Declining stocks overpowered stocks rising on Tuesday, with an 18 percent fall in the volume of stocks trading compared to Monday, but the market could not stem the pressure placed on prices on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange as it pushed the market index down well below the 3,400 point mark at the close.
Market activity led to 39 securities trading compared to 34 on Monday and ended with 12 rising, 19 declining and eight, closing unchanged.
The Junior Market Index shed a tidy 30.81 points to close at 3,365.05 and the PE Ratio, a measure used to compute an appropriate value of a stock, averages 13 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 3,029,126 shares for $9,624,269 compared to 3,684,108 units at $9,320,842 on Monday. Future Energy Source led trading with 786,406 shares for 26 percent of total volume followed by Jamaican Teas with 643,625 units for 21.2 percent and Mailpac Group with 267,809 units for 8.8 percent market share.
Trading averaged 77,670 units at $246,776 versus 108,356 at $274,142 on Monday. Trading month to date, averages 152,340 units at $348,009, down from 180,075 units at $385,610 on Monday. June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,459.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers.
At the close, Blue Power dropped 30 cents to close at $3.40 after exchanging 52,500 shares, 
CAC 2000 popped 98 cents to $11.50 while trading 5,035 shares. Cargo Handlers gained 49 cents in closing at $8.50 after an exchange of 125 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 10 cents to $1.89 after trading 6,021 units, Caribbean Cream rallied 20 cents to close at $5.70, with 31,000 units clearing the market. Dolphin Cove fell 10 cents to $8.30 in an exchange of 280 shares. Elite Diagnostic rose 10 cents to $3.05, with 9,859 units changing hands, Express Catering declined 9 cents to $6 in switching ownership of 63,500 units. Fontana rose 11 cents to $6.07 in exchanging 53,427 shares, Fosrich dropped 7 cents in closing at $8.30, after 41,684 shares crossed the market, Future Energy Source climbed 3 cents to $1.40 trading 786,406 stocks. GWest Corporation shed 25 cents in ending at $1.15 with the swapping of 25,000 units, Indies Pharma lost 25 cents to end at $3.63, with 24,137 stocks changing hands. Iron Rock Insurance fell 45 cents to $3 in switching ownership of 2,000 stocks, ISP Finance dived $4.10 to $17.30, after 30 units crossed the market, Jetcon Corporation advanced 17 cents to $1.52 in trading 440 stock units. Knutsford Express shed 50 cents to $8 after exchanging 7,580 units, Lasco Distributors declined 8 cents to $3.92, with 217,436 shares clearing the market, Lasco Manufacturing shed 6 cents to end at $5.39 after trading 14,340 stocks, Limners and Bards rallied 16 cents to $3.26 in switching ownership of 54,169 stock units, Lumber Depot fell 9 cents to $3.31, with 201,050 shares clearing the exchange. 
Mailpac Group fell 6 cents to $3.72 with the swapping of 267,809 shares, Main Event dropped 72 cents to close at $4.70 after exchanging 37,322 units, Medical Disposables slipped 5 cents to $4.85 in an exchange of 15,000 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 20 cents to $7.80, with 4,593 units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market fumbles on Monday
Trading closed on the Junior Market on Monday with the index slipping, as the volume of stocks transferred tumbled 59 percent at 44 percent less the value from Friday’s readings as rising and declining stocks shared the spoils equally.
Overall, 34 securities traded down from 37 on Friday and ended with the prices rising and declining, closing with 14 each as six closed unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index slipped below the 3,400 points levels again after falling 6.44 points to 3,395.86. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute an appropriate value of a stock, averaged 13.1 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
A total of 3,684,108 shares traded for $9,320,842 down from 8,962,101 units at $16,689,987 on Friday.
Future Energy Source led trading with 52.9 percent of the volume after exchanging 1.95 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot 14.6 percent, with 537,768 units and Jamaican Teas 4.5 percent with an exchange of just 166,833 units.
Trading averaged 108,356 units at $274,142 compare to 242,219 at $451,081 on Friday. For the month to date trading averages 180,075 units at $385,610, compared to 214,420 units at $438,989 on Friday. June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,459.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial popped 52 cents to $21.09 in trading 30 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rallied 10 cents to $1.99 with owners swapping 500 stocks, Caribbean Flavours slipped 5 cents to $2.10 with 44,050 units changing hands. Derrimon Trading fell 9 cents to $2.42 with an exchange of 127,347 stock units, Dolphin Cove gained 10 cents to finish at $8.40 with 500 shares passing through the market, Elite Diagnostic dropped 15 cents to $2.95 with a transfer of 24,084 stocks. Express Catering rose 5 cents to $6.09, trading 128,661 units, General Accident fell 35 cents to $5.25 in switching ownership of 1,400 stock units, GWest Corporation advanced 10 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.40 with 1,250 shares changing hands. Indies Pharma spiked 47 cents to $3.88 with an exchange of 26,872 stocks, ISP Finance shed $1.03 to close at $21.40 with 1,000 units passing through the market, Jamaican Teas slipped 5 cents to $4.10 with a transfer of 166,833 stock units.
Lasco Distributors lost 22 cents to finish at $4 with 73,010 shares traded, Lasco Financial dipped 5 cents to $3.28 with investors switching ownership of 36,613 stocks, Limners and Bards popped 5 cents to $3.10 with 36,211 units changing hands. Medical Disposables declined by 5 cents to $4.90 with a transfer of 12,792 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 20 cents to $8 with 467 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Grace Kennedy exits ICTOP10 with record price
The Junior Market recovered all of its Covid-19 related loss and more in hitting its highest level this week, since the first week of December 2019, helped by a number of ICInsider.com Top stocks of which 6 recorded gains between 69 percent and 81 and two over 100 percent, with the market up 29 percent for 2021 to date.
At the close of the week, tTech entered the Junior Market TOP10 and ISP Finance fell out after the price of the latter climbed from $17.98 to $22.43 and in the Main Market long time TOP10 candidate Grace Kennedy finally slipped out with a record breaking price of $105.98 for a 64 percent rise since January, allowing Sterling Investments to return to the TOP10.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market has not performed as well as the Junior Market, with the fall in the financial sector led by NCB Financial Group, but there are a few individual stocks that continue to deliver gains in 2021 and a few that possess the potential to move decidedly higher.
This past week the average gains projected for the Junior Market slipped from 204 percent last week to 200 percent and Main Market stocks edged down from last week’s 172 percent to 171 percent.
The top three stocks in the Junior Market are Elite, Caribbean Assurance and Medical Disposables, with the potential to gain between 223 and 287 percent, following the range of 254 to 276 percent last week. The top three Main Market stocks are Radio Jamaica in the number one spot, followed by JMMB Group and Guardian Holdings, with expected gains of 171 to 379 percent versus last weeks’ 188 to 385 percent.
The Junior Market closed the week with an average PE 13.1 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings and currently trades well below the target of 20 as well as the recent historical average of 17 for the period to March this year based on 2020 earnings. 
For the Junior Market to trade at the historical average, the PE Ratio would have to rise by 31 percent and requires a rise of 54 percent to reach the targeted PE of 20 by March 2022. Main Market stocks would need to rise by 11 percent to hit a PE of 19 and 17 percent to get to the target of 20.
The Junior Market Top 10 stocks average PE is a mere 6.8, just 53 percent of the market average, indicating substantial gains ahead. The JSE Main Market ended the week with an overall PE of 16.9, a little distance from the 19 the market ended at in March, suggesting just an 11 percent rise at a PE of 19 and 17 percent at a PE of 20 from now to March 2022. The Main Market TOP 10 trades at a PE of 7.8 or 45 percent of the PE of that market, well off the potential of 20.
IC TOP10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns up to March 2022 and ranked in order of potential gains, based on likely increase for each company, taking into account the earnings and PE ratios for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate and result in movements in and out of the lists weekly. Revisions to earnings per share are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
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Early gains slipped away for Junior Market
Trading closed on Friday, with prices of more shares falling than rising after the volume of stocks traded spiked 43 percent. The value popped 15 percent from Thursday trades, leaving the market index within a fraction of the previous close after failing to hold on to gains recorded earlier, until the dying moments of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market.
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.
Market activity led to 37 securities trading compared to 34 on Thursday and ended with the prices of 13 stocks rising, 21 declining and three closing unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute an appropriate stock value, averaged 13.1 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 8,962,101 shares for $16,689,987 compared to 6,261,693 units at $14,478,262 on Thursday. Future Energy Source led trading with 75.2 percent of total volume after trading 6.74 million shares, followed by Jamaican Teas 5.5 percent, with 494,627 units and Lumber Depot with 5 percent market share with an exchange of 450,759 units.
Trading averaged 242,219 units at $451,081 in contrast to 184,167 at $425,831 on Thursday. The month to date averaged 214,420 units at $438,989. June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,459.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging fell 9 cents to $1.56 with an exchange of 12,700 shares, Blue Power rose 5 cents to $3.70 with 5,389 stocks changing hands, Caribbean Cream dropped 19 cents to $5.50 with 3,575 units traded. Dolphin Cove lost 10 cents to close at $8.30 with a transfer of 1,500 stock units, Future Energy Source slipped 8 cents to $1.36 with 6,740,239 shares crossing the market, General Accident climbed 35 cents to $5.60 with an exchange of 1,337 stocks. GWest Corporation advanced 29 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.30 with 12,288 units changing hands, iCreate lost 6 cents to finish at 80 cents with 11,000 stock units traded, Indies Pharma dipped 39 cents to $3.41 with a transfer of 83,553 shares. Jamaican Teas slipped 5 cents to $4.15 with 494,627 stocks passing through the market, KLE Group declined 5 cents to $1.05 with an exchange of 49,119 units, Lasco Financial gained 13 cents to end at $3.33, with 47,975 stock units changing hands. Limners and Bards shed 34 cents to finish at $3.05, with 105,122 shares traded, Lumber Depot rose 7 cents to $3.37 with a transfer of 450,759 stocks, Mailpac Group rallied 12 cents to $3.82 in switching ownership of 149,351 units. 
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.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
New 1½ years’ high for Junior Market
Trading started off the second half of the year in robust fashion with the market index clearing the 3,400 mark at the close on Thursday, for the first time since December 19, 2019, with the market index rising for a second day by more than 30 points on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock 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.
The Market Index popped 31.92 points to 3,402.51 at the close, for an increase of 28.7 percent for the year to date.
The PE Ratio, which determines an appropriate value for a stock, at the close of trading averages 13.5 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
The volume of stocks traded fell 12 percent and the value plunged 36 percent, from Wednesday’s trades as trading ended, with 6,261,693 shares for $14,478,262 compared to 7,112,638 units at $22,638,727 on Wednesday.
Future Energy Source led trading with 4.04 million shares for 64.5 percent of total volume followed by Mailpac Group with 507,840 units for 8.1 percent of the day’s trade and Lumber Depot with 450,727 units for 7.2 percent.
Trading averaged 184,167 units at $425,831 in contrast to 177,816 at $565,968 on Wednesday. June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,463.
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.
At the close, Access Financial slipped 45 cents to $20.55 trading 17,765 stocks, AMG Packaging rose 5 cents to $1.65 in exchanging 203 stocks, Blue Power fell 7 cents to $3.65 while exchanging 500 stock units. Caribbean Cream rallied 24 cents to close at $5.69 after trading 1,650 units, Caribbean Producers spiked 39 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.74, with 336,534 stocks clearing the market, Dolphin Cove rose 40 cents to $8.40 in trading 66 stocks, Elite Diagnostic rose 13 cents to $3.13 while exchanging 77,485 shares, Fosrich advanced 10 cents to $8.40 in switching 2,004 stock units, Future Energy Source increased 11 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.44 while exchanging 4,039,119 stock units, General Accident declined 30 cents to $5.25 after 12,642 stock units crossed the market, Honey Bun dipped 22 cents to $6.75, with 20,301 units crossing the market, KLE Group fell 13 cents to $1.10 in trading 9,186 units, Lasco Distributors gained 25 cents to end at $4.25, with 20,650 stock units clearing the market, Lasco Financial popped 19 cents to $3.20 with the swapping of 43,715 units. 
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.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
28% rise for Junior Market to June
Rising stocks was the dominant feature at the close of the Junior Market at the end of the halfway mark of the year, with a rise of 27.5 percent after the index climbed 32.15 points on the final day of June to close at 3,370.59, the best performance since 2015, the market closed the period with three stocks gaining more than 100 percent and three more than 74 percent for the year to date, one with 67 percent and one, with 66 percent.
Market activity led to 40 securities trading compared to 39 on Tuesday and ended with prices of 18 stocks rising, 12 declining and 10, closing unchanged and GWest Corporation closed at a 52 weeks’ high at $1.05.
The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate relative value of a stock, at the close on Wednesday averaged 13.1 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 56 percent fewer shares than on Wednesday after 7,112,638 shares changed hands for $22,638,727 compared to 16,279,953 units at $44,882,928 on Tuesday.
Mailpac Group led trading with 34.4 percent of total volume after trading 2.45 million shares, followed by Future Energy Source 12.7 percent, with 903,490 units and Jamaican Teas with 11.8 percent market share with an exchange of 841,211 units.
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.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial rallied 46 cents to $21 with 1,141 shares traded, CAC 2000 shed $1.58 to $10.52 with a transfer of 191 units, Fosrich lost 11 cents to finish at $8.30 with 2,914 stock units changing hands. General Accident slipped 13 cents to $5.55 with an exchange of 17,000 stocks, Honey Bun popped 12 cents to $6.97 with 30,091 shares passing through the market, Indies Pharma gained 25 cents to $3.80, with 168,608 units traded. Iron Rock Insurance rose 42 cents to $3.45 with a transfer of 33,207 stock units, Jamaican Teas rallied 14 cents to $4.19 with 841,211 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation rose 11 cents to $1.40 with an exchange of 17,376 shares. Knutsford Express dropped 25 cents to $8.50 in switching ownership of 1,288 stocks, Lasco Distributors rose 5 cents to $4 with 89,629 units traded, Lasco Financial fell 23 cents to $3.01 with a transfer of 82,541 units. 
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.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading surges on Junior Market
Trading closed Tuesday, with the volume of stocks rising 141 percent and the value surging 125 percent over Monday’s trades on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange and leading to 39 securities trading compared to 42 on Monday and ended with 19 rising, 14 declining and six remained unchanged after two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs.
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 .
Trading ended with 16,279,953 shares changing hands for $44,882,928 compared to 7,252,436 units at $18,627,901 on Monday.
Derrimon Trading was the volume leader accounting for 63.2 percent, after trading 10.30 million shares, followed by Future Energy Source 7.2 percent with 1.17 million units and Jamaican Teas 6.4 percent, with 1.04 million units.
Trading averaged 417,435 units at $1,150,844 up from 172,677 at $443,521 on Monday. Trading month to date, averages 228,139 units at $648,542, compared to 218,269 units at $622,258 on Monday. May closed with an average of 318,089 units at $760,337.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
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.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
More Junior Market slippage on Monday
Investors pushed stocks trading in the early morning session of the Junior Market index up to 3,384.90 points shortly after the market opened, prices drifted down later in the day, sending the market into another day of mild decline with a minimal upward push of prices, but there was enough buying strength to push Future Energy Source and Jamaican Teas to news all-time highs during the day.
Fesco traded at a record high since listing earlier this year.
Market activity, ended with 42 securities trading, up from just 32 on Friday and ended with prices of 12 stocks rising, 24 declining and six closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index slipped 2.80 points to 3,335.37.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in determining an appropriate relative value of a stock averaged 12.6 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Market activity ended, with 7,252,436 shares changing hands at $18,627,901 compared to 6,426,251 units at $23,089,468 on Friday. Future Energy Source led trading with 42.6 percent of total volume, with 3.09 million shares and closed at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $1.17 after hitting a record high of $1.24 during the day. Jamaican Teas followed with 19.5 percent after trading 1.41 million units and Caribbean Flavours 5.7 percent, with an exchange of 409,950 units.
Trading averaged 172,677 shares at $443,521 versus 200,820 units at $721,546 on Friday. Month to date trading averaged 218,269 units at $622,258, compared to 220,981 units at $632,891 on Friday. May ended with an average of 318,089 units at $760,337.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
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.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% slipped 4 cents to $1.19 with 72 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JMMB moves to #2 in Main Market ICTOP10
The two main Jamaica Stock Exchange markets may have broken loose from the area of resistance, but they continue to be hemmed in around current trading levels, with Junior Market closing below last week’s close with three days of decline and the
Main market had three days of decline but ended the week with a fall of points after recording a strong rise the previous week.
Caribbean Cream is back with earnings per share now at 70 cents for the current year, while Future Energy Source reached new highs during the week and is out of the IC Junior Market TOP10. In the Main Market, there was no change in the list, but earnings per share for JMMB Group is upgraded to $6 for the current year and the stock is now the second best main market stock, with potential to gain over 200 percent for the next twelve months.
There are still several stocks that are severely undervalued, with the scope to record above average gains up to the first half of 2022.
This past week the average gains projected for the Junior stocks slipped from 207 percent last week to 204 percent and the Main Market stocks moved up from last week’s 166 percent up to 172 percent with the upgrading of JMMB earnings.
The top three stocks in the Junior Market continue to be Elite Diagnostic heading the list, followed by Caribbean Assurance Brokers and Medical Disposables, with the potential to gain from 254 to 276 percent, after the range fell from 247 to 300 percent last week. The top three Main Market stocks are Radio Jamaica in the number one spot, followed by JMMB Group and Guardian Holdings, with expected gains of 171 to 379 percent versus last weeks’ 160 to 391 percent.
The Junior Market closed the week with an average PE 13.1 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings and currently trades well below the target of 20 and the recent historical average of 17 for the period to March this year based on 2020 earnings. For the market to trade at the historical average, the PE Ratio would have to rise by 31 percent and require a rise of 52 percent to March 2022 to reach the targeted PE of 20.
The Junior Market Top 10 stocks average PE is a mere 6.8, just 51 percent of the market average, indicating substantial gains ahead. The JSE Main Market ended the week with an overall PE of 17.1, a little distance from the 19 the market ended at in March, suggesting just an 11 percent rise at a PE of 19 and 17 percent at a PE of 20 from now to March 2022. 
The Main Market TOP 10 trades at a PE of 7.9 or 46 percent of the PE of that market, well off the potential of 20.
IC TOP10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns up to March 2022 and ranked in order of potential gains, based on likely increase for each company, considering the earnings and PE ratios for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate and result in movements in and out of the lists weekly. Revisions to earnings per share are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
Persons who compiled this report may have an interest in securities commented on in this report.
Indecision for juniors
The trading week closed on Friday with the Junior Market unable to maintain the upward momentum on Thursday and the early morning session on Friday, with the index dipping 11.06 points to finish week at 3,338.17 as 32 percent fewer shares traded, with 43 percent less the value than on Thursday.
Just 32 securities trading compared to 40 on Thursday, with the prices of 15 rising, 10 declining and seven closing unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averaged 13.1 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Traders exchanged 6,426,251 shares for $23,089,468 down from 9,383,807 units at $40,616,428 on Thursday.
Jamaican Teas led trading with 18 percent of total volume for 1.16 million shares, followed by Future Energy Source 14.9 percent with 958,949 units and Lumber Depot 14.8 percent with 951,215 units.
Trading averaged 200,820 units at $721,546 in contrast to 234,595 at $1,015,411 on Thursday. Trading month to date, averages 220,981 units at $632,891, compared to 221,939 shares at $628,682 on Thursday. May closed with an average of 318,089 units at $760,337.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two stocks with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial jumped $2.34 to $22.88 with 433 shares changing hands, Blue Power dropped 15 cents to $3.60 with an exchange of 5,800 stock units, Caribbean Cream rallied 30 cents to $5.75 with investors switching ownership of 6,847 units. Dolphin Cove popped 70 cents to $8.50 with 962 shares traded, Express Catering fell 50 cents to $5.45 with a transfer of 95,542 stocks, General Accident lost 20 cents to end at $5.50 with 10,229 units changing hands. Indies Pharma gained 23 cents to close at $3.73 with an exchange of 57,222 shares, ISP Finance rallied by $2.47 to $17.98 with 200 stocks passing through the market, Jamaican Teas spiked 51 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.47 with 1,155,753 stock units traded. Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents to $4.20 with an exchange of 875,776 units, Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $3.30 with 67,100 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing declined by 14 cents to $5.45 with a transfer of 659,040 stocks. 
Medical Disposables lost 9 cents to end at $4.52 with 15,200 units traded and Stationery and Office Supplies jumped 44 cents to $8 with just one share crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.