Lasco Manufacturing dominated trading on the Junior Market on Wednesday, with for 47 percent of the units traded, with Jamaican Teas and Caribbean Cream rounding out the volume leaders on Wednesday as investors exchanged 12,985,144 shares at $58,964,309 from 33 securities.
Lasco Manufacturing dominated Junior Market trading with 6 million shares.
Wednesday’s trading contrast with Tuesday’s 4,137,638 units valued at $10,997,880 as 32 securities changed hands. The Junior Market index made further gains in its rebound, by adding19.32 points to close at 2,580.44 after it crossed over the 2,620 points level in the morning session. At the close of the market, prices of 14 securities advanced, 13 declined and six remained unchanged. The average PE ratio of the market ended at 9.3 times 2020-21 earnings.
Trading closed with an average of 393,489 units at $1,786,797 for each security traded in contrast to 129,301 units at $343,684 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 151,514 units valued at $499,172 and previously 135,857 valued at $415,855. In comparison, April closed with an average of 447,863 units valued at $1,028,076 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows two stocks ended with bids higher than its last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial shed 25 cents in the exchange of 47,605 units to end at $23, Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 15 cents to $2.30 with 5,834 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream slipped 3 cents and traded 4,900 shares to close at $2.72. Caribbean Flavours ended 2 cents lower at $10 in an exchange of 1,276,041 stock units, Derrimon Trading declined by 22 cents and exchanged 211,000 shares to settle at $2.50, Dolphin Cove rose by 25 cents to $7.25 in swapping 1,545 units. Elite Diagnostic ended at $3.35 after falling 5 cents and trading 24,942 shares, Everything Fresh declined by 5 cents in the swapping of 116,123 stock units to close at 75 cents, Express Catering leaped 99 cents to $4.51 in the exchange of 29,558 shares. Fontana closed at $5.95 after climbing 35 cents and trading 507,948 stock units, Fosrich fell 15 cents in the trade of 11,795 units to close at $3.85, General Accident finished 28 cents lower at $6.22 with 207,819 units changing hands. iCreate added 3 cents after switching ownership of 41,481 shares to close at 55 cents, Indies Pharma closed 7 cents higher at $2.29 with an exchange of 101,552 units, Iron Rock Insurance rose 5 cents in the swapping of 64,572 shares to finish at $3.85. Jamaican Teas exchanged 1,939,702 units and gained 15 cents to settle at $4.50, Jetcon added 9 cents to close at 89 cents with 8,229 shares traded, 
Knutsford Express jumped 28 cents to $8.98 with 36,752 units changing hands. Lasco Distributors dropped 17 cents to $2.73, with 34,238 shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents and exchanged 198,900 shares to end at $2.65, Lasco Manufacturing traded a volume leading 6,099,978 units to close at $4.01 after inching 1 cent higher. Limners and Bards increased by 20 cents in swapping 410,000 units to end at $1.95, Lumber Depot finished 1 cent lower at $1.13 with 88,045 shares changing hands, MailPac Group slipped 3 cents in the exchange of 644,976 units to settle at $1.85. Main Event closed 42 cents higher at $4.50 with 31,379 shares traded, Medical Disposables shed 30 cents and swapped 1,740 shares to end at $7 and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 2 cents higher to $6.27 with 11,154 units crossing the exchange.
In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share rose 20 cents to $1 after trading 4,392 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Cargo Handlers closed 5 cents higher at $6.55, with 190 stock units trading, Caribbean Cream climbed 15 cents and exchanged 734 shares at $2.69, Caribbean Producers closed 11 cents higher at $2.52, with 477,643 stock units trading. Derrimon Trading closed 7 cents higher at $2.50, with 17,431 stock units traded, Elite Diagnostic declined by 59 cents in exchanging 9,360 units at $3.29, Express Catering climbed 16 cents and exchanged 18,269 shares at $3.51, Fosrich closed 30 cents higher after trading 99,267 stock units at $4. Fontana closed trading of 96,620 units and gained 34 cents to end at $5.90, General Accident closed 2 cents higher at $6.01, with 648,867 stock units trading. Honey Bun climbed 45 cents and exchanged 52,137 shares at $5.45, iCreate closed with 112,094 units passing through the market and gained 2 cents to end at 55 cents, Iron Rock Insurance declined by 9 cents to settle at $3.90, with 3,000 units changing hands. Jamaican Teas ended trading of 125,687 units with gains of 39 cents to end at $4.29, Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 8 cents at 80 cents swapping 28,000 shares, Knutsford Express closed trading of 500 units and gained 20 cents to end at $8.70. 
Lasco Distributors declined by 10 cents trading 630,500 units at $2.90, Lasco Manufacturing fell by 30 cents exchanging 797,613 units at $4, Limners and Bards dipped 8 cents trading 198,771 units at $1.82. Lumber Depot shed 2 cents trading 370,242 units at $1.12, MailPac Group closed with a loss of 3 cents at $1.88 swapping 251,508 shares, Medical Disposables shed 5 cents transferring 22,711 units at $7. Main Event lost 10 cents in trading of 18,000 units at $4.08, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 5 cents 20,757 units changing hands at $6. SSL Venture ended market activity while exchanging 18,400 shares to close at 75 cents, after falling 10 cents and tTech closed with a loss of 9 cents at $4.41 after swapping 42,269 shares.
Market activities concluded with the prices of 12 securities rising, seven declining and 12 holding firm as the market index dived 42.97 points to close at 2,410.29. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at nine times 2020-21 earnings.
At the close of the market, Access Financial jumped 90 cents in the trading of 2,275 units to settle at $24, Caribbean Assurance Brokers finished 20 cents higher at $2.35 with 1,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Flavours gained 30 cents after swapping 200 shares to end at $10. Caribbean Producers finished at $2.50 after rising 10 cents with 783,115 units changing hands, Dolphin Cove surged 80 cents to close at $7.80 with 8,951 shares crossing the exchange, Elite Diagnostic dropped 8 cents to close at $3.80 in the trading of 2900 units. Everything Fresh slipped 6 cents to 71 cents after exchanging 15,000 shares, Express Catering added 3 cents in trading 21,909 stock units to close at $3.45, Fosrich settled at $3.70 after gaining 20 cents and trading 16,158 shares. General Accident ended 19 cents lower at $4.51 with 161,350 units changing hands, Honey Bun climbed 38 cents to finish at $5.40 with 45,609 stock units trading, 
Lasco Distributors shed 80 cents in exchanging 237,500 shares to close at $2.30. Lasco Financial finished at $2.60 after losing 9 cents in swapping 59,900 units, Lasco Manufacturing added 9 cents to close at $4.09 with 29,766 shares changing hands, Mailpac Group added 1 cent and exchanged 380,004 shares to end at $1.84. Medical Disposables jumped 45 cents to $6.30 with 5,094,791 shares crossing the market, Paramount Trading lost 1 cent and exchanged a mere 15 units to close at $1.99. SSL Venture dropped 5 cents in the swapping of 10,500 units to close at 85 cents and Stationery and Office Supplies closed 10 cents higher at $6.30 with 20,251 units crossing the exchange.
At the close of market activities, 36 securities changed hands the prices of 12 securities advanced, 16 declined and eight remained unchanged with the average Pe ratio for the market ending at 8.8 times 2020-21 earnings.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $1 to end at $23.10 with 701 stock units trading, Blue Power ended trading with 27,924 shares, after rising 12 cents to close at $3.55, CAC 2000 closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 39 cents to end at $9.39. Caribbean Cream fell by 20 cents in trading of 150,000 units at $2, Caribbean Flavours shed 30 cents in exchanging 1,752 units at $9.70, Caribbean Producers lost 10 cents in trading 396,001 shares to close at $2.40. Consolidated Bakeries closed 19 cents higher at $1.70, trading 9,455 stock units, Derrimon Trading closed 19 cents higher at $2, with 3,021,923 stock units changing hands, Everything Fresh closed trading of 1,000 units with gains of 6 cents to end at 77 cents, Express Catering ended market activity exchanging 22,223 shares to close at $3.42 after falling by 8 cents. Fontana slipped 13 cents in trading 96,338 shares to close at $5.44. Fosrich lost 20 cents in trading of 19,426 units at $3.50, GWest Corporation closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at 90 cents, Honey Bun lost 18 cents with 49,002 units crossing the market at $5.02. iCreate was down 4 cents in trading 391,995 shares to close at 51 cents, Iron Rock Insurance ended trading with 33,900 shares, after rising 75 cents to end at $3.45, ISP Finance lost 9 cents in trading of 1,000 units at $15.90.
Jamaican Teas closed trading of 13,510 units and gained 18 cents to end at $3.99, Knutsford Express declined 8 cents in trading of 43,553 units at $7.70. Lasco Distributors dipped 15 cents in trading of 53,691 units at $3.10, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 24,398 shares, after rising 3 cents to end at $4. Limners and Bards closed with 4,834 units changing hands and gained 5 cents to end at $1.90, Lumber Depot ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.12 with an exchange of 87,105 stock units. Mailpac Group declined by 5 cents to settle at $1.83 in swapping 257,532 shares, Main Event lost 2 cents trading 9,587 shares to close at $4.08, Medical Disposables declined by 35 cents in exchanging 6,795 units at $5.85 and tTech closed at $4.75 after rising $1.04 with 1,783 shares crossing the exchange.
The day’s activities saw 31 securities changing hands, with the prices of eight rising, 16 declining and seven stocks holding firm. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 8.7 based on 2020-21 earnings.
At the close of the market, Blue Power slipped 2 cents to $3.43 with an exchange of 6,130 shares, Caribbean Assurance finished 7 cents lower at $2.30 with 24,683 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream dropped 45 cents and swapped 227,357 units to settle at $2.20. Derrimon Trading fell 24 cents to $1.81 with 1,556 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic added 26 cents and traded 29,100 shares to end at $3.88, Everything Fresh closed at 71 cents after swapping 32,000 shares and shedding 11 cents. Express Catering climbed 7 cents to $3.50 with 4,559 stock units crossing the exchange, Fontana closed 8 cents higher at $5.57 with 127,121 shares trading, FosRich slipped 1 cent in the trading 5,383 units to end at $3.70. General Accident dropped 48 cents in switching ownership of 697,342 units to end at $4.70, Honey Bun ended with a loss of 25 cents at $5.20 with 6,735 stock units changing hands, iCreate traded 1,276,052 shares to close at 55 cents after gaining 5 cents. Indies Pharma declined 1 cent to settle at $2.29, exchanging 24,593 units, Jamaican Teas slipped 6 cents and closed at $3.81 in trading 81,964 units, Jetcon Corporation added 8 cents to close at 88 cents with 43,792 shares changing hands. 
Knutsford Express climbed 28 cents and exchanged 36,650 shares to settle at $7.78, Lasco Financial slipped 1 cent in exchanging 28,028 units to end at $2.69, Lasco Manufacturing closed 2 cents higher at $3.97 with 36,324 stock units trading. Limners and Bards declined by 5 cents and exchanged 6,040 shares to end at $1.85, Lumber Depot finished with a loss of 1 cent at $1.13 with then swapping of 2,000 shares, MailPac Group traded 2,526,913 units and lost 7 cents to end at $1.88. Main Event gained 2 cents to settle at $4.10 with 673 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables closed the day at $6.20 after exchanging 10,064 units and falling 10 cents and Stationery and Office Supplies finished 10 cents higher at $6.20 with 14,000 units crossing the exchange.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 13 securities advanced, ten declined and ten remained unchanged, leaving the Junior Market Index down 11.71 points to close at 2,452.33 and the average PE ratio for the market at 8.9 times 2020-21 earnings.
Caribbean Flavours closed 50 cents higher at $10, with 300 stock units trading, Caribbean Producers climbed 2 cents and exchanged 308,856 shares at $2.50. Express Catering lost 8 cents with investors switching ownership of 22,366 units at $3.43, Fontana closed trading of 23,650 units and gained 1 cent to end at $5.49, Fosrich Company declined by 8 cents in trading of 13,000 units at $3.71. General Accident exchanged 308,400 shares, after rising 18 cents to settle at $5.18, GWest Corporation lost 10 cents in trading 23,875 stock units to close at 80 cents, Honey Bun declined by 10 cents to close at $5.45 exchanging 182,436 shares. iCreate ended trading with 127,809 shares, after rising 6 cents to settle at 50 cents, Iron Rock Insurance closed 1 cent higher at $2.70, with 37,265 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas dipped 13 cents in trading 32,823 units at $3.87. Limners and Bards lost 5 cents exchanging 119,425 shares to close at $1.90, Lumber Depot exchanged 176,447 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $1.14, 
Main Event ended market activity exchanging 16,627 shares to close at $4.08 after falling 42cents, 
Trading closed with 33 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 3,008,593 units valued at $9,244,861 compared to 4,739,302 units valued at $9,995,916 from 32 securities on Tuesday. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 9 based on 2020-21 earnings.
Knutsford Express exchanged 9,900 shares to finish at $7.50 after falling $1.47, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 76,558 units and gained 15 cents to end at $3.25, Lasco Financial gained 10 cents to close at $2.70 with an exchange of 7,707 shares. Lasco Manufacturing added 1 cent to close at $3.99 with 64,598 shares traded, 
Caribbean Cream climbed 22 cents in exchange of 138,754 shares to settle at $2.51, 
The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 8.8 based on 2020-21 earnings. Investors exchanged 3,532,717 units valued at $11,173,927 compared to 4,856,519 units at $16,938,454 on Friday. 
Caribbean Cream ended exchanging 24,266 stock units, after rising 29 cents to end at $2.29. Derrimon Trading lost 10 cents, with 1,500 shares crossing the exchange at $2.05, Elite Diagnostic climbed 39 cents to $3.50, trading 3,617 stock units. Everything Fresh gained 9 cents in transferring ownership of 11,541 shares at 89 cents. Express Catering inched 6 cents higher after exchanging 23,000 shares at $3.40, Fontana fell 25 cents to close at $5, after swapping 898,165 shares, Fosrich climbed 25 cents and exchanged 1,500 shares at $3.45. General Accident closed trading of 167,388 units and gained 19 cents to end at $4.70, Honey Bun rose 44 cents higher to $5.59, with 48,863 stock units trading, iCreate inched 1 cent up and after an exchange of 11,551 shares at 43 cents. Indies Pharma ended trading with 79,992 shares, after rising 25 cents to end at $2.30, Iron Rock Insurance climbed 53 cents and exchanged 124,398 shares at $2.69, 
Jetcon Corporation fell 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of 65, in swapping of 14,398 shares. Knutsford Express dipped 1.34 cents in trading of 4,000 units at $7.64, Lasco Distributors climbed 16 cents and exchanged 5,216 shares at $3.21, Limners and Bards closed 16 cents higher at $1.95, with 9,633 stock units trading. Lumber Depot closed trading of 135,602 units and gained 3 cents to end at $1.14, Mailpac Group closed trading of 1,075,563 units and gained 20 cents to end at $1.85, Main Event closed trading of 11,089 units and gained 39 cents to end at $4.89. Medical Disposables close with a loss of 5 cents at $6.25, swapping of 25,576 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies closed 10 cents higher at $6.15, with 3,603 stock units changing hands and tTech gained 2 cents and exchanged 18 shares at $4.75.
Trading concluded with 35 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 4,856,519 units valued at $16,938,454 compared to 2,370,191 units valued at $6,835,545 from 27 securities on Thursday. Market activities ended with the prices of 10 securities rising, 17 declining and eight holding firm. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 8.6 based on 2020-21 earnings.
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 three with lower offers.
Lasco Distributors closed 16 cents lower in exchanging 406,571 shares to close at $3.05, Lasco Financial finished $2.60 after losing 10 cents and swapping 18,500 units, Lasco Manufacturing fell by 2 cents to $3.85 with 9,950 units changing hands. Limners and Bards slipped 1 cent after exchanging 9,144 units to end at $1.79, Lumber Depot closed 3 cents lower at $1.11 with 33,771 stock units trading, MailPac Group traded 210,434 shares to settle at $1.65 after losing 2 cents. Main Event rose 25 cents to end at $4.50 with the ownership transfer of 8,264 shares, Paramount was down 4 cents to $1.95 with 16,434 units traded, SSL Venture slipped 13 cents and exchanged 204 units to end at 75 cents and tTech lost 2 cents to close at $4.73 with a mere 54 units crossing the exchange.
