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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A total of 3,501,650 shares were exchanged at $11,545,037 compared with 4,841,834 units at $12,339,863 on Tuesday.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Indies Pharma gained 25 cents while ending at $3 with 200 stock units changing hands, ISP Finance dropped $6.35 to settle at $20 as investors exchanged 720 stocks, Jamaican Teas lost 11 cents to close at $2.33 in switching ownership of 27,915 shares. Lasco Manufacturing rose 35 cents to $4.39 after 2,185 shares cleared the market, Lumber Depot gained 7 cents ending at $2.39 with a transfer of 44,771 stock units, Mailpac Group lost 13 cents in closing at $1.78 in an exchange of 102,098 units. Main Event advanced 72 cents to $11.72 with 8,041 stocks changing hands, 
Tropical Battery rallied 12 cents to close at $2.27 after trading 192,965 units and tTech gained 18 cents ending at $2.59 with investors transferring 717 stocks.
A total of 4,841,834 shares were traded for $12,339,863 versus 6,861,401 units at $18,364,945 on Monday.
The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate 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 three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Fontana popped 10 cents to close at $8.70 as investors exchanged 50,897 stock units, Future Energy Source gained 10 cents in closing at $4.60 after trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $4.31 after 326,091 shares were traded, Honey Bun rose 60 cents to $7.10 after 7,672 units passed through the market. Iron Rock Insurance gained 30 cents in ending at $2.30 with investors transferring 4,742 stocks, Knutsford Express rose 83 cents to finish at $11.83 with the swapping of 8,727 shares, Lasco Distributors gained 27 cents to settle at $2.80 in exchanging 13,979 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing fell 43 cents to $4.04 with a transfer of 7,893 stocks, Paramount Trading popped 32 cents ending at $2.39 in transferring 400 units, Regency Petroleum dipped 19 cents in closing at $2.01 after clearing the market with 1,403,304 shares. 
Tropical Battery shed 12 cents ending at $2.15 with an exchange of 414,819 stock units and tTech fell 19 cents to $2.41 in trading 30,000 stock units.
A total of 6,861,401 shares were exchanged for $18,364,945 versus 12,468,915 units at $30,380,321 on Friday.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.7. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded stock price in conjunction with ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with their financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Honey Bun fell 70 cents after ending at $6.50 in an exchange of 288,610 stock units, JFP Ltd lost 10 cents to close at $1.60 after 120,180 units passed through the market, Knutsford Express fell 80 cents to $11 after investors traded 10,000 units. Lasco Distributors dipped 28 cents to $2.53 as investors transferred 31,822 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing rallied 17 cents in closing at $4.47 in trading 73,884 stock units, Lumber Depot lost 9 cents to close at $2.31 in switching ownership of 55,047 shares. Main Event declined $1.39 to end at $11 after a transfer of 44,915 units, Medical Disposables rallied 29 cents to $5.14 after an exchange of 568 shares, MFS Capital Partners rose 20 cents to $3.80 with the swapping of 68,831 stocks. 
Paramount Trading shed 28 cents to finish at $2.07 after an exchange of 30,600 stock units and Regency Petroleum advanced 24 cents to $2.20 with a transfer of 1,860,754 shares.
A total of 12,468,915 shares were exchanged for $30,380,321 compared with 9,243,451 units at $25,870,454 on Thursday.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.8. 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.
Honey Bun lost 9 cents in ending at $7.20 with a transfer of 1,649 units, Indies Pharma shed 29 cents in closing at $2.75 with the swapping of 295,573 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance dipped 30 cents to $2 after 10,340 shares passed through the market. ISP Finance climbed $5.35 to $26.35 in switching ownership of 2 stocks, JFP Ltd rallied 10 cents in closing at $1.70 after 20,001 units were traded, Main Event rose 39 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $12.39 in exchanging 66,710 stock units. MFS Capital Partners popped 10 cents to close at $3.60 with a transfer of 19,024 units, Paramount Trading rallied 16 cents to $2.35 after an exchange of 6,451 stocks, Spur Tree Spices lost 10 cents to end at $2.65 with 40,398 stock units changing hands. Stationery and Office Supplies rose 97 cents to $14.95 in switching ownership of 1,904 shares and 
Tropical Battery dipped 16 cents to end at $2.20 trading 126,960 stock units.
A total of 7,248,801 shares were traded for $17,264,479 compared to 15,831,268 units at $44,907,966 on Tuesday.
At the close, Access Financial fell 36 cents to close at $25.59 with 5,228 shares being traded, Cargo Handlers popped 49 cents in closing at $15 after 2,048 stock units cleared the market, Caribbean Cream gained 18 cents to finish at $3.49 following investors trading 76 units. Caribbean Flavours rallied 25 cents to $1.70 with 78 stocks changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries lost 24 cents to end at $2.18 in switching ownership of 5,065 stock units, Dolla Financial shed 11 cents to end at $2.85 in an exchange of 105,206 stocks. Fosrich lost 11 cents ending at $2.99 with the swapping of 882,264 units, General Accident rose 39 cents in closing at $4.99 with 8,097 shares changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance fell 30 cents to $2 after a transfer of 50 shares. ISP Finance gained 51 cents to settle at $21 after switching ownership of 1,500 stocks, JFP Ltd dipped 25 cents to $1.70 in trading 487,595 units, Knutsford Express declined $1.13 to $11.87 after exchanging 7,445 stock units. 
Lasco Distributors lost 9 cents to finish at $2.70 with investors transferring 31,250 stock units, Lasco Financial advanced 28 cents to end at $2.74 in exchanging 750 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing gained 25 cents in closing at $4.22, with investors transferring 16,549 shares. Limners and Bards popped 10 cents to end at $2.75 with the swapping of 5,417 units, Lumber Depot dipped 15 cents to $2.25 after 54,162 stock units were traded, Main Event rose 75 cents to close at $11.95 with an exchange of 51,844 units. Medical Disposables shed 29 cents in closing at $4.85, with 5,300 shares changing hands, Regency Petroleum fell 52 cents to end at $1.91 after investors traded 2,970,829 stocks, following release of full year results, showing higher administrative costs that wiped out increased gross profit and Spur Tree Spices shed 23 cents in closing at $2.75 exchanging 348,494 shares.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share gained 8 cents to end at $1.08 with a transfer of 294 units.
A total of 15,831,268 shares were exchanged for $44,907,966 up from 9,033,630 units at $24,644,140 on Monday.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.2. PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Consolidated Bakeries popped 22 cents in closing at $2.42 after a transfer of265 stock units, Dolphin Cove declined 64 cents to $14.56 as investors exchanged 87,758 units, Future Energy Source rallied 15 cents to end at $4.70 with the swapping of 385,383 units. iCreate gained 8 cents in ending at $1.79 after investors exchanged 35,554 stock units, Indies Pharma rose 15 cents to $3.05 in switching ownership of 1,731,974 shares, JFP Ltd gained 23 cents to close at $1.95 in trading 3,024,280 stocks. Knutsford Express advanced $2.90 to a 52 weeks’ high of $13 in an exchange of 111,135 shares, Lasco Distributors gained 9 cents to end at $2.79 with the swapping of 131,491 units, Limners and Bards popped 15 cents in closing at $2.65 with 12,735 stocks changing hands. Lumber Depot rose 13 cents ending at $2.40 with a transfer of 251,965 stock units, Main Event dipped 64 cents to $11.20 after exchanging 111 stock units, Medical Disposables popped 29 cents to finish at $5.14 after trading 18 stocks. 
Regency Petroleum rallied 24 cents in closing at a record high of $2.43 with 1,393,928 shares crossing the exchange, Spur Tree Spices rose 18 cents to close at $2.98 in switching owners of 1,559,762 units and Tropical Battery gained 12 cents to end at $2.34 trading 339,627 stock units.
A total of 9,033,630 shares were traded for $24,644,140, down from 32,804,091 units at $91,381,630 on Friday.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.6. 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.
Elite Diagnostic gained 26 cents to settle at $2.71 after 27,851 units passed through the market, Fosrich rose 10 cents to $3.09 as investors traded 3,395,464 stocks. General Accident shed 38 cents to end at $4.61 with a transfer of 6,100 shares, Honey Bun gained 27 cents to finish at $7.37 in exchanging 878 stock units, iCreate lost 8 cents to close at $1.71 in switching ownership of 66,005 stocks. Indies Pharma rallied 11 cents in closing at $2.90 with the swapping of 20,635 units, JFP Ltd gained 12 cents to close at $1.72 in an exchange of 554,074 stock units, Knutsford Express declined $1 to $10.10 in trading just 505 shares. Lasco Distributors popped 10 cents in ending at $2.70 with an exchange of 216,724 stock units, Lasco Financial lost 29 cents in closing at $2.46 with investors transferring 95,902 stocks, Main Event advanced $1.04 to $11.84 with 1,558 shares changing hands. 
Regency Petroleum gained 24 cents in ending at a record $2.19 after 1,116,676 units passed through the market, Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 30 cents to end at $13.70 in switching ownership of 1,093 stocks and Tropical Battery lost 8 cents in closing at $2.22 while trading 132,449 stock units.