Investors pushed 22 stocks higher on Thursday and left 10 declining after 45 securities trading compared with 44 on Wednesday and ended with 13 closing unchanged with the market index jumping 50.05 points to 3,783.30, following a near 51 points gain over the previous two trading days and ended trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with the volume and value of stocks traded declining 90 percent from trading on Wednesday.
A total of 10,388,698 shares changed hands for $24,745,282 compared to 99,492,688 units at $248,103,688 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 230,860 shares at $549,895, compared with 2,261,197 units at $5,638,720 on Wednesday. Trading month to date, averages 416,223 units at $983,962 compared to 428,507 stock units at $1,012,729 on the previous day. November closed with an average of 262,280 units at $587,545.
Spur Tree Spices led trading with 3.09 million shares for 29.7 percent of total volume followed by EduFocal with 1.10 million units for 10.6 percent of the day’s trade and Future Energy with 1.05 million units for 10.1 percent of the day’s trade.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.8, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial rallied 50 cents and ended at $25 in an exchange of 185 units, AMG Packaging rallied 57 cents to $2.97 with traders dealing in 56,652 stocks, Blue Power climbed 28 cents to end at $2.94 after a transfer of 67 shares. Caribbean Cream rose 56 cents to $4.20, with 23,845 stock units changing hands, Derrimon Trading gained 12 cents to close at $2.01 with a transfer of 26 shares, Dolla Financial popped 9 cents to $2.60 after exchanging 217,112 stock units. Dolphin Cove advanced 10 cents to end at $17.10 with investors swapping 11,571 units, Fontana sank 14 cents to $10 in an exchange of 91,263 stocks, Honey Bun popped 14 cents and ended at $6.40 with investors trading 107 shares. ISP Finance rallied $4.15 to close at $29 with just 100 stock units clearing the market, Jamaican Teas increased 9 cents to $2.59 with investors transferring 48,336 stocks, J
etcon Corporation climbed 11 cents in closing at 90 cents in switching ownership of 530,832 units. KLE Group rose 40 cents to end at $1.90 while exchanging 784,660 shares, Knutsford Express advanced $1.20 to close at $12.60 with 300 stock units crossing the market, Lasco Manufacturing skidded 14 cents and ended at $4.50 with an exchange of 11,703 units. Lumber Depot gained 10 cents and landed at $2.60, with 270,334 stock units crossing the market, MFS Capital Partners lost 27 cents in closing at $2 after an exchange of 173,637 shares, Paramount Trading shed 26 cents to end at $1.43 in trading 6,800 stocks. Spur Tree Spices jumped 44 cents and ended at $3.33 as investors exchanged 3,088,133 units and Tropical Battery increased 21 cents to close at $1.95 after investors ended trading 272,925 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Friday’s bulk trading returns to Junior Market
The large blocks of stocks in four companies that swelled trading on Friday dominated trading again on Wednesday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with the overall volume and the value of stocks traded rising a mere one percent over trading on Friday with trading in 44 securities up from 40 on Friday and ended with prices of 18 rising, 15 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
Mailpac Group was the leading trade with 50.06 million shares for 50.3 percent of total volume followed by Jamaican Teas with 32.75 million units for 32.9 percent of the day’s trade, Future Energy chipped in with 10.59 million units for 10.6 percent market share and Spur Tree Spices with 2.34 million units for 2.4 percent of total volume.
The total amount of stocks traded was 99,492,688 for $248,103,688 up from 98,460,419 units at $245,339,629 on Friday.
Trading averaged 2,261,197 shares at $5,638,720, compared with 2,461,510 units at $6,133,491 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 428,507 units at $1,012,729 compared with 301,518 stock units at $692,188 on the previous day. November closed with an average of 262,280 units at $587,545.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rose 5.11 points to end at 3,733.25.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.4, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial fell 48 cents to $24.50 with 850,000 stock units clearing the market, AMG Packaging declined 30 cents and ended at $2.40 with traders dealing in 76 shares, Blue Power lost 36 cents to end at $2.66, with 1,000 stocks crossing the exchange. 
Cargo Handlers popped $1.84 in closing at $14.92 with investors trading 923 units, Dolphin Cove skidded 14 cents to close at $17 after an exchange of 701 stocks, Fontana advanced 16 cents to $10.14 with investors transferring 36,524 units. Honey Bun sank 14 cents to close at $6.26 in an exchange of 2,252 shares, Indies Pharma rose 14 cents and ended at $2.99, with 34,657 stock units crossing the market, ISP Finance shed $4.55 in closing at $24.85 with an exchange of 1,244 shares. Jamaican Teas climbed 19 cents to end at $2.50 after investors ended trading 32,747,972 stocks, Knutsford Express dropped $1.18 in closing at $11.40 while exchanging 5,852 units, Medical Disposables increased 20 cents to $2.70 in trading 6,000 stock units and Spur Tree Spices gained 39 cents to close at $2.89 with, 2,339,563 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading surge for Jamaican stocks
Trading surged again on Wednesday following the sharp jump on Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with the value of stocks traded exceeding $1 billion, with trading ending with the Junior and The Main Market rising above the close on Friday, with the USD Market also closing higher as the Junior Market slipped to close out trading, with market activity ending with the volume and falling below Wednesday’s levels on the penultimate day before the Christmas break for the market.
A total of 132,966,020 shares, were traded in all three markets, up from 123,026,015 units on Friday.
The value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounts to $1.06 billion compared with $527.23 million on Friday. The JSE USD market with 127,343 shares traded for US$6,740 compared to 159,494 units at US$2,742 on Friday.
Barita Investments was one of a number of stocks dominating trading, after an exchange of 1.84 million shares at $129 million, Caribbean Cement traded 2.15 million shares for $115.6 million, Mailpac Group trading 50.06 million shares for $103 million, Jamaican Teas ended with an exchange of 32.75 million units for $74.8 million, NCB Financial traded 3,108,015 shares at $202 million, Wisynco Group closed with 4.37 million shares for $93.8 million, Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 5.88 million at $62.9 million and Pan Jamaica had an exchange of 1.55 million shares for $76.7 million.
At the close of the market, Main Market stocks rallying were Seprod up $2.49, Guardian Holdings with a rise of $2.01, Pan Jamaica up $1.45 and Wisynco Group, up 50 cents. Declining Main Market stocks were Eppley Caribbean Property down $2.10 90 cents, First Rock Real Estate with a loss of $1.47 and NCB Financial with a fall of 90 cents.
Rising Junior Market stocks include Cargo handlers up $1.84, Spur Tree Spices gaining 39 cents and Medical Disposables up 20 cents. ISP Financial lost $4.55 and Knutsford Express fell $1.18.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index rose 1,922.04 points to close at 330,516.72, the All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 858.00 points to 354,396.78, the JSE Main Index rallied 761.89 points to wrap-up trading at 317,560.34. The Junior Market Index popped 5.11 points to end the day at 3,733.25 and the JSE USD Market Index rose 1.36 points to conclude trading at 222.46.
In the preference segment, no stock traded with a notable price change.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks, ended at 21 on 2022-23 earnings and 14.1 times those for 2023-24 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons between the same sector companies and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Investors need pertinent information to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
Investors should use the chart to help make rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector and not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide to quickly assess the value of stocks based on this measure. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices.
Dividends paid or payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume pertaining to the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
Big trading day for Junior Market
Trading surged on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Friday with Mailpac Group leading trading with 50.04 million shares accounting for 50.8 percent of total volume followed by Jamaican Teas with 32.66 million units for 33.2 percent of the day’s trade, Future Energy ended with 10.09 million units for 10.2 percent market share and Spur Tree Spices with 1.84 million units 
for 1.9 percent of total volume, resulting with the volume of stocks traded surging 3,131 percent, with the value 5,722 percent more than Thursday after trading in 40 securities as was the case on Thursday and ended with 16 rising, nine declining and 15 closing unchanged.
At the close investors traded a solid 98,460,419 shares for $245,339,629 compared with a mere 3,047,673 units at just $4,213,805 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 2,461,510 shares at $6,133,491, compared with 76,192 units at $105,345 on Thursday with the month to date, averaging 301,518 stock units at $692,188 compared with 156,308 stock at $326,386 on the previous day. November closed with an average of 262,280 units at $587,545.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index climbed 45.75 points to close at 3,728.14.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 24 cents to $2.24 after a transfer of just 500 stocks, Caribbean Cream climbed 64 cents to end at $3.64 as investors exchanged a mere 18 units, Dolphin Cove rose 44 cents in closing at $17.14 after 4,684 shares passed through the market. Fosrich rallied 10 cents and ended at $2.40, with 5,551 stock units changing hands, 
Indies Pharma dropped 10 cents to close at $2.85 with a transfer of 2,500 shares, Iron Rock Insurance increased 49 cents to $2.55 with investors dealing in 2 units. Limners and Bards gained 14 cents in closing at $1.68 in an exchange of 500 stocks, One Great Studio advanced 12 cents and ended at 97 cents with investors transferring 259,498 stock units, Regency Petroleum rose 10 cents to end at $2.30 in an exchange of 36,407 shares. Spur Tree Spices climbed 25 cents to close at $2.50 with 1,844,997 stock units crossing the market and Stationery and Office Supplies popped 11 cents to $1.74 while exchanging 109,880 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market drops with reduced trading
Trading declined sharply below Wednesday’s levels on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 68 percent and the value 80 percent lower than Wednesday after trading in 40 securities compared with 37 on Wednesday and ended with 14 rising, 17 declining and nine closing unchanged as two stocks traded at 52 weeks’ low.
Investors traded 3,047,673 shares for $4,213,805 down from 9,632,022 units at $21,100,384 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 76,192 shares at $105,345 compared with 260,325 units at $570,281 on Wednesday. Trading month to date, averages 156,308 units at $326,386 compared to 162,082 stock units at 342,317 on the previous day, down compared to November, with an average of 262,280 units at $587,545.
One Great Studio led trading with 1.46 million shares for 47.8 percent of total volume followed by the managerially troubled iCreate with 382,342 units for 12.5 percent of the day’s trade and EduFocal with 327,543 units for 10.7 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index shed 18.95 points to culminate at 3,682.39.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.1, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging popped 33 cents to finish trading at $2.64, with 8 stocks changing hands, Blue Power climbed 37 cents to close at $3.03 in trading 515 units, Caribbean Cream skidded 31 cents to $3 after a mere 1,229 shares changed hands. Derrimon Trading fell 10 cents and ended at $1.92 in an exchange of 30,654 stock units, Dolla Financial rose 9 cents to $2.59 with investors dealing in 45,503 shares, Dolphin Cove shed 15 cents in closing at $16.70 while exchanging 4,782 units. Elite Diagnostic advanced 8 cents to $1.73 after 1,172 stocks passed through the market, Fosrich gained 12 cents to close at $2.30 in switching ownership of 44,673 stock units, GWest Corporation sank 12 cents and ended at 87 cents with 229 shares clearing the market.
iCreate gained 9 cents to end at 59 cents with investors swapping 382,342 units, Iron Rock Insurance declined 44 cents to $2.06 in an exchange of 37 stocks, Jamaican Teas lost 14 cents to end at $2.31, with 22,552 stock units crossing the market. Knutsford Express dipped 20 cents in closing at $12.58 after an exchange of 19 shares, Lasco Manufacturing rallied 13 cents to close at $4.63 after 4,596 stocks passed through the market, Main Event popped 40 cents and ended at $13.90 with a transfer of 321 units. Medical Disposables dropped 42 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $2.50 after an exchange of 713 stock units, One Great Studio sank 12 cents in closing at an all-time low of 85 cents with investors trading 1,457,855 shares, Regency Petroleum dipped 10 cents to close at $2.20 with an exchange of 17,413 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies fell 20 cents to end at $1.63 after trading 31,513 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Steady Junior Market
Market activity ended with 15 stocks rising and 15 declining in trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday and 12 closed unchanged after trading in 42 securities compared with 40 on Friday with the volume and value of stocks traded marginally lower than on Friday.
Investors traded 4,931,463 shares for $10,278,286 compared with 4,960,272 units at $11,287,117 on Friday.
Trading averaged 117,416 shares at $244,721 compared to 124,007 units at $282,178 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 161,052 stock units at $335,710 compared with 165,266 shares at $344,495 on the previous day. November closed with an average of 262,280 units at $587,545.
Dolla Financial led trading with 895,595 shares for 18.2 percent of total volume followed by KLE Group with 840,000 units for 17 percent of the day’s trade and iCreate with 674,354 units for 13.7 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index skidded 6.22 points to end the day at 3,689.47.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.1, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging advanced 44 cents in closing at $2.74, with 6,077 stock units crossing the market, CAC 2000 sank 60 cents to $4 with a transfer of 2,105 shares, Cargo Handlers rose $1.77 to end at $13.08 after an exchange of 168 units. Derrimon Trading climbed 14 cents to close at $2 in switching ownership of 143 stocks, Dolphin Cove shed 45 cents and ended at $16.55 after a transfer of 35,558 shares, EduFocal lost 16 cents to close at $1.70, with 123,046 stock units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic fell 12 cents in closing at $1.63 in an exchange of 106,042 units, Everything Fresh skidded 12 cents to end at $1.31 with investors dealing in 150,000 stocks, Express Catering dipped 20 cents to $3.80, with 113,033 shares crossing the market. 
Fontana increased 8 cents to close at $10.47 in trading 97,108 stock units, GWest Corporation popped 12 cents to 99 cents and closed with an exchange of 797 units, Knutsford Express gained $1.42 to close at $12.78 with an exchange of 112 stocks. Lasco Financial declined 26 cents to end at $1.62 after trading 30,200 units, Lasco Manufacturing dropped 40 cents in closing at $4.23 with investors transferring 1,464 stocks, Limners and Bards fell 18 cents and ended at $1.50 in an exchange of 23,032 shares. Main Event rallied $1.30 to $14.30 with traders dealing in 984 stock units, Paramount Trading sank 19 cents and ended at $1.48 passed through the market 102,587 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies popped 8 cents to close at $1.68 with investors swapping 55,629 units and tTech increased 21 cents in closing at $2.21 after an exchange of 4,506 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading climbs on the JSE on Monday
The Junior Market and the USD market slipped at the close of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday while the Main Market rose, with the volume and value of stocks changing hands rising from trading on Friday.
At the close of the market, Main Market stocks rallied with Pan Jamaica leading with a rise of $6.28, AS Bryden rose $1.65, Sygnus Real Estate rose $1.30, followed by GraceKennedy with a rise of $1. Junior Market stocks saw Cargo Handlers jumping $1.65, Knutsford Express up $1.42 and Main Events up $1.30.
Seprod fell $3.40 followed by Kingston Wharves with a fall of $1.50 and Jamaica Broilers $1.12 while Jamaica Producers chipped in with a fall of 99 cents.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index popped 1,697.59 points to close at 326,030.47, the All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 2,418.86 points to end at 348,454.60, the JSE Main Index gained 1,868.21 points to close at 313,185.59. The Junior Market Index slipped 6.21 points to end at 3,689.47 and the JSE USD Market Index dipped 3.11 points to 216.22.
Investors traded 12,392,600 shares, in all three markets, up from 10,332,299 units on Friday. The value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounts to a mere $120.48 million up from $38 million on Friday. The JSE USD market closed after 286,910 shares were traded, for US$7,613 compared to 49,892 units at US$8,545 on Friday.
In the preference segment, no stocks traded with notable price changes.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks, ended at 20.6 on 2022-23 earnings and 13.7 times those for 2023-24 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons between the same sector companies and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Investors need pertinent information to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
Investors should use the chart to help make rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector and not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide to quickly assess the value of stocks based on this measure. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices.
Dividends paid or payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume pertaining to the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
Gains for Junior Market as trading dips
Trading dropped on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Friday, but the market closed higher with the volume of stocks traded declining 74 percent, valued 68 percent less than Thursday following trading in 40 securities compared with 36 on Thursday and ended winning stocks outpacing those declining by more than two to one, with 19 rising and only nine declining and 12 closing unchanged.
Investors traded 4,960,272 shares for $11,287,117 down from 19,362,577 units at $34,892,741 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 124,007 shares at $282,178, compared with 537,849 units at $969,243 on Thursday with the month to date, averaging 165,266 units at $344,495 compared with 169,444 stock units at $350,806 on the previous day just a fraction of November with an average of 262,280 units at $587,545.
tTech led trading with 1.0 million shares for 20.2 percent of total volume followed by EduFocal with 758,218 units for 15.3 percent of the day’s trade and Stationery and Office Supplies with 539,060 units for 10.9 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index popped 34.37 points to end the day at 3,695.69.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.2, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial dipped 50 cents to $25 after a transfer of 69 stocks, Caribbean Cream rose 31 cents to $3.31 after 478 units were traded , Caribbean Flavours increased 50 cents and ended at $1.75 after an exchange of 1,300 shares. Derrimon Trading fell 14 cents to close at $1.86 with investors trading 28,536 stock units, Everything Fresh skidded 25 cents to end at $1.43 in an exchange of 72,000 shares, Fontana popped 9 cents to $10.39 with investors dealing in 93,349 units. Fosrich gained 10 cents to close at $2.30 while 238,818 stocks were exchanged, Future Energy lost 9 cents in closing at $3.45, with 215,746 stock units crossing the market, Honey Bun rose 10 cents and ended at $6.40 with an exchange of 213 shares. Indies Pharma advanced 15 cents to end at $3 with 8 stocks clearing the market,
Iron Rock Insurance rallied 44 cents to $2.50 as investors exchanged 20,043 units, Knutsford Express popped 26 cents to close at $11.36 in switching ownership of 337 stock units. Lasco Financial rallied 26 cents to $1.88 with investors dealing in 1,000 shares, Main Event declined 40 cents in closing at $13 with an exchange of 81,035 units, MFS Capital Partners rose 21 cents to end at $2.37, with 6,460 stocks changing hands. Regency Petroleum advanced 8 cents in closing at $2.14 after 98,934 stock units passed through the market, Tropical Battery shed 11 cents to end at $1.80 with a transfer of 248,942 shares and tTech increased 12 cents and ended at $2 with investors swapping 1,000,000 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market drops again
Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 306 percent and the value 241 percent more than on Wednesday even as fewer securities traded with 36 securities compared down from 40 on Wednesday and ended with prices rising and declining stocks sharing 14 stocks each, with eight closing unchanged.
Investors traded 19,362,577 shares for $34,892,741 compared with 4,766,135 units at $10,223,648 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 537,849 shares at $969,243, compared with 119,153 units at $255,591 on Wednesday with the month to date, averaging 169,444 units at $350,806, up from 132,501 stock units at $288,790 on the previous day, but lower than November, with an average of 262,280 units at $587,545.
Caribbean Flavours led trading with 12.03 million shares for 62.1 percent of total volume followed by Future Energy with 3.01 million units for 15.5 percent of the day’s trade and Jamaican Teas with 1.05 million units for 5.4 percent of the day’s trade.
At the close, the Junior Market Index shed 21.06 points to close at 3,661.32.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market on Thursday, AMG Packaging declined 36 cents to $2.30, after just 292 shares passed through the market, Cargo Handlers plunged $3.64 to $11.31 with a transfer of 1,100 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers dipped 25 cents to end at $2.25 with an exchange of 6,000 shares. Caribbean Flavours lost 25 cents to close at $1.25 after 12,028,579 stock units were traded, Derrimon Trading rose 14 cents to $2 with 14,246 shares clearing the market, Fontana popped 30 cents to $10.30 in switching ownership of 1,791 units. GWest Corporation skidded 8 cents and ended at 87 cents with traders dealing in 11,782 stocks, 
iCreate rallied 8 cents in closing at 87 cents with 369,471 stock units changing hands, Jamaican Teas dropped 16 cents to end at $2.30 with investors transferring 1,050,000 shares. Lasco Distributors increased 41 cents to close at $3.93 after an exchange of 2,487 units, Lasco Financial shed 18 cents to close at $1.62 with investors dealing in 5,250 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 43 cents to close at $4.63 after an exchange of 2,586 stock units. Regency Petroleum lost 32 cents and ended at $2.06, with 969,355 shares crossing the market, Tropical Battery rose 11 cents to end at $1.91 with investors exchanging 24,496 units and tTech shed 33 cents in closing at $1.88 after 19 stocks were traded.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading jumps on the Junior Market
Trading climbed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 43 percent and the value 58 percent more than Tuesday following trading in 40 securities similar to the outcome on Tuesday and ended with 18 rising, 13 declining and nine unchanged but that failed to save the market index from dropping at the close following a jump in the index in the morning session.
Investors traded 4,766,135 shares for $10,223,648 compared with 3,334,500 units at $6,456,830 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 119,153 shares at $255,591 compared to 83,363 units at $161,421 on Tuesday with the month to date, averaging 132,501 stock units at $288,790 compared to 134,174 shares at $292,953 on the previous day and markedly lower than November with an average of 262,280 units at $587,545, after the market opened in the 3,750 range.
Spur Tree Spices led trading with 1.02 million shares for 21.3 percent of total volume followed by Fosrich with 626,665 units for 13.1 percent of the day’s trade and Dolla Financial with 626,493 units for 13.1 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index lost 41.33 points to close at 3,682.38 after the market traded in the 3,750 range in early market activity.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.2, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close, Blue Power rallied 35 cents and ended at $3 as 69,678 stocks passed through the market, following the release of half year results with profit up 330 percent to $70.5 million, Cargo Handlers rose 95 cents to close at $14.95 with an exchange of 110 units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 26 cents to $2.50, with 1,232 shares clearing the market. Caribbean Flavours popped 20 cents in closing at $1.50 with a transfer of 135,000 stock units, Derrimon Trading dipped 17 cents to end at $1.86, with 75,221 shares crossing the market, Dolla Financial increased 10 cents in closing at $2.50 with investors trading 626,493 stock units. Dolphin Cove fell 17 cents to $17 and closed with an exchange of 614 stocks, Elite Diagnostic advanced 8 cents and ended at $1.74 with investors trading 29,491 units, Express Catering gained 12 cents to end at $3.95, with an exchange of 415 shares. Fontana skidded 49 cents to close at $10 after a transfer of 53,519 stocks, GWest Corporation popped 12 cents to 95 cents with shareholders swapping 300,000 units, Indies Pharma lost 16 cents to end at $2.83 after an exchange of 130 stock units. 
Jamaican Teas climbed 16 cents in closing at $2.46, with the trading of 14,560 shares, Lasco Distributors declined 46 cents to $3.52 with stakeholders exchanging 4,272 units, Lasco Manufacturing shed 43 cents to end at $4.20 in switching ownership of 40,621 stocks. Mailpac Group dropped 8 cents to $2.02 as investors exchanged 18,030 stock units, Main Event popped 30 cents to $13.40 after 11,050 shares were traded, Paramount Trading advanced 15 cents in closing at $1.67 with traders dealing in 23 units. Regency Petroleum rose 18 cents and ended at $2.38 in an exchange of 216,183 stocks and Tropical Battery shed 15 cents to close at $1.80 with investors dealing in 85,794 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.