Stocks recorded gains at the close of trading on Monday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with stocks rising to edge out declining after trading 92 percent fewer shares traded at 90 percent lower value than on Friday.
Trading ended with 35 securities changing hands compared to 37 on Friday and ended with prices of 14 stocks rising, 13 declining and eight remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rose 19.62 points to settle at 2,592.67. The average PE Ratio stands at 13.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 3,562,074 shares for $11,265,090 compared to 45,521,469 units at $117,540,297 on Friday. Limners and Bards led trading with 19.3 percent of total volume after 688,265 shares traded, followed by Mailpac Group with 13.8 percent for 490,563 units and Derrimon Trading with 473,353 units for 13.3 percent market share.
Trading averaged 101,774 units at $321,860 in contrast to 1,230,310 at $3,176,765 on Friday. Month to date averaged 328,929 units at $792,188, versus 345,356 unit at $826,199 on Friday. Trading in November resulted in an average of 193,331 units at $566,885 changing hands.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed 3 cents to $20.35 in an exchange of 2,000 shares, AMG Packaging increased 5 cents to $1.60, with 2,450 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream climbed 31 cents to $4.50 after clearing the market with 98,515 stock units. Caribbean Flavours dipped 3 cents to $1.65 in exchanging 61,396 shares, Caribbean Producers fell 4 cents to $2.70 while exchanging 245,306 stock units, Derrimon Trading rose 9 cents to $2.30, with 473,353 stock units crossing the market. Dolphin Cove gained 1 cent to close at $7 in an exchange of 50,036 shares, Everything Fresh carved out a gain of 7 cents to close at 74 cents, with 8,653 units changing hands, Fontana gained 24 cents to end at $5.49, with 93,040 stocks clearing the exchange. Fosrich fell 2 cents to $4.18 after trading 5,500 shares, General Accident shed 6 cents to end at $5.98 with 137,907 stock units passing through the market, Gwest Corporation declined by 3 cents to 70 cents after 5,585 shares crossed the exchange. Honey Bun shed 6 cents to close at $5.96 after exchanging 81,214 units, iCreate advanced 8 cents to 63 cents in exchanging 990 shares, Indies Pharma gained 11 cents to end at $2.72, with 101,245 stock units changing hands. Iron Rock Insurance increased 15 cents to $3.20 after trading 21,741 shares, Jamaican Teas declined by 12 cents to $1.93, with 108,556 units crossing the exchangechanging hands, Lasco Distributors climbed 4 cents to $3.20 with investors swapping 346,443 units. 
Lasco Manufacturing lost 5 cents to end at $3.75, with the trading of 152,340 units, Limners and Bards carved out a loss of 11 cents to end at $2.86 after 688,265 units crossed the market, Lumber Depot shed 7 cents to settle at $1.48, with 161,941 shares changing hands. Mailpac Group climbed 43 cents to $2.82 with investors swapping 490,563 shares, Paramount Trading advanced 9 cents to $1.44 after exchanging 20,000 stock units, SSL Venture carved out a loss of 2 cents in ending at 57 cents with investors swapping 4,955 units and Tropical Battery dropped 2 cents to end at $1.17, after trading 31,228 stocks.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share shed 1 cent in closing at $1.13 trading 988 units and Derrimon Trading preference shares advanced 10 cents to $2.10 with investors exchanging 5,000 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Main Market closed lower at the end of the past week having pulled back from last week from the close of the previous week. Against the above out turn, there is just one new addition to the TOP10 at the end of the week but there were some price movements of note during the week.
AMG Packaging and Caribbean Producers fell 7 percent to $1.55 and $2.74, respectively. Lasco Distributors fell 8 percent to $3.16 from $3.55. Lumber Depot rose 12 percent to $1.55 and Jamaican Teas gained 8 percent to $2.05.
The Junior and Main markets are currently trading well below the market average, indicating strong gains ahead. The JSE Main Market ended the week, with an overall PE of 16.8 and the Junior Market 13.7, based on ICInsider.com’s projected 2020-21 earnings. The PE ratio for the Junior Market Top 10 stocks average a mere 7.2 at just 53 percent of the market average. The Main Market TOP 10 stocks trade at a PE of 9.2 or 55 percent of the PE of that market.
IC TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns up to March 2021 and ranked in order of potential gains, based on likely gain 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.
Trading resulted in 665 percent more shares than on Thursday with the value climbing 652 percent resulting in an exchange of 45,521,469 shares for $117,540,297 compared to 5,946,650 units at $15,620,193 on Thursday.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained 1 cent to end at $20.32, with investors swapping 9,809 shares, AMG Packaging lost 9 cents to close at $1.55, after finishing with 20,344 stock units, Blue Power shed 61 cents to close at $2.75, in exchanging 8,293 units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 9 cents to end at $1.89, after trading 5,000 stock units, Caribbean Flavours picked up 1 cent to settle $1.68, with 102,351 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers ended at $2.74, after gaining 4 cents trading 1,000 units. Derrimon Trading closed 1 cent higher at $2.21, after switching ownership of 749,394 shares, Dolphin Cove rose 19 cents to $6.99 in transferring 200 units, Everything Fresh shed 7 cents to settle at 67 cents, with 37,670 stock units crossing the exchange. Express Catering gained 1 cent to close at $3.79 in exchanging 1,051 units, Fontana fell 24 cents to $5.25 after transferring 283,368 shares, Fosrich advanced 20 cents to $4.20, with the trading of 500 units. General Accident shed 1 cent in closing at $6.04, after an exchange of 141 units, Honey Bun lost 7 cents trading 2,365,434 shares to end at $6.02, iCreate slipped 8 cents to 55 cents, in crossing the exchange with 252,300 tock units. Indies Pharma dipped 9 cents to $2.61, in transferring 155,236 units, Jamaican Teas picked up 1 cent in closing at $2.05, with an exchange of 102,836 shares, Lasco Financial finished 7 cents higher at $2.75, with investors swapping 6,005 units. 
Lasco Manufacturing dropped 8 cents to end at $3.80 after 109,641 stocks crossed the market, Limners and Bards lost 8 cents to $2.97, with an exchange of 221,647 shares, Lumber Depot gained 5 cents after ending at $1.55 trading 265,596 stock units. Mailpac Group declined 45 cents to $2.39, with an exchange of 40,391,268 units, Main Event fell 5 cents to $3 trading 902 shares, SSL Venture rose 4 cents to 59 cents, with 2,000 stocks passing through the market and Tropical Battery lost 1 cent to settle at $1.19 after investors swapped 328,366 shares.
Trading ended with 37 securities changing hands, with nine declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gained 9 cents to close at $1.64, after clearing the market with 1,000 units, Cargo Handlers rose 30 cents to settle at $6.80 trading 5,276 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers closed at $1.80 with gains of 5 cents after 63,271 shares crossed the exchange. Caribbean Cream carved out a gain of 9 cents to end at $4.19, with 64,594 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours closed 7 cents higher at $1.67, in trading 113,834 shares, Caribbean Producers lost 5 cents to settle at $2.70, after exchanging 174,898 shares. Consolidated Bakeries slipped 1 cent to $1.39 in trading 1,000 units, Derrimon Trading shed 29 cents to settle at $2.20, with 1,194,540 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic lost 3 cents trading 25,329 stock units to end at $2.99. Everything Fresh picked up 3 cents to close at 74 cents, after an exchange of 1,000 units, Express Catering gained 28 cents to end at $3.78, with investors swapping 500 units, Fontana closed 24 cents higher at $5.49, with 96,452 shares crossing the exchange. General Accident gained 15 cents in closing at $6.05 trading 655 units, GWest Corporation ended 73 cents, with gains of 7 cents after transferring 1,100 units, Honey Bun rose 4 cents to close at $6.09, with an exchange of 7,951 units. Indies Pharma lost 2 cents to settle at $2.70, after clearing the market with 94,052 shares, Iron Rock Insurance declined by 5 cents to $3.05, with an exchange of 30,000 stock units, Jamaican Teas gained 19 cents to close at $2.04 after transferring 414,656 shares. 
Lasco Manufacturing lost 1 cent to end at $3.88, with 80 units changing hands, Limners and Bards gained 5 cents to settle at $3.05, after trading 116,719 shares, Lumber Depot fell by 6 cents to $1.50, with 1,614,599 shares crossing the market. Mailpac Group lost 1 cent in closing at $2.84 after 298,911 shares changed hands, Main Event gained 5 cents to end at $3.05, with an exchange of 2,903 units, Stationery and Office Supplies rose 79 cents to settle at $4.54, with 213 units crossing the market and Tropical Battery picked up 4 cents to end at $1.20 trading 86,840 shares.
Mailpac Group climbed 22 cents in exchanging 839,236 stock units to end at $2.85, Main Event fell 5 cents to $3 with investors switching ownership of 5,000 shares, Medical Disposables advanced 27 cents to end at $4.27 with the trading of 24,750 units. Paramount Trading dropped 19 cents to $1.35 with 1,000 stocks passing through the market, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 80 cents to end at $3.75 with a transfer of 3,397 stock units and tTech rose 21 cents to $4.30 with 3,550 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands compared to 38 on Monday and concluded with the prices of 14 stocks rising, 11 declining and nine finishing unchanged. At the close, the average PE Ratio ended at 13.7 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Monday. November averaged 193,331 units at $566,885.
Limners and Bards exchanged 501,415 stock units and rose 15 cents to finish at $3, Lumber Depot gained 10 cents to close at $1.60 with 117,993 shares passing through the market, Mailpac Group traded 939,501 units and lost 10 cents to close at $2.63. Main Event rose 6 cents to $3.05 with a transfer of 127,073 stocks, Medical Disposables gained 10 cents to end at $4 with the trading of 2,000 stock units, SSL Venture climbed 10 cents to 55 cents with 39,100 units changing hands and tTech dropped 21 cents to $4.09 with 6,731 shares crossing the exchange.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell 10 cents to $20.10 with an exchange of 8,666 shares, AMG Packaging declined 22 cents to $1.46 with 158,125 stocks changing hands, Blue Power dropped 36 cents to $3 with 15,265 units trading. CAC 2000 jumped $2 to $10 with 2,182 shares traded, Cargo Handlers lost 20 cents to close at $6.80 with a transfer of 100 stock units, Caribbean Producers inched 1 cent higher to $2.95 with an exchange of 21,296 units. Derrimon Trading rose 25 cents to $2.50 with 1,235 stocks changing hands, Dolphin Cove climbed 80 cents to $6.80 with investors switching 161 shares, Elite Diagnostic gained 5 cents to close at $3.05 with 43,857 stock units traded. Everything Fresh closed 4 cents higher at 75 cents with a transfer of 2,412 stocks, Fontana slipped 7 cents to $5.43 with 127,515 units passing through the market, Fosrich exchanged 2,852,248 shares and shed 56 cents to end at $3.43. General Accident dropped 14 cents to $5.96 with 51,248 units changing hands, GWest Corporation rose 2 cents to 77 cents with a transfer of 1,000 stock units, Honey Bun fell 69 cents to $5.80 with 31,194 stocks changing hands. iCreate gained 11 cents to finish at 70 cents with 25,769 shares passing through the market, Indies Pharma slipped 2 cents to $2.48 with an exchange of 31,307 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance advanced 22 cents to $3.10 after trading 725 stock units.
Lasco Manufacturing dropped 20 cents to $3.70 with 708 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards rose 6 cents to $2.85 with a transfer of 180,351 units, Lumber Depot increased 16 cents to $1.50 with 628,682 stocks passing through the market. Mailpac Group traded 3,053,112 stock units and settled with a gain of 13 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.73 after the price bolted to an intraday record high of $3.10. Main Event declined 1 cent to $2.99 with 15,369 units trading, Medical Disposables fell 10 cents to $3.90 with investors switching ownership of 4,295 stocks. SSL Venture dropped 14 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of 45 cents with 100,000 units changing hands and Tropical Battery slipped 1 cent to $1.16 with 90,846 shares crossing the exchange.
The Junior Market closed the week at the highest level since November 17 and before that, October 2 and seems poised to take out all recent highs on the way to the year-end rally and a bullish period to come, to take it over 3,000 points. The main Market pulled back from last week’s levels but closed at the highest point for the week on Friday.
Honey Bun dropped out of the TOP 10, with Derrimon Trading replacing it at the bottom of the list. Honey Bun’s stock price jumped 19 percent for the week to $6.49 on Friday, with the stock now showing very limited supply and a bit of demand on the buying side, although a bit below the last sale price. The increased demand this week follows a strong September quarter profit that rose 76 percent over 2019. Wisynco Group spent just a week in the Main Market TOP 10, moved up in price to close out the week with the stock rising to $16.43 from $16.10 and replaced by NCB, in at the tenth position. The projections are for earnings to recover from the increased provision for expected credit loss charges in 2020 and from continued growth in the business and deliver earnings of $12 per share for the current year to September.
Former TOP10 holder MailPac, hit a record high on Friday, in closing at $2.60, up 19 percent from $2.19 last week. Lumber Depot reported earnings for the October quarter, keeping earnings on track for 20 cents per share and put added life into the stock, moving the price up 6 percent to close the week at $1.39 at a PE of 7 times earnings, well below the market average of 13.7. Caribbean Producers moved up 13 percent from $2.60 to $2.94 at the close and up a nice 21.5 percent for the month to date. The stock seems on target to move back into the $4 range sooner than later, with stock supplies thinning out and prospects for improved business looking increasingly better in 2021.
Diagnostic and Jamaican Teas. Lumber Depot, in at third position last week, is now down to sixth after investors responded positively to quarterly results. With expected gains of 146 to 236 percent, the top three Main Market stocks are Berger Paints, followed by Radio Jamaica and Carreras.
The average projected gain for the Junior Market IC TOP 10 stocks is 192 percent down from 210 percent and 129 percent from 133 percent last week for the JSE Main Market, based on 2020-21 earnings. IC TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns up to March 2021 and ranked in order of potential gains, based on likely gain 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.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Lumber Depot lost 2 cents in ending at $1.34, with 132,904 shares changing hands, Mailpac Group gained 25 cents to end at a record high of $2.60 trading 619,404 shares, Medical Disposables lost 2 cents to end at $4, after 5,102 units were traded. Paramount Trading rose 2 cents to $1.54, in exchanging 4,528 units, SSL Venture closed 7 cents lower at 59 cents trading 12,552 units, Stationery and Office Supplies rose 95 cents to $4.55, with 1,470 units changing hands and Tropical Battery gained 4 cents to close at $1.17 after an exchange of 164,691 shares.
At the close of the market, Blue Power lost 2 cents to end at $3.36, with 1,330 units passing through the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 8 cents to close at $1.88 after an exchange of 18,613 stock units, Caribbean Cream lost 1 cent in closing at $4.02, trading 29,376 stock units. Caribbean Producers rose 24 cents to $2.94, with an exchange of a mere 500 units, Consolidated Bakeries gained 28 cents, in ending at $1.40 trading 1,082 shares, Derrimon Trading shed 20 cents to settle at $2.30, after exchanging 10,000 stock units. Dolphin Cove dropped $1 to $6 in transferring 2,000 units, Everything Fresh lost 5 cents to close at 66 cents trading 40,151 shares, Express Catering gained 10 cents to finish at $3.50, with 3,350 units changing hands. Fontana picked up 5 cents in closing at $5.45, with an exchange of 124,807 shares, Fosrich lost 3 cents in ending at $3.96 and trading 6,579 units, General Accident gained 10 cents to $6.10, with 20,650 stock units crossing the market. Honey Bun rose 28 cents to end at $5.98, with 20,525 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma lost 13 cents to close at $2.37, in transferring 27,616 stock units, ISP Finance climbed $2 to $19, after trading 4,759 units. Jamaican Teas gained 8 cents to settle at $1.88, exchanging 795,272 shares, Jetcon Corporation rose 4 cents to 79 cents trading 12,429 stock units, Lasco Distributors closed 25 cents higher at $3.45, with an exchange of 10,000 units. Lasco Financial slipped 10 cents to close at $2.55 after 80,500 shares passed through the market, Lasco Manufacturing gained 16 cents in closing at $3.85, with investors swapping 18,615 stock units, Limners and Bards gained 10 cents to close at $2.70 trading 8,691 units. 
Lumber Depot closed at $1.36, with gains of 18 cents as investors swapped 967,216 shares, Mailpac Group added 10 cents in closing at $2.35 trading 1,348,067 shares, SSL Venture gained 10 cents to settle at 66 cents, in exchanging 100,000 shares. Stationery and Office Supplies shed 50 cents to $3.60 after transferring 9,460 units and Tropical Battery lost 6 cents to close at $1.13, exchanging 366,394 shares.