Trading closed on the Junior Market on Friday, with a 41.75 points rise in the index for the week but gave up many points from the peak during the week when the market surged nearly 83 points in two only to be dragged down by 62 points on Wednesday and picked up small gains on the last two days of the week to hold above the 3,300 points on Friday.
Similar to Thursday, 37 securities traded on Friday and ended, with 14 rising, 13 declining and 10 closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index gained 12.34 points to settle at 3,311.18. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.4 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended, with the volume ending up 54 percent less than on Thursday, with 11,413,177 shares changing hands for $38,157,077 compared to 24,561,305 units at $37,976,789 Thursday. Future Energy Source commanded 38.1 percent market share, with 4.34 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot with 22.3 percent of the day’s trade or 2.54 million units and Fosrich 8.8 percent after an exchange of 1.01 million units.
Trading averaged 308,464 units at $1,031,272 in contrast to 663,819 at $1,026,400 on Thursday. Month to date trading averages 265,110 units at $777,273, versus 261,187 units at $754,295 on Thursday. July closed with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cream fell 37 cents to $5.35 with 96,995 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove bolted 86 cents to $9.86 with an exchange of 890 stock units, Express Catering spiked 75 cents to $6.15, with 125,300 units traded. Fontana climbed 42 cents to $6.24, with a transfer of 437,819 shares, Fosrich shed 21 cents to close at $8.10 with 1,007,045 stocks trading, Future Energy Source spiked 14 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $2.37 with 4,344,838 units changing hands. General Accident slipped 6 cents to $5.50 with an exchange of 200,407 stock units, iCreate rose 6 cents to 85 cents with 23,100 shares traded, Indies Pharma rallied 27 cents to $3.88 with a transfer of 173,076 units. Jetcon Corporation advanced 17 cents to $1.17 with 17,000 stocks passing through the market, KLE Group fell 22 cents to 95 cents with 2,017 stock units changing hands, Knutsford Express rose 10 cents to $8 with an exchange of 2,894 units. 
Lasco Distributors dropped 14 cents to $3.80 with 124,400 shares traded. Lasco Financial climbed 19 cents to $3.19 with a transfer of 43,800 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing declined by 25 cents to finish at $4.95 with investors switching ownership of 27,978 stock units. Main Event rallied 35 cents to $4.85 with 26,114 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables climbed 28 cents to $5.09 to finish with 98,477 units traded, SSL Venture dropped 16 cents to 64 cents with a transfer of 20,625 stocks. Stationery and Office Supplies shed $1.65 to close at $5.75 with investors switching ownership of 5,077 units and Tropical Battery rose 5 cents to $1.34 with 220,632 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
A total of 37 securities traded compared to 35 on Wednesday and ended, with 17 rising, 15 declining and five closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index popped 9.02 points to 3,298.84. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values averages 11.2 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with the bid higher than its last selling price and three with lower offers.
Main Event dropped 50 cents to $4.50 with 85,117 stock units traded, SSL Venture advanced 17 cents to 80 cents with 10,000 units passing through the market and Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 35 cents to $7.40 with 3 shares crossing the exchange.
Market activity led to 33 stocks trading, similar to that on Monday and ended, with 20 rising, seven declining and six ending unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.5 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
Honey Bun advanced 20 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $8 with 144,815 units passing through the market, Indies Pharma gained 14 cents to close at $3.64 with 28,071 stock units traded, Iron Rock Insurance climbed 30 cents to $4.19 with an exchange of 20,279 units. Jamaican Teas rose 5 cents to $3.80 with 11,963 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $3.15 with investors switching ownership of 128,046 units, Mailpac Group added 5 cents to end at $3.75 with a transfer of 1,413,824 shares. Paramount Trading rallied 23 cents to $1.25 with 15,939 stocks traded, SSL Venture rose 9 cents to 80 cents with 28,968 units changing hands and Tropical Battery gained 9 cents to close at $1.30 with 4,330 shares crossing the exchange.
At the close, Cargo Handlers popped 70 cents to $8.50, with 5,775 shares traded, Caribbean Cream dropped 23 cents to $5.50 with a transfer of 2,000 stock units, Derrimon Trading fell 9 cents to $2.38 exchanging 71,443 stocks. Dolphin Cove advanced 50 cents to $8.50, with 270,310 shares changing hands, Express Catering jumped 71 cents to $5.80 with 50,000 stocks passing through the market, Fontana popped 10 cents to $6.10 to close at 98,001 units. Future Energy Source rose 12 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.80 with 2,598,220 stock units traded, General Accident gained 10 cents to end at $5.68 with a transfer of 323,370 shares, Honey Bun climbed 30 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $7.80 with an exchange 54,899 stocks. Jamaican Teas lost 7 cents to finish at $3.75 with 997,039 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation fell 15 cents to $1.20 with investors switching ownership of 8,000 stock units, Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $3.20 with 86,100 shares traded. 
Lasco Manufacturing slipped 5 cents to $5.20 with a transfer of 40,320 stocks, Limners and Bards gained 6 cents to close at $3.10 with an exchange of 69,270 units, Mailpac Group dropped 20 cents to $3.70 with 652,703 stock units changing hands. Main Event rallied 53 cents to $4.80 with 60,814 shares passing through the market, SSL Venture fell 13 cents to 71 cents with 30,000 stocks traded, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 38 cents to settle at $7.05 with a transfer of 29,827 units and Tropical Battery dropped 17 cents to $1.21 with 221,125 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market on Friday, with trading levels mirroring Thursday’s performance and resulted in a minor rise in the Market Index of 4.11 points to settle at 3,269.43 after 
Trading averaged 277,852 units at $772,058 up on the 246,304 at $612,986 on Thursday. Trading month to date, averages 211,185 units at $580,096, upon the 202,259 units at $554,394 on Thursday. July closed with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Indies Pharma popped 10 cents to $3.50 with an exchange of 9,866 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance rose 13 cents to $3.88 with a transfer of 161,314 stock units, Jamaican Teas fell 12 cents to $3.82 with investors switching ownership of 1,002,871 shares after the company posted a moderate increase in its Q3 profit. Jetcon Corporation rallied 14 cents to $1.35 with 6,600 units passing through the market, Lasco Financial popped 25 cents to $3.25 with 61,500 stock units traded, Medical Disposables climbed 33 cents to $4.98 with a transfer of 104,501 stocks. Paramount Trading dropped 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.02 with 97,697 units changing hands and SSL Venture gained 13 cents to close at 84 cents with 5,000 shares crossing the exchange.
At the close, Cargo Handlers dropped 70 cents to $7.80 with 17,500 shares traded, Caribbean Assurance Brokers slipped 7 cents to $1.91 with 528 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream shed 40 cents to $5.20 with an exchange of 56,711 stock units. Consolidated Bakeries fell 22 cents to $1.58 with 6,863 shares passing through the market, Derrimon Trading rose 9 cents to $2.46 with investors switching ownership of 26,486 stock units, Dolphin Cove dropped 25 cents to $8 with 500 stocks traded. Elite Diagnostic popped 14 cents to $3.04 with 3,536 shares changing hands, Express Catering climbed 25 cents to $4.50, with 112,199 stock units crossing the market, Fosrich lost 13 cents to $8.02 with 15,173 stocks changing hands. General Accident dropped 12 cents to $5.58 with an exchange of 1,030 units, Indies Pharma shed 29 cents to close at $3.40 with 295,534 shares traded, Knutsford Express jumped 57 cents to $7.69 with 1,320 stock units trading.
Lasco Financial fell 20 cents to $3 with 93,722 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards lost 12 cents to finish at $3.01 with an exchange of 80,458 units, Main Event slipped 11 cents to $4.28 with 1,100 stock units passing through the exchange. Medical Disposables shed 49 cents to $4.65 with 81,947 shares traded, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 56 cents to $7.43 with 86 stocks changing hands and Tropical Battery rallied 10 cents to $1.40 with 254,850 stock units crossing the exchange.
Market activity ended, with 14 stocks rising, 13 declining and seven closing unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 12.5 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
At the close, CAC 2000 jumped $1.37 to $10.52 with the exchange of 9 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 8 cents to $1.98, with 1,000 stocks changing hands, Caribbean Cream dropped 14 cents to $5.60 with 21,869 units passing through the market. Derrimon Trading gained 7 cents to end at $2.37 with a transfer of 315,160 stock units, Express Catering shed 55 cents to close at $4.25 with 28,294 shares traded, Fontana gained 11 cents to finish at $6.07 with investors switching ownership of 299,452 stocks. Fosrich slipped 9 cents to $8.15 with 27,385 stock units, changing hands, General Accident rose 9 cents to $5.70 as 9,337 units changed hands, GWest Corporation lost 9 cents to settle at 90 cents with 2,200 shares passing through the market. Honey Bun slipped 5 cents to $6.75 with a transfer of 17,818 units, iCreate fell 6 cents to 80 cents with 10,200 stocks traded, Iron Rock Insurance declined by 8 cents to $3.80, with investors switching ownership of 151,632 stock units. Lasco Distributors climbed 3 cents to $4 11,207, with shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Financial rallied 19 cents to $3.20 with an exchange of 146,318 shares, Limners and Bards advanced 11 cents to $3.13 with 92,170 units changing hands, 
Medical Disposables jumped 64 cents to $5.14 with 280,169 stocks traded after the company release its first quarter results with earnings per share of 10 cents, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 49 cents to $7.99 with 3,146 shares crossing the exchange and Tropical Battery slipped 4 cents to $1.30, with 135,883 stocks clearing the market.
Market activity led to 36 securities trading, up from 33 on Monday, with nine rising, 18 declining and nine closing unchanged.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Jetcon Corporation slipped 10 cents to $1.20 in trading 20 shares, Knutsford Express dropped 48 cents in closing at $7.12 after 2,100 stock units crossed the market, Lasco Financial lost 4 cents in closing at $3.01 after trading 29,175 units. Limners and Bards dropped 8 cents to $3.02 in exchanging 176,184 stocks, Lumber Depot fell 5 cents to $2.90 trading 288,074 shares, SSL Venture dropped 12 cents to 71 cents, with 20,301 units crossing the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies popped $1.75 to $7.50 with 44,424 stock units clearing the market and Tropical Battery lost 4 cents to close at $1.34 while exchanging 33,544 stocks.
Trading closed on Monday with the volume of stocks trading dropping 28 percent, with 12 percent less the value than on Thursday prior to the close for the Independence holiday on Friday last and ended with a slight fall in the Junior Market the index, with rising stocks just edging out those declining.
Trading averaged 93,141 units at $303,538 from 146,791 at $393,767 on Thursday. Trading month to date, averages 204,544 units at $586,518, compared to 241,307 units at $679,902 on Thursday. July closed with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Knutsford Express jumped $1 to $7.60 with an exchange of 13,100 stocks. Lasco Financial slipped 4 cents to $3.05 with an exchange of 119,698 units, Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents to $5.25 with 121,718 stock units traded, Lumber Depot dipped 3 cents to $2.95 while exchanging 493,583 shares. Main Event climbed 4 cents to $4.39 with the swapping of 21,255 stock units and SSL Venture advanced 12 cents to 83 cents with 2,100 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading closed on Wednesday with the index falling as investors transferred 73 percent fewer shares for 73 percent less the value than on Tuesday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Trading averaged 120,533 units at $340,274 in contrast to 434,865 shares at $1,240,593 on Tuesday. Trading for the month to date averages 279,912 units at $796,774. July closed, with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Lumber Depot rose 5 cents to $2.99 with 645,830 stock units traded and Main Event slipped 5 cents to $4.75 with 12,738 shares crossing the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 37 cents to $7.25 after trading 23 socks and Tropical Battery popped 13 cents to $1.43 after an exchange of 45,654 units.