Trading remained buoyant on Wednesday, with all but one stock contributing to a moderate rise in the volume of stocks trading, with a slightly higher value than on Tuesday, resulting in a slight decline in the market index at the close of market activity on Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market.
Jamaican Teas traded the most volume on Wednesday.
At the close, 41 securities traded, up from 33 on Tuesday and ended with 20 rising, 16 declining and five closing unchanged. At the close, the Market Index slipped 6.06 points to 3,257.36. The PE Ratio, a measure used in the computation of appropriate stock values, averages 12.2 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 5,853,269 shares changing hands for $21,419,953 versus 5,606,602 units at $20,018,498 on Tuesday. Jamaican Teas led trading with 36.5 percent of total volume trading after 2.14 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot 14.2 percent, with 828,894 units and Future Energy Source 9.5 percent, with 555,590 shares.
Trading averaged 142,763 units at $522,438, down from 169,897 shares at $606,621 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 201,678 units at $644,075, compared to 205,042 units at $651,021 on Tuesday. August closed with an average of 464,471 units at $1,258,652.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial dropped 75 cents to close at $18, after trading 10,319 shares, AMG Packaging gained 19 cents to end at $1.95 in switching ownership of 10,150 stock units, Blue Power lost 35 cents to $3, trading 99,052 units. CAC 2000 dropped 50 cents to end at $8 with an exchange of 200 stocks, Cargo Handlers popped 50 cents in closing at $7 with the swapping of 56,796 stocks, Caribbean Cream advanced 7 cents to $5.99 while exchanging 57,650 stock units. Dolphin Cove fell 29 cents to $9.86 after trading 2,421 shares, Elite Diagnostic popped 25 cents to $3.25, with 416,028 units crossing the market, Fontana climbed 20 cents in closing at $6.50, with 119,211 stock units crossing the exchange. Fosrich rallied 8 cents to end at $8.18 in an exchange of 110,110 units, GWest Corporation shed 5 cents to 90 cents in trading 9,248 shares, Honey Bun dropped 36 cents to close at $8.54 in exchanging 39,989 stocks. Indies Pharma rose 19 cents to end at $3.39 after trading 24,359 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance increased 10 cents to $4.10, after exchanging 1,000 stock units, Jamaican Teas spiked 42 cents to $3.92, with 2,137,175 units clearing the market. Jetcon Corporation rallied 11 cents to $1.16, with 100 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express rose 29 cents to $6.99, with an exchange of 2,865 units, Lasco Distributors rallied 30 cents to $3.90 in switching ownership of 4,988 shares. 
Lasco Manufacturing shed 20 cents to end at $4.50, with 33,084 stock units clearing the market, Mailpac Group fell 10 cents to $3.65 while exchanging 499,531 stocks, Main Event popped 10 cents to $4.30 in trading 32,995 stocks. Medical Disposables declined 15 cents to $4.85 with 208,597 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading fell 15 cents to 95 cents, with 125,100 stock units crossing the market, Stationery and Office Supplies popped 20 cents to $6 after trading 7,000 units and tTech shed 25 cents in closing at $4.10 with the swapping of 1,314 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Similar to Wednesday 36 stocks traded ending with 15 rising, 13 declining, with eight unchanged.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Lasco Manufacturing increased 32 cents to $4.83 after exchanging 10,148 shares, Lumber Depot shed 14 cents to $2.80, with 1,021,891 stock units changing hands, Mailpac Group climbed 10 cents to $3.65 in an exchange of 110,396 stocks. Paramount Trading advanced 5 cents in closing at $1.10 after exchanging 20,075 units, SSL Venture fell 11 cents to close at 63 cents with an exchange of 907,939 shares and Tropical Battery popped 7 cents to $1.34 in exchanging 51,488 stock units.
The volume of stocks traded on Wednesday declined by 44 percent and the value 46 percent from Tuesday’s levels, with 6,071,422 shares traded for $19,121,644, down from 10,904,334 units at $35,164,246 on Tuesday. Future Energy Source led trading after taking 43.3 percent of the volume with 2.63 million shares, followed by Caribbean Flavours 9.6 percent, with 585,245 units and Derrimon Trading with 424,600 units for 7 percent market share.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Limners and Bards shed 20 cents to $3.45 in trading 196,098 units, Mailpac Group fell 13 cents to $3.55 after exchanging 181,170 stocks, Medical Disposables shed 50 cents to close at $4.50 after 88,417 stock units crossed the market. Paramount Trading declined 5 cents to $1.05 in switching ownership of 3,925 shares, SSL Venture gained 10 cents to end at 74 cents after exchanging 23,154 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 88 cents in closing at $5.90, with 3,282 stock units changing hands.
Market activity ended with 38 securities trading similar to Monday after 16 stocks rose, eight declined and 14 ended unchanged. The Junior Market Index rose 1.69 points to 3,218.89. The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate values for stocks, averages 12.1 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
At the close, Access Financial lost $1.48 in ending at $20.01 with 22,295 shares clearing the market, Blue Power spiked 62 cents to $3.37 with the swapping of 5,947 units, CAC 2000 gained 60 cents in closing at $9.10 after trading 5,000 stock units. Cargo Handlers increased 10 cents to $7.40 in an exchange of 3,999 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 4 cents to $1.79 with an exchange of 14,957 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries shed 20 cents to $1.60, with 7,360 shares changing hands. Everything Fresh dropped 6 cents in closing at 90 cents in switching ownership of 128,541 units, Express Catering rallied 60 cents to $4.90 while exchanging 4,635 stocks, Fontana fell 5 cents to end at $6.10 after 298,234 shares changed hands. Honey Bun declined 20 cents to close at $8 in trading 58,950 stocks, Lasco Financial fell 15 cents to $3 after exchanging 35,012 stock units, Limners and Bards rose 35 cents in closing at $3.65, after 4,761,862 units crossed the exchange. 
Lumber Depot climbed 8 cents to $2.98, with 353,242 stock units crossing the market, Mailpac Group rose 8 cents to $3.68 after trading 77,351 stocks, Medical Disposables advanced 53 cents to $5 in an exchange of 100 units. Stationery and Office Supplies rose 88 cents in closing at $6.78 after an exchange of 6,569 shares and tTech lost 15 cents to end at $4.35 with 30,100 stock units clearing the market, but after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $3.60.
Market activity led to 38 securities trading compared to 36 on Friday and ended, with seven rising, 22 declining and nine ending unchanged. At the close, the Junior Market Index lost 31.27 points to settle at 3,217.20.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Indies Pharma lost 23 cents to close at $3.17 in an exchange of 11,606 stock units, Knutsford Express shed 15 cents to $6.85 in exchanging 1,011 units, Lasco Distributors popped 12 cents to $3.82 with 3,067 shares crossing the exchange. Limners and Bards fell 50 cents to $3.30 with the swapping of 1,469,967 units. Lumber Depot declined 10 cents in closing at $2.90 after exchanging 683,558 shares, Mailpac Group rallied 10 cents to $3.60 after trading 72,669 stocks, Medical Disposables dropped 47 cents to $4.47, with 343,907 stock units clearing the market. Stationery and Office Supplies shed 70 cents ending at $5.90 with 2,800 units crossing the exchange and Tropical Battery lost 4 cents to close at $1.27 while exchanging 69,176 stocks.
Overall, 36 securities traded compared to 34 on Thursday with 17 rising, eight declining and 11, closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index rose 26.84 points to 3,248.47 in closing marginally down from the previous week’s close.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending, with a bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
Indies Pharma advanced 23 cents to $3.40 after exchanging 250 units, Lasco Distributors dropped 17 cents to close at $3.70, with 24,848 stock units changing hands, Limners and Bards fell 18 cents to $3.80 after exchanging 762,073 units. Lumber Depot climbed 7 cents to $3, trading 634,727 stock units, Main Event popped 44 cents to $4.20 while exchanging 500 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies increased 69 cents to $6.60 after 1,444 units crossed the market and tTech rose 30 cents to $4.50 in exchanging 749 stock units.
Rising stocks beat out those declining by 15 to 11, with eight closing unchanged as 34 securities traded, up from 33 on Wednesday, with the volume and value of stocks trading slipping marginally on Thursday on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Mailpac Group dropped 10 cents to $3.52 in switching ownership of 98,002 shares, Main Event dived 44 cents to $3.76 after exchanging 3,395 shares. Medical Disposables increased 33 cents to $4.94 after exchanging 4,030 stock units, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 10 cents to $5.91 in an exchange of 4,000 stocks and tTech declined 42 cents to $4.20 after trading 2,731 stocks.
Market activity led to 35 securities trading compared to 36 on Monday and ended, with 12 rising, 14 declining and nine closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index fell 17.99 points to 3,262.98. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.3 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending, with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
hands. Lasco Financial fell 4 cents to close at $3.15 after trading at 23,500 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing lost 11 cents to end at $4.85 in trading 6,905 stocks, Lumber Depot dropped 32 cents to $2.75, with 3,844,851 units crossing the market, Mailpac Group rallied 13 cents to $3.64 while exchanging 651,442 shares, Medical Disposables popped 16 cents to end at $4.61 in switching ownership of 50,517 stock units, Paramount Trading rose 10 cents to $1.11 in an exchange of 566,220 units, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 7 cents to $6.95 trading 35,904 shares and tTech spiked 42 cents to $4.62, with 7,776 stock units clearing the market.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Lumber Depot shed 11 cents to close at $3.07 after trading 4,795,471 units, Mailpac Group fell 15 cents to $3.51 with 193,419 stocks traded, Medical Disposables dipped 16 cents to $4.45 with 74,483 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading declined 14 cents to $1.01 with a transfer of 212,785 units, SSL Venture lost 14 cents to close at 64 cents with investors switching ownership of 20,000 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies spiked $1.27 to $7.02 with 3,000 units crossing the exchange.
At the close, Access Financial jumped $1 to $21 in trading 178 shares, Blue Power popped 30 cents to $3.30 with an exchange of 14,930 stocks, Cargo Handlers dropped 50 cents to $7.65 with 16,948 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Assurance Brokers advanced 15 cents to $1.75 with 1,848 units traded after the stock traded at an intraday low of $1.52. Caribbean Cream gained 50 cents to close at $6.60 with a transfer of 66,547 shares, Caribbean Flavours slipped 8 cents to $1.90 with 121,050 stocks passing through the market. Consolidated Bakeries lost 10 cents to end at $1.69 with an exchange of 31,780 units, Derrimon Trading declined 5 cents to $2.25, with 189,209 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove fell $1.20 to $9 with 35,498 stocks traded. Express Catering dropped 30 cents to $4.90 with a transfer of 3,902 units, Fontana advanced 10 cents to $6.10 with investor switching ownership of 109,548 stock units, Future Energy Source rose 8 cents to $2.50 with an exchange of 4,342,763 shares. General Accident slipped 8 cents to $5.37 with 250,000 units changing hands, GWest Corporation increased 6 cents to 99 cents with 27,930 stock units traded, Honey Bun gained 15 cents to close at $8.70 with a transfer of 4,220 shares. Jamaican Teas slipped 6 cents to $3.74 with 78,300 stocks passing through the market, Knutsford Express climbed 10 cents to $7 with an exchange of 2,006 units, Limners and Bards shed 45 cents to close at $3.20 with 254,789 stock units changing hands. 
Lumber Depot rose 10 cents to $3.16 with 24,379,081 shares traded, Main Event dropped 20 cents to $4.05 with a transfer of 2,777 units, Medical Disposables added 9 cents to $4.61 with a transfer of 31,223 stock units. Stationery and Office Supplies shed 75 cents to finish at $5.75 with investors switching ownership of 3,500 stocks, Tropical Battery lost 6 cents to end at $1.30 with 41,134 units changing hands and tTech fell 30 cents to $4.20 with 32,292 shares crossing the exchange.
