
Mayberry tried trading 420m Derrimon Trading shares but the transaction was disqualified.
The Junior Market Index declined by 29.09 points to close at 3,519.95 on Tuesday with volume rising 37 percent over Monday’s level resulting in a 10 percent increase the value traded over Monday.
Investors exchanged 3,646,455 units valued at $16,744,218 compared to 2,662,027 units valued at $15,208,221 on Monday. At the close of market activities, 27 securities changed hands versus 30 changing hands on Monday and resulted in 10 advancing, 13 declining and 4 remaining unchanged at the close on Tuesday.
An average of 135,054 units for an average of $620,156 traded, in contrast to an average of 88,734 units at $506,941 on Monday for each security traded. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 110,675 valued at $560,569 for each security traded. In contrast, August ended with an average of 232,398 units valued at $1,072,851 for each traded security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
Stocks closing with price changes| Blue Power ended market activity exchanging 3,550 shares to close at $7.49 after falling 41 cents, Caribbean Producers closed trading of 50,676 units and gained 5 cents to end at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.99 with 350 stock units changing hands. Dolphin Cove lost 24 cents trading of 1,267 units at $11.75, Derrimon Trading lost 35 cents in exchanging 113,198 shares to close at $2.15 after Mayberry Investment tried to trade 420 million units at $1.90, but the transaction was canceled for apparently breaching the 30 percent daily price movement limit. Computation of the lowest level the stock could trade puts it was below $1.90. Express Catering climbed 10 cents and exchanged 81,030 shares at $6.50. Elite Diagnostic climbed 11 cents and exchanged 7,000 shares at $6.31, Fosrich declined 24 cents in trading of 295,386 units at $5.26, Fontana climbed 20 cents and exchanged 339,978 shares at $8.50, General Accident fell 50 cents in trading of 636,000 units at $5.50.
Honey Bun lost 7 cents in trading 7,500 shares to close at 7 cents, iCreate closed with a loss of 5 cents at 82 cents, in swapping of 92,486 shares, Indies Pharma lost 10 cents in trading of 136,276 units o end tat $3.40, Iron Rock Insurance dipped 20 cents in exchanging of 2,862 units at $4. ISP Finance jumped $3.49 to end at $21 with 3,000 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas traded 121,817 shares and rose 10 cents to end at $6, Jetcon Corporation fell 22 cents to end at $1.98, with 22,800 units crossing the exchange, Limners and Bards closed 18 cents higher at $3.18, with 34,438 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors closed trading of 1,397,412 units and gained 7 cents to end at $3.37. Lasco Financial dipped 5 cents in trading of 12,618 units at $5.50, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 20 cents and exchanged 220,077 shares to end at $5.70, Paramount Trading ended trading 1,474 shares, after rising 38 cents to end at $1.98 and Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $12.49 with 5,550 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market Index declined by 36.90 points to close at 3,549.04 on Monday with 30 securities changing hands with declining stocks clobbered rising stocks 2 to 1 with a number of prices falling sharply.
Key Insurance lost 25 cents in trading 5,000 shares to close at $3, Knutsford Express lost 55 cents to end at $11.95, trading 1,300 shares, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 374,926 shares to close at $3 after falling 20 cents. Lasco Distributors fell 2 cents trading 103,744 units at $3.30. Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 55 cents in trading of 12,100 units to end at $5.55, Lasco Manufacturing shed 10 cents exchanging 65,784 units at $5.50, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of $1.19 cents to close at $7.40, in the swapping of 1,000 shares. Main Event closed trading of 33,984 units and gained 14 cents to end at $7, Paramount Trading dipped 39 cents with 22,171 units changing hands at $1.60 and Stationery and Office Supplies added just 1 cent to end at $12.50, in trading 100 shares.
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The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks averages 8.4 and the main market PE is now 10.5. These levels, point to big upside for TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months and Junior Market stocks in particular as they lag, the values of the main market by a third.
The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 55,470 shares to close at $5 after falling 15 cents, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 30 cents with 178,292 shares crossing the exchange at $5.60 at the close, Medical Disposables gained $1.09 to end at $8.59 with 30,144 stock units trading. Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.99 with 33,800 stock units changing hands and Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $12.49 with 25,691 stock units changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, CAAC 2000 gained 24 cents exchanging just 100 shares at $1.14.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index declined 17.30 points to close at 3,559.31 on Thursday, with 28 securities trading with the prices of 10 securities rising, 12 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $2.29 with 41,456 stock units changing hands, Blue Power dipped 49 cents in trading 3,684 units at $8.50, Caribbean Cream closed 22 cents higher at $5.50, with 8,301 stock units trading, Caribbean Producers shed 3 cents exchanging 63,197 units at $4.75. Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 800 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $2.07, Dolphin Cove closed 25 cents higher at $12, with 7,975 stock units crossing the exchange, Derrimon Trading swapped 10,000 shares and rose 10 cents to end at $2.80. Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 152,751 shares, after rising 1 cent to close at $7, Fontana declined 50 cents in exchanging 240,434 units at $8, General Accident ended market activity with 9,350 shares changing hands to close at $6 after falling 20 cents, GWest Corporation climbed 1 cent and exchanged 500 shares at $1.30. Indies Pharma lost 2 cents in trading 284,628 shares to close at $3.40, Iron Rock Insurance ended market activity exchanging 136,626 shares to close at $4 after falling 20 cents, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.90 with 1,865,619 stock units changing hands.
Knutsford Express ended trading with 81,435 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $11.20, Limners and Bards closed 9 cents higher at $3.10, with an exchange of 150,067 stock units, Lasco Distributors lost 30 cents in trading of 5,440 units at $3.20, Lasco Financial swapped 55,899 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $5.15. Lasco Manufacturing shed 20 cents and ended market activity exchanging 7,998 shares to close at $5.30. Main Event ended trading with 4,510 shares, after rising 26 cents at $6.86, Stationery and Office Supplies gained 49 cents to end at $12.50 with an exchange of 3,984 shares and tTech ended market activity with 11,720 shares changing hands to close at $6.70 after falling 25 cents.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging ended trading with 8,171 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $2.30, Blue Power ended market activity exchanging 20,741 shares to close at $8.99 after falling 49 cents, CAC 2000 closed trading of 3,000 units and gained 90 cents to end at $16. Caribbean Producers dipped 2 cents in trading of 22,034 units at $4.78, Consolidated Bakeries lost 2 cents in with 98,000 shares changing hands to close at $2.06, Dolphin Cove shed 25 cents trading of 7,866 units at $11.75. Derrimon Trading declined 20 cents to settle at $2.70 trading 68,384 shares, Express Catering closed trading of 333,206 units and gained 2 cents to end at $6.50, Everything Fresh shed 10 cents in swapping of 99,980 units at $1.40, Fosrich closed trading of 35,000 units and gained 73 cents to end at $5.70. Fontana closed 9 cents higher at $8.50, with 336,075 stock units trading, GWest Corporation ended with an exchange of 10,500 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $1.29, Honey Bun closed 10 cents higher at $7, with 43,250 stock units changing hands.
iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 88 cents with 111,925 stock units crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma ended market activity exchanging 267,100 shares to close at $3.42 after falling 8 cents, Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 10 cents at $2, swapping of 1,100 shares. KLE Group declined 10 cents in trading of 21,420 units at $2, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 176,195 shares to close at $3.01 after falling 4 cents, Lasco Financial dipped 5 cents trading of 86,799 units at $5.10, Lasco Manufacturing swapped 9,759 shares, after rising 25 cents to end at $5.50. Main Event dropped $1.10 in trading 10,754 shares to close at $6.60, Paramount Trading ended with 11,000 shares changing hands, after rising 31 cents to end at $2. Stationery and Office Supplies traded 36,935 shares, after rising 61 cents to end at $12.01 and tTech ended market activity exchanging 100 shares to close at $6.95 after falling 5 cents.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed Tuesday the market index surging 42.58 points to close at 3,613.39 even as the number of declining and advancing stocks were virtually tied. 
Jetcon Corporation dipped 17 cents in trading of 20,500 units to settle at $2.10, Knutsford Express declined 8 cents in trading of 2,268 units at $11.10, KLE Group closed trading of 20,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $2.10, Limners and Bards lost 9 cents in trading of 771,984 units to finish at $3.05. Lasco Financial shed 28 cents in trading of 45,367 units at $5.15, Lasco Manufacturing lost 50 cents in trading of 285,009 units at $5.25, Main Event ended trading with 15,333 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $7.70, Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.69 with 150,390 stock units changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 1.60 cents in trading 2,672 shares to close at 11.40 cents and tTech closed trading of 610 units and gained 80 cents to end at $7.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed Monday with more stocks rising than falling but the market index lost 35.82 points to close at 3,570.81. 
Jamaican Teas traded 319,587 units and gained 24 cents to end at $5.85. Jetcon Corporation fell 23 cents in trading of 65,506 units to finish the day at $2.27, KLE Group ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2 with 30,000 stock units changing hands, Limners and Bards shed 6 cents trading of 239,674 units to conclude market activity at $3.14. Lasco Distributors climbed 5 cents and exchanged 50,000 shares at $3.50, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 24,300 shares to close at $5.43 after falling 2 cents, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 25 cents and exchanged 520,957 shares to end at $5.75. Main Event closed with a rise of 50 cents at $7, with 163,462 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables gained 10 cents to end at $7.50 with 324 stock units trading and Ttech dropped 80 cents to settle at $6.20 in trading of 23,000 units.
The past week, was a relatively quiet one for the IC Insider.com TOP 10 with far fewer changes than in the prior week with the markets seeming to be in a short-term consolidation phase with the release of the vast majority of the second quarter.


