Calling stocks overwhelmed those rising and pushed the Index of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange down 75.97 points to 4,229.98 in Thursday’s trading, with the volume of stocks traded declining 51 percent and the value 51 percent lower than on Wednesday as 44 securities trading the same as on Wednesday and ended with eight rising, 24 declining and 12 unchanged.
Investors exchanged 25,483,749 shares for $73,838,816, down from 51,809,949 units at $151,838,965 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 579,176 shares at $1,678,155 compared to 1,177,499 shares at $3,450,886 on Wednesday with the month to date, averaging 679,404 units at $2,230,932 compared to 699,633 units at $2,342,501 on the previous trading day. August closed with an average of 407,186 units at $1,330,946.
ONE on ONE Educational led trading with 11.35 million shares for 44.5 percent of total volume followed by MFS Capital Partners with 3.98 million units for 15.6 percent of the day’s trade, Dolla Financial with 3.43 million units for 13.4 percent market share, Fosrich with 2.17 million units for 8.5 percent market share and Future Energy Source with 1.66 million units for 6.5 percent of the day’s trade.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 13. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial shed $1.30 to $24 in trading 2,413 shares, Blue Power rallied 25 cents in closing at $3.75 after exchanging 13 stocks, Caribbean Cream lost 5 cents to end at $4.75 with the trading of six stock units. Consolidated Bakeries declined 30 cents ending at $1.90 after exchanging 27,199 units, Dolla Financial dropped 14 cents to close at $3.65 after a transfer of 3,425,801 stocks, EduFocal climbed 9 cents in closing at $2.44 in trading at 119,888 shares. Express Catering dipped 14 cents to close at $5.60 in switching ownership of 18,454 stock units, Fosrich fell 11 cents to $4.39, with 2,172,374 units clearing the market, Future Energy Source lost 5 cents to end at $4.85, with an exchange of 1,658,103 shares. GWest Corporation increased 7 cents in ending at $1.02 with investors transferring 71,099 stock units, KLE Group dropped 54 cents to end at $1.53 in trading 2,037 units, Lasco Distributors rose 12 cents to $2.95 in exchanging 41,362 stocks. Lasco Financial shed 5 cents to $2.75 with the swapping of 20,760 shares, Limners and Bards declined 10 cents to close at $2.73 with a transfer of 275,869 stocks, Medical Disposables gained 10 cents to end at $6 in an exchange of 7,227 units. 
MFS Capital Partners dipped 90 cents to $2.85 while exchanging 3,975,446 stock units and ONE on ONE Educational fell 10 cents to end at $1.90, with 11,346,788 stocks changing hands.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share advanced 9 cents to $1.18 with 2,429 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
OneonOne dominates trading on Wednesday
ONE on ONE Educational led trading with 35 million shares leading to the price falling 40 cents at the close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 14 percent and the value 22 percent more than on Tuesday with 44 securities trading similar to Tuesday and ended with 15 rising, 22 declining and seven unchanged.
Investors exchanged 51,809,949 shares for $151,838,965 up from 45,397,558 units at $124,937,848 on Tuesday. Trading averaged 1,177,499 shares at $3,450,886 compared to 1,031,763 shares a $2,839,497 on Tuesday with month to date, averaging 699,633 units at $2,342,501 compared to 578,794 units at $2,062,220 on Tuesday the previous trading day. August closed with an average of 407,186 units at $1,330,946.
ONE on ONE led trading with 35.47 million shares for 68.5 percent of total volume followed by Fosrich with 7.91 million units for 15.3 percent of the day’s trade, Dolla Financial with 2.39 million units for 4.6 percent market share and Future Energy Source with 1.34 million units for 2.6 percent of the day’s trade.
At the close, the Junior Market Index eked out a gain of 2.25 points to close at 4,305.95. The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 13.1. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows none ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial advanced $4.30 to $25.30 trading 150,905 shares, Blue Power climbed 38 cents to $3.50 after a transfer of 88,211 units, CAC 2000 gained 69 cents to close at $7.58 after an exchange of 529 stock units. Cargo Handlers popped $1.38 to $13.88 as investors exchanged 51 stocks, Caribbean Cream rose 40 cents in closing at $4.80, after 59,215 stock units crossed the market, Dolla Financial rallied 24 cents to end at a record high of $3.79 in trading 2,393,247 shares. Dolphin Cove rallied 20 cents to $15.20with 129,736 units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic fell 13 cents in closing at $3.30 in an exchange of 120,277 stocks, Fontana popped 30 cents to close at $9.50 after exchanging 89,030 stocks. Fosrich fell 27 cents to $4.50 while exchanging 7,906,282 shares, Future Energy Source shed 10 cents to close at $4.90, with 1,337,506 stock units crossing the exchange, iCreate dropped 15 cents to $4 with an exchange of 919,995 units. Lasco Distributors dipped 24 cents to $2.83 with investors transferring 48,286 shares, Main Event declined 39 cents to end at $6.50 after trading 17,298 stock units, Medical Disposables dropped 10 cents in closing at $5.90 in exchanging 15,000 stocks. MFS Capital Partners declined 25 cents in closing at $3.75 with the swapping of 159,453 units, ONE on ONE Educational dropped 40 cents to close at $2, with 35,471,495 stock units clearing the market, Spur Tree Spices lost 15 cents to end at $3.75 with a transfer of 175,602 units. 
Stationery and Office Supplies fell 95 cents to $16.05, with 98,493 shares crossing the market and Tropical Battery rallied 11 cents to $2.60 in switching ownership of 615,659 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
OneonOne the dominant stock
Trading jumped sharply at the close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 117 percent and the value climbing 58 percent over Monday, with OneonOne Educational cornering 33 million shares after 44 securities were active versus 43 on Monday, resulting in prices of 19 rising, 14 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
Ricardo Allen CEO of One to One
A total of 45,397,558 shares were exchanged for $124,937,848 up from 20,936,329 units at $79,292,490 on Monday. Trading averaged 1,031,763 shares at $2,839,497 compared to 486,891 shares at $1,844,011 on Monday with the month to date, averaging 578,794 units at $2,062,220 compared to 425,481 units at $1,799,142 on the previous trading day. August closed with an average of 407,186 units at $1,330,946.
ONE on ONE led trading with 33.15 million shares for 73 percent of total volume, followed by Dolla Financial with 4.37 million units for 9.6 percent of the day’s trade. Fosrich ended with 3.02 million units for 6.6 percent market share and MFS Capital Partners traded 1.24 million units for 2.7 percent of the day’s trade.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rallied 4.95 points to settle at 4,303.70 after OneonOne traded at a record closing high of $2.40 and Lasco Distributors traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $2.81.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 13.3. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial dropped $4 to end at $21 after exchanging 747 shares, but coded with the bid at $22, AMG Packaging rose 35 cents in closing at $4 while exchanging 3,001 units, CAC 2000 added 89 cents to close at $6.89, with 6,008 stocks crossing the market. Caribbean Flavours increased 12 cents to $1.92 with the swapping of 246,201 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries advanced 15 cents in ending at $2.25 after exchanging 54,890 stock units, Dolla Financial gained 10 cents after ending at $3.55 in exchanging 4,369,384 units. Dolphin Cove dipped 18 cents in closing at $15 in trading 76,666 stocks, Elite Diagnostic popped 10 cents to $3.43 after a transfer of 956 shares, Everything Fresh rallied 22 cents to close at $1.95, with 229,950 stocks crossing the market. Express Catering climbed 14 cents to $5.74 with investors transferring 2,182 units, Jamaican Teas gained 14 cents to close at $2.65 with 41,044 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards lost 16 cents to end at $2.82 after trading 919 stock units. Lumber Depot climbed 25 cents to $3.09 in switching ownership of 129,075 shares, Main Event fell 76 cents in closing at $6.89, with 12,850 stock units clearing the market, 
MFS Capital Partners popped 25 cents to $4, with 1,241,816 stocks changing hands and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 93 cents to close at $17 with a transfer of 5,995 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market’s second day of solid gains
Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 32 percent with a 27 percent greater value than on Friday after 43 securities traded similar to Friday and ending with prices of 17 rising 20, declining and six closing unchanged and sent the Junior Market Index surging 82.22 points to 4,298.75 and follows 72.17 points jump on Friday.
A total of 20,936,329 shares were traded for $79,292,490 up from 15,802,738 units at $62,557,377 on Friday.
Trading averaged 486,891 shares at $1,844,011 versus 367,506 shares at $1,454,823 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 425,481 units at $1,799,142 up from 395,129 units at 1,776,965 on the previous trading day. August closed with an average of 407,186 units at $1,330,946.
Fosrich led trading with 8.75 million shares for 41.8 percent of total volume followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 4.68 million units for 22.3 percent of the day’s trade. Dolla Financial chipped in with 1.98 million units for 9.5 percent market share and Future Energy Source ended, up with 1.14 million units for 5.5 percent of stocks trading.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 13.2. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial popped $1.49 in closing at $25 after trading`598 shares, AMG Packaging shed 34 cents to close at $3.65 while exchanging 25,872 units, Blue Power lost 36 cents in ending at $3.12 with an exchange of 16,952 stock units. Cargo Handlers advanced 15 cents to $12.50 after a transfer of 7,161 stocks, Caribbean Cream rallied 37 cents to close at $4.37 in exchanging 112 shares, Dolphin Cove climbed 18 cents to $15.18 after swapping 101,784 stock units. Everything Fresh dipped 22 cents to $1.73 as investors exchanged 57,612 stocks, Fontana fell 27 cents in closing at $9.24 with a transfer of 306,568 units, Fosrich rose 56 cents to $4.71 after trading 8,749,441 units. Future Energy Source dropped 18 cents to close at $5.03 with investors transferring 1,143,023 stocks, General Accident declined 37 cents to $4.98 in exchanging 10,024 shares, Honey Bun gained 45 cents in closing at $7.95 after exchanging 2,972 stock units. iCreate increased 15 cents to $4.15, with 227,115 units clearing the market, Iron Rock Insurance shed 31 cents to close at $2.69 while trading 21,076 stock units, Jamaican Teas dipped 24 cents to end at $2.51, with 528,897 shares changing hands. KLE Group 0rose 27 cents to close at $2.07 after 625 stocks crossed the market, Lumber Depot declined 26 cents to $2.84, with an exchange of 102,995 shares, MFS Capital Partners climbed 54 cents to $3.75 in switching ownership of 372,138 stock units. ONE on ONE Educational gained 57 cents in closing at a record high of $2.32 in trading 4,676,141 stocks and leaving 19 million to buy on the bid at $2.32 at the close. 
Spur Tree Spices rallied 14 cents to $3.94, with 232,121 units crossing the exchange and Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 93 cents to $17.93 in an exchange of 110,834 stock units.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share lost 18 cents in ending at $1 and closed with 13,112 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
ONE on ONE jumps 75% in 2 days
ONE on ONE Educational traded on the second day of listing with the price jumping 75 percent still leaving a bunch of orders left unfilled as trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Friday, with the volume of stocks declining 15 percent and the value down 32 percent compared to Thursday, with 43 securities trading versus 44 on the immediately preceding day and ended prices of 16 rising 19 declining and eight closing unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index popped sharply higher by 72.17 points to 4,216.53.
A total of 15,802,738 shares were exchanged for $62,557,377 compared to 18,573,484 units at $92,038,588 on Thursday. Trading averaged 367,506 shares at $1,454,823 compared to 422,125 shares at $2,091,786 on Thursday, with the month to date averaging 395,129 units at $1,776,965. August closed with an average of 407,186 units at $1,330,946.
Fosrich led trading with 5.19 million shares for 32.9 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 3.11 million units for 19.7 percent of the day’s trade and Future Energy Source with 971,347 units for 6.1 percent market share.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 13. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial fell $1.79 to end at $23.51 with investors transferring 5,709 shares, AMG Packaging rose 18 cents to $3.99 in trading 5,497 units, Cargo Handlers climbed 30 cents to $12.35 after exchanging 100 stocks. Caribbean Cream gained 20 cents in closing at $4, with 6,989 stock units crossing the exchange, Caribbean Flavours dropped 10 cents to close at $1.81 trading 129,370 shares, Consolidated Bakeries lost 29 cents to close at $2.06 while exchanging 69,040 stocks. Dolla Financial rallied 14 cents in ending at $3.40 with a transfer of 3,107,896 stock units, Dolphin Cove popped $1 to end at $15, with 447,660 units changing hands, EduFocal declined 10 cents in closing at $2.51 in exchanging 890,225 stocks. Everything Fresh increased 45 cents to $1.95 in switching ownership of 153,099 stock units, Fosrich advanced 48 cents to $4.15 with 5,194,483 shares changing hands, General Accident dipped 20 cents to $5.35 as investors exchanged 165 units. Honey Bun shed 66 cents ending at $7.50 after a transfer of 43,329 shares, iCreate fell 11 cents to $4 with an exchange of 275,120 stocks, Indies Pharma shed 10 cents to close at $3, with 10,933 stock units crossing the market. JFP Limited declined 14 cents to $1.55, after trading 198,008 units, Knutsford Express increased 20 cents to end at $7.20 in an exchange of 100 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing popped 20 cents to close at $4.50, with 663,765 shares clearing the market. Lumber Depot rose 13 cents in ending at $3.10 and exchanging 435,326 units, 
Mailpac Group advanced 10 cents in closing at $2.50 with the swapping of 205,376 stock units, MFS Capital Partners dipped 13 cents in ending at $3.21 after trading 785,586 units. ONE on ONE Educational rallied 43 cents in closing at a record high of $1.75 in switching ownership of 139,469 shares, Spur Tree Spices dropped 12 cents to end at $3.80 with a transfer of 200,816 stocks, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1 to close at $17, with 78,393 stock units changing hands and Tropical Battery fell 26 cents to $2.51 with an exchange of 888,206 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
ONE on ONE Educational gains 32% on debut
ONE on ONE Educational shares were listed on Monday with the price jumping 32 cents on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Thursday. The market ended with the volume of stocks traded declining 68 percent and the value 48 percent lower than on Wednesday with 44 securities trading versus 45 on Wednesday and ended with prices of 15 rising, 23 declinng and six closng unchanged.
A total of 18,573,484 shares were exchanged for $92,038,588 down from 57,697,192 units at $175,364,563 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 422,125 shares at $2,091,786 versus 1,282,160 shares at $3,896,990 on Wednesday. August closed with an average of 407,186 units at $1,330,946.
MFS Capital Partners led trading with 5.51 million shares for 29.7 percent of total volume followed by Lasco Distributors with 2.51 million units for 13.5 percent of the day’s trade, Access Financial with 1.25 million units for 6.7 percent market share and General Accident with 1.23 million units for 6.6 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index shed 23.69 points to close at 4,144.36.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.9. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial advanced 80 cents to $25.30 with 1,247,279 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging lost 18 cents after ending at $3.81 with a transfer of 16,436 units, Cargo Handlers dropped $2.65 in closing at $12.05 with the swapping of 189,410 stocks. Consolidated Bakeries gained 15 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.35 trading 519,882 stock units, Dolphin Cove shed 93 cents to close at $14, with 30,846 stock units crossing the exchange, Everything Fresh fell 50 cents in closing at $1.50, with 199,796 units crossing the market. Fontana popped 53 cents to close at $9.59 in switching ownership of 105,728 stocks, Fosrich increased 11 cents to $3.67 after finishing trading 537,734 shares, Future Energy Source dipped 25 cents to $5.23 while exchanging 542,775 units. General Accident climbed 55 cents to end at $5.55 after exchanging 1,231,233 stocks, Honey Bun rose 66 cents in ending at $8.16 as investors exchanged 3,891 shares, iCreate declined 11 cents in closing at $4.11 after exchanging 79,882 stock units. Indies Pharma declined 30 cents to close at $3.10, with 10,609 units changing hands, Knutsford Express rallied 14 cents to $7 with 458,751 stocks clearing the market, 
Lasco Manufacturing shed 10 cents to end at $4.30 with investors transferring 839,779 shares. Mailpac Group lost 20 cents to $2.40 in an exchange of 25,020 stock units, Main Event popped 70 cents to end at $7.70 after exchanging 2,450 shares, Medical Disposables rallied 17 cents to $6 in trading 50,940 stock units. ONE on ONE Educational rose 32 cents in closing at all-time high of $1.32, with 55,308 units crossing the market and tTech dropped 28 cents to close at $2.95 with an exchange of 71,226 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Sales jump 31% in Fontana’s Q4
Fontana is quietly making significant headways in a Jamaican economy that suffered over the last twelve months to June with various dislocations resulting from measures implemented to control the spread of the Covid19 virus. In the financial year to June 2022, revenues climbed a respectable 23 percent to $6.34 billion, from $5.15 billion in 2021 and delivered a 19 percent rise in profit to $606 million.
Artist impression of the 20,000 sqft Portmore store set for opening in early summer 2023.
Sales rose a robust 31 percent in the fourth quarter, well ahead of the nine months’ inflows of 21 percent, but the cost of sales grew even faster at 41 percent, resulting in gross profit rising 16 percent, similar to the increase in the nine months. Profit margin fell and remained in the region of 35.8 percent for the June Quarter and for the year to March but is well down on the 40.5 percent achieved in the June quarter last year.
In an interview with the company’s chairman, Kevin O’Brien Chang suggests that sales would have been affected by specials in the period and the inability to recover increased costs associated with logistical dislocation of sourcing and receiving goods.
“We are very pleased with the trend in sales currently”, Chang informed ICInsider.com in response to whether they could maintain the 31 percent fourth quarter revenue growth in the future for the current fiscal year.
Profit in the fourth quarter rose a substantial 32 percent to $192 million from $146 million, while the full year results increased 18 percent to $606 million from $512 million in 2021.
Administrative and other expenses rose 20 percent in the fourth quarter to $380 million and 15 percent for the fiscal year, to $1.4 billion. Marketing and sales expenses slipped 7 percent in the final quarter and rose 14 percent to $64 million for the year. Finance costs climbed 12 percent in the quarter to $204 million from $182 million in 2021 and rose 17 percent from $648 million to $761 million for the year.
The company continues to be in a financially healthy position. Gross cash flow brought in $840 million, up from $713 million in 2021. Working capital needs and acquisition of fixed assets utilised $204 million. Dividend payment used up $250 million. Loans and lease payments consumed $320 million, but the proceeds of a $492 million bond resulted in an increase of $632 million in cash.
Shareholders’ equity rose to $2.16 billion from $1.8 billion at the end of June 2021. Long term borrowings ended at $1.5 billion and short term borrowings at $143 million at the end of June this year. Current assets ended the period at $2.7 billion, including inventories of $992 million compared to $836 million in 2021, trade and other receivables of $195 million and cash and bank balances of $1.5 million. Current liabilities ended the period at $830 million. Net current assets ended at $1.86 billion.
The Portmore store is estimated to be around 20,000 square feet, with an opening around the end of the June 2023 quarter, Chang advised ICInsider.com. The store will be leased as is the case of most stores the company operates.
Earnings per share came out at 49 cents for the 2022 fiscal year. ICInsider.com forecasts 80 cents per share for the fiscal year ending June 2023, with a PE of 11 times the current year’s earnings based on the price of $9.06 the stock traded at on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market. Net asset value is $1.49, with the stock selling at six times book value.
Fontana owns and operates a chain of pharmacies in Kingston, Montego Bay, Mandeville and Och Rios. Fontana is one of the 10 Junior Market ICInsider.com stocks to hold for 10 years.
Trading jumps on Junior Market
Trading picked up sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 122 percent and the value 147 percent more than on Tuesday, following trading in 45 securities versus 44 on Tuesday and ending with 27 rising, 14 declining and four closing unchanged.
A total of 57,697,192 shares were exchanged for $175,364,563 compared to 26,003,630 units at $71,056,138 on Tuesday. Trading averaged 1,282,160 shares at $3,896,990 versus 590,992 shares at $1,614,912 on Tuesday with the month to date, averaging 407,186 units at $1,330,946 compared to 363,535 units at $1,202,929 on the previous trading day. July closed with an average of 512,709 units at $2,574,304.
Fosrich led trading with 22.41 million shares for 38.8 percent of total volume, followed by Mailpac Group with 20.46 million units for 35.5 percent of the day’s trade, Dolla Financial with 3.33 million units for 5.8 percent market share, Spur Tree Spices with 3.16 million units for 5.5 percent market share, JFP Limited with 1.84 million units for 3.2 percent market share and Tropical Battery with 1.29 million units for 2.2 percent market share.
The Junior Market Index dipped 2.10 points at the close to 4,168.05, slightly lower than the July close of 4202.31 points. The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 13.2. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial shed 76 cents in ending at $24.50, trading 6,600 shares, AMG Packaging advanced 18 cents to $3.99 while exchanging 1,205 stocks, Blue Power popped 39 cents to close at $3.49 after a transfer of 50 stock units. CAC 2000 dropped $1.39 to $6 with a transfer of 114,355 units, Cargo Handlers rose 20 cents in closing at $14.70 after 9,347 shares crossed the market, Consolidated Bakeries rallied 40 cents to $2.20 with an exchange of 505,799 units. Everything Fresh increased 13 cents to end at $2 in trading 352,589 stocks, Fontana fell 28 cents to $9.06 in exchanging 113,984 stock units, Honey Bun dipped 62 cents to close at $7.50 after exchanging 17,291 shares. Indies Pharma climbed 30 cents in closing at $3.40, with 57,567 stocks clearing the market, JFP Limited gained 13 cents to close at $1.70, with 1,843,624 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing increased 11 cents to $4.40 in switching ownership of 28,965 units. Mailpac Group gained 11 cents to end at $2.60 with investors transferring 20,460,464 units, 
Main Event climbed 19 cents in closing at $7 after trading 3,790 stock units, Paramount Trading popped 21 cents in ending at $2.03 with the swapping of 4,896 shares and Tropical Battery rallied 18 cents to end at $2.80 after exchanging 1,287,520 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading surges on Junior Market
Trading surged on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 140 percent and the value 105 percent more than on Monday after 44 securities traded versus 45 on Monday, ending with prices of 22 rising, 15 declining and seven closing unchanged.
A total of 26,003,630 shares were exchanged for $71,056,138 up from 10,844,740 units at $34,617,754 on Monday. Trading averaged 590,992 shares at $1,614,912 compared to 240,994 shares at $769,283 on Monday, with the month to date, averaging 363,535 units at $1,202,929 compared to 351,870 units at $1,181,801 on the previous trading day. July closed with an average of 512,709 units at $2,574,304.
Derrimon Trading led trading with 13.85 million shares for 53.3 percent of total volume, followed by Mailpac Group with 3.63 million units for 14 percent of the day’s trade, EduFocal ended with 2.60 million units for 10 percent market share, Dolla Financial closed trading with 1.49 million units for 5.7 percent of the market and Fosrich traded 1.12 million units for 4.3 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rose 9.03 points to settle at 4,170.15. The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 13. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial shed $1.69 to end at $25.26 with a transfer of 1,140 shares, Blue Power lost 42 cents in closing at $3.10 after exchanging 2,241 stock units, CAC 2000 rose $1.19 to close at $7.39, with 100 stocks clearing the market. Cargo Handlers gained 50 cents to end at $14.50 in exchanging 10,000 units, Caribbean Flavours advanced 20 cents to $1.90 in trading 103,818 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries declined 51 cents to $1.80 after a transfer of 316,234 stocks. Dolphin Cove increased 43 cents in ending at $14.93 with an exchange of 239,315 units, EduFocal dipped 10 cents to $2.60 in exchanging 2,597,482 shares, Express Catering fell 19 cents in closing at $5.75, with 6,560 units crossing the exchange. Fontana rallied 36 cents to close at $9.34 while exchanging 116,720 shares, Future Energy Source climbed 19 cents in closing at $5.54 after trading at 508,180 stock units, JFP Limited popped 12 cents to $1.57 and closed with an exchange of 369,116 stocks. Knutsford Express dropped 14 cents In ending at $6.86 after trading 1,778 shares, Lumber Depot popped 18 cents to close at $2.99 in an exchange of 19,443 stocks, Mailpac Group rallied 23 cents to end at $2.49, with 3,631,869 units crossing the market.
MFS Capital Partners dipped 49 cents to $3.40 with 249,570 stock units changing hands, Paramount Trading fell 21 cents to close at $1.82 with investors transferring 470 shares, Spur Tree Spices rose 17 cents to $3.93 with the swapping of 96,217 stocks. Stationery and Office Supplies increased 65 cents in closing at $15.95 as investors exchanged 11,436 stock units and tTech gained 20 cents to end at $3.23, with 286 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading pulls back for Junior Market
Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday, with the volume and value of stocks traded declining modestly below that on Friday with an exchange of 45 securities versus 44 on the previous day and ended with prices of 21 rising, 20 declining and four closing unchanged.
A sum of 10,844,740 shares were traded for $34,617,754 compared to 11,228,856 units at $38,807,870 on Friday. Trading averaged 240,994 shares at $769,283 on Monday compared to 255,201 shares at $881,997 on Friday, with month to date, averaging 351,870 units at $1,181,801 compared to 358,007 units at $1,204,634 on the previous trading day. July closed with an average of 512,709 units at $2,574,304.
Mailpac Group led trading with 2.16 million shares for 19.9 percent of total volume, followed by Fosrich with 1.56 million units for 14.4 percent of the day’s trade and Dolla Financial with 1.28 million units for 11.8 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index dipped 7.26 points to 4,161.12.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.8. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging dropped 18 cents to $3.81, with 10,798 shares changing hands, Blue Power gained 32 cents to end at $3.52 in trading 256 stock units, CAC 2000 dived $2.05 to close at $6.20 in trading 55 units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers climbed 15 cents to $2.65 after 5,269 stocks crossed the exchange, Caribbean Cream declined 37 cents in closing at $3.88 while exchanging 17,569 shares, Consolidated Bakeries popped 32 cents to a 52 weeks’ closing high of $2.31 after trading 341,603 units. Dolphin Cove gained $1 to end at $14.50 after exchanging 114,990 stocks, Express Catering rallied 34 cents to $5.94 with the swapping of 2,928 stock units, Fontana lost 27 cents in closing at $8.98 after a transfer of 200,507 stock units. Future Energy Source fell 25 cents to $5.35 in an exchange of 835,887 units, General Accident shed 85 cents to end at $5 as investors exchanged 165,751 shares, iCreate fell 10 cents to $4.20, with 151,415 stocks clearing the market. Jamaican Teas rose 13 cents in closing at $2.71, with 249,442 stocks crossing the market, KLE Group advanced 27 cents to $2.07 with an exchange of 405 units, Knutsford Express rallied 16 cents to close at $7 with investors transferring 3,716 shares. 
Lasco Manufacturing lost 25 cents in ending at $4.30, trading 10,683 stock units, Medical Disposables popped 20 cents to close at $5.80, with 21,944 stock units crossing the market, MFS Capital Partners declined 11 cents in closing at $3.89 after exchanging 195,362 stocks. Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 65 cents to $15.30 in switching ownership of 2,839 shares and Tropical Battery climbed 11 cents to end at $2.70 with a transfer of 414,804 units.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share rose 18 cents to close at $1.18 in exchanging 1,972 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
