted investors’ interest and action, up from 45 on Wednesday and closed with 13 rising, 22 declining and 14 were unchanged.
At the close, 4,690,775 shares were traded for $17,476,868, compared to 3,501,650 units at $11,545,037 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 95,730 shares for $356,671 compared to 77,814 units at $256,556 on Wednesday, with the month to date averaging 153,156 stock units at $417,685 compared to 163,578 stocks for $428,758 on the previous day. February closed with an average of 318,024 units at $782,332.
Fontana led trading with 830,242 shares for 17.7 percent of total volume, followed by Spur Tree Spices with 604,131 units for 12.9 percent of the day’s trade and Jamaican Teas with 585,074 units for 12.5 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index declined 38.92 points to 3,825.48.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.3. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are calculated using the last traded stock price with ICInsider.com projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
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 rallied 95 cents to $23 with investors transferring 1,010 shares, AMG Packaging shed 57 cents to end at $2.38 after a transfer of 10 units, CAC 2000 gained 10 cents ending at $7.10 with 3,507 stock units clearing the market. Dolphin Cove advanced 42 cents to $15.90 as investors exchanged 1,920 stocks, Fontana lost 15 cents to finish at $8.40 after a transfer of 830,242 stock units, Fosrich gained 9 cents to close at $2.99 with the swapping of 346,011 shares. 
General Accident dipped 16 cents in closing at $4.69 with 10 units changing hands, Indies Pharma fell 25 cents to end at $2.75 with investors trading 10 stocks, Jamaican Teas lost 8 cents to close at $2.25 in an exchange of 585,074 stocks.KLE Group shed 30 cents ending at a 53 weeks’ low of $1.44 in switching ownership of 61 shares, Knutsford Express fell $1.77 to end at $10.06 after 911 stock units passed through the market, Lasco Distributors dipped 20 cents to $2.60 as investors exchanged 25,828 units. Lumber Depot lost 19 cents ending at $2.20 with a transfer of 16,515 shares, Main Event popped 13 cents to settle at $11.85 after exchanging 447 stock units, Medical Disposables fell 34 cents in closing at $4.80, trading 22,010 units. MFS Capital Partners lost 8 cents to close at $3.62 with 15,055 stocks crossing the exchange, Paramount Trading shed 23 cents to end at $2.15 after a transfer of 1,540 units, 
Regency Petroleum gained 14 cents in closing at $2.19 in switching ownership of 350,435 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies fell 73 cents ending to $14.25 with an exchange of 1,952 stock units.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share shed 15 cents to end at 90 cents with a transfer of 180 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.