For a third consecutive trading day, Future Energy Source (FESCO) ended Junior Market activities as the volume leader, accounting for 74 percent after trading 4.9 million shares, a fraction of Monday’s haul of 128 million units as the stock closed at a new high since list this year, with the price up 205 percent.
Fesco up 205% since its April listing on The Junior Market.
A total of 32 securities traded on Tuesday, down from 39 on Monday and ended with 15 rising, 11 declining and six endng unchanged. The Junior Market Index added 20.47 points to settle at 3,333.52.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute stock values, averages 11.8 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 95 percent fewer shares, having a value that fell 94 percent below that on Monday, with 6,533,374 shares changing hands for $18,444,949, down from 137,253,606 units at $312,263,298 on Monday. The volume leaders were rounded out by Lumber Depot with 7.4 percent of the day’s trade after an exchange of 484,355 units and Jamaican Teas 7.3 percent, with 477,698 units.
Trading averaged 204,168 units at $576,405 in contrast to 3,519,323 at $8,006,751 on Monday. Month to date trading averages 506,820 units at $1,310,198 compared to 526,789 units at $1,358,613 on Monday. July closed with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Cargo Handlers advanced 40 cents to $8.70 with 5,000 shares traded, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 22 cents to $1.92 with the transfer of 850 stock units, Derrimon Trading lost 8 cents to end at $2.31 with an exchange of 185,327 units. Dolphin Cove spiked $1 to $10 with 10,888 shares passing through the market, Everything Fresh rose 9 cents to 99 cents with 10,489 stocks changing hands, Fontana gained 5 cents to close at $6 with the trading of 18,650 stock units. Fosrich rallied 12 cents to $8.15 with a transfer of 19,507 units, Future Energy Source increased by 9 cents to a record close of $2.44 with an exchange of 4,896,254 shares, General Accident dropped 20 cents to $5.30 with investors switching ownership of 5,000 stocks. 
Honey Bun jumped 84 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $9 with 138,083 stock units changing hands, iCreate rose 7 cents to 85 cents with 117 stocks traded, Indies Pharma fell 21 cents to $3.67 with a transfer of 52,683 units. Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $3.10 with an exchange of 2,100 shares, Mailpac Group declined by 9 cents to end at $3.55 with 34,312 stocks passing through the market, Medical Disposables dropped 39 cents to $4.70 with 23,111 units changing hands. SSL Venture gained 16 cents to settle at 80 cents to 20,000 stock units traded, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 28 cents to $6.78 with the transfer of 993 units and tTech advanced 20 cents to $4.40 with 21,000 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading volume spiked 1,103 percent higher on Monday, over market activity on Friday driven by the heavy trading in the shares of Future Energy Source (FESCO) shares, as investors exchanged 128 million units of the company’s shares that accounted for 93 percent of the day’s volume on the Junior Market on Monday.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Lasco Distributors climbed 20 cents to $4 with 600 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing spiked 25 cents to $5.20 with 22,058 shares traded, Limners and Bards gained 8 cents to close at $3.10 with a transfer of 64,743 stocks. Main Event rose 5 cents to $4.90 with 400 shares passing through the market, Paramount Trading dropped 14 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing low of 95 cents with 4,789,438 stocks changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies popped 75 cents to $6.50 with 544 stock units traded and tTech fell 20 cents to $4.20, with 300 shares crossing the exchange.
Similar to Thursday, 37 securities traded on Friday and ended, with 14 rising, 13 declining and 10 closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index gained 12.34 points to settle at 3,311.18. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.4 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Lasco Distributors dropped 14 cents to $3.80 with 124,400 shares traded. Lasco Financial climbed 19 cents to $3.19 with a transfer of 43,800 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing declined by 25 cents to finish at $4.95 with investors switching ownership of 27,978 stock units. Main Event rallied 35 cents to $4.85 with 26,114 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables climbed 28 cents to $5.09 to finish with 98,477 units traded, SSL Venture dropped 16 cents to 64 cents with a transfer of 20,625 stocks. Stationery and Office Supplies shed $1.65 to close at $5.75 with investors switching ownership of 5,077 units and Tropical Battery rose 5 cents to $1.34 with 220,632 shares crossing the exchange.
A total of 37 securities traded compared to 35 on Wednesday and ended, with 17 rising, 15 declining and five closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index popped 9.02 points to 3,298.84. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values averages 11.2 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with the bid higher than its last selling price and three with lower offers.
Main Event dropped 50 cents to $4.50 with 85,117 stock units traded, SSL Venture advanced 17 cents to 80 cents with 10,000 units passing through the market and Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 35 cents to $7.40 with 3 shares crossing the exchange.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gross profit for the quarter came in at $279 million, 61 percent over 2020, whilst the gross profit ratio closed at 48.3 percent, similar to the outturn in the prior year. Gross profit for the nine months came in at $751 million, 25 percent more than in the prior year, with $600 million with the gross profit ratio remaining consistent at 48.3 percent, as was the case in the prior year.
Gross cash flow brought in $230 million and ended with $259 million after working capital financing but ended with $78 million after addition to fixed assets of $84 million, $32 million for the acquisition of investments, loan payment of $4 and the payment of $59 million in dividends. The $84 million in capital expenditure was mainly used to upgrade the vehicle fleet to service new routes and acquire additional manufacturing equipment.
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.
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.