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.
In comparison, March closed with an average of 226,230 units, valued at $542,563 for each security traded.
Knutsford Express lost 99 cents in swapping 2,198 shares to close at $8, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $2.97 with 21,000 stock units trading, Lasco Financial shed 12 cents in the exchange of 5,700 units to close at $2.98. Lasco Manufacturing traded 32,562 shares and gained 15 cents to end at $3.70, Limners and Bards dipped 10 cents to $1.80 in trading of 41,964,069 units, Lumber Depot ended 1 cent higher at $1.15 with 107,917 shares changing hands. MailPac Group exchanged 68,195,556 units and climbed 15 cents to end at $1.75, Main Event rose 25 cents to $4.25 with an exchange of 1,000 shares at $4.25, Medical Disposables climbed 91 cents and traded 30,200 shares to settle at$7.50. SSL Venture closed with a loss of 26 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of 75 cents in the swapping of 5,141 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading 30 cents higher at $6 with 23,387 units crossing the exchange.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 1,972.21 points to 421,131.86, the JSE Market Index fell 1,936.13 points to 383,725.38 and the JSE Financial Index slid 0.40 points to 104.29. The Main Market has gone seven days without closing with gains in the Indices.
The Market closed with an average of 3,226,882 units valued at $5,139,593 for each security traded, in contrast to 867,914 units valued at an average of $1,806,657 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 1,105,053 units valued at $3,825,298 for each security changing hands, compared to 960,218 units valued at $3,728,658 for each security traded. Trading in March resulted in an average of 1,146,245 units valued at $7,550,295 for each security.
Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 98 cents to end at $21.98, in trading 81,638 shares, JMMB Group ended at $37.99, with gains of $1.05 and the exchanging 213,440 stock units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy declined by $29 to $147, in swapping 100 units. NCB Financial Group closed $1.92 higher to $154.93, after transferring 142,312 shares, PanJam Investment gained 58 cents and ended at $74.78, trading 6,709 stock units, Proven Investments closed 50 cents lower to $36, in exchanging 563 shares. Salada Foods fell by $2.05 to $26.95 trading 151 units, Scotia Group lost 41 cents to finish at $45.01, with an exchange of 6,276 stock units, Seprod closed with a loss of 49 cents in transferring 12,903 stock units to finish at $47.50 and Sygnus Credit Investments picked up 50 cents to end at $16.50, with 54,861 shares changing hands.
Market activity resulted in six securities changing hands, with one stock rising, two declining and three left unchanged. The volume of shares traded was 1,959,096 units with a value of US$382,572, in contrast to 3,324,487 units for US$323,180 on Tuesday.
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.
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.
At the close of the market, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 421.48 points to 423,104.07, the JSE Market Index fell 411.64 points to 385,661.51 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.57 points to close at 104.69.
The Market closed with an average of 867,914 units valued $1,806,657 for each security traded, in contrast to 755,502 units valued at an average of $1,774,456 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 960,218 units valued at $3,728,658 for each security changing hands, compared to 966,799 units valued at $3,877,090 for each security traded. Trading in March resulted in an average of 1,146,245 units valued at $7,550,295 for each security.
Jamaica Producers fell by $2.78 to $16.22, after swapping 200,696 shares, JMMB Group shed 46 cents to finish at $36.94, with 30,709 shares changing hands, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dropped to $176, with a loss of $4.58 trading a mere 30 units. NCB Financial Group declined $1.99 to $153.01, in transferring 13,994 stock units, 138 Student Living picked up 30 cents exchanging 30,500 shares and closed at $7, PanJam Investment ended the day at $74.20, after losing $3.55 after swapping 8,643 stock units. Proven Investments closed $1.99 lower to $36.50, with a transfer of 1,404 units, Scotia Group gained 41 cents to finish at $45.42, with an exchange of 14,792 units, Seprod added $2 to close at $47.99, in trading 52,988 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments closed at $16, with a loss of $1 after exchanging 171,557 shares.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,223.70 points to 423,525.55, the JSE Market Index fell by 1,987.23 points to 386,073.15 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.49 points to 105.26.
Trading in March resulted in an average of 1,146,245 units valued at $7,550,295 for each security.
138 Student Living ended at $6.70, after a losing 30 cents swapping 1,276 units, PanJam Investment rose $1.75 to $77.75, with 126,281 shares changing hands. Proven Investments added 39 cents to finish at $38.49, with a transfer of 2,300 units, Sagicor Group closed at $50, after picking up $1 trading 39,750 shares, Salada Foods gained $1 swapping only I unit at $29. Scotia Group shed 80 cents to finish at $45.01, with an exchange of 61,455 shares, Seprod rose 99 cents to $45.99 trading 5,496 units, Supreme Ventures lost 48 cents transferring 509,318 shares to end at $15. Sygnus Credit Investments closed at $17, with gains of $2 swapping 24,526 stock units and Wisynco Group climbed $2.80 to $18.80, ending with 348,655 shares changing hands.
Market activity resulted in five securities changing hands, with the price of one stock rising, two declining and two remaining unchanged. The volume of shares traded was 1,538,242 units value at US$67,633, in contrast to 464,489 units for US$15,549 on Friday. At the close, the market declined by 2.29 points to 199.48 and the PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13.5 times 2020 earnings.
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.
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.
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.
