The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed moderately higher on Tuesday after trading volume and value dropped compared with Monday resulting from a 47 percent drop in the volume of stocks traded, with a 59 percent lower value with trading in 45 securities similar to trading on Monday and ended with 18 rising, 22 declining and five closing unchanged.
Investors traded 7,265,809 shares for $24,794,866 versus 13,791,073 units at $60,175,455 on Monday.
Trading averaged 161,462 shares at $550,997 in contrast with 306,468 shares at $1,337,232 on Monday with the month to date, averaging 233,965 units at $944,115. June closed with an average of 319,230 units at $854,456.
ONE on ONE Educational led trading with 1.08 million shares for 14.8 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 1.07 million units for 14.7 percent of the day’s trade and Future Energy Source with 935,090 units for 12.9 percent market share.
The Junior Market Index rose 15.38 points to 3,984.34.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.5. PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are based on the last traded price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial increased 12 cents in closing at $22.67, with 49 shares crossing the market, AMG Packaging shed 28 cents to close at $2.27 after a transfer of 247,985 stocks, CAC 2000 rose $1.45 and ended at $7.05 with investors transferring 100 units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers climbed 16 cents to $3.25 with an exchange of 57,256 stock units. Caribbean Cream dipped 10 cents to end at $4.40 after 38,758 stock units changed hands, Consolidated Bakeries popped 47 cents to close at $2.99 in the trading of 15,341 units, Dolphin Cove gained 25 cents to end at $16.90 and closed with an exchange of 33,998 stock units, EduFocal advanced 17 cents to $1.82 in switching ownership of 303,478 shares. Elite Diagnostic fell 19 cents in closing at a 52weeks’ low of $2.01, with 100,301 stocks crossing the exchange, Everything Fresh rallied 8 cents and ended at $1.60 as 201 stock units passed through the market, Express Catering declined 47 cents to end at $5.03 with a transfer of 5,987 shares, 
Fontana climbed 70 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $12.70 in an exchange of 214,601 units. Future Energy Source rose 9 cents in closing at $3.89 with shareholders swapping 935,090 stocks, Honey Bun rallied 50 cents and ended at $6.65 in trading 43 units, Jamaican Teas lost 15 cents in ending at $2.35 after an exchange of 49,353 shares, JFP Ltd gained 11 cents to close at $1.74, with 649,908 stock units crossing the market. KLE Group dropped 15 cents to $1.65, with just 2 stocks changing hands, Lasco Distributors popped 14 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $3.69, with stakeholders exchanging 44,566 shares and ended with a sparse number of stocks on offer for sale at the close, Lasco Financial lost 22 cents in closing at $2.49 after an exchange of 1,131 units, Lasco Manufacturing dropped 20 cents to close at $4.50 as investors exchanged 134,423 stock units. 
Main Event dipped 10 cents in closing at $17.40, with 15,535 units clearing the market, Medical Disposables fell 88 cents to $5.01 while exchanging 300 stock units and Spur Tree Spices shed 13 cents to end at $2.10 after a transfer of 512,417 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market slips in greeting July
Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 41 percent with a flat value compared with Friday after trading in 45 securities compared with 46 on Friday and ended with prices of 16 rising, 22 declining and seven closing unchanged.
Investors traded 13,791,073 shares at $60,175,455 versus 23,247,331 units at $60,143,836 on Friday.
Trading averaged 306,468 shares at $1,337,232 compared to 505,377 units at $1,307,475 on Friday. Trading in June closed with an average of 319,230 units at $854,456.
Future Energy Source led trading with 6.24 million shares for 45.3 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 2.25 million units for 16.3 percent of the day’s trade and JFP Ltd with 758,578 units for 5.5 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index lost 15.27 points to start off July at 3,968.96.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.5. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded price along with projected earnings by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial declined $3.43 to close at $22.55 with investors transferring 317 shares, Blue Power rose 13 cents to $3.25 in an exchange of 13,162 units, Cargo Handlers climbed $2.40 and ended at $21.40 with 6,096 stocks changing hands. Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 21 cents in closing at $3.09 with a transfer of 132,532 stocks, Caribbean Cream dipped 20 cents to end at $4.50, with 554 stock units passing through the exchange, Dolphin Cove dropped 25 cents to $16.65 with investors trading 2,927 stocks. EduFocal shed 14 cents to close at $1.65 after an exchange of 131,055 units, Fontana rallied $1.06 to end at a 52 week’s closing high of $12, after hitting an intraday high of $13 in switching ownership of 333,863 shares, Fosrich lost 10 cents in closing at $2.20 and closed with an exchange of 274,872 units. Future Energy Source shed 25 cents to end at $3.80, with 6,243,053 stocks clearing the market, General Accident lost 14 cents to end at $4.86 while exchanging 31,712 shares, 
Honey Bun dropped 45 cents to close at $6.15, with 12,277 stock units crossing the exchange. Indies Pharma fell 23 cents to $3.30 after 636,554 stocks passed through the market, Iron Rock Insurance increased 25 cents to $2.75 with stakeholders exchanging 53 units, ISP Finance climbed $2.96 in closing at $25 after a transfer of 24,112 stocks. JFP Ltd dipped 17 cents to $1.63 in trading 758,578 shares, Lasco Manufacturing popped 18 cents to close at $4.70 with shareholders swapping 18,490 stocks, Main Event gained 50 cents to close at a record high of $17.50 after 3,637 units were exchanged. Medical Disposables dipped 11 cents to $5.89 with an exchange of 63 shares, ONE on ONE Educational slipped 11 cents to end at $1.11 as investors exchanged 271,010 stock units, Regency Petroleum fell 22 cents in closing at $2.70, with 390,048 units crossing the market. 
Spur Tree Spices lost 32 cents to close at $2.23 after hitting an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $2.07 with 657,597 stock units crossing the market, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $4.52 to end at $28, with stakeholders exchanging 665,932 shares and tTech declined 15 cents to $2.10 in trading 249 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
2023 loss erased on Junior Market
Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Friday, with the Market Index rising 24.04 points to end at 3,984.23, just about wiping all of the current year’s loss, leaving 0.10 percent to be recovered, with the market closing June at the highest level since the start of February this year.
Trading ended with the volume of stocks traded declining 80 percent and the value 71 percent lower than on Thursday, after trading in 46 securities compared with 47 on Thursday and ended with 23 rising, 14 declining and nine closing unchanged.
Investors traded 23,247,331 shares at $60,143,836 versus 118,542,020 units at $209,049,547 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 505,377 shares at $1,307,475, compared with 2,522,171 stocks at $4,447,863 on Thursday, with the month to date, averaging 319,230 units at $854,456 compared to 309,922 stock units at $831,805 on the previous day. May closed with an average of 239,954 units at $648,811.
ONE on ONE Educational led trading with 5.91 million shares for 25.4 percent of total volume followed by Spur Tree Spices with 4.46 million units for 19.2 percent of the day’s trade, Regency Petroleum closed with 2.44 million units for 10.5 percent market share, Future Energy Source ended with 1.99 million units for 8.5 percent market share, Fosrich closed with 1.98 million units for 8.5 percent market share and Indies Pharma with 1.71 million units ended with 7.3 percent of the total volume.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market has virtually wiped all losses for the year to date.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.6. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed based on the last traded price and ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial advanced 48 cents in closing at $25.98 with shareholders swapping 91,628 shares, CAC 2000 fell $1.47 to end at $5.60, with 270 stock units clearing the market, Cargo Handlers lost $2 to close at $19, with 18,871 stocks crossing the market, Dolphin Cove popped 79 cents and ended at $16.90, as 12,168 units passed through the market. Fontana gained 44 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $10.94 with an exchange of 127,982 stock units, Fosrich increased 10 cents to $2.30 as investors exchanged 1,975,029 units, 
GWest Corporation declined 10 cents in closing at 93 cents 4,088 shares changing hands, Indies Pharma rose 28 cents to $3.53 with an exchange of 1,708,274 stocks. Iron Rock Insurance rallied 20 cents to end at $2.50 with investors transferring 32,831 units, Jamaican Teas climbed 12 cents to close at $2.47 in an exchange of 688,299 stocks, JFP Ltd rose 10 cents to close at $1.80 in trading 803,665 shares, Knutsford Express climbed $1.09 to $11.90, with 32,063 stock units crossing the market. Lasco Distributors shed 13 cents in closing at $3.50 in an exchange of 103,906 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 37 cents to end at $4.52 after 16,800 stock units were traded, Limners and Bards gained 9 cents to end at $2.20 with a transfer of 53,521 shares, Main Event rallied 80 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $17 while exchanging 70,020 units. 
Medical Disposables increased $1.80 and ended at $6 with 20,000 units changing hands, ONE on ONE Educational advanced 12 cents to $1.22 with trading of 5,909,534 stock units, Regency Petroleum popped 32 cents to close at $2.92 with stakeholders exchanging 2,438,959 stocks and Spur Tree Spices climbed 15 cents to end at $2.55 in switching ownership of 4,461,610 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JSE Main market climbs 4 in 5 days
Trading activity continued to deliver gains with the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ending higher on Thursday, for the fourth day in five, with the volume of stocks traded rising moderately but with a 9 percent higher value than on Wednesday, after investors traded 53 securities, down from 59 on Wednesday, with 18 rising, 16 declining and 19 ending unchanged.
A total of 22,306,090 shares were traded for $206,410,617 compared to 22,105,112 units at $190,093,496 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 398,323 shares at $3,685,904 compared with 374,663 shares at $3,221,924 on Wednesday and for the month to date, an average of 361,395 units at $5,431,838 compared with 359,563 units at $5,518,439 on the previous day. May ended with an average of 226,361 units at $1,362,447.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 12.75 million shares for 57.3 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 2.41 million units for 10.8 percent of the day’s trade, Supreme Ventures chipped in with 2.31 million units for 10.4 percent market share and Jamaica Broilers with 1.57 million units for 7.1 percent of total volume.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 710.07 points to close at 368,014.24, the JSE Main Index rallied 630.80 points to close at 330,388.98 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.14 points to 72.92.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 13.5 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are computed based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending up to August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cement climbed $7.18 in closing at $60.18 in switching ownership of 47,005 shares, Caribbean Producers lost $1.05 to close at $10.75 in trading 71,181 units, GraceKennedy rallied $1 to end at $78 with a transfer of 110,880 stocks, Guardian Holdings dipped $1 to $420, with 6,426 stock units crossing the market.
Kingston Wharvesadvanced $1 and ended at $30 after a transfer of 1,215 stock units, Massy Holdings fell $1 to end at $99 with investors exchanging 8,362 units, Mayberry Investments popped 80 cents in closing at $9 after 100,627 shares passed through the market, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy shed $10 in ending at $61 as investors exchanged 605 stocks. NCB Financial declined 88 cents to close at $66.10 with 85,211 stocks clearing the market, Pan Jamaica dropped $4.83 to $49.12 with shareholders swapping 45,432 stock units, Proven Investments declined 78 cents in closing at $25 while exchanging 47 units, Sagicor Group rose 49 cents to $50.50, with 26,001 shares crossing the market. Scotia Group gained 73 cents to $34.74 after an exchange of 122,644 stock units, Seprod dipped 40 cents to end at $75.10, with stakeholders exchanging 7,450 units, Supreme Ventures dropped 97 cents to close at $27.50 with investors transferring 2,313,937 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 42 cents to end at $12.65, with 353,391 shares changing hands.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share increased 61 cents and ended at $6.70 with an exchange of 83 shares, Jamaica Public Service 7% advanced $7.50 to $57.50 after just 2 units crossing the exchange and JMMB Group 7% preference share gained 39 cents in closing at $2.39 in an exchange of 5 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market jumps sharply on Thursday
Trading surged on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Thursday, as JFP Limited dominated trading with more than 102 million shares that sent the volume of stocks traded surging
939 percent and the value 228 percent higher than on Wednesday after trading took place in 47 securities compared with 43 on Wednesday and ended with 28 rising, seven declining and 12 closing unchanged.
Investors traded 118,542,020 shares for $209,049,547 up from 11,405,529 units at $63,776,052 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 2,522,171 shares at $4,447,863, compared to 265,245 shares at $1,483,164 on Wednesday with the month to date, averaging 309,922 units at $831,805 compared with 190,821 stock units at $637,126 on the previous day. May closed with an average of 239,954 units at $648,811 and exceeds the average up to Wednesday but below Thursday’s level with the jump in trading on Thursday.
JFP Ltd led trading with 102.22 million shares for 86.2 percent of total volume followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 4.86 million units for 4.1 percent of the day’s trade, Jetcon Corporation ended with 3.61 million units for 3 percent of shares traded, Fosrich closed with 1.51 million units for 1.3 percent market share and Dolla Financial with 1.18 million units for 1 percent of total volume.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rose 53.19 points to settle at 3,960.19 to be down 0.7 percent for the year to date and up 10.2 percent since this year’s low in mid-March.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.3. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed based on the last traded stock prices in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial increased $3 to $25.50 in an exchange of 58,731 shares. Thursday’s takes place following a long period that the stock has struggled to move higher in price but has been trading in above average volumes since June 16, not seen for some time, excluding the last trading day of a month, with Thursday being the largest trade and follows just over 25,000 units on June 27, over 17,000 on June 26 and 43,654 on June 22 with three other days since the sixteen of June of more than 15,700 hares, this suggests something out of the ordinary can be expected. 
Blue Power rallied 75 cents to end at $3.05, with 43,155 stock units crossing the market, CAC 2000 advanced 43 cents to close at $7.07 in an exchange of 638 stocks, Cargo Handlers popped $1.99 in closing at $21 with 13 units clearing the market, Caribbean Cream climbed 20 cents to $4.70 after an exchange of 68,819 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries rose 9 cents and ended at $2.51, with 90,000 stock units changing hands, Express Catering gained 10 cents in closing at $5.50 with shareholders swapping 35,146 units, Future Energy Source rose 18 cents to $3.98 with a transfer of 336,638 shares, but only after sinking to a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $3.33. ISP Finance popped $2.04 to end at $22.04 while exchanging 806 units, Lasco Financial advanced 32 cents to close at $2.67 and closed with 402,641 shares changing hands, Lumber Depot gained 9 cents to close at $2.19 after trading 228,666 stock units. 
Main Event climbed 95 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.20 in switching ownership of 66,869 stocks, Medical Disposables increased 10 cents to $4.20, with 52,711 stock units crossing the market, MFS Capital Partners declined 9 cents and ended at $2.92 in trading 86,519 shares. Regency Petroleum rallied 11 cents to end at $2.60, with 556,398 stocks crossing the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 11 cents to $23.50 as 95,854 units passed through the market and tTech gained 15 cents in closing at $2.25 after a transfer of 10 stocks.Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading jumps on Junior Market
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange inched higher on Wednesday, following a 43 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded with the value jumping 97 percent more than on Tuesday after trading in 43 securities trading compared with 46 on Tuesday and ended with 18 rising, 20 declining and five closing unchanged.
Investors traded 11,405,529 shares for $63,776,052 versus 7,980,472 units at $32,399,094 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 265,245 shares at $1,483,164, compared with 173,489 stocks at $704,328 on Tuesday, with the month to date, averaging less than May, with 190,821 units at $637,126 compared with 186,965 stock units at $593,295 on the prior day. Trading in May averaged 239,954 shares at $648,811.
Fontana led trading with 4.11 million shares for 36 percent of total volume, ONE on ONE Educational followed with 1.20 million units for 10.5 percent of the day’s trade and Dolla Financial ended with 1.14 million units for 10 percent share of the market.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rallied 2.98 points and concluded trading at 3,907.00 and remains with a loss of 2 percent for the year to date.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial lost $2.80 and ended at $22.50 trading a mere 116 shares, AMG Packaging popped 16 cents to close at $2.45 in an exchange of 200,834 stock units, CAC 2000 declined 45 cents to $6.64, with 184 stocks crossing the market. Cargo Handlers fell $2.49 in closing at $19.01 with 6,517 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 59 cents to end at $4.50, with just 350 stocks crossing the exchange, Consolidated Bakeries rose 17 cents to close at $2.42 while exchanging 11 stock units. Elite Diagnostic dipped 8 cents in closing at $2.22 with a transfer of 10,644 shares, Fontana advanced 49 cents to $10.50 after a transfer of 4,106,488 units, Fosrich shed 12 cents to end at $2.22 as investors exchanged 263,109 units. Future Energy Source dropped 11 cents to a 52 weeks’ closing low of $3.80 after exchanging 244,167 stocks, 
iCreate climbed 10 cents to end at $1.10 with an exchange of 143,299 stock units, ISP Finance dipped $4.99 in closing at $20 after investors exchanged 1,108 shares. Jamaican Teas rallied 25 cents to $2.35 in switching ownership of 669,921 shares, Knutsford Express lost $1.09 to close at $10.81 after an exchange of 11,313 stock units, Lumber Depot dropped 8 cents to $2.10 as 5,853 stocks passed through the market. Main Event increased 20 cents and ended at a record close of $15.25 in an exchange of 26,375 units, Medical Disposables shed 72 cents to end at $4.10 with investors transferring 4,153 shares, MFS Capital Partners advanced 12 cents to $3.01 and closed with an exchange of 44,286 stocks. ONE on ONE Educational rose 9 cents in closing at $1.12 in trading 1,198,565 units, 
Stationery and Office Supplies declined 52 cents to close at $23.39, with 238,565 stock units changing hands and tTech fell 14 cents in closing at $2.10, with 589 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market hit by falling stocks
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped sharply on Tuesday, with 15 rising, 21 declining and 10 closing unchanged with the volume of stocks traded rising 23 percent and the value jumping 75 percent more than on Monday with trading in 46 securities compared with 45 on Monday, with the Junior Market Index dropping 51.89 points to end at 3,904.02, to be down 2.1 percent for the year to date.
Investors traded 7,980,472 shares for $32,399,094 up from 6,499,546 units at $18,510,251 on Monday.
Trading averaged 173,489 shares at $704,328 up from 144,434 units for $411,339 on Monday. The average trade for the month to date is 186,965 shares at $593,295 compared with 187,756 stock units at $586,780 on the previous day. May closed with an average of 239,954 units at $648,811.
Jetcon Corporation led trading with 1.58 million shares for 19.9 percent of total volume followed by Fosrich with 857,118 units for 10.7 percent of the day’s trade and ONE on ONE Educational with 624,896 units for 7.8 percent market share.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.2. 
The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
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, Access Financial climbed $2.80 to $25.30 with 25,006 shares clearing the market, Blue Power lost 35 cents to end at $2.30 after a transfer of 7,604 stock units, Cargo Handlers shed 50 cents to end at $21.50 with a transfer of 872 stocks, Caribbean Cream fell 79 cents to $3.91 and closed with 16 units changing hands. Consolidated Bakeries dropped 17 cents in closing at $2.25 with 67 units crossing the exchange, 
Dolphin Cove dipped 87 cents and ended at $16.10 with stakeholders exchanging 18,605 stock units, Fosrich rose 15 cents to end at $2.34 in an exchange of 857,118 stocks, Future Energy Source declined 11 cents in closing at $3.91 after an exchange of 229,536 shares. Honey Bun popped 10 cents to $6.65 as investors traded 2,966 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance increased 20 cents to close at $2.30 with a transfer of 1,000 units, Knutsford Express dipped 9 cents in closing at $11.90 with an exchange of 4,126 shares, Lasco Distributors rallied 18 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.58 with shareholders swapping 464,970 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing advanced 36 cents and ended at $4.88 in trading 81,749 units, Mailpac Group dropped 9 cents to close at $1.85, with 126,290 stocks crossing the market, 
Main Event gained 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $15.05 in trading 610,521 shares, Medical Disposables rose 57 cents to end at $4.82, with just one stock crossing the market and Stationery and Office Supplies declined $1.59 to $23.91 in switching ownership of 344,146 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market risers and losers shared honours
Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday, with the recent star Stationery and Office Supplies falling back sharply from the high of $35 it reached last week down to $25.50 as the volume of stocks traded declining 19 percent with a 39 percent lower value than Friday with 45 securities trading compared with 43 on Friday and ended with 18 rising, 18 declining and nine closing unchanged.
At the close, 6,499,546 shares were traded for $18,510,251, down from 8,041,831 units at $30,510,717 on Friday.
Trading averaged 144,434 shares at $411,339, compared with 187,019 shares at $709,552 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 187,756 units at $586,780 compared with 190,394 stock units at $597,463 on the previous day. Trading in May averaged 239,954 units at $648,811.
Image Plus Consultants led trading with 1.29 million shares for 19.9 percent of total volume followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 680,010 units for 10.5 percent of the day’s trade and Mailpac Group with 572,408 units for 8.8 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index popped 13.44 points to close at 3,955.91 and is now down less than one percent for the year to date and up 10 percent since the low in March and is fraction adrift of the 3,963.89 points reached on February 17, the previous high.
The PE Ratio a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.2. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging lost 37 cents in closing at $2.29 with a transfer of 1,275 shares, Cargo Handlers fell 9 cents to $22, with 4 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Assurance Brokers dropped 65 cents to end at $3.35 while exchanging 15,496 stocks. Caribbean Cream rallied 70 cents to end at $4.70 with an exchange of 11,619 units, 
Consolidated Bakeries gained 23 cents to close at $2.42 after 3,344 shares crossed the exchange, Dolphin Cove rose 97 cents in closing at $16.97 as 11,757 units passed through the market. Elite Diagnostic climbed 13 cents to $2.35 in an exchange of 208,580 stocks, GWest Corporation advanced 10 cents to close at $1.03 after 86 stock units changed hands, Honey Bun dipped 14 cents to end at $6.55 in switching ownership of 12,480 stocks. iCreate popped 14 cents and ended at $1.05 after a transfer of 389,514 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance increased 10 cents to end at $2.10 and closed with 2,954 units being trading, Knutsford Express climbed $1.16 to $11.99 with investors transferring 270 shares. Lasco Manufacturing declined 38 cents in closing at $4.52, with stakeholders exchanging 5,357 shares, Limners and Bards shed 9 cents to close at $2.11, with 3,794 stock units crossing the market, Main Event dipped 10 cents and ended at $14.90 in an exchange of 23,047 stocks. 
Medical Disposables popped 19 cents in closing at $4.25, with 4,596 units crossing the market, MFS Capital Partners dropped 15 cents to $2.85 as investors exchanged 17,000 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies fell $2.50 to $25.50 with shareholders swapping 188,272 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market trading increased
Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Friday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 37 percent and the value just 9 percent more than on Thursday following trading in 43 securities compared with 40 on Thursday and ended with 19 rising, 17 declining and seven closing unchanged.
Investors traded 8,041,831 shares for $30,510,717 compared with 5,875,457 units at $28,016,001 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 187,019 shares at $709,552, versus 146,886 shares at $700,400 on Thursday with the month to date, averaging 190,394 units at $597,463 compared to 190,602 stock units at $590,538 on the previous day. May closed with an average of 239,954 units at $648,811.
ONE on ONE Educational led trading with 2.95 million shares for 36.6 percent of total volume followed by iCreate with 927,345 units for 11.5 percent of the day’s trade and Fosrich with 756,741 units for 9.4 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index climbed 25.52 points to 3,942.47.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.3. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Blue Power rose 56 cents to close at $2.65 after a transfer of 95,432 shares, Cargo Handlers popped 9 cents ended at $22.09 in an exchange of 1,914 units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers jumped $1 to 52 weeks’ high of $4 with trading of a moderate volume of 22,624 stocks. Caribbean Flavours increased 15 cents in closing at $1.35 in switching ownership of 40,974 stock units, Dolphin Cove gained 15 cents to end at $16 after an exchange of 22,547 shares, 
General Accident fell 25 cents to $5 after 2,501 units changed hands. GWest Corporation dipped 10 cents to end at 93 cents with an exchange of 51,347 stocks, Honey Bun shed 21 cents in closing at $6.69, with just 854 stock units crossing the market, iCreate lost 24 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of 91 cents as 927,345 units passed through the market. Indies Pharma rallied 9 cents and ended at $3.10 with shareholders swapping 13,685 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance declined 15 cents to close at $2 as investors exchanged 17 shares, ISP Finance climbed $5.09 to $25 after exchanging a mere 2 stock units. JFP Ltd popped 10 cents and ended at $1.65 with stakeholders exchanging 53,472 units, Knutsford Express dropped 17 cents to end at $10.83 with investors transferring 201 stock units, 
Lasco Manufacturing rallied 40 cents in closing at $4.90 after trading 200,915 shares. Main Event climbed 15 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $15 with 126,139 stocks clearing the market, MFS Capital Partners increased 20 cents to $3 with a transfer of 32,928 stock units. Paramount Trading shed 10 cents to $2.08, with 146,947 units crossing the exchange and Stationery and Office Supplies dipped $5.89 to close at $28 after an exchange of 491,029 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market falls on Thursday
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed down on Thursday, with the number of securities that were traded remaining at 40, similar to Wednesday and ended with 15 rising, 16 declining and nine closing unchanged, following a 42 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded with 36 percent lower value than on Wednesday.
Investors traded 5,875,457 shares for $28,016,001 compared to 10,079,171 units at $43,487,229 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 146,886 shares at $700,400, compared to 251,979 units at $1,087,181 on Wednesday, with the month to date average of 190,602 units at $590,538 versus 193,268 stock units at $583,839 on the previous day. May closed with an average of 239,954 units at $648,811.
iCreate led trading with 708,021 shares for 12.1 percent of total volume, followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 543,343 units for 9.2 percent of the day’s trade and EduFocal with 478,870 units for 8.2 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index declined 19.18 points to end at 3,916.95.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.1. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
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, Access Financial gained 55 cents to $22.55, with 43,654 shares crossing the market, Blue Power shed 9 cents in closing at $2.09 with an exchange of 247,310 stock units, Cargo Handlers dipped 9 cents to $22 with investors transferring 981 stocks. Caribbean Assurance Brokers climbed 31 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3 after an exchange of 107,658 units, Caribbean Flavours dropped 15 cents and ended at $1.20 with an exchange of 90,872 units, 
Consolidated Bakeries declined 23 cents in ending at $2.19 with a transfer of 2,234 shares. Dolphin Cove rose 57 cents in closing at $15.85 after an exchange of 37,263 stocks, Future Energy Source gained 9 cents to end at$4 with 281,377 stocks changing hands, General Accident climbed 45 cents to end at $5.25, with 14,774 stocks crossing the market. Jamaican Teas fell 9 cents to close at $2.07 after exchanging 475,361 shares, JFP Ltd lost 9 cents in closing at $1.55, with investors trading 401,657 stock units, KLE Group popped 13 cents to end at $1.76 after a transfer of 20,000 units. Lasco Distributors rallied 17 cents to $3.38 in an exchange of 2,684 units, Main Event climbed 10 cents to $14.85 as investors exchanged 86,704 stocks, 
MFS Capital Partners fell 20 cents to close at $2.80 in switching ownership of 102,790 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies declined $1.09 to close at $33.89, with 397,867 stock units clearing the market, ahead of the announcement of a split of each share into 9 effective July 25 subject to approval at the annual general meeting on the same day.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
