Trading closed on Tuesday ended with a sizable fall in the Junior Market Index of 37.32 points to 3,369.08, with the volume of stocks traded rising 43 percent and the value traded rising by 34 percent over Monday trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
A total of 37 securities traded, up from 33 on Monday and ending with 12 rising, 13 declining and 12 closing unchanged, while Paramount Trading closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.14.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute an appropriate stock value, averages 13 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Overall, a total of 4,167,111 shares traded for $11,943,035, up from 2,922,552 units at $8,935,750 on Monday.
Jamaican Teas led trading with 33.2 percent of total volume after an exchange of 1.38 million shares, followed by Future Energy Source 29.1 percent, with 1.21 million units and Lumber Depot 10.3 percent with an exchange of 428,347 units.
Trading averaged 112,625 units at $322,785 in contrast to 88,562 at $270,780 on Monday.
Trading month to date, averages 162,286 units at $467,191, versus 166,238 units at $478,681 on Monday. June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,459.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with the bid higher than its last selling price and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial climbed 67 cents to $21.50 with an exchange of 2,325 shares, AMG Packaging advanced 11 cents to $1.64 with a transfer of 10,101 units, Blue Power dropped 11 cents to $3.60 with 5,000 stocks traded. Cargo Handlers surged 88 cents to $8.49 with 249 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 14 cents to $2.05 with 3,947 shares passing through the market, Caribbean Cream shed 27 cents to $6.48 with an exchange of 15,063 units. Consolidated Bakeries rose 5 cents to $1.70 with a transfer of 26,147 stocks, Express Catering fell 43 cents to $5.61 with 9,500 stock units traded, Fosrich rallied 7 cents to $8.12 with 2,863 shares traded. Future Energy Source rose 5 cents to $1.69 with 1,211,153 units traded, Honey Bun dropped 24 cents to $6.53 with 10,000 stocks changing hands, iCreate popped 8 cents to 86 cents with investors switching ownership of 240,000 stock units. 
Knutsford Express dropped $1.20 to $7.20 in an exchange of 789 shares, Lasco Financial lost 10 cents to settle at $3.20 with a transfer of 3,331 units. Lasco Manufacturing fell 12 cents to $5.25 with 35,979 stocks traded, Limners and Bards spiked 18 cents to $3.30 with a transfer of 118,679 stock units and Medical Disposables shed 43 cents to $4.76 with 35,421 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close, 33 securities traded, down from 37 on Friday and ended with prices of eight rising, 19 declining and six closing firm.
Trading for Monday averages 88,562 units at $270,780, down sharply from 205,836 at $848,518 on Friday. Trading month to date averages 166,238 units at $478,681, compared to 172,172 units at $494,563 on Friday. June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,459.
Lasco Manufacturing rallied 12 cents to $5.37 with 28,436 units traded, Lumber Depot slipped 6 cents to $3.44 with a transfer of 437,520 stock units, Mailpac Group rose 8 cents to $3.88 with 377,504 shares crossing the market. Medical Disposables lost 9 cents to close at $5.19, with 1,090 stocks changing hands, SSL Venture advanced 18 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of 98 cents with 18 units traded, Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 10 cents to $7.50 with a transfer of 6,688 stock units and tTech shed 33 cents to close at $4.42, with 563 shares crossing the exchange.
Thirty seven (37) securities traded, up from 34 on Thursday and ending with 11 stocks rising, 19 declining and seven closing unchanged.
June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,459.
Jetcon Corporation fell 7 cents to $1.30 with 55,362 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express dropped 85 cents to $7.15 with a transfer of 34,767 units, Lasco Distributors slipped 3 cents to $4.02, in switching ownership of 9,516 stocks. Lasco Manufacturing declined by 10 cents to $5.25, with 46,075 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards lost 5 cents to settle at $3.15 with an exchange of 11,506 units, Mailpac Group dropped 8 cents to $3.80 with 1,151,450 stocks traded. Medical Disposables spiked 31 cents to $5.28, with a transfer of 50,000 stock units and Paramount Trading fell 9 cents to $1.16 with 153,518 shares crossing the exchange.
A total of 34 securities traded on Thursday, compared to 35 on Wednesday and ended, with 15 stocks rising, 11 declining and eight closing unchanged.
Lasco Manufacturing slipped 5 cents to $5.35 with an exchange of 7,146 shares, Lumber Depot gained 14 cents to finish at $3.50 with 1,360,707 units changing hands after the company released full year’s results with a big rise in profit. Main Event spiked 57 cents to $5.40 with a transfer of 4,266 stocks, Paramount Trading rose 9 cents to $1.25 with 2,500 shares passing through the market and Stationery and Office Supplies fell 30 cents to $7.60 with 3,569 shares changing hands.
Trading closed with the index falling 19.75 points to 3,376.58 as investors exchanged 352 percent more shares than on Tuesday at 161 percent greater value after 35 securities traded, compared to 37 on Tuesday and ending with 12 rising, 16 declining and seven closing unchanged.
At the close, Access Financial spiked $2.23 to $22.87 with 890 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging slipped 5 cents to $1.52, trading 46,000 stock units, Blue Power rose 7 cents to $3.60 in switching ownership of 50,766 units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 20 cents to close at $1.98 with an exchange of 750 stocks, Caribbean Cream advanced 20 cents to $5.70 with a transfer of 434 shares, Everything Fresh fell 6 cents to $1 with 61,313 stock units changing hands. Express Catering rallied 24 cents to $6.24 with 52,479 units traded, Fosrich spiked 65 cents to $8.25 with 2,180 stocks passing through the market. GWest Corporation dropped 13 cents to $1.05 with a transfer of 150 stock units, Honey Bun rallied 23 cents to $6.76 with 1,800 stocks changing hands, Indies Pharma shed 44 cents to $3.46, with 69,587 units traded. KLE Group fell 20 cents to $1.10 in switching ownership of 28,301 shares, Knutsford Express jumped 55 cents to $7.70 with an exchange of 11,632 stock units, Lasco Distributors dropped 19 cents to $3.90, with a transfer of 7,352 units. Lasco Manufacturing popped 5 cents to $5.40 with 99,156 stocks changing hands, Limners and Bards slipped 5 cents to $3.16, with 26,896 shares traded, Mailpac Group added 5 cents to finish at $3.88 with an exchange of 302,756 stock units. 
Main Event dipped 60 cents to $4.83 with 2,000 units through the market, Paramount Trading fell 21 cents to $1.16 with a transfer of 74,993 stocks, Stationery and Office Supplies slipped 10 cents to $7.90, with 26,930 stock units changing hands and Tropical Battery dipped 5 cents to $1.38 with 154,925 shares crossing the exchange.
A total of 37 securities traded up from 36 on Monday and ended with 17 rising, 13 declining and seven closing unchanged.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Lasco Financial gained 17 cents to end at $3.32 in switching ownership of 6,510 shares, Lasco Manufacturing picked up 9 cents in closing at $5.35 with a transfer of 6,025 stock units, Mailpac Group fell 11 cents to $3.83 with the swapping of 347,242 shares, Medical Disposables dipped 15 cents to $5 with an exchange of 40,174 units. Paramount Trading rallied 21 cents to settle at $1.37 in exchanging 687 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies popped 25 cents to $8 in trading 29,956 shares.
The Junior Market Index popped 7.42 points to settle at 3,363.37, at the close. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute an appropriate value of a stock, averages 12.9 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Jamaican Teas lost 5 cents to close at $4 after exchanging 529,940 shares, Jetcon Corporation popped 5 cents to $1.40 in trading 400,714 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing fell 14 cents to $5.26 after crossing the market with 49,316 stocks, Limners and Bards slipped 7 cents to $3.20 with 12,000 shares changing hands. Lumber Depot fell 10 cents to $3.40 in an exchange of 55,086 stock units, Mailpac Group rallied 24 cents to $3.94 after 703,806 stocks crossed the exchange, Medical Disposables spiked 25 cents to $5.15 with the swapping of 200 units and Paramount Trading lost 10 cents in closing at $1.16 in exchanging 205,348 stock units.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Lasco Distributors dropped 29 cents to $3.90, trading 11,117 shares, Lasco Financial fell 14 cents to $3.15, with 932,128 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing rose 10 cents to $5.40 with an exchange of 71,538 shares. Lumber Depot popped 5 cents to $3.50 with 215,589 stocks passing through the market, Mailpac Group slipped 5 cents to $3.70, with 244,779 units traded, Main Event spiked 40 cents to $5.40 with 600 stock units changing hands and Medical Disposables bolted 49 cents to $4.90, with 22,569 shares crossing the exchange.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Lasco Manufacturing declined by 15 cents to $5.30, with 15,298 units changing hands. Limners and Bards gained 14 cents to finish at $3.26 with 56,144 stocks traded, Lumber Depot rose 5 cents to $3.45 with a transfer of 436,393 stocks and SSL Venture rallied 10 cents to 78 cents with 600 shares crossing the exchange.
Thirty eight (38) securities traded from 39 on Tuesday and ended with prices 22 rising, 11 declining and five closing unchanged.
At the close, Access Financial jumped $1.61 to $22.70 with 200 shares changing hands, Blue Power rose 10 cents to $3.50, with an exchange of 11,360 units, Cargo Handlers shed 70 cents to $7.80 in trading 5,913 stocks. Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 10 cents to close at $1.99, with a transfer of 3,655 shares, Caribbean Cream rallied 5 cents to $5.75 with an exchange of 1,748 units, Caribbean Flavours popped 7 cents to $2.16, with 2,000,340 stocks changing hands. Caribbean Producers rose 5 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $4.75, with 232,325 shares passing through the market, Elite Diagnostic rallied 6 cents to $3.11 in swapping 53,864 units, Express Catering climbed 30 cents to $6.30, with 15,250 stocks traded. Fontana slipped 5 cents to $6.02, with a transfer of 37,705 shares, GWest Corporation slipped 6 cents to $1.09, with 68,788 units clearing the market, Indies Pharma rose 7 cents to $3.70 in an exchange of 10,249 units. Iron Rock Insurance climbed 39 cents to $3.39 with 12,310 stocks changing hands, Jamaican Teas slipped 5 cents to $4.05 in switching ownership of 111,288 shares, KLE Group popped 30 cents to $1.35 with 8,422 units traded. Lasco Distributors rose 8 cents to $4, with a transfer of 34,518 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing rose 6 cents to $5.45 with an exchange of 420,003 shares, Limners and Bards fell 14 cents to $3.12 with 914 stock units changing hands.
Lumber Depot rose 9 cents to $3.40, with 235,690 shares changing hands, Main Event climbed 30 cents to $5 with 23,226 stocks traded, Medical Disposables shed 44 cents to close at $4.41 with a transfer of 48,748 units. Stationery and Office Supplies slipped 5 cents to $7.75, with 51,207 stock units changing hands and tTech spiked 33 cents to $4.75, with 125 shares crossing the exchange.