The Junior Market ended trading on Friday sharply lower activity than on Thursday as total volume plunged 68 percent below Thursday and the total dollar value slipping 24 percent as the number of securities changing hands rose from 28 to 33.
Trading ended with the prices of 10 stocks rising, the prices of 14 declining and nine remaining with prices unchanged.
The Junior Market Index slipped by just 0.53 points to close at 2,529.34 and is marginally down, compared to the close of the previous week. The average PE Ratio of the market dipped at 9.7 based on IC Insider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 1,842,894 shares for $4,327,353 compared to 5,847,715 units at $16,656,620 on Thursday.
Mailpac Group led trading with 795,955 shares for 43 percent of total volume, followed by AMG Packaging with 394,514 units for 21.4 percent of the day’s trade and Caribbean Cream with 115,469 units for 6.3 percent market share.
The market closed with an average of 55,845 units at $131,132 trading, in contrast to an average of 208,847 at $594,879 on Thursday. An average of 346,931 units changed hands at $937,761 for the month to date, in contrast to 372,277 units at $1,007,995. Trading in June resulted in an average of 245,049 units at trading $689,955.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gained 23 cents to close at $1.80 with 394,514 shares changing hands, Caribbean Assurance Brokers carved out a gain of 18 cents to end at $2.19 trading 6,044 shares, Caribbean Cream shed 24 cents to close at $3.26 with 115,469 units passing through the market. Consolidated Bakeries declined by 33 cents closing at $1.22 in trading 1,000 units, Derrimon Trading rose 17 cents to end at $2.37 in exchanging 5,039 shares, Everything Fresh lost 5 cents to end at 69 cents with 26,664 shares changing hands. Fontana fell 15 cents to close at $5 in an exchange of 46,487 shares, Fosrich added 1 cent to end at $3.61 with investors exchanging 21,734 shares, Honey Bun lost 1 cent to close at $4.90 with investors trading 5,632 units. iCreate carved out a loss 1 cent to 53 cents with an exchange of 60,060 shares, Jamaican Teas advanced 10 cents in closing at $5.07 with investors switching ownership of 12,560 stock units, Jetcon Corporation gained 6 cents to close at $1.03 in exchanging 2,715 shares. KLE Group shed 44 cents to end at $1.35 with investors switching ownership of 25,588 stock units, 
Knutsford Express rose 1 cent to $7 2,000 stock units passing through the market, Lasco Distributors carved out a loss 8 cents in closing at $2.82 with 1,615 shares changing hands. Lasco Financial rose 9 cents to end at $2.54 after exchanging 758 shares, Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents in closing at $3.55 trading 12,617 units, Limners and Bards rose 10 cents to $2.55 trading 6,692 shares. Lumber Depot carved out a loss 1 cent to finish $1.02 in an exchange of 31,202 units, Mailpac Group fell 7 cents, to $1.98 with 795,955 units clearing the market, Medical Disposables declined by 25 cents to settle at $5.80 in trading 71,760 stock units. Paramount Trading dropped 15 cents to $1.81 with 44,350 stock units crossing the exchange, SSL Venture lost 11 cents to end at 78 cents with investors trading 1,002 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies gained 38 cents closing at $5.98 after 6,358 units crossed the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Kremi sweetens Junior Market
The Junior Market squeezed out a modest rise in market Index of 22.66 points to close at 2529.87, as Caribbean Cream stock price jumped 25 percent following a 31 percent increase in its first quarter profit, released after trading on Wednesday.
Caribbean Cream jumped 70 cents to5$3.80
Trading ended with 28 securities changing hands compared to 32 on Wednesday as the market closed with the prices of 10 stocks rising, 12 declining and six remaining unchanged.
The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 9.9 based on IC Insider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings. The market closed with an exchange of 5,847,715 shares accounting for $16,656,620 compared to 8,179,963 units at $41,811,782 on Wednesday.
Indies Pharma led trading with 2.39 million shares for 41 percent of total volume followed by Caribbean Cream with 1.46 million units for 25 percent of the day’s trade and Mailpac Group with 467,663 units for 8 percent market share.
An average of 208,847 units at $594,879 traded, in contrast to an average of 255,624 valued at $1,306,618 on Wednesday. An average of 372,277 shares traded for the month to date at $1,007,995 each, in contrast to 385,314 units at $1,040,951. The average volume and value for the previous month was 245,049 units valued at $689,955.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and none with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging advanced 2 cents to settle at $1.57, in trading 17,587 units, Cargo Handlers dropped $1 to settle at $6.50 with 1,100 units changing hands, Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined by 12 cents to end at $2.01, in an exchange of 1,000 stock units. Caribbean Cream carved out a 25 percent gain of 70 cents to end at $3.50, with 1,462,386 units crossing the market, Derrimon Trading carved out a loss 18 cents after closing at $2.20 and exchanging 373,400 stock units, Elite Diagnostic fell 2 cents to $3.60 with investors swapping 4,642 units. Fontana rose 4 cents to $5.15 trading 153,701 shares, Fosrich declined by 8 cents to settle at $3.60 with an exchange of 18,954 stock units, General Accident in rising 20 cents ended at $7 while exchanging 147,451 shares. Honey Bun advanced by 1 cent to settle at $4.91 with 1,637 shares crossing the market, iCreate lost 1 cent to end at 54 cents with 14,650 stock units clearing the market, Indies Pharma climbed 14 cents to end at $2.90 with 2,394,805 units crossing the market. Jamaican Teas lost 8 cents in ending at $4.97 with 11,025 shares changing hands,
Knutsford Express fell 1 cent to close at $6.99 in an exchange of 11 units, Lasco Distributors climbed 6 cents to end at $2.90 trading 60,409 stock units. Lasco Financial carved out a loss 4 cents in closing at $2.45 with 5,960 shares passing through the market, Lasco Manufacturing advanced 15 cents to end at $3.75 with investors swapping 83,154 shares, Limners and Bards dropped 20 cents to settle at $2.45 in trading 174,651 units. Lumber Depot shed 2 cents to close at $1.03 in clearing the market with 380,038 stock units, Mailpac Group rose 6 cents to end at $2.05 in exchanging 467,663 shares. Medical Disposables carved out a gain of 5 cents to settle at $6.05 while exchanging 2,787 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 1 cent in closing at $5.60 in an exchange of 11,714 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market drops again
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered another day of decline in the market Index with a fall of 15.76 points to 2507.21, with the market shedding just over 100 points since the close on July 8.
Trading ended with 32 securities changing hands with the prices of 13 stocks rising, nine declining and 10 remaining unchanged. The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 10 based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 8,179,963 shares accounting for $41,811,782 compared to 5,783,237 units at $15,071,904 on Tuesday. General Accident led trading with 5.22 million shares for 64 percent of total volume followed by Lumber Depot with 1.08 million units for 13 percent of the day’s trade and Mailpac Group with 574,205 units for 7 percent market share.
An average of 255,624 units traded at $1,306,618 for each security, in contrast to an average of 165,235 valued at $430,626 on Tuesday. An average of 385,314 shares traded at $1,040,951 for each security traded, for the month to date, in contrast to 398,323 units at $1,014,301. June ended with an average of 245,049 units valued at $689,955.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows one stock ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial declined by $1.99 to settle at $23.50 with investors swapping 68 stock units, AMG Packaging rose 3 cents to end at $1.55 with 31,000 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Assurance Brokers carved out a loss 7 cents in ending at $2.13 with investors switching ownership of 51,571 units. Caribbean Producers rose 3 cents to end at $2.44 in trading 31,897 stock units, Dolphin Cove gained $1 to close at $8 in exchanging 10,007 units, Express Catering fell 5 cents to $4.20 with an exchange of 6,504 units. Fontana fell 5 cents after closing at $5.11, with 54,087 stock units crossing the exchange, General Accident lost 21 cents to close at $6.80, with 5,216,851 stock units passing through the market, Honey Bun added 10 cents to end at $4.90 in exchanging 127,592 shares. Indies Pharma increased by 6 cents to settle at $2.76 247,288 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas rose 5 cents to end at $5.05 in trading 59,383 shares, Jetcon Corporation gained 1 cent to end at 97 cents with investors swapping 9,533 stock units. Lasco Distributors added 3 cents in ending at $2.84 trading 118,580 stock units, Limners and Bards jumped 16 cents to close at $2.65 while exchanging 20,014 units, Lumber Depot carved out a loss 2 cents to close at $1.05 with investors switching ownership of 1,076,643 shares. 
Mailpac Group shed 1 cent to settle at $1.99 while exchanging 574,205 units, Main Event gained 6 cents to close at $4.05, with 1,800 units crossing the exchange, Medical Disposables carved out a loss 35 cents to close at $6 with investors swapping 2,772 units. Paramount Trading gained 15 cents to finish at $1.96, with 48,099 shares crossing the market, SSL Venture eked out a gain of 4 cents to settle at 89 cents in switching ownership of 3,000 units. Stationery and Office Supplies rose 1 cent to end at $5.61, trading 56,445 stock units and tTech lost $1.05 to end at $4.70 after 18,037 shares changed hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Investors push Junior Market down
The Junior Market lost more grounds in trading on Tuesday as the level of trading saw a 51 percent rise in the volume of stocks trading over that of Monday valued 38 percent more.
At the close, the Junior Market Index declined 33.03 points to close at 2,522.97. Trading ended with 35 securities changing hands with the prices of 9 stocks rising, 14 declining and prices of 12 closing unchanged. The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 10 based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 5,783,237 shares accounting for $15,071,904 compared to 3,822,981 units at $10,886,036 on Monday. Trading was led by Mailpac Group, with 2.20 million shares for 38 percent of total volume followed by Limners and Bards with 1.14 million units for 20 percent of the day’s trade and Lumber Depot with 786,349 units for 13.6 percent market share.
An average trade of 165,235 units at $430,626 for each security traded, took place on Tuesday, in contrast to an average of 123,322 at $351,162 on Monday. An average of 398,323 units traded for $1,014,301 for the month to date, in contrast to 427,049 units at $1,086,232. The average for June ended at 245,049 units at $689,955.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial rose 49 cents ending at $25.49 in trading 100 stock units, Blue Power shed 1 cent to close at $3.79 in exchanging 4,804 units, CAC 2000 jumped $1.20 to end at $9.20 with investors swapping 817 shares. Caribbean Producers declined 4 cents to $2.41 with an exchange of 34,396 shares, Fontana fell 4 cents to close at $5.16 in trading 48,029 shares. General Accident carved out a gain of just 1 cent to end at $7.01 with 200,895 units changing hands, GWest Corporation added 4 cents to end at 89 cents trading 4,066 stock units, Honey Bun dropped 69 cents to close at $4.80 after exchanging 259,576 shares. Indies Pharma lost 5 cents in closing at $2.70 with investors swapping 67,456 units, Jamaican Teas advanced by 1 cent to close at $5 in trading 153,741 units, Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents to settle at 96 cents, with an exchange of 15,900 stock units. Knutsford Express climbed 38 cents to settle at $7 with investors switching ownership of 28,275 units, Lasco Distributors fell 18 cents to $2.81 trading 74,800 shares, 
Lasco Financial lost l2 cents to end at $2.49 after exchanging 43,312 shares. Lasco Manufacturing gained 4 cents to end at $3.60, with 23,350 units changing hands, Limners and Bards increased 4 cents to $2.49 in trading 1,138,812 stock units, Mailpac Group fell 4 cents to $2 with an exchange of 2,204,157 stock units. Medical Disposables shed 6 cents to end at $6.35 with 48,577 stock units crossing the exchange, Paramount Trading gained 1 cent to end at $1.81 with investors trading 580 stock units, SSL Venture dropped 4 cents to settle at 85 cents with 49,835 units changing hands. Stationery and Office Supplies declined by 20 cents to close at $5.60 in trading 16,097 units and tTech declined by 5 cents to settle at $5.75 in trading 59,153 stock units.
Derrimon Trading preference share dropped by 10 cents to close at $1.80 in trading 44,192 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market claws back losses
Junior Market stocks partially reversed the sharp decline they suffered on Friday by recovering more than half of the loss in the index on Monday and closed with advancing stocks beating out decliners.
At the close, the Junior Market Index climbed 23.92 points to 2,556.00. Trading ended with 31 securities changing hands with the prices of 13 stocks rising, 11 declining and seven closing unchanged.
The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 10 based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings. The market closed with an exchange of 3,822,981 shares for $10,886,036 compared to 4,584,423 units at $12,466,749 on Friday.
The average trade for the day ended at 123,322 units at $351,162 in contrast to an average of 130,984 valued at $356,193 on Friday. An average 427,049 units traded for the month to date for $1,086,232, in contrast to 464,265 units at $1,176,300. The average for June was245,049 units at $689,955.
Mailpac Group led trading with 1.42 million shares for 37 percent of total volume, followed by Indies Pharma with 521,761 units for 13.6 percent of the day’s trade and General Accident with 415,000 units for 11 percent market share.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial advanced $3.33 to settle at $25 after an exchange of 4,208 shares, AMG Packaging jumped 37 cents to end at $1.52 with investors swapping ten units, Caribbean Flavours jumped $1 to close at $11.50 trading 976 units. Caribbean Producers dropped 3 cents to end at $2.45 with an exchange of 410,802 units, Dolphin Cove lost 80 cents to end at $7 in trading 41,830 shares, Everything Fresh gained 7 cents to close at 74 cents with 35,000 shares changing hands. Fontana climbed 10 cents to end at $5.20 with an exchange of 115,618 units, General Accident rose by 20 cents to end at $7 with investors exchanging 415,000 shares, Honey Bun lost 1 cent to close at $5.49 in trading 17,345 units. iCreate gained 1 cent to settle at 55 cents with investors swapping 29,262 stock units, Indies Pharma shed 3 cents in ending at $2.75 and trading 521,761 stock units, ISP Finance fell 8 cents and closing at $15.90 after exchanging 100 shares. 
Jamaican Teas rose 29 cents to end at $4.99 trading 14,142 stock units, Jetcon Corporation declined by 4 cents in ending at $1.01 with 52,984 stock units crossing the exchange, KLE Group declined by 1 cent in closing at $1.79 with an exchange of 279 shares. Knutsford Express gained 12 cents to end at $6.62 in trading 8,420 stock units, Lasco Distributors shed 8 cents to close at $2.99 in exchanging 43,174 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing fell 14 cents ending at $3.56 with investors switching 21,945 units. Limners and Bards shed 15 cents to close at $2.45 with an exchange of 111,677 stock units, Lumber Depot ended rising 5 cents to $1.07 trading 208,644 units, Mailpac Group added 1 cent to settle at $2.04 in exchanging 1,415,547 stock units. Main Event dropped 8 cents to $3.99 with 37,832 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables inched 1 cent higher to close at $6.41 with an exchange of 4,384 units and tTech jumped $1.10 to settle at $5.80 in trading 1,148 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Junior Market tumbles on Friday
The Junior Market Index tumbled on Friday with a drop of 63.94 points to end trading activities at 2,532.08 as declining stocks outpaced advancing ones 3 to 1.
The day ended, with the prices of seven stocks rising, 20 declining while eight remained firm. The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at nine based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings.
Trading ended with an exchange of 4,584,423 shares for $12,466,749 from 35 shares compared to 6,245,390 units at $15,597,349 from 33 securities on Thursday. Indies Pharma led trading with 2.43 million shares for 53 percent of total volume, followed by Everything Fresh with 384,763 units for 8 percent of the day’s trade and Lumber Depot with 250,122 units for 6 percent market share.
The average trade for the day ended at 130,984 units for an average of $356,193, in contrast to an average of 189,254 valued at $472,647 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 464,265 units at $1,176,300 for each security traded in contrast to 517,773 units at $1,307,969 previously.
In contrast, the average trade for June was 245,049 units at $689,955 for each active security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dived $4.33 to $21.67 in trading 17,214 units, AMG Packaging lost 36 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.15 with investors transferring 49,074 units, Caribbean Flavours jumped 32 cents to finish at $10.50 with an exchange of 3,404 stock units. Caribbean Producers increased by 10 cents to close at $2.48 in trading 52,951 units, Derrimon Trading slipped 3 cents to close at $2.38 with 5,400 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove declined by 20 cents to end at $7.80 with of 21,000 units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic dropped 13 cents and traded 16,797 units to finish at $3.62, Everything Fresh lost 8 cents to close at 67 cents with investors transferring 384,763 shares, Express Catering fell 5 cents to $4.25 with 50 shares changing hands. Fontana dipped by 9 cents to close at $5.10 with investors exchanging 111,283 units, Fosrich dropped 7 cents to $3.68 in the transfer of 9,043 units, General Accident shed 20 cents in the trading of 18,676 shares to finish at $6.80. GWest Corporation lost 4 cents and exchanged 5,204 units to settle at 85 cents, Indies Pharma ended with investors transferring 2,426,126 stock units as the stock shed 17 cents to close at $2.78, Jamaican Teas lost 9 cents to finish at $4.70 with 44,424 stock units changing hands. Jetcon Corporation fell 3 cents to settle at $1.05 in trading 62,409 shares, 
Knutsford Express dropped 30 cents to close at $6.50 with 102,248 units changing hands, Lasco Financial rose 1 cent to $2.51 with an exchange of 47,400 shares. Lasco Manufacturing increased by 9 cents to settle at $3.70 with 104,900 units traded, Limners and Bards gained 10 cents to end at $2.60 with investors transferring 73,015 shares, Lumber Depot fell 3 cents and traded 250,122 units to finish $1.02. Mailpac Group closed 5 cents higher at $2.03 with 170,630 stock units changing hands, Main Event declined 1 cent to $4.07 in the transfer of 769 units, Paramount Trading lost 14 cents to end at $1.80 with 30,600 shares crossing the exchange. SSL Venture slipped 1 cent to 89 cents and exchanging just one unit, Stationery and Office Supplies gained 10 cents to end at $5.80 with the transfer of 2,300 units and tTech lost 50 cents to close at $4.70 with 3,074 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market loses ground on Thursday
The Junior Market moved higher during early trading on Thursday, with the market Index hitting the 2620 points mark, but it failed to hang to the gains by the close to end with a fall of 14 points to end at 2596.02.
At the close, investors exchanged 6,245,390 shares for $15,597,349 from 33 securities compared to 22,898,027 units at $49,652,613 from 34 securities on Wednesday.
Trading ended with the prices of nine stocks rising, 13 declining and 11 closing unchanged. The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 10.1 based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings.
Mailpac Group led trading with 2.8 million shares for 45 percent of total the volume followed by Indies Pharma with 1.13 million units for 18 percent of the day’s trade and Lumber Depot with 798,698 units for 13 percent market share.
The average trade for the day ended at 189,254 units at $472,647, in contrast to an average of 673,471 valued at $1,460,371 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 517,773 units for $9,832,505, in contrast to 658,177 at $1,664,469 previously. In contrast, the average trade for June was 245,049 units at $689,955 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market AMG Packaging declined by 1 cent to end at $1.51 with investors trading 3,197 shares, Blue Power fell 8 cents to settle at $3.80 with investors swapping 3,626 stock units, Cargo Handlers dropped 30 cents in a transfer of 100 stock units to finish at $7.50. Caribbean Assurance Brokers slipped 3 cents to $2.20 with an exchange of 1,500 shares, Caribbean Producers dipped 10 cents trading 32,320 units to settle at $2.38, Derrimon Trading rose 3 cents to end at $2.41 with 53,674 units changing hands. Everything Fresh gained 9 cents in an exchange of 4,337 shares to settle at 75 cents, Fosrich shed 15 cents to close at $3.75 trading 8,810 units in the process, General Accident ended 1 cent higher at $7 with investors trading 121,951 shares. 
Honey Bun lost 8 cents to close at $5.50 in an exchange of 75,000 stock units, iCreate lost 1 cent to 54 cents trading 37,636 shares, Jamaican Teas lost 6 cents to close at $4.79 with 13,801 shares changing hands. Jetcon Corporation advanced 7 cents to end at $1.08 in the transferring of 128,201 units, Knutsford Express dropped $1.10 and exchanged 355,936 stock units to close at $6.80, Lasco Manufacturing shed 29 cents to end at $3.61 with 41,729 units crossing the exchange. Limners and Bards gained 3 cents to close at $2.50 with investors transferring 3,601 shares, Lumber Depot rose 3 cents to settle at $1.05 with investors trading 798,698 stock units, Mailpac Group exchanged 2,800,768 units to finish at $1.98 after rising 2 cents. Medical Disposables dropped 60 cents to close at $6.40 with the trading of 10,000 units and Stationery and Office Supplies dived 28 cents to end at $5.70 with 33,291 shares crossing the exchange.
In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% gained 4 cents to finish at $1.20, with investors transferring 150 stock units and Derrimon Trading climbed 10 cents to close at $1.90 with 59,447 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market ekes out more gains – Wednesday
Within 20 minutes of opening on Wednesday, the Junior Market surged nearly 40 points to 2,640.89 points, but selling pressure of a few stocks gradually eroded the most of the early gains, leaving the Market Index in adding just 8.04 points for the day, to finish at 2610.02 with Mailpac accounting for more than 19 million shares.
Similar to Tuesday, when 34 securities changed hands, a similar number of stocks traded on Wednesday, with the prices of 14 stocks rising, nine declining and 11 stocks closing unchanged. The day ended with an exchange of 22,898,027 shares accounting for $49,652,613 compared to 21,554,761 units at $46,869,796 on Tuesday. The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 10.3 based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings.
Mailpac Group led trading with 19.3 million shares for 84 percent of total volume followed by General Accident with 1.24 million units for 5.4 percent of the day’s trade and Everything Fresh with 498,073 units for 2 percent market share.
The average trade for the day ended at 673,471 units at $1,460,371, in contrast to an average of 633,964 shares for $1,378,523 on Tuesday. For the month to date, an average of 658,177 shares traded at $1,664,469 for each security, in contrast to 554,511 units at $1,456,207 previously. in comparison, the average trade for June was 245,049 units at $689,955 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial rose $1.50 to end at $26 trading 6,506 stock units, AMG Packaging gained 1 cent and exchanged 5,355 shares to finish at $1.52, Blue Power added 8 cents to settle at $3.88 with investors transferring 800 units. Cargo Handlers jumped 80 cents to $7.80 with 455 units changing hands, Caribbean Flavours shed $3.82 to settle at $10.18 with an exchange of 10,000 shares, Caribbean Producers declined by 2 cents to close at $2.48, trading 126,365 shares. Consolidated Bakeries advanced 4 cents to finish at $1.55 with investors transferring 479,671 stock units, Derrimon Trading slipped 1 cent to $2.38 with an exchange of 100 stock units exchanged, Everything Fresh fell 11 cents to close at 66 cents, trading 498,073 shares. Express Catering lost 5 cents to end at $4.30 with 1,158 stock units changing hands, Fontana increased by 14 cents to settle at $5.19 with investors transferring 85,039 shares, General Accident traded 1,237,500 units and jumped 39 cents to end at $6.99. GWest Corporation advanced 4 cents to 89 cents in trading 200 units,
Honey Bun rose 3 cents to settle at $5.58 with the trading of 61,790 units, Indies Pharma gained 1 cent as investors transferred 341,207 shares to finish at $2.95. Jamaican Teas declined by 5 cents to end at $4.85 with trading in 4,500 shares, Jetcon Corporation closed 2 cents higher at $1.01 with an exchange of 60,500 shares, Limners and Bards lost 13 cents to finish at $2.47 with 125,851 shares changing hands. Lumber Depot fell 5 cents and traded 309,800 shares to close at $1.02, Mailpac Group exchanged 19,259,357 units and gained 8 cents to settle at $1.96, Medical Disposables jumped 25 cents to close at $7 with 16,482 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading lost 6 cents to finish at $1.94, with investors transferring 705 stock units and SSL Venture gained 12 cents to settle at 90 cents with 452 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market climbs higher on Tuesday
The Junior Market inched a bit higher on Tuesday with an increased number of shares at a higher value trading than on Monday. The market activity left the Index modestly higher, with a rise of 7.94 points to close back above 2,600 at 2,601.98.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands with the prices of 14 stocks rising, 11 declining and nine closing unchanged. The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 10.4 based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 21,554,761 shares at $46,869,796 compared to 9,111,135 units at $34,960,291 on Monday.
Mailpac Group led trading with 17.10 million shares for 79 percent of total volume, followed by Indies Pharma with 2.47 million units for 11.4 percent of the day’s trade and Fontana with 699,085 units for 3.2 percent market share.
The average trade for the day ended at 633,964 units at $1,378,523 in contrast to an average of 293,908 valued at $1,127,751 on Monday. An average of 554,511 units traded for the month at $1,456,207 for each security, in contrast to 531,422 units at $1,478,781. The average volume and value for June was 245,049 units valued at $689,955.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows one stock ended with the bid higher than its last selling price and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost 5 cents to end at $24.50 in trading 1,029 units, AMG Packaging closed 10 cents lower at $1.51 after exchanging 25,295 shares, Blue Power lost 9 cents to close at $3.80 in trading 2,690 stock units. Cargo Handlers rose 60 cents to $7 with investors transferring 2,150 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers lost 1 cent to end at $2.23 while exchanging 1,750 units, Caribbean Cream gained 10 cents to settle at $2.80 trading 3,113 stock units. Caribbean Producers gained 11 cents and ended at $2.50 with an exchange of 274,977 shares, Consolidated Bakeries fell 19 cents to $1.51, with investors swapping 700 units, Derrimon Trading closed 21 cents higher at $2.39 in trading 20,002 stock units. Elite Diagnostic shed 12 cents to end at $3.75 with a transfer of 3,000 units, Express Catering closed at $4.35, after picking up 34 cents and exchanging 8,000 stock units, Fontana gained 1 cent to end at $5.05, with 699,085 shares crossing the exchange. Fosrich gained 25 cents to close at $3.90 with 69,520 stock units changing hands, General Accident ended at $6.60, after rising 10 cents trading 82,050 shares, Honey Bun declined by 5 cents to $5.55, in exchanging 5,820 shares. 
Indies Pharma lost 6 cents to end at $2.94 trading 2,467,439 shares, ISP Finance climbed $2.98 to $15.98, with an exchange of just one stock unit, Jetcon Corporation gained 6 cents to close at 99 cents, with investors transferring 205,000 shares. Lasco Distributors rose 7 cents to end at $3.07 trading 216,327 shares, Lasco Financial was down 5 cents to settle at $2.50, in exchanging 13,100 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing rose 10 cents and closed at $3.90, with 11,367 stock units changing hands. Limners and Bards added 5 cents to settle at $2.60 trading 15,459 shares, Mailpac Group shed 29 cents to end at $1.88, after trading 17,100,452 shares, Main Event ended at $4.08, after picking up 1 cent with 1,000 units crossing the exchange. Medical Disposables shed 25 cents to settle at $6.75, with an exchange of 1,353 units and tTech closed 40 cents higher at $5.20, in transferring 200 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Solid gain for Junior Market
In Junior Market trading, the Market Index surged 82 points to just over 2,621, within 30 minutes of the market opening, but slipped back later to close up a solid 54.85 points, to finish the day at 2,594.04.
General Accident was the market leader with 2.6 million shares.
The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended the day at 10 based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings.
Trading ended with 31 securities changing hands with the prices of 10 stocks rising, 12 declining and prices of nine closing unchanged. The market closed with an exchange of 9,111,135 shares, accounting for $34,960,291 compared to an unusually high volume of 37,360,918 units at $101,776,650 on Friday.
General Accident led trading with 2.61 million shares for 29 percent of total volume for the day, followed by Indies Pharma with 2.42 million units for 26.5 percent of the day’s trade and MailPac Group with 1.1 million units for 12 percent market share.
The average trade for the day ended at 293,908 units at $1,127,751 in contrast to an average of 1,383,738 for $3,769,506 on Friday. An average 522,491 units at $1,453,928 has so far traded for the month to date in contrast to 617,038 units at $1,605,315 up to Friday last. The average traded for June was 245,049 units at $689,955 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained 55 cents to close at $24.55 in trading 454 shares, AMG Packaging lost 7 cents in ending at $1.61 while transferring 4,841 units, Blue Power picked up 26 cents in exchanging 6,364 stock units and settled at $3.89. Cargo Handlers declined 50 cents to end at $6.40 trading just one share, Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 4 cents to close at $2.24 with 1,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream slipped 8 cents to $2.70, in transferring 19,920 stock units. Caribbean Flavours closed 28 cents higher at $14, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, Consolidated Bakeries gained 10 cents to end at $1.70, after trading 1,000 units, Express Catering shed 34 cents to finish at $4.01, having exchanged 7,429 shares. Fontana dropped 21 cents to $5.04 with a transfer of 761,613 shares, General Accident rose 30 cents to end at $6.50 after an exchange of 2,610,400 stock units, Honey Bun picked up 4 cents to close at $5.60 in trading 16,345 shares. 
Indies Pharma jumped 57cents and ended at $3, exchanging 2,416,374 units, ISP Finance climbed $1 to $13, after transferring 2,149 shares, Jamaican Teas lost 6 cents to settle at $4.90, having traded 70,250 stock units. Lasco Distributors closed 7 cents lower at $3, with an exchange of 122,125 shares, Lasco Financial slipped 2 cents to $2.55 with 250,343 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing lost 10 cents to close at $3.80 trading 7,789 shares. Lumber Depot slipped 4 cents in closing at $1.07 with investors transferring 159,328 shares, MailPac Group lost 2 cents to finish trading 1,101,551 units at $2.17. Medical Disposables rose 70 cents to close at $7 trading 10,000 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 2 cents to end at $5.98 after exchanging 3,626 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
