Trading on the Junior Market ended with the market index shedding 16.35 points top of the 31 points lost on Friday to close at 2,567.94 ahead of the mid-year close on Tuesday.
Market activity and resulted in 33 securities changing hands, up from 31 on Friday, with investors pushing the prices of 13 stocks up and 14 down, leaving prices of six 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 13,689,006 shares accounting for 25,143,842 compared to 5,923,1 33 units at 14,437,994 on Friday. Lumber Depot led trading with 10.12 million shares for 74 percent of total volume, followed by Fontana with 1.2 million units for 9 percent of the day’s trade and Mailpac Group with 516,217 units for 3.8 percent market share.
The average trade for the ended at 414,818 units at 761,935 in contrast to an average of 191,069 valued at 465,742 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 250,116 units valued at $6,38,843 in contrast to 253,214 units at 624,575. In contrast, May closed with an average of 150,274 units for $491,077 for each 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 five with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging advanced by 4 cents to end at $1.65 in trading 900 units, Blue Power gained 3 cents to end at $3.70 after investors swapped 49,900 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined by 5 cents to settle at $2.15 with an exchange of 26,721 shares. Caribbean Cream rose 23 cents to end at $2.70 with a trade of 400 units, Caribbean Flavours shed 20 cents to settle at $11.50 in exchanging 252,280 shares, Caribbean Producers gained 6 cents while closing at $2.40 trading 43,305 stock units. Consolidated Bakeries dropped 19 cents to $1.51 swapping 35,470 shares, Elite Diagnostic eased by 9 cents to settle at $3.91 in trading 20,300 units, Everything Fresh shed 1 cent to close at 80 cents with an exchange of 29,500 shares. Express Catering dropped 60 cents to $4.35 with investors swapping 77,204 stock units, Fontana declined by 4 cents to end at $5.45 with 1,213,293 units changing hands, Fosrich shed 54 cents to end at $3.46 with an exchange of 36,979 shares. General Accident gained 15 cents to $6.15 after exchanging 117,000 units, Honey Bun inched 1 cent higher to end at $5.64 with an exchange of 1,052 stock units, Indies Pharma declined 2 cents to end at $2.48 with 450,753 shares crossing the exchange. ISP Finance declined by $1 to close at $12 in trading 2,300 stock units, Jamaican Teas added 18 cents to close at $4.89 after investors swapped 69,509 units, Jetcon Corporation surged 8 cents to end at $1.10 in trading 7,929 shares.
Knutsford Express advanced 70 cents to end at $8.70 with an exchange of 784 stock units, Lasco Distributors gained 1 cent to $3.06 with a transfer of 88,405 shares, Limners and Bards gained 40 cents to close at $2.80 with 126,818 shares changing hands. Lumber Depot lost 12 cents to settle at $1 with investors swapping 10,120,000 stock units, Mailpac Group added 1 cent to close at $1.98 after trading 516,217 units, Main Event dropped 48 cents in closing at $4 with 81,745 shares passing through the market. Medical Disposables advanced 26 cents in closing at $7 with an exchange of 14,000 stock units, SSL Venture shed 7 cents in ending at 78 cents and trading 1,088 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 21 cents to $5.99 with 4,100 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated
Junior Market tops 2,600 again
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in Market Index surging 52.72 points to close at 2,602.92 to cross back above the 2,600 mark after falling below it on Monday, as trading fell back to more normal levels, from the heightened level on Tuesday.
By the close of the market, investors exchanged 4,874,547 shares for $20,159,456 compared to 46,968,202 units at $126,633,229 on Tuesday. The day’s activities saw 35 securities changing hands, with the prices of 12 rising 11 stocks declining and 12 closing with prices remaining unchanged. The average PE ratio of the market ended at 9.9 based on IC Insider.com’s 2020-21 earnings.
The average trade of the day was 139,273 units at $575,984, in contrast to an average of 1,467,756 units for $3,957,288 on Tuesday. The average volume for the month to date amounts to 262,928 units at $761,592 for each security trading, in contrast to 271,188 units at $773,989. In contrast, May closed with an average of 150,274 units for $491,077 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows one stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost $2.49 to end at $21.51 in trading 1,000 units, AMG Packaging shed 1 cent in closing at $1.61 with 5,389 shares changing hands, Blue Power dipped by 1 cent to close at $3.60 after swapping 21,320 stock units. Caribbean Flavours dropped $2.10 to $11.90 in trading 14,788 units, Caribbean Producers advanced by 5 cents to end at $2.39 with an exchange of 232,831 units, Derrimon Trading rose 10 cents and ending at $2.40 after swapping 19,100 stock units. Express Catering advanced 2 cents to end at $4.99 in exchanging 750 stock units, Fontana lost 10 cents in closing at $5.50 in trading 310,380 units, General Accident advanced by 26 cents to end at $6.01 in trading 2,352,308 units. GWest Corporation declined by 5 cents to end at 90 cents with an exchange of 1,526 shares, Honey Bun fell by 32 cents to end at $5.33 with 25,700 units changing hands, iCreate lost 3 cents to 58 cents in trading 20,000 stock units. Indies Pharma fell 11 cents to close at $2.55 in exchanging 302,614 units, Jamaican Teas shed 9 cents and ended at $4.49 in trading 22,935 stock units, Knutsford Express gained 20 cents to settle at $8.70 while exchanging 25 units.
Lasco Distributors gained 1 cent to settle at $2.98 with an exchange of 22,760 stock units, Limners and Bards advanced by 1 cent to close at $2.74 after trading 106,712 stock units, Lumber Depot rose 2 cents to settle at $1.13 with 61,947 shares passing through the market. Mailpac Group carved out a 2 cents gain in ending at $1.90 and trading 221,968 units, Main Event shed 5 cents to settle at $4.10 in trading 1,333 shares, Paramount Trading advanced by 2 cents to end at $2 swapping with 1,231 units changing hands. SSL Venture gained 10 cents to end at 85 cents after trading 53,333 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies garnered a 28 cents rise to close at $6.28 in exchanging 1,660 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market gives back some gains
After closing higher on four of five days last week with the week closing with a gain of 42 points on Friday, the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange lost grounds on the first trading day of the week with the market Index declining 32.01 points to close at 2,581.40.
Trading on the finished with 30 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 4,645,198 units valued at $13,350,189 compared to 2,764,337 units valued at $7,742,462 on Friday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of nine securities advanced, 11 declined and nine remained unchanged.
An average of 154,840 shares for each security traded at $445,006 An average of 154,840 units stock traded on Monday at $445,006 each, in contrast to 86,386 units for an average of $241,952 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 173,151 units valued at $411,659 and previously 175,086 units valued at $408,136. May closed with an average of 150,274 units valued at $491,077 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial declined $2.24 in trading of 4,500 units at $22.51, CAC 2000 lost $1.40 in exchanging 4,718 units at a 52 weeks’ closing low of $8, Cargo Handlers closed 50 cents higher at $7.50, trading 25,181 stock units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 8 cents and ended with 5,133 stock units changing hands at $2.24, Caribbean Producers lost 4 cents in trading of 954,039 units at $2.36, Express Catering ended trading with 16,529 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $4.30. Fontana dipped 51 cents in trading of 276,289 units at $5.46, Honey Bun ended market activity exchanging 201,000 shares to close at $5.10, after falling 23 cents. iCreate lost 3 cents in trading of 457,276 units at 55 cents, Indies Pharma closed trading of 957,799 units and gained 7 cents to end at $3, Jetcon Corporation closed trading of 106,326 units and gained 20 cents to end at $1.10. Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.95 with 75,054 stock units changing hands, 
Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 7,000 shares to close at $2.51 after falling 13 cents, Lasco Manufacturing ended market activity exchanging 119,598 shares to close at $4, after falling 5 cents. Limners and Bards climbed 35 cents, exchanging 537,280 shares at $2.50. Mailpac Group gained 1 cent with 284,048 shares changing hands at $1.89, Main Event dipped 32cents in trading35,314 units at $4.08, Medical Disposables rose 1 cent to end at $6.70 trading 10,000 shares and SSL Venture declined by 4 cents to settle at 75 cents after 25,931 shares crossed the market.
In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% closed trading of 8,000 units and gained 16 cents to end at $1.16 and Derrimon Trading 9% exchanged 5,010 shares with a rise of 5 cents to end at 41.55.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market losses start June
Junior Market trading picked up on the first day of June with 35 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 13,798,652 units valued at $66,443,460 as five companies traded over 1.2 million shares accounting for more than 8 million units that traded.
In contrast to Monday’s high volume, just 4,090,696 units valued at $13,986,258 changed hands from 31 securities on Friday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 10 securities advanced, 16 declined and nine remained unchanged, with the market Index slipping 15.28 points to close at 2,617.69. The average PE ratio of the market ended at 9.4 times 2020-21 earnings.
The average ended with 394,247 units at $1,898,385, in contrast to 131,958 units at an average of $451,170 on Friday. In contrast, May closed with an average of 150,274 units valued at $491,077 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed 5 cents to $23.05 with 1,242,213 shares trading, AMG Packaging ended at $1.61 after rising 6 cents and swapping 19,611 stock units, Cargo Handlers rose 16 cents in the exchange of 189,409 units to finish at $6.21. Caribbean Assurance Brokers slipped 1 cent and traded 54,706 stock units to close at $2.29, Caribbean Cream fell 9 cents to $2.75 with 272,900 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours jumped by $1.30 to close at $11.30 with the swapping of 2,152 stock units. Caribbean Producers gained 4 cents and exchanged 328,436 stocks to settle at $2.40, Derrimon Trading dropped 28 cents to end at $2.32 with 3,285,500 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove closed trading of 1,100 stock units and gained 55 cents to end at $7.80. Elite Diagnostic lost 10 cents in the exchange of 7,191 units to finish at $3.40, Everything Fresh closed 2 cents higher at 75 cents with 21,000 shares traded, Express Catering settled at $4.40 after losing 5 cents and swapping 77,382 stock units. Fontana shed 14 cents in exchange of 150,506 shares to end at $5.80, General Accident traded 605,700 units and fell 20 cents to close at $6.05, Honey Bun climbed 28 cents exchanging 38,480 shares to finish at $5.40. Jamaican Teas exchanged 2,762,864 units and lost 7 cents to close at $4.63, Jetcon Corporation slipped 1 cent to 89 cents with 3,033 stock units changing hands, 
Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 54 cents at $8.41 in the swapping of 100 shares. Lasco Distributors climbed 15 cents and exchanged 983,238 stock units to end at $3.10, Lasco Financial fell 20 cents in the trading 523,159 units to finish at $2.50, Lasco Manufacturing ended market activity at $4.79 after exchanging 91,830 shares and falling 11 cents. Limners and Bards slid 1 cent to $1.83 with 59,463 units changing hands, Lumber Depot exchanged 2,136,838 stock units after losing 1 cent to close at $1.13, Medical Disposables dipped 1 cent to $6.89 with 23,450 shares traded. Paramount Trading ended 1 cent lower at $1.98 with 38,130 stock units changing hands and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 9 cents to $6.30 with 35,953 crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market rises 9% in May
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended Friday with modest gains in the market index to close out May, up 9 percent for the month but is still 21.4 percent adrift of the start of the year.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 13 securities advanced, 10 declined and eight remained unchanged. The Junior Market Index advanced by 4.54 points to close at 2,632.97 and the average PE ratio of the market ended at 9.5 times 2020-21 earnings.
Trading resulted in 31 securities changing hands and an exchange of 4,090,696 units at $13,986,259 compared to 4,251,896 units at $11,083,038 on Thursday.
The average trade for the day was 131,958 units for $451,170 in contrast to 146,617 units for an average of $382,174 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 150,274 units valued at $491,077 and previously 151,266 units valued at $93,240. In contrast, April closed with an average of 447,863 units valued at $1,028,076 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial added 49 cents to end at $23 and traded 1,314 shares, AMG Packaging rose 5 cents and exchanged 500 shares at $1.55, Blue Power shed 15 cents in trading of 5,000 units at $3.60. Caribbean Cream closed 7 cents higher at $2.80, with 167,826 stock units trading, Caribbean Producers gained 1 cent to end at $2.36, trading 301,257 shares, Consolidated Bakeries ended market activity exchanging 145,650 shares to close at $1.64 after falling 6 cents. Elite Diagnostic closed trading of 32,398 units and gained 10 cents to end at $3.50, Everything Fresh ended with a loss of 1 cent at 73 cents with 133,453 stock units changing hands, Express Catering closed 44 cents higher at $4.45, with 91,687 stock units trading. Fontana closed trading of 259,958 units and gained 24 cents to end at $5.94, General Accident closed 25 cents higher at $6.25, with 118,999 stock units trading, Honey Bun declined 29 cents in trading of 15,596 units at $5.12. Indies Pharma closed with a loss of 4cents at $2.25 in swapping 66,561shares, ISP Finance ended lost $1 at $13 with 50 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation closed trading of 30 units and gained 10 cents to end at 90 cents. 
Knutsford Express ended at $8.95, after rising $1.45 and trading 20,792 shares, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 20 cents at $2.95 after swapping 92,095 shares, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 1,186,538 shares and gained 40 cents to end at $4.90 (See note at the foot of this story). Limners and Bards rose 2 cents and exchanged 34,476 shares at $1.84. Mailpac Group closed with a loss of 2 cents at $1.86while trading 792,156 shares, Medical Disposables ended market activity, exchanging 4,114 stock units to settle at $6.90 after falling 10 cents and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 6 cents in trading 97,229 shares at $6.21.
NB The JSE trading sheet posted on the exchange website shows Lasco Manufacturing trading 1,186,538 shares, but the trading platform used for trading had just 221,121 shares traded, its unclear which is correct at the time of going to publishing. The trading sheet also has Eppley as trading in the Junior Market. The stock migrated to the main market for several months.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market regains footing – Tuesday
The Junior Market recovered from a slight dip on Monday to record modest gains on Tuesday even as the number of securities declining outweigh those advancing as trading picked up, buoyed by dominant activity in shares of Lumber Depot, Main Event and Mailpac.
Lumber Depot dominated trading with 4.8 million shares
At the close of the market, the index advanced 17.20 points to close at 2,416. Market activities concluded with the prices of ten securities advancing, 13 declining and six remaining unchanged. The market average PE ratio ended at 9 times 2020-21 earnings.
Trading ended on Tuesday with 29 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 12,280,544 units valued at $26,562,508 compared to 11,413,765 units valued at $23,915,377 from 34 securities on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 423,467 units at $915,949, for each security traded, in contrast to 335,699 units for an average of $703,393 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 483,382 units valued at $1,101,248 and previously 486,618 units valued at $1,111,255. In contrast, March closed with an average of 226,230 units valued at $542,563 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows one stock ended with bids higher than its last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 5 cents to close at $2.25 with 647,069 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 1 cent to settle at $2.27, exchanging 140,204 shares, Caribbean Producers ended with a loss of 8 cents at $2.52 in the swapping of 120,967 shares. Consolidated Bakeries rose 5 cents to $1.75 with 559 shares traded, Elite Diagnostic declined by 13 cents and swapped 32,000 units to settle at $3.75, Everything Fresh finished at 72 cents after falling 14 cents and trading 52,159 units. Fontana ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.29 with 71,023 stock units changing hands, Fosrich exchanged 26,217 shares and climbed, 30 cents to end at $3.95, General Accident declined by 32 cents to settle at $4.98 with 51,100 shares changing hands. iCreate slipped 1 cent to 45 cents with an exchange of 1,007,244 units d, Jamaican Teas shed 2 cents in trading of 4,262 units to settle at $4.08, Jetcon Corporation declined 2 cents with 5,278 units crossing the market to close at $1. Knutsford Express climbed $1.99 to settle at $8.99 with 46,231 shares changing hands, 
Lasco Distributors shed 3 cents in trading of 43,601 units at $2.95, Lasco Financial closed market activity with 14,650 units crossing the exchange and gained 4 cents to end at $2.92. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 32,261 shares and rose 2 cents to end at $3.90, Limners and Bards fell 6 cents to $1.94 in trading of 12,443 units, Lumber Depot declined 2 cents in swapping 4,795,516 units to finish at $1.13. Mailpac Group ended activity 1 cent higher at $1.76 with 1,472,663 shares traded, Main Event climbed 5 cents to settle at $1.19 with 1,880,010 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables exchanged 114,000 shares and rose 54 cents to end at $5.55. Stationery and Office Supplies closed with a loss of 50 cents at $6 in the swapping of 67,329 shares and tTech shred 77 cents to settle at $3.98 with 238,233 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market faltered on Monday
Friday’s rally was short-lived as the Junior Market lost 15.44 points to close at 2,398.80 on Monday after the prices of 16 securities advanced, 14 declined and four remained unchanged as trading picks up over Friday’s levels.
MailPac traded 8 million shares to dominate Junior Market trading.
The market average PE ratio ended at 8.8 times 2020-21 earnings.
Trading concluded on Monday with 34 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 11,413,765 units valued at $23,915,377 compared to 2,927,416 units valued at $8,165,325 from 30 securities on Friday. MailPac dominated the day’s activities, controlling 72 percent of the volume of stocks traded for roughly $14.3 million.
Trading ended with an average of 335,699 units for $703,393 for each security traded in contrast to 97,581 units for an average of $272,177 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date continues to exceed March levels, with 486,618 units valued $1,111,255 trading and previously 496,819 valued at $1,138,825. In contrast, March closed with an average of 226,230 units valued at $542,563 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed 49 cents after exchanging 10,000 shares to settle at $24.50, Blue Power closed trading of 104,545 shares and gained 5 cents to end at $3.75, Cargo Handlers climbed 75 cents to $6.50 with 6,730 units changing hands. Caribbean Assurance Brokers lost 15 cents to close at $2.20 with an exchange of 208,207 shares, Caribbean Cream dipped 14 cents in trading of 51,020 units to end at $2.26, Caribbean Producers declined 34 cents to $2.60 with 337,028 units changing hands. Consolidated Bakeries closed 18 cents higher at $1.70 with 5,012 stock units swapped, Derrimon Trading fell 24 cents in trading of 497,649 units to close at $1.95, Everything Fresh closed at 86 cents after exchanging 74,325 shares and adding 3 cents. Express Catering closed trading of 150,541 units and gained 5 cents to end at $3.30, Fontana lost 18 cents in trading of 520,997 units to close at $5.30, Fosrich climbed 20 cents and exchanged 162,750 to settle at $3.65. General Accident closed 30 cents higher at $5.30 with 59,100 stock units trading, GWest Corporation added 10 cents and exchanged 1,106 shares to end at 88 cents, Honey Bun traded of 40,520 units and gained 35 cents to finish at $5.35. iCreate slipped 1 cent to 46 cents with 158,393 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma closed 4 cents higher at $2.30, with 67,161 units trading, Iron Rock Insurance declined by 35 cents to settle at $2.05 with 165,995 shares exchanged. Jamaican Teas dropped 10 cents in the trading of 49,299 units to close at $4.10, Jetcon Corporation climbed 12 cents and exchanged 1,137 shares to settle at $1.02, 
KLE Group fell 10 cents in trading of 50,000 units to finish at $1.60. Lasco Distributors closed trading of 2,323 units and gained 1 cent to end at $2.98, Lasco Financial lost 7 cents in trading 10,995 shares to close at $2.88, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 9,020 shares to settle at $3.88 after falling 2 cents. Limners and Bards dipped 1 cent to $2 with 5,446 stock units changing hands, Lumber Depot ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.15 with 297,770 units trading, MailPac Group swapped 8,166,074 shares and rose 7 cents to end at $1.75. Medical Disposables fell 49 cents to $5.01 with 160,455 shares exchanged, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 40 cents and traded 582 shares to close at $6.50 and tTech climbed 54 cents to $4.75 with 2,000 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market ends with big fall
The Junior Market made a third attempt in as many days at moving higher in the morning session on of trading on Thursday climbing over 2,470 points but failed to hold on as the market dipped under 2,300 mark just after mid-day and ended, with the market Index dropping 58.46 points to close at 2,379.11, to be down 29 percent for the year.
The market closed with 35 securities changing hands with prices of 11 securities advancing, 12 declining while 11 remained unchanged. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 8.7 based on 2020-21 earnings. Investors exchanged 24,912,363 units valued at $54,086,454, compared to 115,474,401 units valued at $258,980,019 on Wednesday from 33 companies.
Trading ended with an average of 711,782 units fat $1,545,327 for each security, in contrast to 3,499,224 units for an average of $7,847,879 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 546,675 valued at $1,193,792 and previously 506,987 units valued at $1,165,701. In contrast, March closed with an average of 226,230 units valued at $542,563 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power closed trading of 28,383 units, with gains of 29 cents to end at $3.30, Cargo Handlers shed 25 cents in trading 500 units at $5.75, Caribbean Assurance Brokers closed 15 cents higher at $2.45 in exchanging 41,883 stock units. Caribbean Cream exchanged 20,154 shares to close at $2.40, after falling 51 cents, Caribbean Producers lost 5cents to settle at $2.75, with 115,741 shares changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries shed 2 cents in trading of 300 units at $1.52, Derrimon Trading closed 10 cents higher at $2.20, with 2,083,449 stock units changing hands. Dolphin Cove gained $1.50 to end at $7.50, after trading 4,500 shares, Elite Diagnostic exchanged 4,500 shares, after rising 8 cents to end at $3.88, Everything Fresh ended with a loss of 1 cent at 83 cents, with 223,497 stock units changing hands. Express Catering closed 25 cents higher at $3.35, with 8,862 stock units trading, Fontana declined by 3cents to settle at $5.56 with an exchange of 206,230 shares, Honey Bun ended trading with 182,187 shares, after rising 50 cents to finish at $5.50. iCreate ended trading with 43,901 shares, and rose 6 cents to end at 48 cents, 
Jamaican Teas shed 5 cents in trading of 48,718 units at $4.30, Lasco Financial fell by 8 cents in trading of 24,185 units at $2.90. Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 2,319,260 units and gained 27 cents to end at $3.97, Limners and Bards climbed 21 cents, exchanging 34,694 shares at $2.01, Lumber Depot gained 1 to end at $1.16, trading 180,795 shares. Mailpac Group closed with a loss of 6 cents at $1.69, in swapping of 15,790,186 shares, Main Event shed 40 cents in trading of 13,623 units at $3.85. Medical Disposables declined by $2 to settle at $5.50, in exchanging 300,000 shares, Paramount Trading shed 37 cents in trading of 5,000 units at $2 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed 10 cents higher at $6.10, with 3,500 stock units changing hands.
In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share rose 20 cents to $1 after trading 3,300 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market closed down
Junior Market stocks rallied in early trading on Tuesday but pulled back later as the early gain was not adequate to hold off declines later on in the trading day.
Trading ended with slightly more securities advancing than declining, but the index slid 9.87 points to settle at 2,452.63. The market closed, with the prices of 15 securities advancing, 12 declined and four stocks remained unchanged as 33 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of 9,178,794 units valued at $16,852,497 compared to 1,924,700 units valued at $6,915,784 from 33 securities on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 278,145 units at $510,682 for each security traded, in contrast to 58,324 units for an average of $209,569 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 263,175 units valued at $621,227and previously 261,847 units valued at $631,033, in comparison, March closed with an average of 226,230 units, valued at $542,563 for each security traded. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 8.9 based on 2020/21 earnings.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended at $27.50 after trading 3,000 shares and rising 50 cents, 
Blue Power fell 85 cents in exchanging 240,000 shares to close at $3, Cargo Handlers finished 50 cents lower at $6 in the trading of 2,950 units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers traded 303,958 in closing with a loss of 15 cents at $2.35, Caribbean Producers fell 6 cents to close at $2.74 in the swapping of 332,111 shares, Consolidated Bakeries traded 11,130 units and gained 3 cents to end at $1.54. Derrimon Trading climbed 9 cents to $1.95 with an exchange of 29,146 shares, Dolphin Cove lost 30 cents in trading 7,719 shares to close at $7.50, Elite Diagnostic added 30 cents and exchanged 17,106 shares to end at $3.80, Everything Fresh finished at 72 cents after swapping 32,000 shares and gaining 2 cents. Express Catering slipped 1 cent to $3.72 with 61,300 stock units exchanged, Fontana closed 45 cents higher at $5.60 with 186,701 shares trading, Honey Bun ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.99 with 48,070 stock units changing hands. iCreate exchanged 668,491 shares to close at 41cents after falling to a 52 weeks’ low of 14 cents, Indies Pharma declined by 18 cents to settle at $2.25 with 58,700 units swapped, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 121,527 units and gained 58 cents to end at $4.40. Jetcon Corporation added 1 cent to close at 94 cents with 13,513 shares changing hands, 
Knutsford Express climbed 69 cents and exchanged 800 shares to settle at $8.99, Lasco Distributors ended 1 cent higher at $2.96, trading 4,810 shares. Lasco Financial gained 11 cents and exchanged 13,934 units to end at $3.10, Lasco Manufacturing closed 19 cents higher at $3.55 with 219,895 stock units trading, Limners and Bards traded 34,651 shares after rising 1 cent to end at $1.90. Lumber Depot closed with a loss of 4 cents at $1.14 with 301,254 shares crossing the exchange, MailPac Group closed trading of 6,381,640 units and gained 5 cents to end at $1.60, Main Event slipped 1 cent to $4 with 26,144 stock units changing hands. Medical Disposables closed at $6.59 after exchanging 6,828 units and gaining 9 cents, Paramount Trading fell 2 cents in trading 2,700 shares to settle at $2.37 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with a loss of $1.05 at $5.70 with 6,782 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market starts week with gains
The Junior Market Index rose 26.64 points to close at 2,462.50 on Monday with prices of 11 securities advancing, 12 declining and ten remaining unchanged.
Trading concluded with 33 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,924,700 units valued at $6,915,784 compared to 5,311,793 units valued at $13,249,122 from 32 securities on Friday.
The day ended with an average of 58,324 units at $209,569 for each security traded in contrast to 165,994 units for an average of $414,035 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 261,847 units valued at $631,033 and previously 281,659 units valued at $672,061. In comparison, March closed with an average of 226,230 units, valued at $542,563 for each security traded. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at nine based on 2020/21 earnings.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading 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 dipped 50 cents in trading of 164 units at $27, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 15 cents with 41,983 stock units changing hands to settle at $2.50, Caribbean Producers declined by 20 cents after exchanging 251,642 shares to settle at $2.80. Consolidated Bakeries ended 22 cents lower at $1.51 in swapping 7,901 units, Derrimon Trading fell 24 cents in the exchange of 12,973 shares to close at $1.86, Elite Diagnostic lost 25 cents to close at $3.50 after trading 31,775 stock units. Everything Fresh swapped 1,790 shares and gained 3 cents to end at 70 cents, Express Catering lost 2 cents in trading 1,605 shares to close at $3.73, Fontana dropped 45 cents and exchanged 311,512 units to end at $5.15. General Accident closed trading 20 cents higher at $5 with 305,519 units changing hands, Honey Bun jumped 35 cents to $6, trading 28,250 stock units, iCreate traded 300 shares and rose 8 cents to end at 55 cents. 
Indies Pharma swapped 36,701 stock units and gained 23 cents, to end at $2.43, Jamaican Teas declined 18 cents in trading of 65,172 units at $3.82, Jetcon Corporation fell 7 cents to 93 cents, with an exchange of 3,000 shares. Knutsford Express closed trading of 502 units and gained 26 cents to end at $8.30, Lasco Distributors lost 5 cents in exchanging 2,471 shares to close at $2.95, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 9 cents to $3.36 with 66,183 shares changing hands. 2462. Limners and Bards added 14 cents and exchanged 43,700 shares to end at $1.89. Lumber Depot closed 4 cents higher at $1.18 with 33,539 stock units trading, MailPac Group lost 3 cents in the exchange of 383,338 units to settle at $1.55, Paramount Trading climbed 29 cents and traded 5,033 shares to finish at $2.39 and Stationery and Office Supplies fell 35 to $6.75 with 110,749 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
