Stocks tumbled towards the close of trading, with the market index sinking 62.30 points to settle at 3,289.82 after the market opened higher, but a sharp cut in prices of several stocks placed pressure on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market on Wednesday when declining stocks overpowered those rising.
Market activity led to 35 securities trading compared to 33 on Tuesday and ended, with 10 rising, 17 declining and eight closing unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, drops to an average of 10.9 from 11.5 on Tuesday, based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Future Energy Source dominated trading, with 60.7 percent of the total volume of 4.2 million shares, as the price hit a new record high. Lumber Depot followed, with 6.3 percent after an exchange of 438,325 units and Dolphin Cove cleared 6.2 percent, with 431,935 units.
At the close, 61 percent more shares were traded, with 46 percent greater value than on Tuesday as 6,920,986 shares changed hands for $20,719,685, up from 4,285,931 units at $14,189,500 on Tuesday. Trading averaged 197,742 units at $591,991 versus 29,877 at $429,985 on Tuesday. Trading month to date July closed with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial advanced 36 cents to $21 with 500 shares traded, AMG Packaging rose 6 cents to $1.61 with 2,000 stocks changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries dropped 25 cents to $1.60 with a transfer of 3,121 units after the company posted increased losses for the June quarter compared with the similar period in 2020. Dolphin Cove shed 50 cents to close at $9 with an exchange of 431,935 stock units, Elite Diagnostic spiked 5 cents to $3.08 with 253,468 shares passing through the market, Express Catering dropped $1.19 to $4.96 with 102,013 stocks traded. Fontana advanced 26 cents to $6.08 with 225,655 stock units changing hands, Fosrich fell 32 cents to $8.10 with a transfer of 9,898 units, Future Energy Source gained 28 cents to finish at an all time high of $2.10 with an exchange of a market leading 4,198,648 shares. General Accident fell 14 cents to $5.56 with 228,438 stocks traded, Honey Bun rose 8 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $8.08 with 67,947 units changing hands, iCreate slipped 7 cents to 80 cents with a transfer of 1,700 stock units. 
Iron Rock Insurance shed $1.09 to finish at $3.10 with investors switching ownership of 14,925 shares, Jamaican Teas dropped 27 cents to $3.53 with an exchange of 287,024 stocks, KLE Group slipped 6 cents to $1.17 with 1,100 stock units traded. Lasco Distributors lost 9 cents to close at $3.95 with 28,000 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial fell 14 cents to $3.01 with a transfer of 34,500 units, Lasco Manufacturing shed 40 cents to end at $4.80 with an exchange of 17,189 stocks. Main Event advanced 20 cents to $5 with 505 stock units passing through the market, Medical Disposables lost 12 cents to end at $4.83 with 18,107 units changing hands, Paramount Trading declined 22 cents to $1.03 with investors switching ownership of 21,372 stocks and SSL Venture dropped 17 cents to 63 cents with 10,800 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Market activity led to 33 stocks trading, similar to that on Monday and ended, with 20 rising, seven declining and six ending unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.5 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
Honey Bun advanced 20 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $8 with 144,815 units passing through the market, Indies Pharma gained 14 cents to close at $3.64 with 28,071 stock units traded, Iron Rock Insurance climbed 30 cents to $4.19 with an exchange of 20,279 units. Jamaican Teas rose 5 cents to $3.80 with 11,963 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $3.15 with investors switching ownership of 128,046 units, Mailpac Group added 5 cents to end at $3.75 with a transfer of 1,413,824 shares. Paramount Trading rallied 23 cents to $1.25 with 15,939 stocks traded, SSL Venture rose 9 cents to 80 cents with 28,968 units changing hands and Tropical Battery gained 9 cents to close at $1.30 with 4,330 shares crossing the exchange.
Market activity led to 33 securities trading compared to 32 on Friday and ended with 13 rising, 15 declining and five closing unchanged as two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ high.
At the close, Cargo Handlers popped 70 cents to $8.50, with 5,775 shares traded, Caribbean Cream dropped 23 cents to $5.50 with a transfer of 2,000 stock units, Derrimon Trading fell 9 cents to $2.38 exchanging 71,443 stocks. Dolphin Cove advanced 50 cents to $8.50, with 270,310 shares changing hands, Express Catering jumped 71 cents to $5.80 with 50,000 stocks passing through the market, Fontana popped 10 cents to $6.10 to close at 98,001 units. Future Energy Source rose 12 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.80 with 2,598,220 stock units traded, General Accident gained 10 cents to end at $5.68 with a transfer of 323,370 shares, Honey Bun climbed 30 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $7.80 with an exchange 54,899 stocks. Jamaican Teas lost 7 cents to finish at $3.75 with 997,039 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation fell 15 cents to $1.20 with investors switching ownership of 8,000 stock units, Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $3.20 with 86,100 shares traded. 
Lasco Manufacturing slipped 5 cents to $5.20 with a transfer of 40,320 stocks, Limners and Bards gained 6 cents to close at $3.10 with an exchange of 69,270 units, Mailpac Group dropped 20 cents to $3.70 with 652,703 stock units changing hands. Main Event rallied 53 cents to $4.80 with 60,814 shares passing through the market, SSL Venture fell 13 cents to 71 cents with 30,000 stocks traded, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 38 cents to settle at $7.05 with a transfer of 29,827 units and Tropical Battery dropped 17 cents to $1.21 with 221,125 shares crossing the exchange.
The bad news is that many persons ignore ICInnsider.com’s forecast of great things to come from the company, with many chasing after it on Friday after the release of the results on Thursday. Some readers bought into the vision but not all. The good news is that, with projected earnings of 45 cents per share, there is much room for this stock to run. The other good news is that there is much more to be gained by owning the stock as the company completes projects that will boost revenues and grow profits in the years to come.
With those strong results and the promise of 45 cents per share to be earned for this year and 80 cents in the next year, one would be forgiven if they felt that RJR should be dislodged from the ICTOP10 listing. Well, the top three Main Market stocks are headed again by Radio Jamaica, but the potential gains rose from 296 percent to 300 percent, even as the price moved up to a 52 weeks’ closing high of $2.25 from $2.02 last week, due to upgrading in the earnings to 45 cents per share or $1.1 billion. RJR is followed by
The PE Ratio of the TOP 10 Junior Market stocks trade at a 44 percent discount to the market average and Main Market stocks 54 percent, indicating the potential gains in these stocks compared with many of those outsides of them.
This past week, the average gains projected for the Junior Market moved from 218 percent to 193 percent and Main Market stocks to 180 percent from 175 percent.
The Junior Market Top 10 stocks average PE is a mere 6.9, just 54 percent of the market average, indicating substantial gains ahead.
Trading closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market on Friday, with trading levels mirroring Thursday’s performance and resulted in a minor rise in the Market Index of 4.11 points to settle at 3,269.43 after 
Trading averaged 277,852 units at $772,058 up on the 246,304 at $612,986 on Thursday. Trading month to date, averages 211,185 units at $580,096, upon the 202,259 units at $554,394 on Thursday. July closed with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Indies Pharma popped 10 cents to $3.50 with an exchange of 9,866 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance rose 13 cents to $3.88 with a transfer of 161,314 stock units, Jamaican Teas fell 12 cents to $3.82 with investors switching ownership of 1,002,871 shares after the company posted a moderate increase in its Q3 profit. Jetcon Corporation rallied 14 cents to $1.35 with 6,600 units passing through the market, Lasco Financial popped 25 cents to $3.25 with 61,500 stock units traded, Medical Disposables climbed 33 cents to $4.98 with a transfer of 104,501 stocks. Paramount Trading dropped 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.02 with 97,697 units changing hands and SSL Venture gained 13 cents to close at 84 cents with 5,000 shares crossing the exchange.
Stocks bounced quite sharply on Thursday to record 3,295 points in the market index shortly after the market opened, ending the day with the volume of stocks increasing 75 percent at 38 percent greater value than Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock ExchangeJunior Market.
At the close, Cargo Handlers dropped 70 cents to $7.80 with 17,500 shares traded, Caribbean Assurance Brokers slipped 7 cents to $1.91 with 528 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream shed 40 cents to $5.20 with an exchange of 56,711 stock units. Consolidated Bakeries fell 22 cents to $1.58 with 6,863 shares passing through the market, Derrimon Trading rose 9 cents to $2.46 with investors switching ownership of 26,486 stock units, Dolphin Cove dropped 25 cents to $8 with 500 stocks traded. Elite Diagnostic popped 14 cents to $3.04 with 3,536 shares changing hands, Express Catering climbed 25 cents to $4.50, with 112,199 stock units crossing the market, Fosrich lost 13 cents to $8.02 with 15,173 stocks changing hands. General Accident dropped 12 cents to $5.58 with an exchange of 1,030 units, Indies Pharma shed 29 cents to close at $3.40 with 295,534 shares traded, Knutsford Express jumped 57 cents to $7.69 with 1,320 stock units trading.
Lasco Financial fell 20 cents to $3 with 93,722 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards lost 12 cents to finish at $3.01 with an exchange of 80,458 units, Main Event slipped 11 cents to $4.28 with 1,100 stock units passing through the exchange. Medical Disposables shed 49 cents to $4.65 with 81,947 shares traded, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 56 cents to $7.43 with 86 stocks changing hands and Tropical Battery rallied 10 cents to $1.40 with 254,850 stock units crossing the exchange.
Market activity ended, with 14 stocks rising, 13 declining and seven closing unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 12.5 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
At the close, CAC 2000 jumped $1.37 to $10.52 with the exchange of 9 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 8 cents to $1.98, with 1,000 stocks changing hands, Caribbean Cream dropped 14 cents to $5.60 with 21,869 units passing through the market. Derrimon Trading gained 7 cents to end at $2.37 with a transfer of 315,160 stock units, Express Catering shed 55 cents to close at $4.25 with 28,294 shares traded, Fontana gained 11 cents to finish at $6.07 with investors switching ownership of 299,452 stocks. Fosrich slipped 9 cents to $8.15 with 27,385 stock units, changing hands, General Accident rose 9 cents to $5.70 as 9,337 units changed hands, GWest Corporation lost 9 cents to settle at 90 cents with 2,200 shares passing through the market. Honey Bun slipped 5 cents to $6.75 with a transfer of 17,818 units, iCreate fell 6 cents to 80 cents with 10,200 stocks traded, Iron Rock Insurance declined by 8 cents to $3.80, with investors switching ownership of 151,632 stock units. Lasco Distributors climbed 3 cents to $4 11,207, with shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Financial rallied 19 cents to $3.20 with an exchange of 146,318 shares, Limners and Bards advanced 11 cents to $3.13 with 92,170 units changing hands, 
Medical Disposables jumped 64 cents to $5.14 with 280,169 stocks traded after the company release its first quarter results with earnings per share of 10 cents, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 49 cents to $7.99 with 3,146 shares crossing the exchange and Tropical Battery slipped 4 cents to $1.30, with 135,883 stocks clearing the market.
Market activity led to 36 securities trading, up from 33 on Monday, with nine rising, 18 declining and nine closing unchanged.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Jetcon Corporation slipped 10 cents to $1.20 in trading 20 shares, Knutsford Express dropped 48 cents in closing at $7.12 after 2,100 stock units crossed the market, Lasco Financial lost 4 cents in closing at $3.01 after trading 29,175 units. Limners and Bards dropped 8 cents to $3.02 in exchanging 176,184 stocks, Lumber Depot fell 5 cents to $2.90 trading 288,074 shares, SSL Venture dropped 12 cents to 71 cents, with 20,301 units crossing the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies popped $1.75 to $7.50 with 44,424 stock units clearing the market and Tropical Battery lost 4 cents to close at $1.34 while exchanging 33,544 stocks.
The top three stocks in the Junior Market, continue to be Elite Diagnostic, followed by Caribbean Assurance Brokers and Medical Disposables, with the potential to gain between 256 percent and 336 percent compared to 221 and 287 percent, last week. Medical Disposables continues the addition of new products to its portfolio that will add revenues and profit going forward. The acquisition of the 60 percent majority ownership in Cornwall Enterprises, will result in economies of scale and an expanded portfolio to market nationally to an expanded clientele.
The Top10 Main Market leader Radio Jamaica continues to enjoy buying interest that is whittling away the supply of stocks on offer in the market. A barrage of new results are due this coming week as the final reporting day for the period will be Saturday this coming week.
The JSE Main Market ended the week with an overall PE of 16.3, a little distance from the 19 the market ended at in March, suggesting a 17 percent rise at a PE of 19 and 23 percent at a PE of 20 from now to March 2022. The Main Market TOP 10 trades at a PE of 7.5, with a 54 percent discount to the PE of that market, well off the potential of 20.
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Trading closed on Wednesday with the index falling as investors transferred 73 percent fewer shares for 73 percent less the value than on Tuesday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Trading averaged 120,533 units at $340,274 in contrast to 434,865 shares at $1,240,593 on Tuesday. Trading for the month to date averages 279,912 units at $796,774. July closed, with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Lumber Depot rose 5 cents to $2.99 with 645,830 stock units traded and Main Event slipped 5 cents to $4.75 with 12,738 shares crossing the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 37 cents to $7.25 after trading 23 socks and Tropical Battery popped 13 cents to $1.43 after an exchange of 45,654 units.
