The action in the ICTOP10 listing the holiday shortened week shifted from Main Market stocks to the Junior Market, with four stocks putting in double digit increases, led by Elite Diagnostic, last week’s 14 percent decliner to rally this week by a stunning 43 percent to close at $3.67 after hitting a high in the past week of $4.23.
But Elite is not the only Junior Market stock posting solid gains. Jetcon rose 18 percent to close at $1.30, against a background of one or more investors seeking to buy a sizable number of shares. AMG Packaging and Caribbean Assurance Brokers climbed 16 percent while tTech added 7 percent to close the week at $4. Price movements in Main Market were more subdued than in the Junior Market, with JMMB Group the biggest mover dropping 11 percent from $51.89 to $46.25, followed by Guardian Holdings with a fall of 4 percent.
General Accident returned to the Junior Market TOP10 as tTech dropped out and VM Investments returns to the Top10 Main Market as Jamaica Stock Exchange fell out.
The average PE for the JSE Main Market TOP 10 is 6.2, well below the market average of 14.7, while the Junior Market PE for the Top 10 is at 5.9 versus the market at 13.2. The Junior Market TOP10 is projected to gain an average of 289 percent to May 2023 and the Main Market 192 percent.
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The All Jamaican Composite Index lost 953.08 points to settle at 449,225.19, the JSE Main Index fell 1,195.68 points to close at 394,486.85 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.01 points to 93.42. Trading ended with 60 securities against 59 on Wednesday, with 26 rising, 23 declining and 11 ending unchanged.
JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 closed with 2.79 million units for 4 percent market share, 138 Student Living ended with 2.04 million units for 2.9 percent market share and Pulse Investments exchanged 1.27 million units for 1.8 percent market share.
NCB Financial rallied $9.15 to end at $117, with 25,463 units crossing the market, Proven Investments rose $1.20 in closing at $38.20 after exchanging 1,800 stocks, Sagicor Group increased $1.98 to $56.98 in an exchange of 7,639 stock units. Scotia Group dropped $1.88 in ending at $35 after exchanging 93,519 shares, Seprod climbed 88 cents to end at $61.98 with the swapping of 6,700 units, Supreme Ventures declined 51 cents in closing at $24.49 in an exchange of 362,832 stock units and Wisynco Group shed $1.10 to close at $23.20 after trading 700,949 shares.
Guardian Holdings dropped 39 cents to $27.01 after exchanging 5,471 shares, JMMB Group popped 1 cent to close at $2.43 after 1,500 stocks crossed the market, Massy Holdings shed 10 cents to end at $5 with an exchange of 76,594 units. National Enterprises remained at $3 with the swapping of 202,764 stocks, National Flour Mills increased 5 cents in ending at $1.60, with 100 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group ended unchanged at $6.10, with 11,565 shares crossing the market. Point Lisas remained at $3.50 in exchanging 16 units, Prestige Holdings popped 30 cents in closing at $7.10, with 65 units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings finished at $141 after trading 5,002 stocks. Scotiabank ended unchanged at $80 in an exchange of 36 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $20.60 after trading 250 stock units, Trinidad Cement rose 2 cents to $3.52 in switching ownership of 181 stock units. Unilever Caribbean climbed 10 cents to close at $16 while exchanging 5,566 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished at $23.99 in exchanging 13,080 units.
A total of six securities traded, similar to Tuesday, with two rising, three declining and one ending unchanged. The JSE US Denominated Equities Index slipped 0.17 points to end at 221.63.
Proven Investments shed 0.71 of a cent to close at 24 US cents in trading 211,139 units, Sterling Investments lost 0.02 of a cent in closing at 2.25 US cents after exchanging 400 stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments USD share ended unchanged at 12.85 US cents, with 16,419 stocks changing hands and Transjamaican Highway declined 0.04 of one cent to 1.05 US cents with an exchange of 25 shares.In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% popped 14.83 cents to close at US$1.15 after trading 1,500 units.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 1,270.23 points to 450,178.27, the JSE Main Index edged 195.57 points higher to 395,682.53 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.23 points to 93.43.
Caribbean Cement rose 42 cents to end at $71.64, clearing the market with 3,168 stock units, Eppley dropped 33 cents in closing at $42, with 544 stocks changing hands. GraceKennedy popped $1.35 in, ending at $105.40 after exchanging 100,275 units, Guardian Holdings shed $10 to $520 with an exchange of 5,611 shares, Jamaica Broilers advanced 99 cents to end at $28.99 while 1,993 units changed hands. Jamaica Producers fell 74 cents to $22.36, with 1,032,168 stocks crossing the exchange, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 40 cents in closing at $23.70 after exchanging 21,531 stock units, Kingston Properties declined 70 cents to close at $7.50 in trading 174,744 units. Kingston Wharves increased 90 cents to $41 with 1,372 shares passing through the market, Massy Holdings lost 45 cents to end at $100, with 1,515,090 stocks crossing the market, Mayberry Investments rallied 40 cents to $6.90 in an exchange of 511,626 stock units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose $3.07 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $12.27 in switching ownership of 77,696,272 stocks, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy shed $1 in ending at $114 after trading 181 shares, Palace Amusement dropped $49.99 in closing at $950.01 with 18 stock units changing hands. Portland JSX climbed $1.20 to $11 in trading 283 units, Proven Investments lost $1.50 to close at $37 after 45,802 stock units crossed the market, Pulse Investments declined 53 cents to end at $4.18 after trading 3,581,096 units. 
Sagicor Group fell $2.09 in ending at $55 after exchanging 10,570 shares, Scotia Group advanced $1.38 in closing at $36.88 with an exchange of 11,638 stocks, Seprod rallied $1.45 to $61.10, trading 18,753 units. Stanley Motta shed 55 cents to end at $5.35 with 9,233 stock units changing hands, Supreme Ventures gained $2 to close at $25 in an exchange of 66,809 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments popped 58 cents in closing at $15.38 in switching ownership of 17,994 stocks. Sygnus Real Estate Finance increased 68 cents to end at $16.29 after an exchange of 1,681 units and Wisynco Group popped $1.80, in ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $24.30 in trading 160,489 stocks units.
Guardian Holdings increased 39 cents in closing at $27.40 crossing the market 20,198 shares, JMMB Group finished at $2.42 in exchanging 218 stock units, Massy Holdings shed 43 cents in ending at $5.10 after switching ownership of 194,049 units. National Enterprises ended unchanged at $3, with 18,581 stock units crossing the market, NCB Financial Group remained at $6.10 after exchanging 32,730 units, Point Lisas ended unchanged at $3.50 with 3,425 shares changing hands. Prestige Holdings finished at $6.80 as 383 stocks changed hands, Republic Financial Holdings remained at $141 in an exchange of 1,232 shares, Scotiabank finished at $80, with 3,526 stock units crossing the market. Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $20.60 in exchanging 28,236 units, Unilever Caribbean dropped 10 cents in closing at $15.90 after an exchange of 41,704 stocks and West Indian Tobacco finished at $23.99, with 4,429 shares changing hands.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index slipped 1.43 points to end at 221.80.
At the close, Margaritaville remained at 16 US cents with the swapping of 60 shares, Proven Investments shed 0.29 of a cent to close at 24.71 US cents with 291,088 stocks changing hands, Sterling Investments declined 0.01 of a cent to end at 2.27 US cents in switching ownership of 171,082 stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments USD share dropped 0.1 of a cent after ending at 12.85 US cents while exchanging 101,766 units and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.07 of a cent in closing at 1.09 US cents, 429,590 stock units crossing the market.
The All Jamaican Composite Index shed 1,006.71 points to settle at 448,908.04, the JSE Main Index slipped 541 points to 395,486.96 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.31 points to settle at 93.66.
At the close, Caribbean Cement dropped 78 cents to close at $71.22 while exchanging 9,542 shares
Portland JSX increased $1.05 after ending at $9.80 after 1,524 stocks changed hands, Proven Investments advanced 55 cents to $38.50 in switching ownership of 8,968 shares, Scotia Group increased 50 cents in closing at $35.50, with 127,996 units changing hands, Supreme Ventures declined $1.50 to close at $23 with an exchange of 39,446 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments shed 60 cents to $14.80 trading 204,058 stock units.
Nineteen securities traded, down from 24 on Monday, with three rising, nine declining and seven closing unchanged.
JMMB Group ended unchanged at $2.42 in switching ownership of 10,388 units, Massy Holdings dropped 7 cents to close at $5.53 in exchanging 64,270 stocks, National Enterprises gained 1 cent to $3, with 260 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group finished at $6.10 in an exchange of 47,986 stocks, Prestige Holdings lost 30 cents to end at $6.80 as just seven stock units passed through the market, Republic Financial Holdings declined 7 cents in closing at $141, with 856 units crossing the market. Scotiabank shed 50 cents to end at $80, with 5,650 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 10 cents to end at $20.60 with an exchange of 26,865 shares, Unilever Caribbean remained at $16 after 66,196 stock units crossed the market and West Indian Tobacco remained at $23.99 in trading 21,044 stocks.
At the close, Barita Investments dropped 32 cents in closing at $90.03 after exchanging 26,993 shares, Berger Paints lost 44 cents to close at $11.55 after trading 5,840 stock units, Caribbean Cement climbed 50 cents in ending at $72 with the swapping of 5,616 units. Caribbean Producers declined 43 cents to $17.77, with 217,938 stocks clearing the market, Eppley shed 50 cents to end at $42, with 3,919 shares crossing the market, First Rock Capital fell 86 cents in closing at $11.11, with 10,653 stocks changing hands. GraceKennedy declined $1.15 to end at $104 in exchanging 380,803 stock units, Guardian Holdings dropped $10 to $530 in trading 3,127 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange shed $2 ending at $22 in an exchange of 240,986 stocks. JMMB Group lost $3.82 to close at $48.07 after exchanging 112,123 units, Margaritaville popped 50 cents to end at $26 trading 25 shares, Massy Holdings fell 30 cents in ending at $100.50 after trading 17,066 stock units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities declined 70 cents to close at $9.10 while exchanging 46,406 stocks, NCB Financial increased $1.49 in closing at $109.50 with an exchange of 54,054 units, Palace Amusement gained $15.99 to end at $966, with 16 stock units crossing the market. Portland JSX shed $2.25 to end at $8.75 in switching ownership of 1,272 shares, Sagicor Group rose 50 cents ending at $57 with an exchange of 36,401 shares, Scotia Group dropped 71 cents in closing at $35 in trading 316,163 stocks. 
Seprod fell $2.35 to close at $59.65 in an exchange of 12,073 stock units, Supreme Ventures fell 50 cents to $24.50 124,464 units crossing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments rallied 35 cents to end at $15.40 in an exchange of 27,147 stocks and Wisynco Group advanced $1.12 to 52 weeks’ high of $22.62 after 49,434 shares crossed the market.
