Rising stocks dominated trading on Friday and allowing Junior Market stocks to hold on to modest gains in the market index for a second consecutive day, with 53 percent of the stocks traded rising after an exchange of 75 percent more shares than on Thursday and values 135 percent higher.
Trading ended with 36 securities changing hands, up from 34 on Thursday and closed with the prices of 19 stocks rising, 11 declining and six ending unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index eked out a 7.52 points gain to close at 2,814.15, to be up 7.5 percent up for the year to date. The average PE Ratio ended at 14.7 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 10,871,142 shares for $38,718,293 up sharply from 6,203,871 units at $16,459,757 on Thursday. Jamaican Teas led trading with 23 percent of total volume, after 2.51 million shares changed hands followed by Lasco Distributors with 21.5 percent of the day’s trade for 2.34 million units and Lasco Manufacturing with 17.2 percent market share for 1.87 million units.
Trading averaged 301,976 units at $1,075,508 in contrast to 182,467 at $484,111 on Thursday. The month to date averaged 299,311 units at $853,420, compared to 299,016 units at $828,895 on Thursday. January closed with an average of 232,651 units at $569,885.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial shed 80 cents to close at $21, trading 100,023 shares, AMG Packaging rose by 6 cents to $1.66 in transferring 3,243 units, Caribbean Producers gained 13 cents in closing at $2.79, with 16,238 shares changing hands. Elite Diagnostic picked up 24 cents to $3 trading 169,409 units, Everything Fresh gained 7 cents to close at 80 cents after exchanging 13,880 shares. Express Catering rose 10 cents to $3.40, with 13,394 stock units crossing the market, Fosrich lost 10 cents to close at $4.20, in switching ownership of 125,978 units. General Accident gained 15 cents to close at $5.40 trading 207,019 stocks, Honey Bun lost 40 cents to end at $5.50 with 35,779 shares changing hands, Indies Pharma rose 8 cents to $2.98, trading 169,607 units. Iron Rock Insurance rose 46 cents to $3.51 transferring 13,267 stocks, Jamaican Teas gained 28 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $3.27, with 2,505,629 shares crossing the market. Lasco Distributors picked up 5 cents to close at $3.50, in switching ownership of 2,340,543 stock units, Lasco Financial shed 18 cents ending at $2.60, in transferring 179,080 units, Lasco Manufacturing rose 73 cents to close at $4.98 exchanging 1,874,706 shares.
Limners and Bards rose 5 cents to $2.55 in trading 16,660 stock units, Lumber Depot lost 8 cents to close at $2.10, with an exchange of 672,335 shares, Mailpac Group carved out a loss of 4 cents ending at $3.96, with 473,830 shares changing hands, Main Event fell 20 cents to $3.10, with 3,040 stocks crossing the market and tTech rose 61 cents to $4.70 with 200 stocks clearing the market.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share gained 14 cents to end at $1.15, finishing with an exchange of 100 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market ekes out modest gains
Trading dipped with fewer securities trading on Thursday leading to an exchange of 15 percent fewer shares than on Wednesday with the value falling 26 percent leaving the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange to close with a modest rise in the market index.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands down from 39 on Wednesday resulting in the prices of 15 stocks rising, 12 declining and seven closing firm.
The Market Index eked out a 6.06 pints rise to finish at 2,806.63. The average PE Ratio ended at 14.5 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Trading ended with 6,203,871 shares at $16,459,757 down from 7,260,452 units at $22,171,156 on Wednesday.
Jamaican Teas led trading with 45.4 percent of total volume or 2.81 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot with 12.6 percent for 783,265 units and Tropical Battery with 11.1 percent with a transfer of 685,979 units.
Trading averaged 182,467 units at $484,111 in contrast to 186,165 at $568,491 on Wednesday. The month to date averaged 299,016 units at $828,895, compared to 312,587 units at $869,041 on Wednesday. January closed with an average of 232,651 units at $569,885.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial fell 6 cents to $21.80 with 766 shares traded, Blue Power dropped 22 cents to $2.85 with 3,723 stocks changing hands, Cargo Handlers rose 7 cents to $8 with an exchange of 1,324 units. Dolphin Cove climbed $1 to $8 with 15,616 stock units crossing the market, Everything Fresh rose by 10 cents to 73 cents transferring 25,006 shares, Express Catering shed 38 cents to end at $3.30 with 39,161 units traded. Fontana slipped 5 cents to $6 with 653 stocks changing hands, Fosrich gained 20 cents to close at $4.30 with an exchange of 33,259 shares, Honey Bun rose 5 cents to $5.90 trading 500 stock units. Indies Pharma increased by 10 cents to $2.90 with a transfer of 81,000 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance advanced 17 cents to $3.05 with 800 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas gained 6 cents to settle at $2.99 with 2,814,874 stock units traded. Jetcon Corporation declined 5 cents to 69 cents with an exchange of 16,000 units, Knutsford Express jumped 55 cents to $6.75 trading 1,788 stocks, Lasco Distributors climbed 24 cents to $3.45 with the transfer of 3,000 shares. 
Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents to $4.25 with 108,611 stocks changing hands, Lumber Depot gained 18 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $2.18 with an ownership switch of 783,265 units, Mailpac Group advanced 10 cents to $4 with an exchange of 271,927 shares. Main Event fell 19 cents to $3.30 with 68,569 stocks crossing the exchange, Medical Disposables shed 39 cents to close at $4 with 18,414 units traded and Stationery and Office Supplies fell 24 cents to $4.29 after trading 2,000 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Pull back for Junior Market – Wednesday
Stocks lost upward momentum on Wednesday dropping 20.92 points to settle just above the 2,800 mark at 2,800.57 after hitting an intraday high of 2860.54 points within three minutes of the Junior Market’s opening as the market ended with declining stocks dominated rising ones.
Trading ended with 39 securities changing hands compared to 35 on Tuesday and closed with falling stocks far outnumbering rising ones as prices of seven stocks rising, 22 declined and 10 remained unchanged. The average PE Ratio ended at 14.3 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Investors exchanged 56.4 percent fewer shares than on Tuesday with a transfer of 7,260,452 shares for $22,171,156 compared to 16,011,856 units at $49,037,518 on Tuesday.
Derrimon Trading dominated the market with 27.4 percent of total volume for 1.99 million shares, followed by Jamaican Teas with 26.1 percent after trading 1.9 million units and Mailpac Group accounts for 14.9 percent with an exchange of 1.08 million units.
Trading averaged 186,165 units at $568,491 in contrast to 457,482 at $1,401,072 on Tuesday. Trading month to date averaged 312,587 shares at $869,041, compared to 332,075 units at $915,371 on Tuesday. 
January closed with an average of 232,651 units at $569,885.
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 of trading, AMG Packaging fell 6 cents to $1.60 with an exchange of 321 shares, CAC 2000 jumped $1 to $10 with a transfer of 900 units, Cargo Handlers fell 5 cents to $7.93 with 284 stocks traded. Caribbean Assurance Brokers slipped 5 cents to $1.80 with 6,878 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers fell 10 cents to $2.70 with a transfer of 16,800 units, Dolphin Cove dropped $1 to $7 with 1,815 stocks passing through the market. Elite Diagnostic lost 14 cents to close at $2.80 with 7,390 shares changing hands, Fontana fell 15 cents to $6.05 with an exchange of 202,684 units, Fosrich dropped 20 cents to $4.10 with investors transferring 11,184 stock units. General Accident dropped 56 cents to $5.25 trading 221,988 shares, Honey Bun lost 5 cents to end at $5.85 with 8,288 units changing hands.
Knutsford Express lost 22 cents to end at $6.20 with 1,203 stocks passing through the market, Lasco Distributors declined by 9 cents to $3.21 with 111,367 stock units exchanged, Mailpac Group traded 1,081,329 shares and dropped 25 cents to $3.90, Paramount Trading advanced 18 cents to $1.45 with 63 stocks changing hands and tTech shed 61 cents to close at $4.09 with 34,055 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
More gains for JSE Junior Market
Stocks eked out a modest 6.79 points rise on Tuesday to close at 2,821.49 after the market rose to 2,851.80 after almost 80 minutes of the Junior Market opening but closed with the more stocks rising than falling after an exchange of 30 percent more shares than on Monday, with a 37 percent increase in value.
Trading ended with 35 securities changing hands, down from 37 on Monday and closed with the prices of 13 stocks rising, 12 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
At the close, the average PE Ratio ended at 13.9 based on ICInsider.com forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Trading closed with an exchange of 16,011,856 shares for $49,037,518 compared to 12,352,006 units at $35,748,528 on Monday. Derrimon Trading led trading with 35 percent of total volume, after an exchange of 5.60 million shares followed by Lasco Manufacturing with 25.4 percent for 4.07 million units and Lumber Depot with 13.7 percent of the day’s trade for 2.20 million units.
Trading averaged 457,482 units at $1,401,072 in contrast to 333,838 at $966,176 on Monday. Month to date, averaged 332,075 units at $915,371, exceeding 311,941 units at $837,392 on Monday. January closed with an average of 232,651 units at $569,885.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial lost 16 cents in closing at $21.84 and exchanging 32 shares, Derrimon Trading gained 9 cents to end at $2.60, in trading 5,601,035 stock units, Dolphin Cove rose 86 cents to $8, with investors swapping 234 units. Everything Fresh lost 9 cents in closing at 67 cents, with 435,085 shares crossing the exchange, Express Catering gained 10 cents to end at $3.70, in the swapping of 117,789 units, Fontana picked up 20 cents to end at $6.20 trading 131,692 stocks. Fosrich fell 15 cents to $4.30, with 26,624 stock units changing hands, General Accident slipped 12 cents to $5.81, in transferring 139,890 shares, Jamaican Teas ended 12 cents higher at $2.93, with 922,035 stock units crossing the market, Knutsford Express shed 33 cents in ending at $6.42, with an exchange of 7,132 units. Lasco Distributors gained 15 cents to close at $3.30, with 45,100 stocks clearing the market, Lasco Financial settled at $2.75, with gains of 14 cents trading 616,128 shares, Lasco Manufacturing lost 9 cents to close at $4.20, after 4,069,352 stock units crossed the exchange.
Limners and Bards finished 5 cents lower at $2.50, with 232,334 units changing hands, Mailpac Group gained 19 cents to close at an all-time closing high of $4.15, in the transfer of 695,450 stocks and Medical Disposables picked up 6 cents to end at $4.40, with 5,595 shares changing hands.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share shed 18 cents to close at $1.02, in an exchange of 634 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market breaks 2,800 barrier
The Junior Market index gained 17.73 points on Monday to close at 2,814.70 and is now up 6.5 percent for the year to date after the index traded over the 2,840 points level in the early morning session and closed with 72 percent more shares were exchanged than on Friday and values up 68 percent.
Trading ended with 37 active securities, down from 38 on Friday and closed with 19 stocks rising, 14 declining and four remaining unchanged.
At the close, the average PE Ratio ended at 14.3 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Trading closed with an exchange of 12,352,006 shares for $35,748,528 compared to 7,184,445 units at $21,275,826 on Friday. Derrimon Trading controlled 46 percent of the volume changing hands, with 5.68 million shares followed by Jamaican Teas 16.8 percent, with 2.08 million units and Mailpac Group with 18.2 percent for 2.24 million units.
Trading averaged 33,838 units at $966,176 in contrast to 189,064 at $559,890 on Friday. The month to averaged 311,941 units at $837,392, compared to 307,465 units at $811,066 on Friday. January closed with an average of 232,651 units at $569,885.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power rose 28 cents to $3.08 after an exchange of 2,330 shares, CAC 2000 fell $1 to $9, with 1,879 stock units crossing the exchange, Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 5 cents to settle at $1.85, after a transfer of 5,701 shares. Caribbean Cream lost 5 cents to $4.95 trading 100 stocks, Caribbean Producers ended 8 cents higher at $2.83, in switching ownership of 66,481 stock units. Dolphin Cove shed 81 cents to $7.14, in an exchange of 2,395 units, Elite Diagnostic gained 19 cents to end at $2.94 trading 102,747 shares. Express Catering picked up 10 cents to $3.60, with 57,100 units changing hands, Fontana gained 22 cents to close at $6, with the swapping of 47,506 shares. Fosrich rose 30 cents to $4.45 after transferring 10,559 stock units, General Accident dipped 12 cents to $5.93, trading 1,000 shares. Indies Pharma lost 6 cents to finish at $2.83, with 123,923 units crossing the market, Iron Rock Insurance slipped 22 cents to $2.88, with the swapping of 1,000 shares, Jamaican Teas gained 6 cents to end at $2.81 after trading at an all-time high of $3.05, in exchanging 2,081,193 units. 
Lasco Distributors finished 25 cents lower at $3.15, after the switching ownership of 24,743 shares, Lumber Depot dropped 2 cents in closing at $1.96 in trading 718,529 stock units. Medical Disposables closed at $4.34, with a loss of 16 cents in exchanging 262 units. Stationery and Office Supplies gained 24 cents to close at $4.53 in transferring 400 stocks and tTech fell 15 cents to $4.70 trading 890 units.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share gained 9 cents to end at $1.20, after clearing the market with 1,000 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
IC TOP10 stocks to drive JM over 2800
The Junior Market is expected to blast pass the 2,800 the index mark, this coming week, following positive results just released by Lasco Manufacturing, Lasco Distributors and Jamaican Teas, to help the market to continue the 2021 rise after reaching a new eleven-month high, on Friday.
The market index closed just under 2,800 points, on Friday with a 5.8 percent gain for the year to date.
The market should continue to benefit from strong interest in Caribbean Flavours, Mailpac that traded at a record high on Friday at $4.43 before closing at $3.99 and from Lumber Depot.
Lasco Manufacturing and Honey Bun keep changing places in IC TOP10 best performing Junior Market stocks. At the close of the previous week, Lasco Manufacturing replaced Honey Bun, but this past week, the roles are reversed with both companies seeing a reversal of fortune in prices.
Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.32 up from $3.90 last week, while Honey Bun price fell from $6 to $5.88. In addition, Lasco earnings per share were adjusted down to 35 cents from 37 cents, with the company reporting nine months results showing revenues rising 6 percent but being up 3.5 percent for the December quarter and earnings per share moving to 25 cents from 19 cents in 2019.
Lasco Distributors earnings were also adjusted down, with the release of the nine months results showing earnings per share of 21 cents and 7 cents for the December quarter, putting the full-year numbers at 30 cents per share.
The Main Market TOP10 stocks continue with the same stocks as the week before, but Grace Kennedy price continues upward as interest in the stock remains strong.
The Junior Market is up 5.8 percent for 2021 and is currently powered by a bullish golden cross, setting to take the market beyond 3,000 points and likely beyond 4,000. The release of company results in the next week will play a big role in the next few weeks that will add fuel to the current rally. In this regard, based on 2020 release of results, interim financials are expected this week, from Access Financial, Barita Investments, General Accident, Iron Rock Insurance, Lasco Financial, Fontana, Elite Diagnostics, Honey Bun, JMMB Group and RJR.
The current TOP 10 report is based on earnings for 2020/21 as there are substantial gains ahead, for many stocks in the listings.
The top three Junior Market stocks with the potential to gain between 208 and 373 percent are Caribbean Producers followed by Elite Diagnostic and Lasco Financial. With expected gains of 132 to 324 percent, the top three Main Market stocks are, Berger Paints followed by Scotia Group and Sygnus Credit Investments.
The local stock market’s targeted average PE ratio is 20 based on profits of companies reporting full year’s results, from now to the second quarter in 2021. The Junior and Main markets are currently trading well below the market average, indicating strong gains ahead. The JSE Main Market ended the week, with an overall PE of 18.8 and the Junior Market 15, based on ICInsider.com’s projected 2020-21 earnings. The PE ratio for the Junior Market Top 10 stocks average a mere 8.3 at just 55 percent of the market average. 
Main Market TOP 10 stocks trade at a PE of 9.1 or 48 percent of the PE of that market.
The average projected gain for the Junior Market IC TOP 10 stocks is 169 percent and 133 percent for the JSE Main Market, based on 2020-21 earnings. IC TOP10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns up to March 2021 and ranked in order of potential gains, based on likely gain for each company, taking into account the earnings and PE ratios for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate and result in movements in and out of the lists weekly. Revisions to earnings per share are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
Persons who compiled this report may have an interest in securities commented on in this report.
Junior market closes just below 2,800
Stocks moved higher at the close of trading with the Junior Market Index advancing 20.25 points to 2,796.97 on Friday to be up 5.8 percent for the year so far after more stocks rose than declined following a 69 percent decline in the volume of shares passing through the exchange with 97 percent drop in value compared with Thursday.
Trading ended with 38 securities changing hands, up from 34 on Thursday and closed with 15 stocks rising, nine declining and 14 remaining unchanged.
At the close, the average PE Ratio ended at 14.3 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Trading closed with an exchange of 7,184,445 shares for $21,275,826 compared to 23,334,216 units at $62,643,592 on Thursday.
Mailpac Group was the volume leader with 31.3 percent of total volume after investors swapped 2.25 million shares followed by Lumber Depot with 23 percent for 1.65 million units and Derrimon Trading with 12 .7 percent with 914,014 units.
Trading averaged 189,064 units at $559,890 in contrast to 686,300 at $1,842,459 on Thursday. Month to date trading averaged 307,465 units at $811,066, compared to 338,928 units at $877,812 on Thursday. January closed with an average of 232,651 units at $569,885.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At close of trading, Access Financial rose $1 to $22, with the swapping of 1,045 units, Blue Power lost 25 cents to close at $2.80, in exchanging 11,345 units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers shed 5 cents to settle at $1.80, with a transfer of 3,500 stock units. Caribbean Cream fell 9 cents to $5, after the swapping of 5,481 stocks, Caribbean Producers gained 12 cents to close at $2.75, with 26,449 shares changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries ended 9 cents lower at $1.32 trading 86,405 units. Elite Diagnostic slipped 20 cents to $2.75, with an exchange of 3,930 shares, General Accident rose 12 cents to $6.05 transferring 2,000 stock units, Jamaican Teas climbed 6 cents to close at $2.75, with 552,675 units crossing the market. 
Knutsford Express closed at $6.75, with gains of 45 cents after trading 3,557 stock units, Lasco Distributors picked up 15 cents to end at $3.40 in exchanging 55,501 shares, Lasco Manufacturing gained 12 cents to finish at $4.32, with 157,640 stocks clearing the market and Medical Disposables rose 30 cents ending at $4.50, with 36,214 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Huge jump in Junior Market trading
The volume of stocks surged on Thursday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with volume climbing 321 percent higher than on Wednesday pushing the value up 338 percent as five securities traded over one million units.
Trading ended with 23,334,216 shares for $62,643,592 changing hands up from 5,538,712 units at $14,281,993 on Wednesday. Limners and Bards led trading with 46.2 percent of total volume after investors swapped 10.79 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot with 10.3 percent for 2.4 million units. Fosrich accounted for 8.8 percent of market share, with 2.06 million units for 8.8 percent market share, Caribbean Flavours with 8.6 percent for 2.01 million units, Mailpac Group with 8.1 percent for 1.89 million units and Derrimon Trading with 7.1 percent of the day’s trade for 1.65 million units.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands, down from 39 on Wednesday and closed with the prices of 16 stocks rising, 12 declining and six remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index climbed 11.77 points to settle at 2,776.72 having gained five percent for the year to date. The average PE Ratio ended at 14.2 based on ICInsider.com forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Trading averaged 686,300 units at $1,842,459 in contrast to 142,018 at $366,205 on Wednesday. Month to date trading averaged 338,928 units at $877,812, compared to an average of 230,573 units at $576,913 on Wednesday. January closed with an average of 232,651 units at $569,885.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power rose 30 cents to close at $3.05, after exchanging 6,266 shares, Cargo Handlers gained 7 cents to end at $8, in swapping 100 stock units. Caribbean Cream picked up 54 cents to close at $5.09, with a transfer of 102,892 shares, Consolidated Bakeries lost 9 cents in closing at $1.41, after 85,106 stock units cleared the market, Dolphin Cove gained 45 cents in closing at $7.95, in exchanging just 4 stocks. Elite Diagnostic gained 20 cents to finish at $2.95, with 600 stock units crossing the market 600, Fosrich shed 25 cents to close at $4.15, with the swapping of 2,063,742 shares, General Accident slipped 22 cents to $5.93 trading 18,654 units, Honey Bun gained 38 cents to close at $5.88 in exchanging 2,539 stocks. Indies Pharma picked up 9 cents to close at $2.89, with 96,904 units crossing the market, Jamaican Teas lost 11 cents to end at $2.69, with 910,980 shares changing hands.
Knutsford Express dipped 45 cents to $6.30 trading 1,765 units, Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents to $3.25, in an exchange of 5,001 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing rose 32 cents to $4.20, after 279,289 stock units crossed the market. Limners and Bards slipped 15 cents to end at $2.55, with 10,790,026 stocks changing hands, Main Event settled at $3.49, with gains of 19 cents trading 59,352 shares, Medical Disposables finished 21 cents higher at $4.20 in exchanging 100 stocks and tTech gained 29 cents to close at $4.85, with investors swapping 10,005 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Gains for Junior Market
Early morning trading sent the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market index racing to 2,800.39 points, but the market pulled back to close above Tuesday’s close at the end of market activity on Wednesday with the trading of 64 percent fewer shares than on Tuesday.
Trading ended with 39 securities, up from 34 on Tuesday and closed with 11 rising, 18 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index gained 19.94 points to settle at 2,764.95. The average PE Ratio ended at 14.2 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
A total of 5,538,712 shares traded for $14,281,993 well down from 15,516,613 units at $36,243,327 on Tuesday.
Jamaican Teas controlled 30.9 percent of total volume with an exchange of 1.71 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot with 12.9 percent for 715,010 units and Mailpac Group with 10.3 percent market share with an exchange of 569,898.
Trading averaged 142,018 units at $366,205 down from 456,371 at $1,065,980 on Tuesday. Month to date trading averaged 230,573 units at $576,913, versus 279,911 units at $694,307 on Tuesday. January closed with an average of 232,651 units at $569,885.
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 of the market, Blue Power fell 8 cents to $2.75 with 30,353 shares changing hands, Cargo Handlers jumped $1.33 to $7.93 with 2,000 units traded, Caribbean Cream dipped 49 cents to $4.55 trading 4,880 stocks. Caribbean Producers declined 20 cents to $2.60 with an exchange of 23,850 shares, Elite Diagnostic lost 20 cents to close at $2.75 with 25,300 units changing hands. Express Catering dropped 24 cents to $3.50 with a transfer of 46,111 shares, Fosrich lost 10 cents to finish at $4.40 with the trading of 12,514 stocks, General Accident advanced 15 cents to $6.15 with 400 stock units changing hands, Honey Bun fell 35 cents to $5.50 with 55,967 units passing through the market. Jamaican Teas exchanged 1,712,909 stock units and lost 19 cents to close at $2.80, Knutsford Express jumped 45 cents to $6.75 with 843 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors lost 4 cents to close at $3.35 with 300 stock units traded. 
Lasco Financial fell 10 cents to $2.60 in trading 375,036 shares, Lasco Manufacturing gained 17 cents to $3.88 with 93,150 units passing through the market. Main Event climbed 18 cents to $3.30 with a transfer of 171,000 units, Medical Disposables dropped 21 cents to $3.99 with 25,194 stocks passing through the market and tTech advanced 16 cents to $4.56 with 5,377 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Stocks dipped on Junior market on Monday
Trading opened with the market index surging to 2,799.27 points but failed to hold that position and drifted lower over the length of the trading session on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday and declined to close 12.44 points for the day to settle at 2,761.73 after trading 22 percent fewer shares than on Friday.
Trading ended with 36 securities changing hands, the same as on Friday and closed, with 18 stocks rising, 16 declining and two remaining unchanged.
The average PE Ratio ended at 14 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Traders exchanged 4,077,181 shares for $12,358,168 compared to 5,251,635 units at $13,479,012 on Friday.
Derrimon Trading led the market with 18.2 percent of the total volume, with 743,894 shares changing hands followed by Caribbean Flavours with 14.4 percent for 585,096 units and Lumber Depot with 12.4 percent for 504,964 units.
Trading averaged 113,255 units at $343,282 in contrast to 145,879 at $374,417 on Friday. January closed with an average of 239,526 units at $569,885.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial declined by $1.50 to $22, in exchanging 120 shares, AMG Packaging gained 9 cents to end at $1.60, after 1,298 stock units cleared the market, Cargo Handlers finished 10 cents higher at $8 after trading 49,790 shares.
Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 10 cents to close at $1.85, in transferring 1,777 units, Caribbean Cream rose 60 cents $5.10, after crossing the market with 92,827 stocks, Caribbean Flavours lost 7 cents to close at $1.98, in switching ownership of 585,096 shares. Caribbean Producers ended 10 cents higher at $2.80, with 173,336 stock units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries rose 20 cents to $1.52, with 983 shares crossing the market, Dolphin Cove lost 50 cents to settle at $7.50 trading 703 stocks. Elite Diagnostic closed at $2.95, with gains of 20 cents after transferring 181 shares, Express Catering rose 9 cents to $3.74, with 6,857 units changing hands. General Accident lost 25 cents to end at $6 after exchanging 2,000 stocks. iCreate gained 6 cents to close at 62 cents, after clearing the market with 16,077 stock units, Indies Pharma slipped 22 cents to $2.57, with investors switching ownership of 102,450 units. Jamaican Teas gained 11 cents to settle at $2.99, in trading 398,882 shares, Knutsford Express dipped 5 cents to $6.70 in exchanging 221 units. Lasco Distributors picked up 9 cents to finish at $3.20, with 6,285 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing shed 23 cents to close at $3.67, with an exchange of 371,615 shares. 
Limners and Bards was down 18 cents to $2.57, in crossing the exchange with 2,850 stock units, Lumber Depot gained 8 cents ending at $1.97 trading 504,964 stock units, Medical Disposables rose 20 cents to $4.20 trading 40 stock units, Paramount Trading lost 16 cents in closing at $1.29 in exchanging a mere one unit. Stationery and Office Supplies rose 42 cents to $4.54, in trading 1,200 stocks and tTech finished at $4.85, with gains of 76 cents after 982 units crossed the market.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference shares picked up 12 cents to close at $1.11, with 21 stock units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
