Dolla Financial continues to dominate trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Friday, accounting for 62 percent of the day’s trades with declining volume that resulting in a 38 percent decline in total stocks traded, carrying a 58 percent lower value than on Thursday, but the market closed with a rise in the index as declining stocks outnumbered those rising.
A total of 43 securities traded versus 44 on Thursday, with 16 rising, 20 declining and seven closing unchanged. At the close, the Junior Market Index advanced 25.58 points to settle at 4,389.47.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 13. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
A total of 19,072,409 shares traded for $61,479,940 versus 30,558,564 units at $148,120,277 on Thursday. Trading averaged 443,544 shares at $1,429,766 in contrast to 694,513 shares at $3,366,370 on Thursday, with the month to date, averaging 446,682 units at $1,716,274, mirroring the 446,876 units at $1,733,899 on the previous trading day. May closed with an average of 376,907 units at $1,638,631.
Dolla Financial led trading with 11.84 million shares for 62.1 percent of total volume, followed by Mailpac Group with 1.39 million units for 7.3 percent of the day’s trade and iCreate with 872,026 units for 4.6 percent market share.
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At the close, Access Financial dropped $1.49 to end at $20, trading 1,357 shares, AMG Packaging gained 28 cents in closing at $4.78 after 23,251 stock units changed hands, Blue Power increased 20 cents to $3.55, with 1,111 units crossing the market. Cargo Handlers climbed 40 cents in ending at $12.90, with just 21 stocks crossing the market, Caribbean Cream rose 75 cents to close at $5.50 with an exchange of 38,550 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries fell 7 cents to end at $1.29 in an exchange of 98,456 stocks. Dolla Financial shed 15 cents to close at $2.75 with the swapping of 11,838,670 units, Dolphin Cove popped 13 cents to $17.20, with 57,199 shares clearing the market, Elite Diagnostic slipped 13 cents to $3.32 with an exchange of 119,758 units. Fosrich declined 15 cents in closing at $32.20 after exchanging 112,531 stocks, GWest Corporation rallied 20 cents to $1.20 with 94,499 stock units changing hands, ISP Finance advanced $2 in closing at $22.50 after trading a mere 25 shares. Jamaican Teas shed 11 cents to close at $3.26 in switching ownership of 463,492 stocks, JFP Limited increased 9 cents in ending at $1.54 with 521,484 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing fell 8 cents to end at $4.87 in exchanging 77,853 units. 
Limners and Bards declined 10 cents in ending at $2.80 while exchanging 42,534 stock units, Lumber Depot gained 10 cents to end at $3.20 in trading 249,442 stock units, Mailpac Group climbed 21 cents in closing at $2.85, with 1,391,162 shares crossing the exchange. Main Event lost $1.01 to close at $7 with 25,488 stocks clearing the market, Medical Disposables rose 18 cents to $7.44 after trading at 600 units, SSL Venture dropped 20 cents in closing at $3.50 after an exchange of 747,970 stock units and tTech declined 55 cents to close at $3.20 in switching ownership of 11,600 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
A total of 30,558,564 shares traded for $148,120,277 down from 53,578,778 units at $189,107,558 on Wednesday. Trading averaged 694,513 shares averaging $3,366,370 versus 1,275,685 shares at $4,502,561 on Wednesday, with the month to date, averaging 446,876 units at $1,733,899 compared to 430,240 units at $1,624,237 on the previous trading day. May closed with an average of 376,907 units at $1,638,631.
At the close, Access Financial gained $1.49 to end at $21.49 in exchanging 2,502 shares, AMG Packaging declined 43 cents ending at $4.50 in trading 446,479 stocks, Blue Power fell 35 cents in closing at $3.35 with the swapping of 1,611 units. CAC 2000 rose 25 cents to $9.20 while exchanging 25 stock units, Cargo Handlers dropped 9 cents to close at $12.50 with 33,168 units clearing the market, Caribbean Cream lost 25 cents to end at $4.75 with an exchange of 6,348 stocks. Dolphin Cove shed 86 cents in closing at $17.07, with 95,777 stock units crossing the market, EduFocal advanced 15 cents to close at $2.80 in switching ownership of 225,554 shares, Elite Diagnostic rose 15 cents to $3.45 in trading 96,759 stock units. Express Catering declined 10 cents after ending at $5.90 in exchanging 1,002 stocks, Fontana rallied 15 cents to close at $10.40 with 79,026 shares crossing the exchange, Fosrich fell $1.64 in closing at $32.35 with 2,083,629 units changing hands. Future Energy Source climbed 16 cents to $6.16 in an exchange of 217,881 units, General Accident popped 19 cents to $5.79 in trading 158 stocks, GWest Corporation shed 15 cents after ending at $1 with the swapping of 1,750 stock units. Honey Bun climbed 48 cents in closing at $8.99 after trading 3,017 shares, iCreate rallied 10 cents to end at $3.30 with 774,143 shares crossing the market, Indies Pharma dropped 19 cents to $3.26 in exchanging 53,924 stocks. ISP Finance shed $2 to close at $20.50 with the swapping of 17 stock units, JFP Limited fell 15 cents to $1.45 in an exchange of 3,205,840 units, Knutsford Express popped 15 cents to $7.95 with an exchange of 2,290 shares. 
Lasco Distributors rose 20 cents in closing at $3.25 with 2,543,264 units clearing the market, Lumber Depot fell 10 cents to finish at $3.10 with 1,848,293 stocks changing hands, Medical Disposables shed 18 cents to close at $7.26 in switching ownership of 7,032 stock units. SSL Venture declined 15 cents to $3.70 in trading 77,655 units, Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 45 cents to $12.45 in trading 57,510 stocks and Tropical Battery dropped 16 cents to end at $2.92, with 1,127,503 stock units crossing the market.
Market activity ended with 42 securities trading versus 39 on Tuesday, with 17 rising, 17 declining and eight closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index slipped 2.48 points to 4,387.14 at the close.
At the close, AMG Packaging rallied 45 cents, ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.93 in exchanging 37,033 shares, Cargo Handlers climbed 29 cents to end at $12.59 after trading 30,030 stock units, Caribbean Cream shed 15 cents to close at $5 after exchanging 102 units. Consolidated Bakeries gained 8 cents in closing at $1.37 in switching ownership of 25,287 stocks, Dolla Financial fell 28 cents to close at $2.94 with the swapping of 42,665,413 units, EduFocal dropped 25 cents to $2.65, with 582,179 stocks crossing the exchange. Elite Diagnostic declined by 8 cents in ending at $3.30 and closed with 168,617 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh advanced 8 cents to $1.33 with 82,173 stock units traded, Express Catering rose 55 cents to end at $6 while exchanging 52,950 units. Fontana lost 36 cents in closing at $10.25 as 151,577 stock units crossed the market, Future Energy Source lost 21 cents in closing at $6, with 2,036,493 stocks changing hands, General Accident shed 20 cents in ending at $5.60 with 26,028 shares clearing the market. Honey Bun dropped 49 cents to end at $8.51 with an exchange of 10,146 stocks, Indies Pharma popped 14 cents to close at $3.45 after exchanging 104,147 stock units, 
Jamaican Teas increased 19 cents to $3.39 in an exchange of 71,874 units. JFP Limited fell 9 cents to close at $1.60 in trading 1,276,630 shares, Lasco Distributors declined 17 cents in closing at $3.05 after 121,964 stocks crossed the market, Lumber Depot fell 10 cents to $3.20 and finishing trading of 232,481 shares. SSL Venture climbed 47 cents ending at $3.85 while exchanging 363,321 units and Tropical Battery increased 30 cents to end at $3.08 in exchanging 1,235,845 stock units.
Trading averaged 1,884,772 shares at $6,539,846, up from 697,250 shares at $2,441,694 on Monday, with the month to date, averaging 372,314 units at $1,427,027 versus 269,551 units at $1,079,640 on the previous trading day. May closed with an average of 376,907 units at $1,638,631.
At the close, Access Financial declined 35 cents in ending at $19.95, with 28,293 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging gained 73 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.48 in trading 626,836 units, CAC 2000 increased 52 cents to end at $8.90 in an exchange of 5,913 stocks. Caribbean Cream rose 13 cents to $5.15 after exchanging 50,401 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries lost 9 cents in closing at $1.29, with 13,031 shares crossing the market, Derrimon Trading advanced 10 cents to $2.77, with 309,577 stock units changing hands. Dolla Financial rallied 15 cents to end at a record closing high of $3.22 after exchanging 63,282,211 stocks, Dolphin Cove popped 38 cents to close at $17.93 in switching ownership of 104,567 units, EduFocal fell 16 cents in ending at $2.90 while exchanging 542,360 stock units. Elite Diagnostic climbed 8 cents in closing at $3.38 with an exchange of 162,304 shares, Express Catering shed 40 cents to end at $5.45 after trading 8,677 units, Fontana popped 55 cents to $10.61 and closed with 71,528 stocks changing hands. Fosrich advanced $4 in closing at $34, with an exchange of 246,703 units, Future Energy Source gained 11 cents in ending at $6.21 with the swapping of 1,181,766 shares, General Accident climbed 20 cents to close at $5.80, with 1,471 stock units clearing the market. GWest Corporation rallied 18 cents to $1.18 in exchanging 65,495 stocks, Jamaican Teas increased 9 cents in closing at $3.20 in trading 65,327 stocks, JFP Limited rose 7 cents to end at $1.69 in exchanging 1,505,005 units. 
Lasco Distributors advanced 12 cents to $3.22 after exchanging 10,900 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing increased 49 cents to close at $4.99 after trading 23,099 shares, Limners and Bards popped 10 cents in closing at $2.95, with 473,266 stocks crossing the exchange. Mailpac Group dropped 12 cents to end at $2.68 while exchanging 752,394 units, Medical Disposables jumped $1.15 to $7.45, with an exchange of 32,237 shares, Paramount Trading rose 14 cents to $1.99, with 64,151 stock units crossing the market. Spur Tree Spices rallied 22 cents to close at $3.97 after exchanging 1,070,114 shares, SSL Venture fell 61 cents to end at $3.38 with the swapping of 497,082 stock units and tTech climbed 63 cents to $3.75 in switching ownership of 264 units.
All but one of the 46 listed securities traded, up from 41 on Friday, with 23 rising, 14 declining and eight unchanged. JFP Limited was the second highest traded stock, with 3.96 million units for 12.6 percent of the day’s trade and Mailpac Group with 1.0 million units for 3.2 percent of market share.
At the close, Access Financial slipped 15 cents to $20.30 after exchanging 6,520 shares, AMG Packaging declined 19 cents in closing at $3.75, with 9,621 stock units crossing the market, CAC 2000 rallied 76 cents to end at $8.38, with 105 stocks changing hands. Cargo Handlers gained $1.24 to close at $12.30 in exchanging 19 units, Caribbean Flavours advanced 25 cents to end at $2.05 and trading of 12,726 units, Consolidated Bakeries rose 8 cents to $1.38 in switching ownership of 287,978 stocks. Dolla Financial popped 75 cents to end at a record $3.07 after closing with 19,097,416 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic dropped 25 cents to $3.30 in exchanging 27,569 stock units, Express Catering rose 40 cents to $5.85 with the swapping of 655 stocks. Fontana shed 74 cents to close at $10.06 while exchanging 97,588 stock units, Fosrich fell $1 to end at $30 after trading 511,763 units, Future Energy Source gained 10 cents after finishing at $6.10, with 831,157 shares crossing the exchange. iCreate increased 29 cents in closing at $3.24 after trading 979,125 stocks, Jamaican Teas rose 11 cents to $3.11 with an exchange of 126,602 shares, Jetcon Corporation gained 18 cents to close at $1.43, with 717,968 units changing hands.
JFP Limited climbed 12 cents to $1.62, with 3,960,786 stock units clearing the market, Knutsford Express advanced 80 cents to end at $7.80 in trading 2,627 stock units, Lasco Distributors dropped 25 cents to $3.10, with 88,898 units crossing the market. Lasco Manufacturing fell 45 cents to close at $4.50 after an exchange of 192,961 shares, Mailpac Group declined 12 cents to $2.80 after trading 1,003,316 stocks, SSL Venture popped 29 cents ending at 52 weeks closing high of $3.99 while exchanging 472,549 shares. Stationery and Office Supplies lost 45 cents to $12, trading 226,133 stock units and tTech shed 38 cents to end at $3.12 as 1,850 units changed hands.
A total of 41 securities were traded versus 39 on Thursday and ended with 18 rising, 13 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
At the close, AMG Packaging rallied 34 cents in closing at $3.94 while exchanging 69,630 stock units, CAC 2000 fell $1.29 to close at $7.62 after 4,535 stocks were traded. Cargo Handlers declined $1.04 to $11.06, with 1,478 units crossing the exchange, Caribbean Flavours shed 18 cents to end at $1.80 with an exchange of 16 stocks, Dolla Financial rose 57 cents ending at a record $2.32, in exchanging 2,347,737 shares, Dolphin Cove increased 95 cents in closing at $17.61, with 37,154 shares changing hands. EduFocal advanced 35 cents to close at $3 after exchanging 932,280 units, Elite Diagnostic popped 25 cents to end at $3.55 trading 140,893 stock units, Express Catering dropped 45 cents to $5.45 in switching ownership of 1,881,381 shares. Fontana lost 18 cents in ending at $10.80 in an exchange of 84,961 stock units, Fosrich climbed $3.51 to $31 after exchanging 174,799 stocks, Future Energy Source gained 10 cents to close at $6 with the swapping of 876,003 units. General Accident dropped 30 cents to end at $5.60 with 2,050 stocks crossing the market, Honey Bun climbed 11 cents in closing at $8.97 in trading 10,467 shares, Indies Pharma declined 9 cents to $3.20 with 43,586 units clearing the market. Knutsford Express lost $1 in closing at $7, with 24,150 stock units crossing the market, 
Lasco Manufacturing gained 34 cents in ending at $4.95 after trading 112,040 shares, Limners and Bards fell 17 cents to end at $2.81, with 46,976 stock units crossing the exchange after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $2.63. Mailpac Group popped 27 cents to close at $2.92 trading 373,448 units, Main Event shed 20 cents to $8 with 13,581 stocks clearing the market, Spur Tree Spices rose 28 cents to $3.70 with 1,331,758 units changing hands. SSL Venture advanced 85 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $3.70 trading 681,994 stock units and Tropical Battery rallied 13 cents to end at $2.75 after an exchange of 519,338 shares.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.8.
At the close, Blue Power lost 9 cents in closing at $3.70 in an exchange of 200 stock units, CAC 2000 jumped $1.31 to $8.91 in exchanging 5,589 stocks. Dolla Financial advanced 43 cents to a record $1.75, with 365,198 shares clearing the market, Dolphin Cove rallied $1.42 to close at $16.66, with 172,914 units crossing the exchange, Everything Fresh climbed 7 cents to $1.25 and closed with an exchange of 42,575 stocks, Fontana popped 98 cents to $10.98 after exchanging 352,707 stock units. Fosrich shed 91 cents in closing at $27.49 with the swapping of 225,953 shares, Future Energy Source rose 20 cents in ending at $5.90, with 507,493 units crossing the market, General Accident fell 10 cents to close at $5.90, with 742 stocks changing hands. iCreate gained 7 cents to end at $2.94 with an exchange of 25,566 shares, Lasco Distributors advanced 26 cents to $3.36 after trading 46,000 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing increased 11 cents to end at $4.61 with an exchange of 50,338 units. 
Main Event rallied 70 cents ending at $8.20 after exchanging 550 stock units, Paramount Trading climbed 10 cents to close at $1.85 in trading 68,667 shares, SSL Venture rose 8 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.85 while exchanging 305,581 stocks and tTech dropped 19 cents in closing at $3.50, with 160 units crossing the market.
Trading closed on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 15 percent with 12 percent lower value than on Tuesday as 39 securities traded down from 43 on Tuesday, with 15 rising, 18 declining and six closing unchanged. Dolla traded at a new high and SSL Venture Capital traded at an intraday high of $2.99. The Junior Market Index fell 21.05 points to 4,077.96.
At the close, AMG Packaging shed 31 cents in closing at $3.63 after exchanging 23,419 stock units, Cargo Handlers climbed $1.04 to $12.10 in an exchange of 200 stocks. Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined 9 cents to $2.25, with 12,559 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream rallied 18 cents to close at $4.98 with the swapping of 44 units, Derrimon Trading fell 8 cents to close at $2.62 after exchanging 81,968 shares. Dolla Financial gained 32 cents to end at $1.32 after trading 63,940 shares, EduFocal increased 54 cents to $2.68, with 147,161 stocks crossing the market, Elite Diagnostic advanced 9 cents to $3.30 in switching ownership of 74,123 stock units, Everything Fresh lost 7 cents to $1.18, with 114,173 units crossing the market. Express Catering dropped 9 cents to end at $5.90 and closed after an exchange of 500 stock units, Fontana popped 27 cents in ending at $10 with 78,205 shares changing hands, Fosrich rose 17 cents to $28.40 in trading 72,972 stocks. Future Energy Source fell 20 cents to $5.70, with 289,981 units clearing the market, Indies Pharma shed 27 cents in closing at $3.25 after exchanging 312,575 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance lost 30 cents to close at $3 with an exchange of 982 stocks. JFP Limited climbed 7 cents in closing at $1.45 after an exchange of 625,870 shares, KLE Group dropped 28 cents to $2 while exchanging 1,968 units, Knutsford Express popped 99 cents to $8 after trading 47 stocks. Lasco Distributors declined 26 cents to close at $3.10 after 107,491 stock units changed hands, Lasco Manufacturing lost 30 cents to end at $4.50 in trading 3,703,579 shares, Limners and Bards increased 12 cents in closing at $2.92 in an exchange of 106,850 stock units. 
Lumber Depot rallied 13 cents to $3.26 in exchanging 347,052 shares, Main Event fell $1.30 to $7.50, trading 8,679 stocks, Medical Disposables declined 74 cents to close at $6.26 and closed with 8,300 units changing hands. Stationery and Office Supplies advanced $1.45 to end at $12.45 after 106,374 stock units passed through the market and Tropical Battery rose 11 cents to close at $2.63 in switching ownership of 130,376 shares.
At the close, AMG Packaging gained 24 cents to close at $3.94 in trading 13,615 shares, Blue Power increased 9 cents to $3.79 after trading 151 units, CAC 2000 climbed 20 cents to close at $7.60 with traders snapping up 678,371 stocks, following the release of strong second quarter results on Monday. Cargo Handlers lost $1.04 to end at $11.06 in exchanging 1,357 stock units, Derrimon Trading fell 9 cents in closing at $2.70, with 324,143 units clearing the market, Dolphin Cove shed 24 cents to close at $15.21 in an exchange of 19,356 stocks. EduFocal dropped 60 cents in ending at $2.14, with 538,308 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic declined 9 cents to $3.21 while exchanging 2,198 stock units, Express Catering rallied 39 cents to $5.99 after exchanging 940,863 stocks. Fosrich rose 93 cents to $28.23 with an exchange of 93,045 shares, Future Energy Source advanced 10 cents in ending at $5.90 after switching ownership of 572,671 stock units, Indies Pharma popped 42 cents to close at $3.52, with 1,013,500 units crossing the market after the company release robust second quarter results. Iron Rock Insurance gained 30 cents to $3.30 after just 2 shares were exchanged, Jamaican Teas popped 10 cents to end at $3.07 and closed with an exchange of 381,683 units, KLE Group rose 29 cents in closing at $2.28 while exchanging 251 stock units.
Knutsford Express dropped $1.49 in closing at $7.01, with 3,398 stocks crossing the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing shed 20 cents to $4.80 with the swapping of 5,799 shares, Limners and Bards lost 10 cents to close at $2.80 after exchanging 189,951 units. Mailpac Group declined 7 cents to end at $2.72 with an exchange of 1,074,382 stock units, Paramount Trading fell 15 cents to $1.75 after trading 14,714 stocks, Spur Tree Spices shed 8 cents to end at $3.47, with 262,932 stock units crossing the market. SSL Venture increased 58 cents in ending at a 562 weeks’ high of $2.77, with 824,288 stocks crossing the market, Tropical Battery lost 18 cents in closing at $2.52, with an exchange of 252,143 shares and tTech gained 9 cents to close at $3.69, with 1,874 units changing hands.
A total of 44 securities were traded versus 40 on Friday, with 15 rising, 17 declining and 12 unchanged, resulting in the Junior Market Index losing 20.65 points to settle at 4,073.21.
At the close, AMG Packaging advanced 12 cents to $3.70, with 172,080 shares crossing the exchange, CAC 2000 rose 40 cents to close at $7.40 after trading 5,186 units, following the release of solid half year results. Cargo Handlers rallied $1.10 in closing at $12.10 with an exchange of 8,498 stocks. Caribbean Cream gained 10 cents in ending at $4.85 while exchanging 7,000 stock units, Caribbean Flavours increased 8 cents to end at $1.98 in switching ownership of 65,293 units, Elite Diagnostic shed 10 cents in closing at $3.30 after exchanging 4,783 shares. Express Catering lost 20 cents to close at $5.60, trading 183,500 stock units, Fontana popped 13 cents to end at $9.75, with 123,110 stocks crossing the market, Future Energy Source fell 9 cents to $5.80 in an exchange of 413,185 shares. Honey Bun climbed 30 cents in ending at $8.80 after 416,278 stock units crossed the market, Iron Rock Insurance declined 8 cents to $3 with the swapping of 298 stocks, Jamaican Teas increased 10 cents in closing at $2.97 after trading 317,167 units. Knutsford Express rose 50 cents to $8.50, with 40 stocks changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing rallied 24 cents to end at $5 after exchanging 89,244 stock units, Main Event dropped 9 cents to close at $8.80, with an exchange of 16,539 shares. 
Medical Disposables lost 45 cents in closing at $7, with 13,300 units clearing the market, Paramount Trading fell 10 cents to $1.90 after exchanging 365 stocks, Spur Tree Spices dipped 15 cents to close at $3.55 while trading 648,106 units and SSL Venture climbed 35 cents to $2.19 while exchanging 1,913,234 stock units.