The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange failed to hold on to its early gains that saw the market index rising 61.5 points to 2,477.08 in the morning session on Thursday, and finished the day with a decline of 8.16 points to close at 2,407.42 after rising 103 points for April.
Junior Market trades
The market close with 32 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 5,285,092 units for $16,777,095, compared to 3,721,917 units valued at $8,632,508 on Wednesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 17 securities advanced, 12 declined and three remained unchanged leading the Junior Market
Trading ended with an average of 165,159 units at $524,284 for each security traded, in contrast to 112,785 units, for an average of $261,591 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 447,863 valued at $1,028,076 and previously 462,965 units valued at $1,054,990. 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 seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close of the market, 
Access Financial climbed $1.48 to settle at $25.98 with 1,000 shares changing hands, Blue Power decline 45 cents in trading of 7,560 units at $3.40, Caribbean Cream dipped 15 cents in trading of 999,791 units at $2. Caribbean Producers fell by 6 cents to settle at $2.70, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 4 cents and exchanged 500 shares at $1.76, Derrimon Trading closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 21 cents to end at $2.20. Dolphin Cove closed trading of 123 units and gained 22 cents to end at $7.22, Elite Diagnostic climbed 10 cents and exchanged 4,000 shares at $3.70, Everything Fresh ended trading with 100 shares, after rising 11 cents to end at 78 cents. Express Catering closed 15 cents higher at $3.25, with 2,759 stock units changing hands, Fontana closed 4 cents higher at $5.34, with 145,155 stock units trading, Fosrich closed 6 cents higher at $4, with 151,000 stock units crossing the exchange. General Accident dipped 41 cents in trading of 1,893,851 units at $4.49, GWest Corporation closed trading of 27,004 units and gained 1 cent to end at $0.89, Honey Bun ended trading with 73,032 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $5.49. iCreate ended trading with 1,200 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at 46 cents, Indies Pharma added 1 cent and exchanged 26,749 shares at $2.36, Jamaican Teas ended market activity exchanging 129,520 shares to close at $4.04 after falling 4 cents. 
Knutsford Express ended trading with 1,450 shares, after rising 7 cents to end at $8.50, Lasco Distributors fell 12 cents in trading of 93,450 units at $2.85, Lasco Financial lost 5 cents in trading 118,782 shares to close at 2.70 cents. Limners and Bards lost 7 cents in trading of 41,463 units at $1.86, Lumber Depot declined 4 cents in trading of 257,140 units at $1.12, Mailpac Group lost 2 cents in trading of 299,127 units at $1.68. Medical Disposables fell 3 cents in trading 103,945 units at $6.45, SSL Venture exchanged 200 units and gained 16 cents to end at 90 cents, Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 34,800 units and rose 5 cents to end at $6.05 and tTech fell 49 cents with 500 units changing hands at $3.71.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading concluded with 33 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 3,721,917 units valued at $8,632,508 compared to 12,280,544 units valued at $26,562,508 from 29 securities on Tuesday. Market activities ended with the prices of 12 securities rising, 19 declining and two holding firm. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 8.8 based on 2020-21 earnings.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging dropped 15 cents in the trading of 484 units at $1.65, Blue Power gained 10 cents and exchanged 30,200 units to settle at $3.85, Caribbean Assurance Brokers finished 6 cents lower at $2.19 with 15,673 units changing hands. Caribbean Cream fell 12 cents to $2.15 in the exchange of 478,724 shares, Caribbean Flavours slipped 2 cents after swapping 3,000 units to settle at $9.98, Caribbean Producers finished at $2.76 after climbing 24 cents with 574,589 units traded. Consolidated Bakeries ended 3 cents lower at $1.72 with 3,000 shares traded, Derrimon Trading added 4 cents in the exchange of 1,100 units to close at $1.99, Dolphin Cove shed 50 cents to close at $7 with 3,454 shares changing hands. Elite Diagnostic dropped 15 cents to $3.60 in the trading of 900 units, Everything Fresh swapped 113,549 shares and lost 5 cents to end at 67 cents, Express Catering fell 20 cents trading 99,779 stock units to close at $3.10. Fontana gained 1 cent to finish at $5.30 with an exchange of 63,656 units, Fosrich settled at $3.94 after slipping 1 cent and trading 1,000 shares, General Accident closed trading 8 cents lower at $4.90 with 347,579 units changing hands. Honey Bun gained 5 cents to close at $5.40 with 5,166 stock units trading, iCreate ended 3 cents lower at 42 cents with 162,858 stock units crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma gained 5 cents and swapped 5,306 units to end at $2.35. Jetcon Corporation added 2 cents to close at $1.02 with 20,300 shares changing hands, KLE Group finished 5 cents higher at $1.65 with an exchange of 6,000 units, 
Knutsford Express closed trading of 3,445 units and dropped 56 cents to end at $8.43. Lasco Distributors picked up 2 cents in exchanging 1,103 shares to close at $2.97, Lasco Financial finished $2.75 after losing 17 cents in switching ownership of 42,023 units, Lasco Manufacturing fell 10 cents to $3.80 with 27,911 shares changing hands. Limners and Bards slipped 1 cent and exchanged 8,000 shares to end at $1.93, Lumber Depot closed 3 cents higher at $1.16 with 88,633 stock units trading, MailPac Group had another significant trading day with 1,472,605 units exchanged to settle at $1.70 after losing 6 cents. Main Event dropped $1.19 to end at $3.81 with 28,442 shares trading, Medical Disposables leaped 93 cents to $6.48 with 33,957 shares traded, SSL Venture slipped 1 cent and 120 shares switched ownership to end at 74 cents and tTech climbed 22 cents to $4.20 with 991 units crossing the exchange.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows one stock ended with bids higher than its last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Lasco Distributors shed 3 cents in trading of 43,601 units at $2.95, Lasco Financial closed market activity with 14,650 units crossing the exchange and gained 4 cents to end at $2.92. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 32,261 shares and rose 2 cents to end at $3.90, Limners and Bards fell 6 cents to $1.94 in trading of 12,443 units, Lumber Depot declined 2 cents in swapping 4,795,516 units to finish at $1.13. Mailpac Group ended activity 1 cent higher at $1.76 with 1,472,663 shares traded, Main Event climbed 5 cents to settle at $1.19 with 1,880,010 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables exchanged 114,000 shares and rose 54 cents to end at $5.55. Stationery and Office Supplies closed with a loss of 50 cents at $6 in the swapping of 67,329 shares and tTech shred 77 cents to settle at $3.98 with 238,233 shares crossing the exchange.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
KLE Group fell 10 cents in trading of 50,000 units to finish at $1.60. Lasco Distributors closed trading of 2,323 units and gained 1 cent to end at $2.98, Lasco Financial lost 7 cents in trading 10,995 shares to close at $2.88, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 9,020 shares to settle at $3.88 after falling 2 cents. Limners and Bards dipped 1 cent to $2 with 5,446 stock units changing hands, Lumber Depot ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.15 with 297,770 units trading, MailPac Group swapped 8,166,074 shares and rose 7 cents to end at $1.75. Medical Disposables fell 49 cents to $5.01 with 160,455 shares exchanged, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 40 cents and traded 582 shares to close at $6.50 and tTech climbed 54 cents to $4.75 with 2,000 shares crossing the exchange.
At the close, the Junior Market Index advanced 35.13 points to close at 2,414.24 after risen over 50 points at one stage of the day and left the average PE ratio ended at 8.8 times 2020-21 earnings. Market activities resulted in prices of 6 securities advancing, 12 losing and 12 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 47 cents, with 5,793 stock units changing hands, Jamaican Teas fell
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.
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.
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.
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.