The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday, with the market declining moderately as rising stocks edged out those falling after trading 76 percent more shares than on Friday at a value that is 63 percent higher.
Trading ended with 37 securities changing hands compared to 33 on Friday and ended with the prices of 15 stocks rising, the prices of 12 declining and 10, remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index declined 5.95 points to 2,461.83. The average PE Ratio closed at 11 based on ICInsider.com forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 3,238,878 shares for $7,097,152 compared to 1,839,376 units at $4,361,132 on Friday. Tropical Battery led trading with 45 percent of total volume with 1.46 million shares, followed by Mailpac Group 10.6 percent, with 342,904 units and Fontana 7.1 percent market share with 230,602 units.
Trading ended with an average of 87,537 units at $191,815 in contrast to 55,739 at $132,156 on Friday. For the month to date, the average trade resulted in an exchange of 247,644 units at $530,288, compared to 258,843 units at $553,962 on Friday. Trading in September resulted in an average of 119,171 units at $249,355.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost 34 cents to close at $21.50, with an exchange of 16,120 shares, AMG Packaging gained 1 cent in closing at $1.61, after 174,099 stock units crossed the exchange, Blue Power ended at $3.44, with gains of 37 cents trading 30 units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 1 cent to $1.84, after trading 3,290 units, Caribbean Cream lost 36 cents to settle at $4.50, with 18,240 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Producers picked up 5 cents to close at $2.25, after a transfer of 8,713 shares. Derrimon Trading rose 2 cents to end at $2.50, in trading 197,856 stock units, Elite Diagnostic lost 8 cents to close at $3.06 and clearing the market with 38,600 shares, Express Catering gained 4 cents to settle at $3.19, with an exchange of 16,840 stock units. Fontana shed 12 cents to end at $4.85, in transferring 230,602 shares, Fosrich gained 5 cents to close at $3.20, trading 5,350 units, General Accident shed 36 cents in closing at $6.14, with 44,300 shares passing through the market. Honey Bun shed 11 cents in closing at $4.74, in an exchange of 1,300 units, Indies Pharma lost 10 cents to finish at $2.75, with 4,000 units changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance slipped 1 cent to $2.50 in transferring 5,608 stock units. Jamaican Teas gained 10 cents to end at $4.99 trading 23,045 shares, Jetcon Corporation shed 9 cents to settle at 80 cents, with 68,521 shares passing through the market, Knutsford Express gained 16 cents to end at $6.90 trading 38,902 shares. Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents to $3.05, with investors switching ownership of 97,738 shares, Lasco Financial gained 2 cents to close at $2.09 with a transfer of 7,507 units, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $3.40, after gaining 3 ents trading 148,294 shares. Limners and Bards climbed 33 cents to $2.66, with 122,674 shares changing hands, Lumber Depot lost 6 cents to settle at $1.04, after the transferring of 82,337 shares, Mailpac Group lost 1 cent to close at $1.98, with investors switching ownership of 342,904 shares. Medical Disposables gained 58 cents to end at $4.83 in an exchange of 1,629 units, Stationery and Office Supplies picked up 1 cent to settle at $4.98 trading 700 units and Tropical Battery gained 6 cents in closing at $1.25, with 1,457,400 shares passing through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Thursday, with the market squeezing out a meager of 5.22 points in the market Index to settle at 2,449.13 as an equal number of stocks rose and fell after trading 40 percent more shares than on Wednesday.
Like Wednesday, trading ended with 35 securities changing hands on Thursday and concluded with 15 stocks rising, the prices of 15 declining and five with prices remaining unchanged.
At the close, the average PE Ratio ended at 10.3 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 4,929,572 shares for $9,632,353 compared to 3,515,236 units at $8,677,144 on Wednesday. Tropical Battery led trading with 23.1 percent of total volume, with 1.14 million shares, followed by AMG Packaging with 21.6 percent, with an exchange of 1.07 million units and Iron Rock Insurance with 14.4 percent and 708,211 shares.
Trading ended with an average of 140,845 units at $275,210 compared to 100,435 at $247,918 on Wednesday. For the month to date, the average trade resulted in an exchange of 272,356 units at $582,027 compared to 282,340 units at $605,321 on Wednesday. Trading in September concluded with an average of 119,171 units at $249,355.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed $2.83 to end at $21.84 in an exchange of 4,000 shares, AMG Packaging advanced 20 cents, trading 1,065,494 units to finish at $1.85, Blue Power increased 9 cents to settle at $3.48 with investors transferring 30,910 shares. Caribbean Assurance Brokers dropped 13 cents to close at $1.67 with 2,748 stocks passing through the market, Caribbean Cream lost 10 cents to end at $4.90 with 5,290 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Flavours gained 11 cents to finish at $1.82 in an exchange of 427,773 shares. Caribbean Producers rose 5 cents to settle at $2.25 with investors switching ownership of 48,738 shares, Derrimon Trading dropped 18 cents to close at $2.50 with 170,380 stock units passing through the market, Express Catering ended 6 cents higher at $3.06 with 7,800 stocks changing hands. Fosrich fell 5 cents to settle at $3.15, with 3,050 shares traded, General Accident shed 86 cents to finish at $6.14 with the transfer of 9,723 units iCreate lost 10 cents to settle at 60 cents with 3,400 units passing through the market. Iron Rock Insurance slipped 1 cent, exchanging 708,211 stocks to close at $2.50, ISP Finance shed $2.44 to settle at $16.01 with 4,800 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas climbed 13 cents to end at $5 with 50,649 stock units traded. Jetcon Corporation gained 2 cents to finish at 80 cents with investors switching ownership of 27,328 stock units, KLE Group declined 32 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.10 with 9,000 units passing through the market, Knutsford Express jumped $1.03 to end at $6.74 with 7,833 units changing hands. Lasco Distributors advanced 14 cents to finish at $3.15 with an exchange of 44,587 units, Lasco Financial gained 2 cents to settle at $2.07 with 5,589 stocks traded, Lasco Manufacturing fell 8 cents to close at $3.37 with investors transferring 25,072 units. Limners and Bards dropped 17 cents to end at $2.33 with 95,783 stock units trading, Lumber Depot finished 1 cent higher at $1.04 with 275,023 units changing hands, Mailpac Group dipped 4 cents to settle at $1.95 with an exchange of 571,731 units. Medical Disposables shed 65 cents to close at $3.90 with investors switching ownership of 1,045 shares, SSL Venture rose 9 cents to end at 59 cents with 200 units changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 15 cents to finish at $5 with 1,700 units passing through the market. Tropical Battery gained 3 cents, trading 1,139,241 shares to settle at $1.23 and tTech dropped 90 cents to close at $5.50 with 1,363 shares crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, Derrimon Trading lost 1 cent to end at $2.04 with 2,555 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday, with the market declining moderately after the prices of more stocks fell than those rising after 173 percent more shares traded than on Friday.
Trading ended with 36 securities changing hands compared to 30 on Friday and closed with the prices of 10 stocks rising, 16 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index dropped 10.79 points to settle at 2,500.71. The average PE Ratio ended at 11.3 based on the ICInsider.com forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Trading closed with an exchange of 6,241,322 shares for $10,328,488 compared to 2,285,445 units at $6,026,625 on Friday. Tropical Battery traded 63.2 percent of total volume, with 3.94 million shares, followed by Lasco Distributors with 7.1 percent and 441,987 units and Mailpac Group ended with 6.8 percent or 422,033 units.
Trading ended with an average of 173,370 units at $286,902 in contrast to 76,182 at $200,888 on Friday. For the month to date, the average trade resulted in an exchange of 297,285 units at $634,685 compared to 308,724 units at $666,788 on Friday. Trading in September resulted in an average of 119,171 units at $249,355.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging lost 21 cents to end at $1.65, in exchanging 5,000 shares, Blue Power closed 4 cents lower at $3.40 trading 38 units Caribbean Assurance Brokers slid 10 cents to at $1.80, with 150 shares passing through the market. Caribbean Cream lost 5 cents to $5.10, in an exchange of 32,621 shares, Caribbean Flavours gained 4 cents to close at $1.74, with 339,826 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished with a loss of 2 cents at $2.34, after trading 4,612 stock units. Derrimon Trading lost 11 cents in closing at $2.64, in an exchange of 32,573 shares, Express Catering ended 5 cents lower at $3.85 after a transfer of 2,305 units, General Accident closed at $6.50, after losing 19 cents trading 2,790 units. GWest Corporation gained 11 cents to settle at 86 cents, with an exchange of 1,000 units, Honey Bun lost 4 cents in closing at $4.85 trading 59,977 shares, iCreate lost 2 cents to settle at 70 cents, with 2,713 units crossing the market. Indies Pharma gained 1 cent to settle at $2.67 and finishing with a transfer of 24,600 shares, Iron Rock Insurance shed 37 cents to end at $2.51, in an exchange of 50,000 shares, Jamaican Teas picked up 14 cents to end at $5, in transferring 49,971 shares. Jetcon Corporation rose 9 cents to settle at 89 cents, clearing the market with 35,416 shares, Knutsford Express dipped 45 cents to $6.30, trading 10,004 stock units, Lasco Distributors shed 5 cents to close at $3.10 after crossing the market, with 441,987 shares. Lasco Financial lost 1 cent in closing at $2.07, with 36,683 stock units passing through the market, Lasco Manufacturing slipped 3 cents to $3.42, with 10,900 stock units crossing the exchange, Lumber Depot gained 3 cents in ending at $1.08 and exchanging 370,772 shares. Mailpac Group rose 1 cent to close at $1.99, with a transfer of 422,033 stocks, Main Event rose 49 cents to $3.74 in an exchange of 600 units, Medical Disposables gained 79 cents in closing at $4.30, with 20,154 stock units changing hands. Tropical Battery lost 3 cents to finish at $1.14, in trading 3,944,991 shares and tTech rose 90 cents to settle at $6.40 after exchanging 1,000 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading remained fairly steady on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, with Market Index slipping a mere 2.01 points to 2,491.71 despite stocks than rising stocks outdid falling ones three to one after 46 percent fewer shares traded than on Wednesday.
Trading ended with 30 securities changing hands versus 32 on Wednesday and ended with the prices of 18 stocks rising, the prices of seven declining and five with prices remaining unchanged.
At the close, the average PE Ratio of the market ended at 10.7 based on the IC Insider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 2,441,975 shares for $5,915,805 compared to 4,500,883 units at $9,523,058 on Wednesday. Caribbean Flavour led trading with 36 percent of total volume for an exchange of 879,378 shares, followed by Tropical Battery with 15.4 percent of the day’s trade or 375,005 units and Jamaican Teas with 318,487 units for 13 percent market share.
Trading ended with an average of 81,399 units at $197,193 in contrast to 140,653 at $297,596 on Wednesday. For the month to date, the average trade resulted in an exchange of 328,102 units at $705,612, in comparison to 350,530 units at $751,832 on Wednesday. Trading in September resulted in an average of 119,171 units at $249,355.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market was negative for Friday’s trading, with five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and nine with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging lost 14 cents to settle at $1.86 after exchanging 11,664 shares, Blue Power climbed 40 cents to end at $3.46 with investors transferring 100 units, Caribbean Cream rose 1 cent to finish at $4.71 with 32,500 stocks passing through the market Caribbean Flavours shed 53 cents to close at $1.76 with the trading 879,378 stocks, Caribbean Producers gained 4 cents to settle at $2.20 with 100,000 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading advanced 9 cents to end at $2.65 with an exchange of,5,000 stock units. Elite Diagnostic fell 9 cents to finish at $3.05 with investors switching ownership of 2,050 shares, Express Catering jumped 35 cents to $3.90 with 120 units passing through the market, Fontana dropped 30 cents to settle at $4.65 with 164,450 stock units traded. Fosrich advanced 19 cents to end at $3.39 with 300 stock units changing hands, Honey Bun rose 8 cents to finish at $4.89 with investors transferring 7,907 units, iCreate gained 6 cents to close at 72 cents with 42,657 shares passing through the market. Jamaican Teas rose 8 cents, with an exchange of 318,487 shares to settle at $4.99 Jetcon Corporation ended 2 cents higher at 87 cents with 20,005 stock units changing hands, KLE Group advanced 6 cents to finish at $1.42 with 1,250 stocks traded. Knutsford Express jumped $1.05 to close at $6.85 with investors switching ownership of 11,579 units, Lasco Financial lost 4 cents to settle at $2.05 with 7,944 shares passing through the market, Lasco Manufacturing increased 22 cents to end at $3.58 with an exchange of 32,849 shares. Limners and Bards fell 9 cents to finish at $2.60 with 85,853 units changing hands, Lumber Depot rose 1 cent, trading 108,529 stocks to close at $1.05, Mailpac Group finished 1 cent higher at $1.95 with investors transferring 58,758 stock units. Main Event advanced 14 cents to settle at $3.40 with an exchange of 17,963 units, Medical Disposables climbed 44 cents to end at $4.74 with 23,588 stock units passing through the market and tTech jumped 50 cents to $5.50 with 1,000 stock units crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 slipped 4 cents to close at 95 cents, with 7,737 stocks changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Junior Market suffered a second day of decline with the Index falling 25.69 points to settle at 2,476.80, after an exchange of 75 percent fewer shares than on Friday with the value of trading falling by 77 percent after Caribbean Flavours started trading after the ten to one stock split.
Caribbean Flavours a Derrimon’s subsidiary
Trading ended with 33 securities changing hands than 35 on Friday and closed with 10 stocks rising, 15 declining and 8 with prices remaining unchanged. At the close, the average PE Ratio of the market ended at 11.1 based on the IC Insider.com forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 2,681,105 shares for $8,677,248 compared to 10,543,614 units at $37,132,664 on Friday. Tropical Battery led trading with 29.6 percent of total volume with 793,822 shares, followed by Elite Diagnostic with 18.7 percent or 500,110 units and MailPac Group at 10 percent market share with 267,482 units.
Trading ended with an average of 81,246 units at $262,947 in contrast to 301,246 units at $1,060,933 on Friday. For the month to date, the average trade resulted in an exchange of 396,297 units at $835,223 compared to 440,727 units at $915,928 on Friday. Trading in September resulted in an average of 119,171 units at $249,355.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging added 6 cents to finish at $1.86, with a transfer of 100 units, Blue Power rose 35 cents to $3.55 in trading 17,596 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers lost 4 cents to settle at $1.95, with 750 units passing through the market. Caribbean Flavours gained 42 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.38, with investors transferring 90,527 stocks, after the ten to one stock split took effect, Elite Diagnostic lost 5 cents to finish at $3.10, in exchanging 500,110 shares, Express Catering gained 38 cents to close at $3.98 with 6,500 units passing through the market. Fontana ended 5 cents lower at $4.95 in trading 98,829 shares, Fosrich lost 10 cents to finish at $3.44, with a transfer of 1,001 units, GWest Corporation lost 6 cents to settle at 74 cents, with an exchange of 10,052 stock units. Honey Bun gained 1 cent to close at $4.90 with 16,065 stock units changing hands, iCreate slipped 6 cents to 66 cents with 3,000 units passing through the market, Indies Pharma ended at $2.75, after losing 14 cents trading 7,350 units. Jamaican Teas gained 1 cent, with an exchange of 194,095 shares to finish at $5, Lasco Distributors closed 5 cents lower at $3.08, with 325 units changing hands, Lasco Financial gained 5 cents to close at $2.10, after a transfer of 16,712 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing slid 14 cents to end at $3.36, in trading 84,408 shares, Limners and Bards lost 2 cents to end at $2.65 after exchanging 204,682 shares, Mailpac lost 1 cent to close at $1.94 with 267,482 stock units changing hands, Main Event rose 49 cents to $3.74, with 2,266 units passing through the market. Medical Disposables gained 5 cents to close at $4.55, in exchanging 5,000 units, SSL Venture Capital lost 10 cents trading 2,382 units to close at 50 cents, Stationery and Office Supplies slid 75 cents to $4.85, with investors switching ownership of 2,000 units. Tropical Battery added 1 cent in trading 793,822 shares to settle at $1.10 and tTech dropped $1.40 to end at $5, with 1,600 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Market activity resulted in 122 percent more shares trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday than for Wednesday and ended, with the market rising after an even number of stocks rose and declined.
Trading ended with 33 securities changing hands compared to 35 on Wednesday and concluded with the prices of 13 stocks rising, the prices of 13 stocks declining and seven with prices remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index advanced 4.29 points to settle at 2,504.27. The market’s average PE Ratio ended at 10.9 based on the IC Insider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 6,110,406 shares for $14,758,537 compared to 2,756,683 units at $10,338,812 on Wednesday. Tropical Battery led trading with 43.5 percent of total volume for an exchange of 2.66 million shares, followed by Fontana with 21.2 percent of the day’s trade or 1.29 million units for and Lumber Depot with 1.17 million units for 19.2 percent market share.
Trading ended with an average of 185,164 units at $447,228 in contrast to 78,762 at $295,395 on Wednesday. For the month to date, the average trade amounts to 465,259 units at $890,425, compared to 520,940 units at $978,530 on Wednesday. Trading in September resulted in an average of 119,171 units at $249,355.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost 3 cents to end at $22.09 in an exchange of 1,000 shares, AMG Packaging fell 24 cents to settle at $1.56 with 2,330 stock units passing through the market, Blue Power advanced 12 cents to $3.20 with an exchange of 106 units. Cargo Handlers dropped 14 cents to close at $7.75 with 548 stocks changing hands, Caribbean Producers rose 10 cents to $2.30 with investors transferring 400 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 28 cents to settle at $1.47 with an exchange of 5,100 stocks. Dolphin Cove gained 10 cents to finish at $7 with 1,000 stock units passing through the market, Express Catering shed 33 cents to close at $3.75 with two shares changing hands, Fontana declined by 6 cents after trading 1,293,562 shares to end at $4.99. Honey Bun fell 9 cents to settle at $4.80, trading 11,919 stocks, Indies Pharma advanced 11 cents to finish at $2.75 with 47,373 shares passing through the market, Jamaican Teas gained 5 cents to close at $5.25 with an exchange of 62,682 shares. Jetcon Corporation lost 12 cents to end at 79 cents in trading 144,350 units, KLE Group finished 6 cents higher at $1.42 after trading 698 stocks, Knutsford Express jumped $1 to $6.50 in the transfer of 625 shares. Lasco Distributors declined 10 cents to $3.02 with 45,412 stocks passing through the market, Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $2.05 with an exchange of 2,300 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing rose 9 cents to $3.49 with 62,452 shares changing hands. Limners and Bards increased 2 cents to finish at $2.67, in switching the ownership of 46,717, Lumber Depot dipped 1 cent, trading 1,170,743 shares to close at $1.08, Mailpac Group lost 1 cent to settle at $1.97 with 270,145 stocks passing through the market. Main Event jumped 50 cents to end at $3.75 with an exchange of 5,125 stock units, Medical Disposables dropped 5 cents to finish at $4.55 with 7,000 stocks changing hands, SSL Venture gained 4 cents to settle at 60 cents with 82,319 stocks traded. Tropical Battery rose 3 cents after trading 2,656,928 stock units to close at $1.08 and tTech lost 25 cents to end at $5.75 with 14,081 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange index rose moderately at the close on Tuesday, despite more stocks falling than rising after investors traded 34 percent more shares than on Monday.
Trading ended with 36 securities changing hands compared to 32 on Monday and concluded with the prices of 11 stocks rising, the prices of 16 declining and nine with prices remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index carved out a gain of 9.27 points to settle at 2,533.75. The average PE Ratio ended at 10.9 based on the IC Insider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 8,538,074 shares for $11,671,236 compared to 6,359,921 units at $13,064,680 on Monday. GWest Corporation led trading with 55.2 percent of total volume with an exchange of 4.72 million shares, followed by Tropical Battery with 23.5 percent of the day’s trade or 2 million units and Mailpac Group with 417,939 units for 4.9 percent market share.
Trading ended with an average of 237,169 units at $324,201 in contrast to 198,748 at $408,271 on Monday. For the month to date, the average trade ended in an exchange of 639,080 units at $1,161,047, in comparison to 791,382 units at $1,478,168 on Monday. Trading in September resulted in an average of 119,171 units at $249,355. IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging rose 1 cent to end at $1.80 trading 21,100 shares, Cargo Handlers gained $1.55 to finish at $7.90 with 10 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours dipped 8 cents to settle at $18.42 with an exchange of 35,751 shares. Consolidated Bakeries advanced 14 cents to close at $1.49 with 8,000 shares passing through the market, Derrimon Trading lost 6 cents to end at $2.74 with investors transferring 282,694 stocks units, Everything Fresh finished 1 cent higher at 70 cents with an exchange of 26,000 stocks. Fontana added 2 cents to settle at $5.05 with investors switching ownership of 54,716 stock units, Fosrich shed 40 cents to close at $3.35, with 128,000 units changing hands, General Accident climbed 15 cents to end at $6.50 with 22,718 units passing through the market. GWest Corporation gained 12 cents trading 4,715,757 stocks to finish at 90 cents, iCreate slipped 2 cents to close at 73 cents with investors transferring 19,725 shares, Indies Pharma advanced 17 cents to end at $2.85 with an exchange of 168 stock units. Iron Rock Insurance fell 17 cents to settle at $2.88 with 136 units changing hands, ISP Finance rose 10 cents to finish at $15.10 with 1,015 shares traded, Jamaican Teas climbed 43 cents to close at $5.29 with investors switching ownership of 240,317 stock units. Jetcon Corporation dropped 12 cents to end at 79 cents in exchanging 11,660 shares, KLE Group slipped 6 cents to settle at $1.36 with 11,000 stocks passing through the market, Knutsford Express shed 40 cents to finish at $6.50 with investors transferring 7,259 shares. Lasco Distributors lost 11 cents to close at $3.02 with 85,835 shares traded, Lasco Financial fell 5 cents to end at $2.05 with 50,176 stocks changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing slipped 1 cent to $3.49 with 36,554 stocks passing through the market. Limners and Bards lost 10 cents to finish at $2.65 with an exchange of 91,002 stocks, Lumber Depot fell 1 cent trading 155,263 stock units to close at $1.09, Mailpac Group gained 2 cents to end at $2 with 417,939 units passing through the market. Main Event dropped 8 cents to settle at $3.30 with an exchange of 2,950 shares, Medical Disposables lost 4 cents to finish at $4.70 with 1,996 units changing hands and Tropical Battery fell 3 cents to settle at $1.05 with 2,003,876 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Investors knocked 42.94 points off the Junior Market Index on Monday to close at 2,524.48 points with 27 percent fewer shares trading than on Friday and 18 percent lower value.
Trading ended with 32 securities changing hands compared to 30 on Friday and closed with the prices of 10 stocks rising, 12 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index dropped 42.94 points to settle at 2,524.48. The average PE Ratio of the market ended at 10.9 based on the IC Insider.com forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 6,359,921 shares for $13,064,680 compared to 8,653,225 units at $15,890,750 on Friday. Tropical Battery led trading with 70.1 percent of total volume after an exchange of 4.46 million shares, followed by MailPac Group with 6.4 percent for 409,301 units and Lumber Depot with 4.7 percent market or 299,442 shares.
Trading ended with an average of 198,748 units at $408,271 in contrast to 288,441 at $529,692 on Friday. For the month to date, the average trade resulted in 791,382 units at $1,478,168, compared to 1,092,403 units at $2,021,607 on Friday. Trading in September resulted in an average of 119,171 units at 249,355. IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell $1.88 to $22.12, with 1,000 shares crossing the exchange, AMG Packaging gained 16 cents ending at $1.79, in trading 15,837 stock units, Blue Power shed 50 cents to close at $3.08 after exchanging 1,208 units. Cargo Handlers ended $1.45 lower at $6.35, with investors swapping 400 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers lost 14 cents to close at $1.85, after 3,249 stock units crossed the exchange, Caribbean Flavours gained 10 cents to end at $18.50, in exchanging 185,769 shares. Caribbean Producers gained 20 cents to finish at $2.40 trading 28,945 shares, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.35, with gains of 23 cents, with 8,414 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove finished 10 cents higher at $7, in trading 284 units. Express Catering picked up 3 cents to end at $4.08, after exchanging 3,740 stock units, Fontana lost 2 cents to settle at $5.03 trading 74,649 shares, Fosrich slipped 15 cents to close at $3.75, with 5,054 stock units changing hands. General Accident gained 20 cents to close at $6.35, with 1,575 units crossing the market, Honey Bun rose 10 cents to $4.90, after an exchange of 28,625 shares, Indies Pharma lost 22 cents in ending at $2.68, after trading 19,700 stock units. Jamaican Teas lost 14 cents to finish at $4.86, after exchanging 224,378 shares, Lasco Distributors carved out a gain of 2 cents to settle at $3.13, after clearing the market with 1,203 stock units, Lasco Financial picked up 5 cents to finish at $2.10, with 163,405 shares crossing the exchange. Lumber Depot lost 1 cent to settle at $1.10, after clearing the market with 299,442 shares, Mailpac Group fell 2 cents to $1.98, with a transfer of 409,301 shares, Medical Disposables shed 29 cents to close at $4.74, with investors switching ownership of 3,753 stock units and Tropical Battery fell 9 cents to settle at $1.08, in an exchange of 4,460,990 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Mailpac dominated trading on Thursday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with over 80 percent of the day’s volume, contributing to 257 percent more shares traded than on Wednesday as the market declined despite more stocks rising than falling.
Mailpac dominated trading on Thursday, with 84% of the total volume of the market.
Trading ended with an exchange of 33 securities, as was the case on Wednesday, and concluded with the prices of 15 stocks rising, the prices of 12 declining and six with prices remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index dropped 22.52 points to settle at 2,533.16. The average PE Ratio of the market ended at 11 based on the IC Insider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 60,168,191 shares for $111,470,486 compared to 16,863,058 units at $25,635,940 on Wednesday. Mailpac Group led trading with 83.9 percent of total volume with an exchange of 50.48 million shares, followed by Tropical Battery with 11 percent of the day’s trade or 6.62 million units for and Jamaican Teas with 1.10 million units for 1.8 percent market share.
Trading ended with an average of 1,823,279 units at $3,377,894 compared to 511,002 at $776,847 on Wednesday, compared to 119,171 units at $249,355 to round out the month of September. IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $4.59 to finish at $22.03 with 1,260 shares traded, AMG Packaging gained 7 cents to end at $1.69 with 4,675 stock units passing through the market, Blue Power added 3 cents to settle at $3.19 with an exchange of 1,320 units. Caribbean Cream rose 12 cents to close at $4.50 with 43,673 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours climbed $1.45 to finish at $18.45 with 5,000 stocks traded, Elite Diagnostic shed 13 cents to settle at $3.02 with 34,001 stock units passing through the market. Everything Fresh gained 5 cents to close at 69 cents with investors transferring 5,254 shares, Express Catering gained 7 cents to end at $4.15 with an exchange of 500 stocks, Fontana increased 10 cents to close at $5.10 with 72,365 shares changing hands. Fosrich climbed 22 cents to settle at $3.90 with investors switching ownership of 510 shares, General Accident declined 21 cents to $6.15 in trading 7,500 units, GWest Corporation slipped 3 cents to 78 cents with 12,000 stocks passing through the market. Honey Bun declined 2 cents in exchanging 52,114 shares to close at $4.78, Indies Pharma finished 2 cents higher at $2.95 with investors transferring 151,118 shares, Jamaican Teas rose 8 cents and traded 1,099,894 stock units to end at $4.91. Jetcon Corporation advanced 14 cents to 95 cents with 97,400 stocks changing hands, KLE Group climbed 6 cents to $1.42 with 101 stocks passing through the market, Lasco Distributors gained 3 cents to finish at $3.11 with an exchange of 78,600 units. Lasco Financial fell 5 cents to end at $2.05 with investors switching ownership of 103,001 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing lost 1 cent to settle at $3.41 with 3,429 shares traded, Limner and Bards lost 5 cents to close at $2.65 with 34,783 shares changing hands. Lumber Depot slipped 1 cent to end at $1.07 with 112,855 stock units passing through the market, Mailpac Group declined by 4 cents and exchanged 50,482,009 shares to finish at $2.05, Tropical Battery dropped 11 cents to settle at $1.18 with investors transferring 6,620,968 stocks after the price hit a new high of $1.35. Stationery and Office Supplies jumped $1.39 to end at $5.59 with 5,211 units traded and tTech rose 70 cents to close at $6.70 with 15,048 units crossing the exchange. In the preference segment, CAC 2000, 9.5% lost 15 cents to finish at $1.02, with 45 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
More stocks gained than declined on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with the market rising after the volume of shares trading jumped 1,341 percent over Tuesday’s level, with the newly listed Tropical Battery accounting for 34 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading ended with 33 securities changing hands, compared to 34 on Tuesday and ended with the prices of 15 stocks rising, the prices of 12 stocks declining, with six, remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index gained 35.55 points to settle at the highest point since mid-August at 2,555.68 and the average PE Ratio of the market ended at 10.9 based on IC Insider.com forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 16,863,058 shares for $25,635,940 compared to 1,170,245 units at $5,056,500 on Tuesday. GWest Corporation led trading with 45.5 percent of the day’s volume in trading 7.67 million shares, followed by Tropical Battery with 34.2 percent of the day’s trade, accounting for 5.76 million units and Fontana with 6.6 percent market share amounting to 1.11 million units.
Trading ended with an average of 511,002 units at $776,847 in contrast to 34,419 at $148,721 on Tuesday. For the month to date, the average trade resulted in an exchange of 119,171 units at $249,355, in comparison to 99,609 units at $223,021 on Tuesday. Trading in August ended, with an average of 104,414 units at $321,996 trading. IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed $4.62, to $26.62 in trading 43,179 shares, AMG Packaging lost 18 cents to close at $1.62, with 11,432 stock units passing through the market, Caribbean Cream gained 6 cents to end at $4.38, in exchanging 50 units. Caribbean Flavours closed at $17, after losing $1.16 with 18,437 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Producers gained 5 cents to end at $2.35, with 483,222 shares clearing the market, Derrimon Trading shed 13 cents to settle at $2.80 as investors switched ownership of 60,873 shares. Elite Diagnostic gained 3 cents to finish at $3.15 trading 35,542 stock units, Everything Fresh lost 7 cents to settle at 64 cents after exchanging 63,318 shares, Express Catering ended at $4.08, with a loss of 2 cents and 1,565 units changing hands. Fontana carved out a gain of 27 cents to close at $5, after finishing with the transfer of 1,109,904 shares, Fosrich advanced 17 cents to $3.68 trading 255,255 shares, General Accident gained 6 cents to end at $6.36, in transferring 22,000 stock units. GWest Corporation carved out a loss 14 cents to settle at 81 cents in trading 7,670,526 shares, Honey Bun lost 5 cents to end at $4.80, with 6,684 units crossing the exchange, iCreate lost 1 cent to end at 74 cents, with investors swapping 2,400 stock units. Indies Pharma advanced 13 cents to $2.93, in exchanging 278,260 shares, Jamaican Teas jumped 53 cents to $4.83, with 161,040 shares crossing the exchange, Jetcon Corporation shed 18 cents to settle at 81 cents, with a transfer of 288,766 shares. Knutsford Express lost 10 cents to close at $6.80, in trading 3,149 units, Lasco Distributors lost 2 cents, ending at $3.08 with 6,900 stock units passing through the market, Lasco Financial gained 2 cents to settle at $2.10, in exchanging 73,600 shares. Mailpac Group rose 4 cents to end at $2.09 in trading 104,216 shares, Medical Disposables carved out a gain of 1 cent to close at $5.03, with 4,217 stock units crossing the market. Tropical Battery rose 29 cents to end at a new closing high of $1.29, after exchanging 5,764,184 shares on the first day of the being listed after a successful public offer. SSL Venture gained 2 cents to close at 56 cents, in an exchange of 261,459 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 19 cents to end at $4.20, with four stock units crossing the market and tTech shed 28 cents in closing at $6 after 1,960 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.