Trading jumped sharply at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Monday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 201 percent and the value jumping 301 percent higher than on Friday. The market Index to rise 33.71 points to settle at a record close of 4,485.33 after the market hit a record intraday high of 4,523.62 points at the commencement of trading.
Market activity led to 43 securities trading compared to 44 on Friday and ended with 14 rising, 21 declining and eight closing unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 14.4. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial years closing up to the end of August 2023.
Overall, 31,884,375 shares traded for $188,460,185, up from 10,594,910 units at $46,967,519 on the Friday. Future Energy Source led trading with 20.95 million shares accounting for 65.7 percent of total volume, followed by EduFocal with 2.11 million units for 6.6 percent of the day’s trade. Tropical Battery ended with 1.79 million units for 5.6 percent market share and Spur Tree Spices traded 1.21 million units changing hands for 3.8 percent market share.
Trading averaged 741,497 shares at $4,382,795, up from 240,793 shares at $1,067,444 on Friday with month to date. April closed with an average of 449,923 units at $1,781,786.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial rose 47 cents to end at $21.50 with the swapping of 3,718 shares, AMG Packaging lost 25 cents to $3.55 after finishing trading of 216,517 stock units, CAC 2000 declined 90 cents in closing at $6.10 with an exchange of 63,741 stocks. Fosrich surged $5.60 to a record close of $33.60, trading 876,728 units, Future Energy Source gained 50 cents to close at $6.50 after ab exchange of 20,948,044 stocks, iCreate popped 43 cents in closing at a record high of $3.48 in trading 935,802 stock units. Iron Rock Insurance increased 39 cents after ending at $3.60, with 131 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas climbed 15 cents to $3.75 in switching ownership of 350,251 units, Jetcon Corporation advanced 21 cents to close at $1.84 in an exchange of 444,411 shares. Lasco Manufacturing rallied 33 cents to end at $5.58 after exchanging 20,611 units, Spur Tree Spices fell 18 cents in closing at $4.07 after an exchange of 1,206,504 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies gained 20 cents to end at $9.50, with 14,980 stock units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange traded at a record high on Thursday, with the Market Index rising 9.79 points to close at over the 4,400 for the first time to settle at 4,409.35 after moving as high as 4,457.02 points in the early trading session. Trading closed with the volume of stocks trading rising 192 percent over Wednesday as the funds chasing stocks rose 280 percent.

A new record high for the JSE Junior Market.

The market closed with all 45 securities trading, up from 43 on Wednesday and rising and declining stocks numbering 19 each, with seven unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure in computing appropriate stock values, averages 14. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial years closing up to the end of August 2023.
Overall, 46,371,367 shares traded for $228,300,279 up from 15,885,401 units at $60,086,622 on the Wednesday. Express Catering led trading with 34.22 million shares for 73.8 percent of total volume, followed by Derrimon Trading with 2 million units for 4.3 percent of the day’s trade. Future Energy Source ended with 1.75 million units for 3.8 percent market share, Tropical Battery, 1.51 million units for 3.2 percent market share and iCreate with 1.08 million units for 2.3 percent market share.
Trading averaged 1,030,475 shares at $5,073,340, up from 369,428 units costing $1,397,363 on Wednesday, with the month to date, averaging 461,796 units at $1,822,342 versus 426,741 units at $1,621,938 on the previous trading day. Trading in March averaged 719,276 units at $2,636,802.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial dropped $1.30 to close at $20.20, with 24,058 shares clearing the market, AMG Packaging fell 34 cents in closing at $3.56 with the swapping of 29,136 stock units, CAC 2000 rose 60 cents to end at $6.60, 1,668 units crossing the market. Cargo Handlers declined $2.32 to $10.16 in an exchange of 53,171 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers shed 14 cents in ending at $2.60 after 7,236 shares crossed the exchange, Dolphin Cove lost 47 cents to end at $22.48, trading 57,281 units. Everything Fresh increased 12 cents to close at $1.75 in switching ownership of 439,408 stock units, Fosrich declined $1.15 to $28.05 in exchanging 133,446 stocks, Honey Bun fell 37 cents in closing at $9.50, with 4,661 shares changing hands. iCreate gained 46 cents to end at $3.10 after exchanging 1,077,376 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance dropped 29 cents to $3.21 after trading 40,280 units, Jetcon Corporation fell 20 cents to $1.75 trading 186,314 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing popped 60 cents ending at $5.70 with an exchange of 40,838 units, Medical Disposables lost 50 cents to close at $6.50 after 135,187 stocks changed hands, Paramount Trading shed 22 cents to end at $1.76 while exchanging 552,705 shares. Spur Tree Spices climbed 23 cents to close at a record high of $4.45 after an exchange of 679,715 stock units, SSL Venture dropped 15 cents in ending at $1.60, with 109,215 stocks crossing the market, Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 65 cents to end at $9.65 after 29,964 units crossed the exchange and tTech rallied 19 cents in closing at $4.09 with 10,000 shares traded.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading closed on Friday with the Junior Market Index climbing 44.79 points to settle at a closing record high of 4,369.94, with four consecutive record closings and ended with a rise of 27.5 percent for the year to date, just two percentage points from the entire year gains in 2021.  
As was the case on Thursday, 44 securities traded on Friday and ended with 22 rising, eight declining and 14 unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to determine stock values, averages 13.8. The Junior Market PE ratios incorporate projected earnings computed by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years closing up to the end of August 2023.
The volume of stocks traded rose 16 percent more, with a value of 5 percent less than on Thursday. Overall, 12,348,074 shares traded for $45,037,672 compared to 10,631,744 units at $47,631,025 on Thursday. Indies Pharma led trading with 2.39 million shares for 19.4 percent of total volume, followed by iCreate with 1.79 million units for 14.5 percent of the day’s trade and JFP Limited with 1.35 million units for 10.9 percent market share.
Trading averaged 280,638 shares at $1,023,583 in contrast to 241,631 shares at $1,082,523 on Thursday with month to date, averaging 451,494 units at $1,705,387 compared to 464,966 units at $1,759,149 on the previous trading day. March closed with an average of 719,276 units at $2,636,802.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial rose $1 to $21, after 19,254 shares crossed the market, Blue Power popped 20 cents to close at $4, with 29,889 stock units clearing the market, Cargo Handlers climbed 80 cents in closing at $10.95 after exchanging 500 stocks. Caribbean Assurance Brokers increased 35 cents ending at $2.85 with the swapping of 135,650 units, Dolphin Cove gained 40 cents to end at $22, with 65,079 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic rallied 19 cents to $3.79 in an exchange of 209,048 shares. Fontana advanced 11 cents in closing at $11 after trading 134,843 units, Fosrich dropped $1.07 after ending at $28.13 in switching ownership of 105,699 stocks, iCreate rallied 59 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.10 after exchanging 1,789,801 stock units. Indies Pharma gained 15 cents to close at $3.25 while trading 2,391,948 shares, Iron Rock Insurance lost 25 cents in closing at $3.50, with 3,587 units crossing the exchange, Jetcon Corporation increased 11 cents to end at $1.40, with 515,419 stocks crossing the market.KLE Group rose 31 cents to $2.67 in exchanging 305 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 33 cents to close at $5.33 with 42,274 stock units changing hands, Mailpac Group rose 14 cents to $3.27 with an exchange of 180,175 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies popped 31 cents in ending at $9.11 after trading 40,070 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading closed at another record high on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market on Thursday, after hitting an intraday high at the opening, with the volume of stocks traded falling by 38 percent and the value down 36 percent compared to Wednesday.
Market activity led to 44 securities trading compared to 42 on Wednesday and ending with 17 rising, 17 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rose 35.62 points to a record of 4,325.15 after opening at a record 4,371.90. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 13.4. The PE ratio of each stock in the chart below is based on ICInsider.com earnings forecast for companies with financial years up to August 2023.
Overall, 10,631,744 shares traded for $47,631,025 from 17,123,040 units at $73,979,105 on Wednesday. iCreate led trading with 1.68 million shares for 15.8 percent of total volume followed by Stationery and Office Supplies with 937,462 units for 8.8 percent of the day’s trade and Tropical Battery with 885,188 units for 8.3 percent market share.
Trading averaged 241,631 shares at $1,082,523 compared to 407,691 shares at $1,761,407 on Wednesday, with the month to date, averaging 464,966 units at $1,759,149 compared to 484,085 units at $1,817,071 on Wednesday the previous trading day. March closed with an average of 719,276 units at $2,636,802.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two stocks with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial shed $1 to end at $20, with 35,750 shares clearing the market, AMG Packaging dropped 45 cents in closing at $3.50 with the swapping of 149,520 stock units, CAC 2000 fell 10 cents to close at $7.40 with an exchange of 1,055 stocks. Dolphin Cove climbed 10 cents to $21.60, with 896 units changing hands, EduFocal declined 19 cents in ending at $3.48 while exchanging 546,443 stock units, Elite Diagnostic lost 57 cents in closing at $3.60 after trading 773,735 units. Fontana advanced 44 cents to close at $10.89, with 100,573 stocks crossing the market, Fosrich rose $2.30 to a record $29.20 after exchanging 198,511 shares, Honey Bun gained 30 cents after ending at $9.90, with 32,555 units crossing the market. iCreate rallied 57 cents to end at record $2.51 trading 1,676,041 stock units, Lasco Financial fell 12 cents to $3.28 after trading 735,706 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing dropped 19 cents to $5 in an exchange of 138,845 shares. Mailpac Group declined 15 cents to close at $3.13 units 385,703 crossing the exchange, Main Event popped 20 cents to $8.10 in exchanging 113,177 shares, Paramount Trading shed 23 cents in closing at $1.91 in switching ownership of 54,862 stocks. SSL Venture increased 35 cents to end at $1.75 trading 570 stock units, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 30 cents to close at $8.80 after exchanging 937,462 shares and tTech rallied 30 cents to $4.05 in switching ownership of 3,800 stocks.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market continues to hit new highs as the market index crossed over the 4,300 points mark in early trading on Tuesday but ended lower as to end at a record closing high of 4,268.73 after recording a gain of 15.47 points at the close.

A new record closing high for the JSE Junior Market.

Market activity led to 43 securities trading similar to trading on Thursday and ended with 17 rising, 20 declining and six closing unchanged. AMG Packaging, Elite Diagnostic and iCreate all ended at new 52 weeks’ closing highs.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages  13. The PE ratio of each stock in the chart below is based on ICInsider.com earnings forecast for companies with financial years up to August 2023.
Trading closed on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 82 percent and the value dropping by 84 percent versus Thursday and ended with 10,723,885 shares traded for $37,772,473, down from 59 575,175 units at $234,063,113 on Thursday. Elite Diagnostic led trading with 1.67 million shares for 15.6 percent of total volume, followed by Derrimon Trading with 1.41 million units for 13.1 percent of the day’s trade and iCreate, 1.17 million units for 10.9 percent market share.
Trading averaged 249,393 shares at $878,430 versus  strong>1,385,469 shares at $5,443,328 on Thursday with the month to date, averaging 490,882 units at $1,822,024 compared to 515,088 units at $1,916,603 on the previous trading day. March closed with an average of 719,276 units at $2,636,802.
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 dropped 50 cents to $21.50 in switching ownership of 858 shares, AMG Packaging rose 30 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $4 after trading 572,834 stocks after trading at an intraday record high of $4.50, following the release of a continued surge in profit for the current fiscal year. Blue Power lost 49 cents in closing at $3.60 in exchanging 246 units. CAC 2000 advanced 50 cents to close at $7.50, with 71 stock units clearing the market, Cargo Handlers fell 85 cents to $10.15 with 332 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream increased 20 cents to end at $5, with 91,196 stocks changing hands. Dolphin Cove declined $1.12 to $21.75 in trading 171,740 stock units, Elite Diagnostic rallied 93 cents in closing at 52 weeks’ high of $4.60 with the swapping of 1,669,094 units, Express Catering shed 21 cents to close at $6.22 after exchanging 36,254 stocks. Fosrich dropped 11 cents to $22 after finishing trading 10,434 units, Honey Bun popped 25 cents in closing at $9.85after exchanging 11,638 stock units, iCreate gained 26 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.62 after trading 1,167,102 shares. Indies Pharma climbed 15 cents in ending at $3.15 with an exchange of 51,451 shares, ISP Finance shed 45 cents to close at $29.50, with 20 stocks crossing the market, Jamaican Teas fell 13 cents to end at $3.41 while exchanging 489,230 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing declined 20 cents to $5, with 158,121 units crossing the market, Main Event popped 15 cents to $8 in an exchange of 18,153 units, Paramount Trading increased 42 cents in closing at $2.18 in exchanging 800,157 stocks after the company posted nine months results showing continued improvement in earnings. Tropical Battery gained 17 cents to close at $2.68 in switching ownership of 503,264 stock units and tTech lost 20 cents in ending at $3.80 after 2,218 shares changed hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market on Monday, with the volume  f stocks traded declining 61 percent, with 49 percent less value compared to Friday and ended with an equal number of shares rising and declining.
All 45 securities traded on Monday, up from 40 on Friday and ended with 19 rising, 19 declining and seven closing unchanged. At the close, the Junior Market Index popped 10.58 points to 4,210.52.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.9. The PE ratios of stocks in the chart below are based on earnings forecast by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending between August 2022 and August 2023.
Overall, 18,383,140 shares traded for $67,321,969 compared to 46,852,885 units at $132,272,326 on Friday. Mailpac Group led trading with 3.56 million shares for 19.4 percent of total volume followed by Indies Pharma with 3.26 million units for 17.7 percent of the day’s trade, followed by Elite Diagnostic with 2.12 million units for 11.5 percent market share and iCreate ended with 1.56 million units changing hands for 8.5 percent market share.
Trading averaged 408,514 shares at $1,496,044 in contrast to 1,171,322 shares at $3,306,808 on Friday with month to date, averaging 428,060 units at $1,565,445 compared to 431,536 units at $1,577,789 on the previous trading day. March closed with an average of 719,276 units at  $2,636,802.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial lost 59 cents to close at $21.36 with the swapping of 25 shares, AMG Packaging climbed 40 cents to $3.60, with 324,507 stock units crossing the market, CAC 2000 advanced 20 cents to $7.25 after an exchange of 2,435 units. Cargo Handlers dropped $2.40 in closing at $9.50, with 21,030 stocks crossing the exchange, Caribbean Cream increased 9 cents to $4.85 in an exchange of 25,354 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries rallied 7 cents to end at $1.35, with 41,009 units changing hands. Derrimon Trading popped 13 cents to $2.83 as 284,977 shares were traded, Dolphin Cove shed 47 cents in ending at $21.93 with an exchange of 95,811 stock units, EduFocal fell 9 cents to $3.80 after exchanging 412,002 stock units. Elite Diagnostic rose 63 cents to close at $3.20, with 2,117,544 shares clearing the market, Express Catering gained 38 cents to $6.40 in exchanging 568,615 stocks, Fosrich rallied $2.93 to end at a record high of $22.93, with 259,550 units crossing the market. Future Energy Source declined 15 cents in closing at $6 after trading 647,264 stocks, Honey Bun shed 15 cents in ending at $10, after an exchange of 91,534 stock units, iCreate popped 14 cents to close at $1.04 while exchanging 1,563,814 shares. Indies Pharma advanced 20 cents in ending at $3.05 after swapping 3,261,845 units, Iron Rock Insurance dropped 50 cents to $3.20 in exchanging 112,371 units, Lasco Financial fell 10 cents to $3.40 after exchanging 63,566 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing declined 24 cents to end at $5.09 in trading 35,937 stocks, Limners and Bards lost 10 cents in closing at $3.20, with 334,155 shares crossing the market, Lumber Depot lost 13 cents to end at $3.55 after trading 629,422 stocks. Mailpac Group climbed 10 cents in closing at $3.25 in switching ownership of 3,564,473 stock units, SSL Venture declined 19 cents to close at $1.66 with an exchange of 26,007 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 38 cents to $7.50 in trading 11,296 units. Tropical Battery gained 15 cents to end at $2.48, with 827,488 stocks crossing the market and tTech rose 36 cents to close at $4.09 after 23,328 shares changed hands.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market slipped at the close on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 26 percent, with a 17 percent fall in the value compared to trading on Monday as all 45 listed securities traded compared to 43 on Monday and ended with 13 rising, 26 declining and six closing unchanged.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index shed 27.63 points to settle at 4,171.59.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 12.9 for the 2022-23 fiscal year based on ICInsider.com earnings forecast for companies with financial years up to August 2023.
Overall, 10,881,450 shares traded for $41,038,700 compared to 8,658,067 units at $49,169,751 on Monday. Lumber Depot led trading with 2.70 million shares for 24.8 percent of total volume, followed by EduFocal, 1.54 million units for 14.2 percent of the day’s trade and JFP Limited, with 1.34 million units for 12.3 percent market share.
Trading averaged 241,810 shares at $911,971 in contrast to 201,350 shares at $1,143,483 on Monday with the month to date, averaging 313,476 units at $1,444,823 compared to  351,868 units at $1,730,280 on Monday the previous trading day. March closed with an average of 719,276 units at $2,636,802.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial lost $1.40 in ending at $19.50 with the swapping of 9,672 shares, Blue Power rose 16 cents to $3.90 after trading 6,233 stock units, CAC 2000 popped 30 cents in closing at $7.35, with 1,394 units changing hands. Cargo Handlers fell $1.10 to close at $11 after exchanging 1,269 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries shed 10 cents to end at $1.31 with an exchange of 188,959 units, Dolphin Cove declined 10 cents to $22.80 while exchanging 97,097 stock units. Fosrich climbed $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high at $20 in trading 152,078 stocks, Honey Bun dropped 17 cents in closing at $9.89, with 56,244 shares changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance rallied 14 cents to $3.74, with 150 stock units clearing the market. KLE Group dropped 43 cents to close at $2.32 in switching ownership of 10,545 stocks, Knutsford Express declined 23 cents to end at $7.77 with 4,893 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing fell 24 cents to $5.45 as 44,626 shares were traded. Paramount Trading increased 15 cents in ending at $1.65, with 63,802 stocks crossing the market, Spur Tree Spices lost 16 cents to close at $3.52 in an exchange of 549,279 stock units, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 87 cents in closing at $7 in trading 900 units. Tropical Battery dropped 10 cents in closing at $2.60 after 997,759 shares crossed the exchange and tTech gained 49 cents to close at $4.25 after exchanging 9,241 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.