Trading jumped to close the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with a 19 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded as the value jumped 45 percent compared with trading on Tuesday following trading in 43 securities, the same number as traded on Tuesday and ended with prices of 13 rising, 22 declining and eight closing unchanged.
Investors traded 12,676,118 shares at $35,697,055, compared to 10,678,936 units at $24,677,448 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 294,793 shares at $830,164 compared to 248,347 units at $573,894 on Tuesday with a month to date average of 293,808 units at $737,122 compared with 293,751 stocks at $731,795 on the previous day. June closed with an average of 319,230 units at $854,456.
Dolla Financial led trading with 7.45 million shares for 58.8 percent of total volume, followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 1.58 million units for 12.4 percent of the day’s trade and Spur Tree Spices with 643,534 units for 5.1 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rose 3.11 points to close at 3,915.47.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 10.9. 
The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are calculated using the last traded price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, Blue Power dipped 12 cents to $2.50 as investors traded 2,917 shares, Cargo Handlers fell $3.98 to close at $17 by clearing the market of 5,455 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined 44 cents in closing at $2.66 with shareholders exchanging 37,788 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries rose 14 cents to end at $2.75 in an exchange of 11,283 stocks. Dolla Financial climbed 35 cents and ended at $2.75 with a transfer of 7,454,856 stock units, 
Fontana lost 11 cents in closing at $10.89 after a transfer of 29,968 units, Future Energy Source shed 21 cents to close at $3.74, with investors exchanging 199,795 stocks, Honey Bun increased 39 cents to end at $6.45 as 150,912 shares passed through the market. Indies Pharma dropped 13 cents to $3.06 after an exchange of 25,807 units, KLE Group fell 19 cents to $1.49 with investors transferring 6,558 stocks, Knutsford Express popped 95 cents in closing at $11.60 after an exchange of 5,309 shares, Main Event rallied 91 cents to close at $15.48 in switching ownership of 33,569 units. Medical Disposables lost 30 cents to close at $4, with 37,159 stocks crossing the market, MFS Capital Partners advanced 15 cents to $2.55, with an exchange of 468,075 units, Paramount Trading gained 10 cents to finish trading at $1.90 while exchanging 200 shares. 
Stationery and Office Supplies shed 48 cents and ended at $27.50 in an exchange of 107,689 stock units and Tropical Battery dropped 9 cents to $1.95 and closed with 433,555 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Investors traded 10,678,936 shares at $24,677,448, up from 3,833,833 units for $12,740,526 on Monday.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 11. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are calculated using the last traded price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Fontana gained 8 cents to end at $11 with a transfer of 120,687 shares. Future Energy Source advanced 15 cents to $3.95, with 147,491 stocks being traded, Honey Bun declined 43 cents to close at $6.06, with 37,303 shares crossing the exchange, Image Plus Consultants lost 18 cents and ended at $2.30 in trading 154,518 units, Iron Rock Insurance dipped 50 cents in closing at $2 in an exchange of 24,721 shares. Medical Disposables shed 76 cents to end at $4.30 after an exchange of 15,440 stock units, MFS Capital Partners dipped 18 cents to close at $2.40 with 143,773 shares crossing the market, 
Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 10 cents to $27.98 with an exchange of 92,464 stocks and Tropical Battery increased 19 cents in closing at $2.04 after trading 323,285 units.
Investors traded 9,067,320 shares for $24,359,252 compared with 6,180,875 units at $20,046,474 on Thursday.
At the close, Access Financial gained 11 cents to close at $25 after a transfer of 2,704 shares, AMG Packaging rose by 17 cents to end at $2.66 in switching ownership of 62,300 stock units, CAC 2000 lost 24 cents and ended at $6.75 with investors trading 1,448 units, Cargo Handlers dived $6.10 to close at $15 as investors exchanged 2,120 stocks. Caribbean Cream rallied 29 cents in closing at $4.49 in an exchange of 1,052 shares, Caribbean Flavours popped 11 cents to $1.34 with 202 units changing hands, Dolphin Cove dropped $1.99 to end at $15, with just 1,578 stock units crossing the market, Elite Diagnostic fell 35 cents ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.55 after exchanging 46,823 stocks. Everything Fresh rose 12 cents in closing at $1.52 with stakeholders trading 6,742 units, 
Fontana increased 25 cents to close at $11 with investors trading 199,482 stocks, Future Energy Source dropped 19 cents to close at $3.80 after an exchange of 222,420 shares, General Accident advanced 30 cents in closing at $5 in trading 8,450 stock units. Honey Bun increased 35 cents and ended at $6.45 in an exchange of 4,530 shares, Image Plus Consultants gained 28 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.50 while exchanging 2,230,057 stock units, with the price hitting a record $2.60 before the close of trading. Jamaican Teas advanced 9 cents to end at $2.19 with shareholders swapping 106,129 stocks, KLE Group climbed 15 cents to $1.69, with just 55 units passing through the market. Paramount Trading popped 10 cents and ended at $1.90, with 100 units changing hands, Regency Petroleum rallied 14 cents to end at $2.89, with 121,401 shares crossing the market. 
Stationery and Office Supplies rose $1.43 to close at $27.43 after a transfer of 110,534 stock units, Tropical Battery shed 8 cents in closing at $1.96 after clearing the market with 216,424 stocks and tTech gained 43 cents and ended at $2.22 after closing with 2,000 units changing hands.
Investors traded 6,180,875 shares for $20,046,474 versus 7,810,602 units at $20,148,012 on Wednesday.
At the close, Caribbean Cream fell 29 cents and ended at $4.20 after trading 10,214 shares, Caribbean Flavours shed 12 cents to close at $1.23 with an exchange of 64,838 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 20 cents to $2.80 while exchanging a mere 13 units. Dolphin Cove increased 69 cents to end at $16.99, with stakeholders exchanging 20,925 stock units, Elite Diagnostic lost 10 cents in closing at $1.90, with 900 stock units crossing the market, Everything Fresh dipped 14 cents to $1.40 after investors exchanged 3,813 stocks. General Accident declined 26 cents to close at $4.70, with 834 units changing hands, Honey Bun dropped 34 cents to end at $6.10 in switching ownership of 2,372 shares, Image Plus Consultants dipped 8 cents in closing at $2.22 in an exchange of 2,326,364 units after posting a record intraday high of $2.55.
Iron Rock Insurance popped 40 cents and ended at $2.50 with investors transferring just four stock units, Jamaican Teas shed 10 cents in closing at $2.10 after an exchange of 33,514 shares, Lasco Distributors declined 18 cents to close at $4 in trading 150,218 stocks. Lasco Financial dropped 10 cents at $2.30 and closed after an exchange of 13,577 units, Limners and Bards fell 14 cents and ended at $2.06, with 2,000 units clearing the market, Lumber Depot lost 16 cents to end at $2 after 38,281 shares crossed the market. Paramount Trading shed 20 cents to end at $1.80 in an exchange of 45,662 stock units, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped $1.78 to close at $26 with shareholders swapping a solid 182,798 stocks days ahead of the nine for one stock split that is up for approval on Tuesday
at the company’s AGM with the ex-split data now set for July 31 with the record data moving up to August 2 from the originally stated July 25 and tTech dipped 32 cents in closing at $1.79 after 25,991 stock units passed through the market.
Investors traded 7,810,602 shares for $20,148,012 versus 63,417,243 units at $135,258,234.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Elite Diagnostic dropped 15 cents in closing at $2, with 143,938 units crossing the exchange, Fontana shed 20 cents to end at $10.80 after investors ended trading 295,603 shares, Future Energy Source rose 8 cents to $3.97 while exchanging 195,231 stock units, GWest Corporation gained 13 cents to close at $1.07 with a transfer of 104 shares, Honey Bun climbed 71 cents in closing at $6.44, with 9,799 units changing hands, Indies Pharma advanced 11 cents to end at $3.20 with shareholders swapping 131,400 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance declined 40 cents in ending at $2.10 after a transfer of 237 stocks, Jamaican Teas climbed 8 cents in closing at $2.20 in switching ownership of 14,811 units, KLE Group fell 20 cents to close at $1.54 after an exchange of 200 shares, Knutsford Express lost 99 cents to close at $10.51 as investors exchanged 14,497 stocks, Lasco Distributors gained 28 cents to end at $4.18, with 294,817 stock units crossing the market, MFS Capital Partners dropped 16 cents in closing at $2.54 in an exchange of 356,333 shares, 
Paramount Trading rose 20 cents and ended at $2 with investors transferring 3,990 stock units, Stationery and Office Supplies increased 78 cents to close at $27.78, with 51,444 units crossing the market and Tropical Battery rallied 13 cents to end at $2.04 as investors exchanged 64,200 stocks.
Investors traded 63,417,243sh ares for $135,258,234 up from 7,848,690 units at $22,598,062 on Monday.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and seven with lower offers.
Honey Bun lost 35 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.73 while 53,341 stock units passed through the market. Image Plus Consultants climbed 22 cents to end at $2.29 after an exchange of 56,393,052 stock units, ISP Finance popped $4.36 in closing at $24.56 in trading 500 units, Jamaican Teas declined 21 cents to end at $2.12 with stakeholders exchanging 45,165 shares. KLE Group rallied 20 cents to $1.74 as investors exchanged 4,783 units, Medical Disposables shed $1.16 to close at $4.35 with an exchange of 8 stocks, Paramount Trading dropped 19 cents and ended at $1.80 while exchanging 50,000 shares. Regency Petroleum rose 9 cents to close at $2.75 with 153,859 stock units clearing the market,
Stationery and Office Supplies dipped $1 to end at $27 in an exchange of 180,625 units and Tropical Battery lost 8 cents and ended at $1.91 after 511,346 stock units passed through the market.
Investors traded 4,686,473 shares for $13,003,928 compared with 4,727,854 units at $15,265,121 on Thursday.
ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Express Catering shed 17 cents to end at $5.25 after exchanging 37 stocks. Fontana rose 42 cents to close at $10.97 in switching ownership of 67,411 stock units, Fosrich declined 8 cents to end at $2.22 after trading 96,243 shares, Future Energy Source fell 15 cents to $3.81 after an exchange of 112,655 units, Honey Bun dipped 17 cents to close at $6.50 with a transfer of 193,881 stocks. Image Plus Consultants shed 21 cents to $2.09 after stakeholders ended trading 207,296 shares, Indies Pharma advanced 9 cents in closing at $3.20 with 311 stock units changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance lost 15 cents to end at $2.50 in an exchange of 10,021 stocks, ISP Finance dropped $2.99 to $20.01 with 5,004 units clearing the market. Jamaican Teas shed 25 cents to $2.09 with shareholders swapping 193,102 stocks,
Knutsford Express declined 45 cents to close at $11.50 with stakeholders exchanging 1,759 units, Lasco Financial dipped 8 cents in closing at $2.31 in exchanging 16,959 stock units, Main Event gained 9 cents in ending at $15.99 with investors trading 1,594 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 35 cents to finish at $28 as investors transferred 32,972 shares.
volume of stocks traded after the value plunged 85 percent below Wednesday and ended with 44 securities trading compared to 45 on Wednesday and closed with 23 rising, 13 declining and eight closing unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.4. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed using the last traded price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Indies Pharma fell 9 cents to $3.11 with a transfer of 4,442 shares, ISP Finance climbed $3.30 in closing at $23 in switching ownership of 22 stocks, Jamaican Teas advanced 14 cents and ended at $2.34 while exchanging 521 stock units. Knutsford Express rallied 30 cents to close at $11.95, with 6,707 units crossing the exchange, Lasco Distributors dropped 10 cents to end at $3.89 with an exchange of 52,773 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 25 cents to $4.90 as investors exchanged 656,811 units. MFS Capital Partners rallied 15 cents in closing at $2.80, with 129,215 shares crossing the market, Spur Tree Spices shed 8 cents to $2.10 after exchanging 54,734 stocks,
Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 80 cents and ended at $28.35 in an exchange of 89,719 shares and Tropical Battery declined 8 cents to end at $1.91 after a transfer of 1,382 stock units.
Trading jumped sharply with JFP Ltd dominating with 51.6 million units of the total of 54,864,891 shares being exchanged for $98,761,702 up from 6,643,595 units at $16,190,340 on Tuesday.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
ISP Finance shed $6.80 to close at $19.70 after 3,523 shares were traded, Jamaican Teas fell 29 cents in closing at $2.20 as 237,176 stocks passed through the market, JFP Ltd gained 9 cents to end at $1.74 and closed after 51,600,490 stock units changed hands. KLE Group dropped 28 cents to close trading at $1.51 with stakeholders exchanging 3,000 stocks, Lasco Distributors rose 47 cents to close at $3.99 with the swapping 96,731 units, Lasco Manufacturing increased 29 cents and ended at $4.65 while exchanging 101,107 shares, Main Event dipped 12 cents to $15.88 in switching ownership of 29,771 stock units. Medical Disposables advanced 30 cents to end at $5.51, with 4,461 shares crossing the market, MFS Capital Partners lost 14 cents to close at $2.65 in an exchange of 1,500 stocks, Paramount Trading declined 9 cents in ending at $1.99 after an exchange of 18,275 stock units. 
Regency Petroleum rallied 10 cents in closing at $2.80 with an exchange of 98,081 units, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 65 cents and ended at $27.55 after exchanging 36,198 stock units and Tropical Battery gained 9 cents to end at $1.99 with investors transferring 7,078 shares.
Investors traded 3,691,376 shares for $12,494,675 compared with 6,035,265 units at $17,244,300 on Friday.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
iCreate fell 11 cents in closing at $1.19 with an exchange of 30,972 units, ISP Finance rose $4.38 to $24.39 in an exchange of just one stock, Lasco Distributors declined 18 cents to $3.89 as investors traded 11,343 stocks. Lasco Manufacturing lost 54 cents in ending at $4.25 while 9,050 shares passed through the market, Main Event declined 35 cents to $16.14 while exchanging 27,845 units, Medical Disposables popped 47 cents in closing at $5.21 after 100 stock units changed hands, MFS Capital Partners dipped 9 cents to end at $2.61 with shareholders swapping 136,715 stocks. Paramount Trading fell 54 cents to $1.56, with 14,285 stock units changing hands, Spur Tree Spices shed 8 cents to $2.10 after exchanging 262,762 stocks, 
Tropical Battery dipped 13 cents in closing at $1.92 after an exchange of 118,523 shares and tTech shed 14 cents to close at $2.11 with investors transferring 2,000 units.
