The Junior Market closed with a loss of 22.10 points to 3066.67 on Monday and resulting in a wipeout 16 percent of its value since August 2019 when it hit an all-time high of 3,662.94 on August 14, last year and down 8.4 percent since the start of 2010.
The decline left the market price-earnings ratio at 13.1 based on 2019 earnings.
The market settled with 30 securities changing hands, resulting in the prices of 9 securities advanced, 14 declined and 7 remained unchanged. Market activity, ended with an exchange of 2,894,161 units valued at $6,925,513 compared to 2,050,342 units valued at $12,142,583 from 38 companies on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 96,472 units for an average of $230,850 in contrast to 53,956 units for an average of $319,542 on Friday. January closed with an average of 137,619 units valued at $521,935 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gained 12 cents to settle at $2.05, trading 6,424 stock units, Blue Power ended the day, 20 cents higher at $4 with 3,877 stock units crossing the exchange, Caribbean Producers climbed 1 cent, swapping 600 shares at $4.81. Dolphin Cove lost 20 cents in trading of 2,393 stock units at $9.80, Elite Diagnostic finished 45 cents higher at $4.45 with 42,851 stock units trading, Express Catering exchanged 7,722 units and gained 5 cents to end at $6. Fontana slipped 1 cent to close at $6.79 with 44,009 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.02 in the trading of 30,000 stock units, Honey Bun declined 2 cents, in transferring 33,321 shares to close at $6.98. iCreate dropped 3 cents to settle at 72 cents in exchanging 506,791 stock units, Indies Pharma ended market activity exchanging 57,828 shares to close at $2.91 after falling 4 cents, Jamaican Teas lost 19 cents in trading of 159,866 shares at $6.50. Knutsford Express fell 62 cents with 424 stock units changing hands at $10.88, Lasco Distributors fell 8 cents in exchanging 83,905 units at $3.02, Lasco Financial closed trading of 10,000 units and gained 5 cents to end at $3.65. 
Lasco Manufacturing declined by 6 cents after 26,806 stock units crossed the exchange at $3.96, Lumber Depot lost 2 cents to settle at $1.51 with a transfer of 519,559 shares, MailPac Group fell 8 cents in trading of 753,122 units at $2. Main Event gained 30 cents and exchanged 22,578 shares at $6.10, Medical Disposables climbed $1 to end at $7.50 with 85,429 shares trading, SSL Venture declined 6 cents in trading 40,000 stock units at $1.02. Stationery and Office Supplies ended with 1,728 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 19 cents to end at $9.99 and tTech closed down 10 cents to $5.50 with 1,532 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The market closed with 15 securities changing hands, compared to 18 on Friday, with three gaining, five declining and the prices of seven remaining unchanged. Two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ high and one at a low.
Losses| Clico Investment lost 3 cents to close at $28.45, with 10,692 units crossing the exchange, First Citizens Bank shed 1 cent and settled at $47, with investors exchanging 2,228 shares, Scotiabank ended trading with 3,885 units after falling 11 cents to $61.29. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 3 cents with 31,407 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.78 and Unilever Caribbean fell 4 cents and ended at $22.01, with investors exchanging 100 shares.
The Main Market of the continued to trek upward, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advancing 1,739.78 points to close at 549,514.06, the JSE Market Index added 1,697.56 points to 500,463.33 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.78 points to 135.65.
Trading in December resulted in an average of 595,143 units valued at $9,344,514 for each security.
NCB Financial declined by 57 cents to $188.98, after with 55,928 shares changing hands, PanJam Investment lost 90 cents transferring 9,892 shares and closed at $100, Sagicor Group soared $10.95 to $79.95 in exchanging 61,692 shares. Scotia Group closed at $55.70, after gaining $1.70 after swapping 31,812 shares, Seprod lost 90 cents transferring 15,552 shares to end at $46.10, Sygnus Credit Investments closed 50 cents higher to $26.50, with an exchange of 37,121 shares and Victoria Mutual Investments ended the day’s at $10.70, after rising 92 cents and trading 207,567 units.
The market closed with 38 securities changing hands, with prices of 8 securities rising, 23 declining and seven remaining unchanged, resulting in an exchange of 2,050,342 units valued at $12,142,583 compared to 2,189,745 units valued at $8,061,287 from 35 securities on Thursday.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $5.60 to end at $36 after trading 134,272 stock units, AMG Packaging shed 14 cents in exchanging 3,524 units at $1.93, Blue Power lost 21 cents with 99,797 shares crossing the exchange, to close at $3.80. Caribbean Cream closed trading of 5,000 units with a gain of 35 cents to end at $4, Caribbean Flavours ended with a loss of $1 at $16 with just 100 stock units changing hands, Cargo Handlers traded 12,000 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $8.25. Caribbean Producers shed 20 cents in trading of 55,390 units at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries declined by 7 cents to settle at $1.75, in exchanging 6,196 shares, Dolphin Cove lost 50 cents in trading 2,583 stock units to close at $10. Elite Diagnostic declined by 50 cents to settle at $4 with 27,497 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh added 1 cent after exchanging 175,600 shares at $1.05. Express Catering lost 11 cents, trading 58,084 units at $5.95. Fontana lost 20 cents in trading of 60,065 units at $6.80, Fosrich closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4.20, after swapping 33,383 shares, General Accident fell 20 cents in trading of 23,349 units at $6. GWest Corporation fell 3 cents in exchanging 5,773 units at $1.03, Honey Bun dipped 50 cents in trading of 3,732 units at $7, iCreate fell 5 cents with 14,020 units crossing the exchange at 75 cents, Iron Rock Insurance declined by 54 cents to settle at $3.45 after 27,022 units crossed the market. Jamaican Teas climbed 9 cents and exchanged 39,366 shares at $6.69, Jetcon Corporation closed 3 cents higher at $1.45, with 2,700 stock units trading, 
Knutsford Express rose $1.50 to end at $11.50 with 94,602 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors ended market activity, exchanging 42,460 shares to close at $3.10 after falling 9 cents. Lasco Financial shed 40 cents in trading 14,091 units to close at $3.60, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 28 cents in exchanging 1,873 units at $4.02, Lumber Depot closed 3 cents higher at $1.53, with 130,061 stock units trading. Medical Disposables ended market activity, exchanging 250,940 shares to close at $6.50 after falling 70 cents. Paramount Trading shed 18 cents in trading 248,370 units at $1.55, SSL Venture ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.08 with 120 stock units changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies declined by 10 cents to settle at $9.80 after exchanging 12,059 units and tTech slipped 2 cents in trading of 200 units at $5.60.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market recorded gains on Friday following Thursday’s increases, even as declining ones outnumbered the number of stocks advancing. 
Volume trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange fell sharply to half of Wednesday’s level while the value of all stocks trading fell to just 15 percent of that on Wednesday.
The market closed with an average of 407,904 units at $1,243,146 for each security traded, in contrast to 856,460 units valued at an average of $8,524,367 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 626,696 units valued at $3,584,638for each security changing hands, compared to 636,606 units valued at $3,530,001 for each security traded. Trading in December resulted in an average of 595,143 units valued at $9,344,514 for each security.
JMMB Group slipped $1 to $46, with an exchange of 86,252 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed $1 lower to $10.50 transferring 21,350 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy fell $6 to end at $202, after swapping 106 units. NCB Financial Group declined by 25 cents to $189.55, after exchanging 20,814 shares, Sagicor Group ended at $69, after a loss of $1, in trading 71,403 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 80 cents to settle at $9.80, with 204,747 shares changing hands. Seprod lost $1 transferring 10,826 shares to close at $47, Sygnus Credit Investments closed 50 cents lower to $26, with an exchange of 2,474 shares and Victoria Mutual Investments ended the day’s trade at $9.78, after losing 75 cents in trading 329,895 units.
Junior Market stocks broke the losing streak in trading on Thursday with the market index advancing 19.38 points to close at 3,117.54 as 35 securities changed hands, resulting in gains for 16 and losses for 8 leaving 11 unchanged. 
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services ended trading with 5,342 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $30.40, AMG Packaging climbed 7 cents and exchanged 152,861 stock units at $2.07, Blue Power added 1 cent and traded 17,174 units at $4.01. Consolidated Bakeries closed 13 cents higher at $1.82, with 1,200 stock units changing hands, Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 45 cents at $2, in swapping 83,005 shares, Dolphin Cove gained $1.30 to end at $10.50 in trading 8,000 units. Everything Fresh closed 4 cents higher at $1.04, with 56,606 stock units trading, Express Catering fell 6 cents in trading 66,943 units at $6.06, General Accident climbed 30 cents in exchanging 2,000 shares at $6.20. GWest Corporation rose 4 cents and traded 5,000 shares at $1.06, Honey Bun declined 50 cents in trading of 304 units at $7.50, Indies Pharma fell 10 cents exchanging 24,392 units at $2.95, Jamaican Teas ended transferring 34,233 shares, after rising 5 cents to close at $6.60. Jetcon Corporation fell 8 cents in trading 26,782 units at $1.42, Key Insurance lost 12 cents in closing at $3.68 after transferring 76,407 shares, 
Knutsford Express rose 35 cents to close at $10, with 115 stock units traded, Lasco Distributors gained 4 cents and closed at $3.19, with 15,274 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial climbed 12 cents and exchanged 53,794 shares at $4, Lasco Manufacturing swapped 4,000 units and gained 12 cents to end at $4.30, Lumber Depot lost 3 cents in trading 188,056 stock units at $1.50, MailPac shed 2 cents while exchanging 515,822 units at $2.08. SSL Venture Capital closed trading of 1,000 units with a rise of 1 cent to end at $1.09 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 760 units crossing the exchange and gained 89 cents to end at $9.90.
JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 3,933.74 points to close at 545,580.51, the JSE Market Index rose 3,479.77 points to 496,795.98 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.13 points to 134.65.
Trading in December resulted in an average of 595,143 units valued at $9,344,514 for each security.
Proven Investments added 60 cents to close at $49.60, in an exchange of 30,331 shares, Scotia Group ended the day’s trade at $54, after losing $2.10 and trading 70,606 units, Seprod gained $2 in transferring 13,957 stock units to end at $48. Supreme Ventures closed $1.99 higher at $23, with an exchange of 14,810 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments climbed $1.50 to $26.50, in swapping 6,031 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments closed 99 cents lower to $10.53, after exchanging 331,360 units and Wisynco Group added $1.65 to settle at $23.50 trading 251,469 shares. Productivity Business Solution preference share, fell $20 to a 52 weeks’ low of $80 with 10,000 shares trading.
The Junior Market continued its downward trend, falling 12.88 points to close at 3,098.16, with 30 securities changing hands and the price of 10 securities advancing, 10 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
KLE Group shed 50 cents in trading of 3,300 units at $2.30, Knutsford Express fell 35 cents in exchanging 12,823 units at $9.65. Lasco Manufacturing lost 7 cents to close at $4.18 with 17,645 crossing the exchange, Limners and Bards gained 1 cent to settle at $2.90, after trading 13,610 shares, Lumber Depot ended swapping 80,966 shares, after rising 2 cents to close at $1.53. MailPac Group closed 14 cents higher at $2.10, with 353,900 stock units trading, Medical Disposables climbed 50 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $7.20, Paramount Trading closed 3 cents higher at $1.73, with 2,812 stock units trading. Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $9.01 with 40,711 stock units changing hands and tTech closed trading of 932 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.62.
