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.
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.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $3.50 and traded 100 stock units to end at $27.50, Blue Power climbed 5 cents higher to $3.85 and exchanged 5,751 shares, Cargo Handlers closed trading of 173 units and gained 49 cents to end at $6.50. Caribbean Cream declined 44 cents in trading of 2,000 units to close at $2.91, Caribbean Producers added 5 cents and exchanged 278,793 shares to finish at $3, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading of 7,800 units and gained 8 cents to end at $1.73. Derrimon Trading exchanged 83,275 shares after rising 30 cents to $2.10, Elite Diagnostic traded 29,362 shares to close at $3.75 after falling 11 cents, Everything Fresh lost 8 cents in the exchange of 405,728 units to settle at 67 cents. Express Catering shed 25 cents and swapped 900 units to close at $3.75, Fontana finished 3 cents higher at $5.60 with an exchange of 775,111 shares, General Accident lost 20 cents in trading of 22,503 units to finish at $4.80. Honey Bun fell 37 cents to $5.65 with 53,752 shares traded, iCreate shed 8 cents in the exchange of 334,179 units to close at 47 cents, Indies Pharma ended at $2.20 with 111,282 shares traded after rising 10 cents. 
Jamaican Teas fell 5 cents to $4 with 266,568 units changing hands, Lasco Financial slipped 3 cents in trading 3,486 units to end at $2.99, Lasco Manufacturing fell 33 cents to close at $3.27, with 132,125 units changing hands. Limners and Bards exchanged 176,440 shares to end at $1.75 after falling 26 cents, Lumber Depot lost 4 cents in trading of 175,873 units to settle at $1.14, MailPac Group ended 5 cents lower at $1.58, with 1,318,365 shares changing hands. Medical Disposables declined 50 cents trading of 110,822 units to finish at $6.50, Paramount Trading rose 4 cents and exchanged 750,740 shares to settle at $2.10 and Stationery and Office Supplies gained 8 cents to close at $7.10 with 6,858 units crossing the exchange.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eight stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five stocks closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 14.1, while the Main Market ended at 14.5 times 2020/21 earnings.
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy jumped by $30.58 after transferring 494 units to end at $180.58, NCB Financial Group shed 50 cents to close at $155, with an exchange of 105,674 shares, Proven Investments picked up $1.01 to finish at $38.10, in swapping 2,500 units. Sagicor Group closed at $49, with a loss of 75 cents with 434,646 shares crossing the exchange, Salada Foods lost 50 cents after swapping 7,102 units at $28, Scotia Group fell by $2.08 to $45.81, with a transfer of 34,866 stock units. Seprod dropped $1 to close at $45, in trading 8,911 units, Stanley Motta picked up 41 cents to finish at $5.03, in exchanging 6,000 units, Supreme Ventures ended at $15.48, with a loss of $1.52 and the swapping of 47,463 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments closed at $15, after losing $2.45 trading 57,900 shares and Wisynco Group ended the exchanging of 341,913 stock units at $16, with a loss of $1.10.
Market activity resulted in four securities changing hands, with the price of one stock rising, two stocks declining and one remaining unchanged at the close. Trading accounted for just 464,489 units with a value of US$15,549, in contrast to 6,934,785 units for US$80,338 on Thursday.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging fell 5 cents to $1.80 with 6,784 units traded, Blue Power shed 38 cents and exchanged 13,110 shares to settle at $3.80, CAC 2000 finished $1 lower at $9 with 8,128 shares changing hands. Caribbean Assurance Brokers picked up 4 cents to settle at an all-time closing high of $2.54 with 436,727 shares traded, Caribbean Producers ended the day with 216,602 units crossing the exchange after sliding 55 cents to $2.95, Derrimon Trading closed with 10,010,575 units changing hands and slipped 10 cents to $1.80. Elite Diagnostic lost 1 cent to end at $3.86 with 83,939 shares traded, Everything Fresh exchanged 16,200 shares and gained 5 cents to finish at 75 cents, Express Catering dipped 1 cent to $4 with 3,725 units changing hands. Fontana shed 23 cents to close at $5.57 after 1,117,583 units traded, Fosrich fell 15 cents and exchanged 12,409 shares to settle at $3.10, GWest Corporation lost 2 cents trading of 3,000 units to close at 88 cents. Honey Bun ended 1 cent higher at $6.02 with 21,511 stock units changing hands, iCreate slipped 3 cents and exchanged 110 shares to close at 55 cents, Indies Pharma advanced 10 cents in trading of 326,312 units at $2.10.
Jamaican Teas dropped 20 cents to finish at $4.05 with an exchange of 278,892 shares, Knutsford Express lost 20 cents and swapped 14,232 units to close at $8.04, Lasco Distributors climbed 10 cents to $3 with 5,763 shares. Lasco Financial added 2 cents in the trading of 14,100 units to settle at $3.02, Lasco Manufacturing declined by 15 cents to close at $3.60 with 72,792 stock units exchanged, Limners and Bards traded 37,413 shares and gained 1 cent to settle at $2.01. MailPac Group dropped 6 cents in the trading of 694,575 units to close at $1.63, Medical Disposables shed 50 cents in exchanging 4,689 units to settle at $7 and Stationery and Office Supplies finished 2 cents higher at $7.02 with 3,900 shares crossing the exchange.
