Trading closed on Tuesday with the Junior Market enjoying broad based participation of stocks on the final day of the month and with the market index falling as the volume of stocks exchanged declined by 19 percent with a 24 percent decline in value from Monday with the market declining for the third straight day to end August just the July close.
Market activity led to 39 securities trading, up from 36 on Monday and ended with 13 stocks rising, 21 declining and five unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index dropped 29.31 points to settle at 3,308.60 just short of the 3,322.77 points close for July. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.6 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
A total of 14,966,257 shares traded for $42,120,614, down from 18,530,465 units at $55,498,597 on Monday. Future Energy Source led trading with 66.3 percent of total volume, after an exchange of 9.92 million shares, followed by Jamaican Teas 13 percent, with 1.94 million units and Lumber Depot 3.8 percent, with an exchange of 570,494 units.
Trading averaged 383,750 units at $1,080,016, short of 514,735 at $1,541,628 on Monday and month to date, an average of 464,471 units at $1,258,652, closely tracking 469,205 units at $1,269,129 on Monday. July closed with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial advanced 45 cents to $21 trading 7,567 shares, AMG Packaging slipped 6 cents to $1.60 swapping ownership of 52,341 units, Cargo Handlers fell 10 cents to $8.40 with an exchange of 158,001 stock units. Caribbean Cream shed 30 cents to end at $5.40 with a transfer of 39,800 stocks, Dolphin Cove jumped $1.75 to $12 with 75,011 shares changing hands, Express Catering lost 6 cents to finish at $5.44 with 26,568 stock units traded. Fontana dipped 18 cents to $6 with 92,284 stocks passing through the market, Future Energy Source dropped 24 cents to $2.40 with an exchange of 9,922,250 shares, Honey Bun shed 50 cents to close at $8.50 with a transfer of 9,474 stocks. iCreate slipped 5 cents to 78 cents with 83,492 units changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance fell 38 cents to $3.50 trading 36,999 stocks units, Jamaican Teas popped 40 cents to $3.85, with 1,942,373 shares passing through the market.KLE Group lost 7 cents to $1.15 with an exchange of 1,111 units, Lasco Distributors rose 5 cents to $3.85 with a transfer of 10,499 stock units, Lasco Financial dropped 14 cents to $2.99 with 99,748 shares changing hands.
Lasco Manufacturing advanced 17 cents to $4.99 with 8,405 stocks passing through the market, Limners and Bards jumped 58 cents to a 52 weeks’ close of $3.73 with an exchange of 308,947 stock units, Lumber Depot gained 10 cents to settle at $3 with a transfer of 570,494 units. Mailpac Group rose 8 cents to $3.76 with 165,147 shares changing hands, Main Event dropped 48 cents to $4.27 with investors switching ownership of 14,501 stock units, Medical Disposables rose 5 cents to $5.25 with an exchange of 16,263 stocks. Paramount Trading fell 14 cents to 96 cents with a transfer of 267,362 units, SSL Venture lost 10 cents to land at 64 cents with 55,051 stock units changing hands and tTech shed 59 cents to close at $4.20 with 237 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Market activity led to 38 securities trading, similar to Wednesday and ended with 19 rising, 12 declining and seven unchanged. Dolphin Cove and Future Energy Source closed at 52 weeks’ high, with the latter seemingly overpriced at a PE ratio of 23. See the chart below with price quotations and the PE ratio of each stock.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
Lasco Manufacturing rallied 31 cents to $5.18 with 12,162 stock units changing hands, Mailpac Group rose 7 cents to $3.67 with 398,043 shares passing through the market, Main Event climbed 45 cents to $4.75 with a transfer of 750 stocks. Paramount Trading gained 22 cents to close at $1.17 with investors switching ownership of 1,000 stock units, SSL Venture rose 6 cents to 80 cents with 17,544 units traded and Stationery and Office Supplies jumped $1.05 to $7.45 with 76,200 shares crossing the exchange.
The Junior Market Index dipped 8.24 points to 3,325.28, as 38 securities traded, up from 32 on Tuesday and ended with eight rising, 14 declining and 16 closing unchanged.
At the close, AMG Packaging slipped 6 cents to $1.60 with an exchange of 20,004 shares, Cargo Handlers dropped 11 cents to $8.59 with 3,000 stocks changing hands, Elite Diagnostic fell 8 cents to $3 with 198,866 units traded. Fosrich declined by 13 cents to $8.02 with a transfer of 205,045 stock units, Future Energy Source climbed 41 cents to a record close of $2.85 with investors switching ownership of 5,122,295 shares, with valuation now seemingly, stretched. Honey Bun jumped 49 cents to a 52 weeks close of $9.49 with an exchange of 198,502 stocks. Indies Pharma dropped 27 cents to $3.40, with 146,035 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas lost 9 cents to finish at $3.55 with 722,149 stock units traded, KLE Group advanced 10 cents to $1.20 with a transfer of 4,400 shares. 
Knutsford Express rallied 10 cents to $8.10 with 3,784 units passing through the market, Lasco Manufacturing dropped 29 cents to $4.87 with an exchange of 65,318 stocks, Mailpac Group rose 5 cents to $3.60 with 625,731 stock units changing hands. Main Event shed 60 cents to close at $4.30 with 26,087 shares traded, Medical Disposables advanced 39 cents to $5.09 with a transfer of 97,406 units, SSL Venture lost 6 cents to end at 74 cents with investors switching ownership of 20,350 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 38 cents to settle at $6.40 with 1,202 shares crossing the exchange.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Honey Bun jumped 84 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $9 with 138,083 stock units changing hands, iCreate rose 7 cents to 85 cents with 117 stocks traded, Indies Pharma fell 21 cents to $3.67 with a transfer of 52,683 units. Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $3.10 with an exchange of 2,100 shares, Mailpac Group declined by 9 cents to end at $3.55 with 34,312 stocks passing through the market, Medical Disposables dropped 39 cents to $4.70 with 23,111 units changing hands. SSL Venture gained 16 cents to settle at 80 cents to 20,000 stock units traded, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 28 cents to $6.78 with the transfer of 993 units and tTech advanced 20 cents to $4.40 with 21,000 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading volume spiked 1,103 percent higher on Monday, over market activity on Friday driven by the heavy trading in the shares of Future Energy Source (FESCO) shares, as investors exchanged 128 million units of the company’s shares that accounted for 93 percent of the day’s volume on the Junior Market on Monday.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Lasco Distributors climbed 20 cents to $4 with 600 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing spiked 25 cents to $5.20 with 22,058 shares traded, Limners and Bards gained 8 cents to close at $3.10 with a transfer of 64,743 stocks. Main Event rose 5 cents to $4.90 with 400 shares passing through the market, Paramount Trading dropped 14 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing low of 95 cents with 4,789,438 stocks changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies popped 75 cents to $6.50 with 544 stock units traded and tTech fell 20 cents to $4.20, with 300 shares crossing the exchange.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
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.
Market activity led to 35 securities trading compared to 33 on Tuesday and ended, with 10 rising, 17 declining and eight closing unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, drops to an average of 10.9 from 11.5 on Tuesday, based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
At the close, Access Financial advanced 36 cents to $21 with 500 shares traded, AMG Packaging rose 6 cents to $1.61 with 2,000 stocks changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries dropped 25 cents to $1.60 with a transfer of 3,121 units after the company posted increased losses for the June quarter compared with the similar period in 2020. Dolphin Cove shed 50 cents to close at $9 with an exchange of 431,935 stock units, Elite Diagnostic spiked 5 cents to $3.08 with 253,468 shares passing through the market, Express Catering dropped $1.19 to $4.96 with 102,013 stocks traded. Fontana advanced 26 cents to $6.08 with 225,655 stock units changing hands, Fosrich fell 32 cents to $8.10 with a transfer of 9,898 units, Future Energy Source gained 28 cents to finish at an all time high of $2.10 with an exchange of a market leading 4,198,648 shares. General Accident fell 14 cents to $5.56 with 228,438 stocks traded, Honey Bun rose 8 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $8.08 with 67,947 units changing hands, iCreate slipped 7 cents to 80 cents with a transfer of 1,700 stock units. 
Iron Rock Insurance shed $1.09 to finish at $3.10 with investors switching ownership of 14,925 shares, Jamaican Teas dropped 27 cents to $3.53 with an exchange of 287,024 stocks, KLE Group slipped 6 cents to $1.17 with 1,100 stock units traded. Lasco Distributors lost 9 cents to close at $3.95 with 28,000 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial fell 14 cents to $3.01 with a transfer of 34,500 units, Lasco Manufacturing shed 40 cents to end at $4.80 with an exchange of 17,189 stocks. Main Event advanced 20 cents to $5 with 505 stock units passing through the market, Medical Disposables lost 12 cents to end at $4.83 with 18,107 units changing hands, Paramount Trading declined 22 cents to $1.03 with investors switching ownership of 21,372 stocks and SSL Venture dropped 17 cents to 63 cents with 10,800 shares 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 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.
