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.
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.
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.
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.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands compared to 33 on Monday and concluded with the prices of nine stocks rising, the prices of 15 declining and 10 with prices remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost $2.42 to end at $22 with 807 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging rose 1 cent to finish at $1.80 in an exchange of 5,000 shares, Blue Power dropped 44 cents to settle at $3.16 with 16,500 stock units passing through the market. Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 16 cents to close at $2.01 with 12,289 stock units traded, Caribbean Flavours fell 2 cents to $18.16 with investors transferring 58,008 shares, Consolidated Bakeries declined 22 cents to settle at $1.12 in an exchange of 7,230 stocks. Derrimon Trading advanced 18 cents to end at $2.93 with 95,492 units passing through the market, Dolphin Cove lost 10 cents to finish at $6.90 with 1,240 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic gained 8 cents to close at $3.12 with 2,010 shares traded. Express Catering climbed 55 cents to end at $4.10 with investors switching ownership of 500 shares, Fontana fell 7 cents to settle at $4.73and exchanged 518,595 shares, Fosrich slipped 9 cents to finish at $3.51 with 9,154 stocks passing through the market. General Accident dropped 28 cents to close at $6.30 with 2,200 shares traded, Honey Bun fell 14 cents to end at $4.85 with 12,000 stocks changing hands, Indies Pharma finished 1 cent lower at $2.80 with an exchange of just 5 stock units. 
Jamaican Teas advanced 5 cents to settle at $4.30 with investors transferring 23,549 units, Jetcon Corporation gained 7 cents and traded 9,840 stock units to end at 99 cents, Lasco Financial lost 6 cents to close at $2.08 with 54,000 shares passing through the market. Lumber Depot increased 13 cents to finish at $1.08 with investors switching ownership of 81,959 stocks, Mailpac Group declined 3 cents to settle at $2.05 with an exchange of 133,095 shares, Medical Disposables fell 4 cents to end at $5.02 with 3,476 units changing hands. SSL Venture dropped 20 cents to close at 54 cents with 250 shares passing through the market, Stationery and Office Supplies dived $1.54 to settle at $4.01, trading 36,685 stock units and tTech advanced 28 cents to finish at $6.28 with 9,971 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading ended with 33 securities changing hands compared to 31 on Friday and closed with the prices of nine stocks rising, 11 declining and 13 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows one stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
Honey Bun gained 28 cents to close at $4.99, after clearing the market with 3,435 units, Jamaican Teas shed 34 cents in closing at $4.25, with 279,830 shares changing hands the exchange. Jetcon Corporation lost 1 cent in closing at 92 cents, with 1,070 units changing hands, Knutsford Express gained 10 cents to end at $6.90, trading 1,073 units, Lasco Financial gained 1 cent to end at $2.14, with investors swapping 9,812 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing declined 8 cents to $3.42, after exchanging 36,301 shares, Limners and Bards gained 5 cents to settle at $2.70, trading 98,619 shares, Lumber Depot carved out a loss 10 cents in closing at 95 cents, in exchanging 523,710 shares. Mailpac Group gained 3 cents to settle at $2.08, in trading 581,872 shares and Medical Disposables lost 2 cents to finish at $5.06, with an exchange of 173 units.
Trading concluded with 31 securities changing hands compared to 33 on Thursday and ended with 10 stocks rising, the prices of 13 declining and eight with prices remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
Honey Bun dropped 28 cents to settle at $4.71 with 38,000 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma slipped 2 cents to $2.81 with 81,707 shares traded, Jamaican Teas climbed 32 cents to end at $4.59 with investors transferring 46,300 stock units. Knutsford Express fell 10 cents to finish at $6.80 with 1,000 stocks passing through the market, Lasco Distributors gained 10 cents to close at $3.10 trading 63,350 shares, Lasco Manufacturing declined 10 cents to close at $3.50 with investors switching ownership of 56,694 shares. Limners and Bards lost 4 cents to end at $2.65 with 48,164 shares changing hands, Lumber Depot fell 4 cents and traded 342,738 stocks to settle at $1.05, Main Event added 1 cent to finish at $3.38 with 3,560 units passing through the market. Medical Disposables gained 8 cents to end at $5.08 with 9,001 stock units traded and Stationery and Office Supplies fell 5 cents to close at $5.55 with 12,340 stock units crossing the exchange.
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.
Indies Pharma slipped 1 cent to $2.83, in transferring 4,895 shares, Iron Rock Insurance closed at $3.10, after gaining 10 cents with 13,319 stock units crossing the market, Jamaican Teas lost 30 cents to settle at $4.25, with 37,304 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors rose 10 cents to end at $3.10, in an exchange of 42,982 shares, Lasco Financial lost 2 cents to close at $2.08, with 59,055 shares clearing the market, Limners and Bards gained 12 cents to close at $2.69 after investors switched the ownership of 60,313 shares. Lumber Depot shed 5 cents to end at $1.04 with 824,663 shares crossing the market, Mailpac Group dipped 3 cents to $2.05, with 742,481 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables dropped 59 cents to settle at $4.55, in transferring 11,448 stock units. Paramount Trading gained 11 cents to close at $1.41, with investors swapping 1,000 units, SSL Venture rose 5 cents to 75 cents in trading 2,459 units and Stationery and Office Supplies fell 58 cents to $5 in exchanging 13,215 stock units.
Trading ended with 31 securities changing hands compared to 29 on Wednesday and ended with the prices of 17 stocks rising, the prices of 10 stocks declining and four, with remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Honey Bun gained 38 cents to settle at $5.09 with 200 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas advanced 50 cents to close at $4.55 while exchanging 192 stocks, Knutsford Express lost 5 cents to finish at $6.85 with 1,100 stocks traded. Lasco Distributors increased 7 cents to end at $3.07 with 2,862 stock units passing through the market, Lasco Financial slipped 3 cents to $2.10 with investors transferring 22,581 shares Lasco Manufacturing advanced 12 cents to close at $3.65 with 123,555 stocks changing hands. Limners and Bards lost 17 cents to finish at $2.70 with an exchange of 7,432 stock units, Lumber Depot declined by 5 cents to settle at $1.04 with investors switching ownership 0f 58,541 shares, Mailpac Group traded 510,609 stock units and rose 1 cent to end at $2.06. Medical Disposables climbed 15 cents to $5.14 in an exchange of 50,000 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 2 cents to finish at $5.60 with investors transferring 1,200 stock units and tTech gained 5 cents to settle at $5.80 with 123 stocks crossing the exchange.
Trading ended with 29 securities changing hands compared to 35 on Tuesday and concluded with the prices of nine stocks rising, the prices of 16 stocks declining and four with prices remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained 7 cents to end at $21.58 in an exchange of 200 shares, Blue Power shed 31 cents to settle at $3.04 with 1,000 stock units traded, Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined by 14 cents to finish at $1.91 with 44,013 units changing hands. Caribbean Flavours fell 70 cents to close at $17.60 with investors transferring 28,500 shares, Caribbean Producers rose 4 cents to end at $2.35 with 7,015 stocks passing through the market, Derrimon Trading advanced 34 cents to finish at $2.90 in an exchange of 84,733 stocks. Elite Diagnostic lost 3 cents to close at $3.25, with investors switching ownership of 450 stocks, Express Catering climbed 35 cents to settle at $4.35 with 357,000 stock units traded, Fontana advanced 5 cents to end at $4.75 with 22,975 shares passing through the market. Fosrich dropped 35 cents to finish at $3.60 with 14,243 units changing hands, General Accident shed $1 to close at $6.30 in an exchange of 60,500 stocks, Honey Bun declined by 39 cents to settle at $4.71 with investors switching ownership of 2,153 stocks iCreate finished 2 cents lower at 68 cents with an exchange of 17,460 stock units, Indies Pharma fell 5 cents to end at $2.75 with 1,000 stock units passing through the market, Jamaican Teas declined by 55 cents, trading 210,090 units to close at $4.05. 
Jetcon Corporation gained 1 cent to settle at 86 cents with an exchange of 1,100 stocks, Lasco Financial rose 2 cents to end at $2.13 with 2,320 stocks changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing lost 17 cents to close at $3.53 with investors switching ownership of 21,700 shares. Limners and Bards climbed 22 cents to finish at $2.87 with 37,700 stock units passing through the market, Mailpac Group declined by 4 cents to end at $2.05 in an exchange of 169,935 shares, Main Event slipped 1 cent to $3.38 with investors transferring 884 stock units. Medical Disposables advanced 19 cents to close at $4.99 with 2,185 stocks passing through the market, SSL Venture fell 5 cents to settle at 70 cents with 10,000 stocks changing hands and Stationery and Office Supplies declined by 2 cents to finish at $5.58 with 1,000 shares crossing the exchange.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Honey Bun gained 39 cents to end at $5.10, with 4,000 units crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma closed at $2.80, after gaining 18 cents in transferring 1,778 units. Iron Rock Insurance gained of 3 cents to close at $2.88, after 7,808 units crossed the market, Jamaican Teas shed 9 cents in closing at $4.60, after an exchange of 80,819 shares, Lasco Distributors lost 5 cents to end at $3, with 64,640 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial lost 1 cent to settle at $2.11 and crossing the exchange with 75,065 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing was down 9 cents to $3.70 trading 524 units, Limners and Bards rose 17 cents to $2.65, in transferring 214,286 stock units. Lumber Depot lost 1 cent to close at $1.09, clearing the market with 3,062,441 shares, MailPac Group finished 9 cents higher at $2.09 after exchanging 99,853 stocks, Medical Disposables rose 9 cents to $4.80, with 20,170 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading shed 20 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.30 after crossing the exchange with 50,157 stock units, SSL Venture gained 5 cents to end at 75 cents, with investors swapping 1,106 units and Stationery and Office Supplies settled at $5.60, with gains of 40 cents exchanging 153,622 shares.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $4.49 to end at $21.51 in an exchange of just 11 shares, AMG Packaging dropped 22 cents to finish at $1.76 with a mere ten units trading, Blue Power fell 12 cents to settle at $3.30 with 1,500 stock units passing through the market. Cargo Handlers lost 30 cents to close at $7, trading 10,000 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 14 cents to end at $2.05 with 116,159 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream shed 40 cents to finish at $4 with investors switching ownership of 36,150 shares. Caribbean Flavours fell 3 cents to settle at $18.44 with 3,309 stocks passing through the market, Derrimon Trading advanced 34 cents to end at $2.85 in an exchange of 18,707 shares, Elite Diagnostic closed 33 cents higher at $3.39 with investors transferring 10,050 units. Express Catering slipped 2 cents to $3.93 with 19,201 stock units traded, Fontana lost 3 cents to finish at $4.74 with 138,448 shares passing through the market, General Accident gained 8 cents to end at $6.08 in an exchange of 868 stock units. iCreate rose 4 cents to settle at 70 cents with 3,306 stocks changing hands, Indies Pharma gained 7 cents to close at $2.85 with135,634 stock units traded, Jamaican Teas gained 14 cents to finish at $4.69 with investors switching ownership of 48,000 stock units. 
Jetcon Corporation lost 7 cents to end at 85 cents in an exchange of 2,550 shares, KLE Group declined by 6 cents to finish at $1.36 with 1,000 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors traded 539,293 stock units and advanced 10 cents to settle at $3.13. Lasco Financial rose 2 cents to close at $2.14 with investors transferring 3,750 units, Lasco Manufacturing fell 6 cents to end at $3.73 in an exchange of 1,136 shares, Limners and Bards slid 2 cents to $2.80 with 75,975 shares passing through the market. Lumber Depot finished 1 cent higher at $1.05 with 158,533 shares changing hands, Mailpac Group traded 639,248 stock units and gained 1 cent to settle at $2.01, Main Event rose 5 cents to end at $3.50 in an exchange of 501 shares. Medical Disposables advanced 8 cents to end at $4.70 with investors switching ownership of 500 stocks and Paramount Trading fell 5 cents to settle at $1.55 with 14,333 units crossing the exchange.
