Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Wednesday, with a 54 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded with a 41 percent lower value than in trading on Tuesday following trading in 42 securities compared with 43 on Tuesday and ending with prices of 18 stocks rising, 13 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
The market closed on wednesday with an exchange of 4,153,063 stock units at $9,236,370 from 9,032,533 shares at $15,706,426 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 98,882 shares at $219,914 compared with 210,059 units at $365,266 on Tuesday with the month to date, averaging 142,018 units at $286,189 compared with 149,068 stock units at $297,020 on the previous day and to December with an average of 466,866 units at $1,111,272.
Dolla Financial led trading with 1.31 million shares for 31.5 percent of total volume followed by One Great Studio with 558,940 units for 13.5 percent of the day’s trade and iCreate with 323,373 units for 7.8 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index lost 5.71 points to end at 3,741.82.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.1, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging fell 64 cents to $2.36 after an exchange of 40,200 stock units, Blue Power dipped 29 cents in closing at $2.70 with investors dealing in 28 shares, Cargo Handlers rallied 25 cents to close at $14, with 391 stock units crossing the exchange. Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 22 cents to close at $2.25 with investors transferring 5,096 units, Caribbean Flavours sank 7 cents to end at $1.80 with 2,037 stocks crossing the market, EduFocal climbed 11 cents in closing at $1.59 with traders dealing in 79,400 units. 
Fosrich popped 7 cents to $2.25 and closed with an exchange of 12,450 shares, ISP Finance increased 13 cents and ended at $25 after 3,877 stocks changed hands, Jamaican Teas dropped 17 cents to close $2.32, with 298,178 shares changing hands. Lasco Financial gained 18 cents to end at $2.10 after investors ended trading 78,250 units, Limners and Bards advanced 11 cents to $1.66 after an exchange of 42,289 stocks, Main Event rose 67 cents to close at $14.97, with 7,944 stock units clearing the market. Spur Tree Spices advanced 12 cents and ended at $2.47 in an exchange of 11,408 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies popped 8 cents in closing at $1.69 after 241,682 stocks passed through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Investors traded 9,032,533 shares for $15,706,426 up from 4,952,177 units at $11,190,849 on Monday.
At the close, Access Financial dropped $5 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $20, with 25,685 stocks crossing the market, AMG Packaging rallied 39 cents to $3 after an exchange of 51,733 units, Cargo Handlers popped $2.18 to $13.75 after 30 shares were traded. Caribbean Assurance Brokers dropped 12 cents to close at $2.03 with investors dealing in 1,750 stock units, Caribbean Flavours advanced 20 cents to close at $1.87 after 320 shares passed through the market, Derrimon Trading dipped 10 cents to $1.85 with investors trading 264,085 stocks. Dolla Financial rose 11 cents in closing at $2.63 with an exchange of 80,720 units, Dolphin Cove sank $1.10 and ended at $18.60 after it closed with an exchange of 6,045 stock units, EduFocal skidded 20 cents to close at $1.48 in trading 3,592,888 shares. Fontana gained 59 cents to end at $10.60, with 164,113 units clearing the market, Fosrich fell 12 cents in closing at $2.18 with investors swapping 80,805 stocks, Honey Bun climbed 25 cents to $6.30 in switching ownership of 2,349 stock units. iCreate declined 8 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of 47 cents, with investors exchanging 1,711,832 shares, with the stock trading at an intraday low of 39 cents. ISP Finance shed $6.62 to close at $24.87 after 99 stocks crossed the market, 
Jamaican Teas rallied 9 cents to $2.49 in an exchange of 7,374 units. Jetcon Corporation declined 15 cents to close at 85 cents, with 402,971 stock units changing hands, JFP Ltd shed 9 cents to end at $1.40, with 5,649 shares changing hands, KLE Group sank 50 cents to close at $1.50 while exchanging 30,450 stocks. Lasco Manufacturing skidded 18 cents and ended at $4.50 with a transfer of 17,348 units, Lumber Depot rose 11 cents to close at $2.50 after an exchange of 2 stocks, Mailpac Group lost 12 cents to close at $2.05 with investors trading 112,114 shares. MFS Capital Partners gained 21 cents to end at $2.19 after an exchange of 274,821 stocks, ONE on ONE Educational popped 7 cents in closing at $1.04 with 1,855 units crossing the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 7 cents to close at $1.61 with traders dealing in 216,489 stock units and Tropical Battery climbed 9 cents to $2.09, with 1,060,399 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Investors traded 4,952,177 shares for $11,190,849 compared with 5,101,314 units at $10,562,036 on Friday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Indies Pharma rallied 39 cents to $3.04 after 168,483 units passed through the market, Jamaican Teas rallied 9 cents in closing at $2.40 in an exchange of 276,738 stocks. Lasco Financial lost 19 cents and ended at $1.91 with investors trading 5,000 units, Limners and Bards sank 16 cents to close at $1.51 with an exchange of 76,391 shares, Main Event rose 30 cents to end at $14.30, with 50 stock units crossing the market. MFS Capital Partners fell 11 cents in closing at $1.98 with traders dealing in 103,000 stocks, Spur Tree Spices skidded 23 cents to $2.31 and closed after 145,457 units were traded and Tropical Battery gained 13 cents to end at $2 with investors dealing in 194,912 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Investors traded 5,101,314 shares for $10,562,036 compared with 3,646,469 units at $7,879,162 on Thursday.
13.4, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Mailpac Group popped 8 cents to end at $2.12 with investors trading 86,905 stock units, Main Event declined 34 cents in closing at $14 following 237 units crossing the market, MFS Capital Partners rallied 9 cents to $2.09 with investors trading 230,370 stocks. Paramount Trading advanced 20 cents to end at $1.59 after 14,057 units crossed the market, Spur Tree Spices popped 30 cents and ended at $2.54 with traders dealing in 55,442 shares and Tropical Battery dipped 7 cents to close at $1.87 with an exchange of 137,318 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Investors traded 3,646,469 shares for $7,879,162 compared with 5,922,564 units at $13,058,153 on Wednesday.
the Junior Market Index climbed 29.96 points to finish at 3,792.26.
Fosrich fell 7 cents to $2.23, with traders dealing in 68,200 units, GWest Corporation skidded 8 cents and ended at 89 cents in an exchange of 10,000 stocks, Honey Bun climbed 19 cents to close at $6.30 with investors trading 2,936 shares. Lumber Depot sank 26 cents to end at $2.39 closed after an exchange of 53,494 stocks, Mailpac Group shed 20 cents in closing at $2.04 with investors swapping 29,280 units, MFS Capital Partners dropped 21 cents to $2 after a transfer of 144,632 stock units. Paramount Trading gained 7 cents and ended at $1.39, with 27,581 shares crossing the exchange and Spur Tree Spices lost 33 cents to close at $2.24 in switching ownership of 113,129 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
and eight closing unchanged as the market gave back all of the year end gains from Friday and more, but it still held on the majority of last weeks’ Thursday 50 points gains as the Junior Market Index dived 79.45 points to end the day at 3,762.30.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.5, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Indies Pharma rose 17 cents to close at $2.92 in trading 20 shares, Jamaican Teas dipped 32 cents and ended at $2.27, with 24,377 stocks crossing the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing shed 14 cents in closing at $4.50 with investors transferring 1,946 shares. Lumber Depot climbed 26 cents to end at $2.65 in exchange of 502 units, Main Event increased $1.20 in closing at $14.34 with investors dealing in 1,640 stocks, Paramount Trading skidded 33 cents to $1.32 while trading 7,293 stock units and Spur Tree Spices popped 21 cents to close at $2.57 with 52,780 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Investors traded 9,655,336 shares for $17,937,572, down from 58,141,717 units at $143,291,459 on Friday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.4, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Fosrich sank 19 cents and ended at $2.41 with investors trading 566,382 stock units, Future Energy shed 25 cents to close at $3.69 after exchanging 665,397 shares. GWest Corporation advanced 9 cents to end at 97 cents with 5,360 stock units crossing the market, Honey Bun lost 29 cents in closing at $6.11 with traders dealing in 9,717 units, following the release of full year results showing a 15 percent rise in profits to $232 million or 49 cents per share, Image Plus declined 13 cents to $1.92 while exchanging 24,853 stocks. Indies Pharma dropped 34 cents to end at $2.75 in trading 247,531 units, ISP Finance jumped $2.49 and ended at $31.49 after an exchange of 11 stock units, Jamaican Teas fell 21 cents to close at $2.59 with investors dealing in 338,041 shares. Jetcon Corporation shed 9 cents to $1 in an exchange of 38,592 stock units, 
JFP Ltd declined 16 cents and ended at $1.38 after it closed with an exchange of 504,995 shares, Lasco Distributors rallied 25 cents to end at $4 as investors exchanged 172,225 stocks. Lasco Financial increased 16 cents in closing at $2.10 in switching ownership of 157,155 units, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 33 cents to close at $4.64, with 437 stock units crossing the exchange, Lumber Depot sank 28 cents to $2.39 with investors transferring 82,830 shares. Main Event dropped 76 cents to end at $13.14 after a transfer of 2,176 units, ONE on ONE Educational lost 10 cents in closing at $1 with a transfer of 551,012 stocks, Regency Petroleum skidded 28 cents to close at $2.20 with an exchange of 340,150 stock units. Spur Tree Spices dipped 40 cents and ended at $2.36 after investors traded 388,474 shares and Tropical Battery popped 10 cents to $2 after an exchange of 155,094 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 58,141,717 stock units for $143,291,459 versus 10,388,698 units at $24,745,282 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.1, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Image Plus rallied 11 cents to close at $2.05 with investors transferring 2,892,365 units, Indies Pharma popped 14 cents to close at $3.09 after an exchange of 853,375 stocks, Jamaican Teas advanced 21 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $2.80, with 1,789,229 stock units crossing the market. Jetcon Corporation rose 19 cents in closing at $1.09 with an exchange of 603,626 shares, Lasco Distributors declined 10 cents to close at $3.75 with 396,396 stock units clearing the market, Lasco Manufacturing shed 19 cents and ended at $4.31 with investors dealing in 9,827 units. Mailpac Group gained 16 cents to $2.29 after an exchange of 617,768 stocks, MFS Capital Partners rallied 24 cents to end at $2.24 with investors trading 409,204 units, ONE on ONE Educational increased 8 cents in closing at $1.10, with 908,832 shares changing hands. 
Paramount Trading climbed 17 cents and ended at $1.60 in trading 5,000 stock units, Regency Petroleum increased 22 cents to close at $2.48 after 4,687,683 stocks changed hands and Spur Tree Spices dropped 57 cents to close out the year at $2.76 after investors traded trading 1,707,764 shares.
A total of 10,388,698 shares changed hands for $24,745,282 compared to 99,492,688 units at $248,103,688 on Wednesday.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
etcon Corporation climbed 11 cents in closing at 90 cents in switching ownership of 530,832 units. KLE Group rose 40 cents to end at $1.90 while exchanging 784,660 shares, Knutsford Express advanced $1.20 to close at $12.60 with 300 stock units crossing the market, Lasco Manufacturing skidded 14 cents and ended at $4.50 with an exchange of 11,703 units. Lumber Depot gained 10 cents and landed at $2.60, with 270,334 stock units crossing the market, MFS Capital Partners lost 27 cents in closing at $2 after an exchange of 173,637 shares, Paramount Trading shed 26 cents to end at $1.43 in trading 6,800 stocks. Spur Tree Spices jumped 44 cents and ended at $3.33 as investors exchanged 3,088,133 units and Tropical Battery increased 21 cents to close at $1.95 after investors ended trading 272,925 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Mailpac Group was the leading trade with 50.06 million shares for 50.3 percent of total volume followed by Jamaican Teas with 32.75 million units for 32.9 percent of the day’s trade, Future Energy chipped in with 10.59 million units for 10.6 percent market share and Spur Tree Spices with 2.34 million units for 2.4 percent of total volume.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rose 5.11 points to end at 3,733.25.
Cargo Handlers popped $1.84 in closing at $14.92 with investors trading 923 units, Dolphin Cove skidded 14 cents to close at $17 after an exchange of 701 stocks, Fontana advanced 16 cents to $10.14 with investors transferring 36,524 units. Honey Bun sank 14 cents to close at $6.26 in an exchange of 2,252 shares, Indies Pharma rose 14 cents and ended at $2.99, with 34,657 stock units crossing the market, ISP Finance shed $4.55 in closing at $24.85 with an exchange of 1,244 shares. Jamaican Teas climbed 19 cents to end at $2.50 after investors ended trading 32,747,972 stocks, Knutsford Express dropped $1.18 in closing at $11.40 while exchanging 5,852 units, Medical Disposables increased 20 cents to $2.70 in trading 6,000 stock units and Spur Tree Spices gained 39 cents to close at $2.89 with, 2,339,563 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.