Stocks ended with a bounce on Tuesday, with the market. Index spiked 32.96 points higher to settle at 3,396.33 after hitting a high of 3,405.06 points in early trading and closed, with the volume of stocks traded falling 39 percent and the value down 27 percent compared to Monday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
A total of 37 securities traded up from 36 on Monday and ended with 17 rising, 13 declining and seven closing unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute an appropriate value of a stock, averages 13.1 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 3,308,374 shares changing hands for $10,279,533 compared to 5,457,462 units at $14,101,487 on Monday.
Future Energy Source led trading with 22 percent of total volume after trading 728,575 shares followed by Lumber Depot 14.4 percent, with 475,642 units and Jamaican Teas 10.7 percent after an exchange of 355,026 units.
Trading averaged 89,416 units at $277,825, in contrast to 151,596 at $391,708 on Monday. Month to date trades average 147,927 units at $444,785, compared to 155,418 units at $466,160 on Monday. June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,459.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging shed 11 cents to close at $1.57 in exchanging 7,966 shares, Blue Power fell 7 cents to $3.53 after trading 35,000 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers dipped 13 cents to $1.78 with 4,259 units crossing the market. Caribbean Cream shed 20 cents to end at $5.50 in an exchange of 16,175 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries rallied 21 cents to a 52 weeks’ close of $1.89 with a transfer of 900 units, Elite Diagnostic advanced 48 cents to $3.58 with 107,088 shares crossing the exchange. Everything Fresh picked up 6 cents to close at $1.06 with 5,906 stocks changing hands, Express Catering lost 5 cents to finish at $6 in transferring 30,510 stock units, Fontana fell 6 cents to $6 after exchanging 113,332 shares. Fosrich dropped 67 cents to $7.60 with the swapping of 58,741 units, Future Energy Source popped 6 cents to close at a record closing high of $1.50 in switching ownership of 728,575 stocks, Honey Bun shed 24 cents in closing at $6.53 and exchanging 40,633 stock units, Indies Pharma climbed 40 cents to $3.90 in trading 62,826 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance spiked 81 cents to $4.20 in trading 58,957 shares, Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents in closing at $1.35 with 7,155 units crossing the market, Knutsford Express rallied 7 cents to $7.15 after an exchange of 5,613 stocks, Lasco Distributors rose 21 cents to $4.09 with 6,182 stock units changing hands. 
Lasco Financial gained 17 cents to end at $3.32 in switching ownership of 6,510 shares, Lasco Manufacturing picked up 9 cents in closing at $5.35 with a transfer of 6,025 stock units, Mailpac Group fell 11 cents to $3.83 with the swapping of 347,242 shares, Medical Disposables dipped 15 cents to $5 with an exchange of 40,174 units. Paramount Trading rallied 21 cents to settle at $1.37 in exchanging 687 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies popped 25 cents to $8 in trading 29,956 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Lasco Manufacturing declined by 15 cents to $5.30, with 15,298 units changing hands. Limners and Bards gained 14 cents to finish at $3.26 with 56,144 stocks traded, Lumber Depot rose 5 cents to $3.45 with a transfer of 436,393 stocks and SSL Venture rallied 10 cents to 78 cents with 600 shares crossing the exchange.
Thirty eight (38) securities traded from 39 on Tuesday and ended with prices 22 rising, 11 declining and five closing unchanged.
At the close, Access Financial jumped $1.61 to $22.70 with 200 shares changing hands, Blue Power rose 10 cents to $3.50, with an exchange of 11,360 units, Cargo Handlers shed 70 cents to $7.80 in trading 5,913 stocks. Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 10 cents to close at $1.99, with a transfer of 3,655 shares, Caribbean Cream rallied 5 cents to $5.75 with an exchange of 1,748 units, Caribbean Flavours popped 7 cents to $2.16, with 2,000,340 stocks changing hands. Caribbean Producers rose 5 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $4.75, with 232,325 shares passing through the market, Elite Diagnostic rallied 6 cents to $3.11 in swapping 53,864 units, Express Catering climbed 30 cents to $6.30, with 15,250 stocks traded. Fontana slipped 5 cents to $6.02, with a transfer of 37,705 shares, GWest Corporation slipped 6 cents to $1.09, with 68,788 units clearing the market, Indies Pharma rose 7 cents to $3.70 in an exchange of 10,249 units. Iron Rock Insurance climbed 39 cents to $3.39 with 12,310 stocks changing hands, Jamaican Teas slipped 5 cents to $4.05 in switching ownership of 111,288 shares, KLE Group popped 30 cents to $1.35 with 8,422 units traded. Lasco Distributors rose 8 cents to $4, with a transfer of 34,518 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing rose 6 cents to $5.45 with an exchange of 420,003 shares, Limners and Bards fell 14 cents to $3.12 with 914 stock units changing hands.
Lumber Depot rose 9 cents to $3.40, with 235,690 shares changing hands, Main Event climbed 30 cents to $5 with 23,226 stocks traded, Medical Disposables shed 44 cents to close at $4.41 with a transfer of 48,748 units. Stationery and Office Supplies slipped 5 cents to $7.75, with 51,207 stock units changing hands and tTech spiked 33 cents to $4.75, with 125 shares crossing the exchange.
The Junior Market Index slipped a mere 0.21 points to end at 3,402.30 after moving up to 3,440,85 points within half an hour of the opening.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Main Event popped 23 cents to $5.43 with an exchange of 3,340 stock units, Medical Disposables climbed 20 cents to $4.95 with 5,202 shares traded, Stationery and Office Supplies gained 15 cents to end at $7.80, with a transfer of 5,639 stocks, Tropical Battery slipped 5 cents to $1.44 with 242,180 units changing hands and tTech shed 35 cents to close at $4.40 with 400 shares crossing the exchange.
A total of 34 securities traded, down from 40 on Wednesday and ended with 18 rising, 12 declining and four, closing unchanged. Two stocks closed at 52 weeks; highs.
At the close of trading Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Limners and Bards rallied 9 cents to $3.39, with 39,371 shares clearing the market, Mailpac Group declined 20 cents to $3.70 in trading 507,840 stock units, Main Event fell 23 cents to $5.20 with the swapping of 12,470 stocks, SSL Venture added 3 cents to close at 66 cents, with 500 shares crossing the exchange and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 5 cents to close at $7.65 in exchanging 813 shares.
Trading averaged 177,816 units at $565,968 in contrast to 417,435 shares at $1,150,844 on Tuesday. The month to date trading averaged 225,705 units at $644,463, compared to 228,139 units at $648,452 on Tuesday. May closed with an average of 318,089 units at $760,337.
Limners and Bards popped 28 cents to $3.30 with an exchange of 275,726 stock units, Lumber Depot dipped 7 cents to $3.27, with 406,905 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables climbed 48 cents to $4.73 with 405,627 units passing through the market, Paramount Trading rose 11 cents to $1.26 with 376,855 stocks traded and Stationery and Office Supplies shed 40 cents to close at $7.60, with 3,622 shares crossing the exchange.
At the close, the Junior Market Index popped 3.07 points to 3,338.44, after moving as high as just over 3,398 points at the opening of the market. The PE Ratio used to compute the relative value of a stock averages 13 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of earnings for 2021-22 .
At the close, Access Financial dropped 96 cents to $20.54 in exchanging 1,162 shares, Blue Power rallied 32 cents to $3.72, with an exchange of 4,300 shares. CAC 2000 spiked $1.58 to $12.10 in trading 8 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers shed 9 cents to close at $1.91, with 21,950 shares clearing the market, Caribbean Cream popped 9 cents to $5.47, with the swapping of 10,261 units. Caribbean Flavours advanced 5 cents to $2.19, trading 3,913 stock units, Caribbean Producers gained 25 cents to end at $4.35 with the swapping of 497,682 units, Derrimon Trading fell 5 cents to $2.50 in exchanging 10,296,266 units. Dolphin Cove dropped 40 cents to $8 after 1,215 units crossed the market, Elite Diagnostic slipped 15 cents to $3, trading 11,001 units, Express Catering dropped 25 cents to $6.10 in exchanging 154,986 shares. Fosrich spiked 41 cents to $8.41 after trading 1,406 units, Future Energy Source gained 17 cents in ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.34, with 1,165,828 shares crossing the exchange, General Accident surged 43 cents to $5.68 with an exchange of 2,785 shares. GWest Corporation gained 19 cents ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.04 in an exchange of 59,289 units after the company posted audited accounts showing a small profit but with a large portion of income coming from revaluation gains on the investment property. Honey Bun dropped 15 cents to $6.85 after 67,279 units crossed the exchange, Indies Pharma rallied 30 cents to $3.55 in switching ownership of 17,910 units, Jamaican Teas fell 35 cents to $4.05 in trading 1,035,902 units, Jetcon Corporation shed 6 cents to $1.29 trading 2,500 shares. 
KLE Group slipped 12 cents to $1.23, in an exchange of 78,285 units, Knutsford Express surged $1.71 to $8.75 after an exchange of 6,342 shares, Lasco Distributors dropped 16 cents to $3.95, trading 83,468 stock units, Lasco Financial dipped 9 cents to $3.24 after exchanging 54,873 stock units. Mailpac Group rose 5 cents to $3.90 with the swapping of 609,404 stock units, Main Event rallied 23 cents to $5.43 in exchanging 33,206 stock units, SSL Venture dipped 5 cents to 60 cents with an exchange of 7,000 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 40 cents to $8 after an exchange of 600 stocks.
At the close, Access Financial dropped $1.38 to $21.50 with 100 shares traded, AMG Packaging fell 14 cents to $1.56 with 55,000 stocks changing hands, Blue Power lost 20 cents to end at $3.40 with an exchange of 20,000 stock units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 10 cents to $2 with a transfer of 1,000 shares, Caribbean Cream fell 37 cents to $5.38 in switching ownership of 29,168 units, Consolidated Bakeries added 5 cents to end at $1.75 with 1,660 stocks traded. Dolphin Cove slipped 10 cents to $8.40 with 382 stock units changing hands, Express Catering popped 90 cents to $6.35 with an exchange of 89,197 shares, General Accident fell 25 cents to $5.25 with a transfer of 5,000 stocks. GWest Corporation rose 5 cents to 85 cents with 195,827 units passing through the market, Honey Bun gained 5 cents to end at $7 with 5,500 stock units traded, Indies Pharma dropped 48 cents to $3.25 with 291,275 shares changing hands. Iron Rock Insurance slipped 7 cents to $3.03 with an exchange of 13,250 units, ISP Finance spiked $4.45 to $22.43 with a transfer of 100 stock units, Jamaican Teas slipped 7 cents to $4.40 with 1,410,943 stocks changing hands after the price hit an intraday high of $4.60. Jetcon Corporation dropped 13 cents to $1.35 with 78,559 shares traded, KLE Group rallied 10 cents to finish at $1.35 with 2,419 units changing hands, Knutsford Express shed $1.71 to close at $7.04 with an exchange of 5,426 stocks.
Lasco Distributors slipped 9 cents to $4.11 with a transfer of 229,778 stock units, Limners and Bards lost 8 cents to end at $3.01 with investors swapping 34,350 shares. Main Event fell 23 cents to $5.20 with 26,845 stocks traded. Medical Disposables dipped 30 cents to $4.22 with a transfer of 161,393 units and Stationery and Office Supplies declined by 40 cents to $7.60 with 40,000 stock units crossing the exchange.
Market activity led to 40 securities trading compared to 38 on Wednesday and ended with the prices of 21 stocks rising, 12 declining and seven closing unchanged.
Trading averaged 234,595 units at $1,015,411 in contrast to 131,513 at $378,920 on Wednesday. Trading month to date, ended with an average of 221,939 units at $628,682, compared to 221,140 units at $604,278 on Wednesday. May ended with an average of 318,089 units at $760,337.
Lasco Financial gained 13 cents to finish at $3.35 with 45,330 stocks changing hands, Limners and Bards rose 7 cents to $3.13 with 37,230 shares traded, Lumber Depot slipped 6 cents to $3.27 with a transfer of 153,063 stock units. Mailpac Group lost 5 cents to end at $3.90 with investors trading 1,539,082 units, Main Event popped 43 cents to $5.43 with 16,609 stocks changing hands and Paramount Trading fell 7 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $1.15 with 875 shares crossing the exchange.
Market activity led to 40 securities trading, up from 35 on Monday, with prices of 14 rising, 18 declining and eight ending unchanged.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Medical Disposables spiked 49 cents to finish at $5 with an exchange of 591 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 40 cents to $7.60 with investors switching ownership of 7,500 stocks, Tropical Battery rose 6 cents to $1.37, with 331,978 units traded and tTech gained 5 cents to close at $4.75 with 5,298 stock units crossing the exchange.