The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday, with the market rising as nearly twice the number of stocks rose than fell after the trading of 170 percent more shares than on Thursday.
Trading ended with 35 securities changing hands compared to 36 on Thursday and ended with 18 stocks rising, the prices of 10 declining and seven with prices remaining unchanged.
The Junior Market Index gained 10.35 points to settle at 2,470.24. The average PE Ratio ended at 11 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 9,578,656 shares for $33,012,754, compared to 3,541,908 units at $7,409,597 on Thursday. Limners and Bards led trading with 43.1 percent of total volume with an exchange of 4.13 million shares, followed by Jamaican Teas with 15.3 percent of the day’s trade or 1.46 million units and Lumber Depot with 11.3 percent after 1.08 million shares changed hands.
Trading ended with an average of 273,676 units at $943,222 in contrast to 98,386 at $205,822 on
Thursday. The average trade for October is 230,868 units at $535,509, compared to 228,645 units at $514,337 on Thursday and well over September, with an average of 119,171 units at $249,355.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows nine stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial surged $5.24 to settle at $26.24 with 345,083 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging gained 1 cent to end at $1.72 with an exchange of 264,810 units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined 15 cents to finish at $1.80 with 4,282 shares passing through the market. Caribbean Cream jumped 70 cents to close at $4.70, trading 50 stock units, Caribbean Flavours lost 2 cents to settle at $1.71 with investors transferring 129,033 units, Caribbean Producers advanced 16 cents to $2.31 with an exchange of 67,465 shares. Consolidated Bakeries fell 3 cents to $1.40 with 24,000 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading gained 16 cents to close at $2.55 with 3,682 units passing through the market, Dolphin Cove rose 2 cents to $6.12 with investors switching ownership of 2,132 stocks. Elite Diagnostic added 1 cent to close at $3.10, in trading 19,739 units, Everything Fresh increased 6 cents to 78 cents with 24,259 stock units changing hands, Express Catering dropped 25 cents to close at $3.50 with an exchange of 100 shares. Fontana advanced 18 cents to settle at $4.99 with 139,121 stocks passing through the market, Fosrich climbed 29 cents to end at $3.50 with 204,041 units changing hands, Honey Bun lost 11 cents to finish at $4.74 with investors transferring 25,881 stock units. iCreate rose 5 cents to 70 cents with an exchange of 100 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance declined 1 cent to settle at $2.51 with 40,000 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation increased by 17 cents to end at 87 cents with 61,007 stock units passing through the market. Knutsford Express jumped 59 cents to finish at $6.30 with 55,297 stocks trading, Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents to close at $3 with investors switching ownership of 155,724 stocks, Lasco Financial rose 1 cent to settle at $2.06 with 47,000 units changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing dropped 23 cents to end at $3.36 with 100,100 stock units passing through the market, Limners and Bards increased 16 cents and exchanged 4,125,730 stocks to close at $2.68, Lumber Depot fell 3 cents to $1.17 with 1,081,876 units traded. Mailpac Group gained 1 cent to end at $1.99 with 205,592 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables advanced 45 cents to finish at $4.75 with 19,572 shares passing through the market, Paramount Trading lost 2 cents to close at $1.68 with investors transferring 4,000 shares and Tropical Battery rose 4 cents to end at $1.27 with 767,279 stock units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.