Investors responded to information relating to proposed interest by the infant Dolla Financial in Access Financial, with the prices of both stocks triggering the circuit breaker as the market opened. But investors would be better focused if they look at the fundamentals of both companies rather than an unlikely coming together of both.
Access Financial Services head office.
The price movements of both as well as for Stationery and Office Supplies that also triggered the circuit breaker at the start of trading push the Junior Market index up a nice 78.30 points to 4,142.42.
The overall Jamaican Stock Exchange gained at the close of trading on Friday except for a minor slippage in the USD Market with the JSE Combined Index a measure of the overall market, rising by 1,042.15 points to 380,712.84. The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 621.52 points to 418,550.69, the JSE Main Index gained361.51 points to close at 367,335.68 and the JSE USD market Index dipped 0.51 points to 194.22.
Trading ended, with 21,812,469 shares changing hands with a value of $123.9 million, up from just $44.35 million, with 9,794,268 shares traded in the overall market on the prior trading day. The JSE USD market ended with the value of stocks traded at US$145,667.
The market’s PE ratio ended at 23.3 based on 2021-22 earnings and 12.5 times those for 2022-23 at the close of trading.
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In closing, Cargo Handlers popped $1 to $15 after trading 4,163 shares, Consolidated Bakeries gained 17 cents in closing at $1.56 after switching ownership of 62,312 stocks, Dolphin Cove lost 17 cents to end at $14.83 in an exchange of 591 stock units. EduFocal rose 33 cents to $2.75 in exchanging 1,045,050 units, Express Catering shed 38 cents to close at $5.15, with 10,120 shares crossing the exchange, Fontana increased 22 cents in closing at $9.79 after trading 34,156 stocks. Fosrich rallied 15 cents to $3.37 in trading 647,712 stock units, GWest Corporation advanced 10 cents to end at $1, with 597 units changing hands, iCreate climbed 45 cents to close at $4 after exchanging 50,634 shares. Jamaican Teas declined 10 cents to $2.85 with an exchange of 772,230 units, Knutsford Express rose 10 cents to $7 after 10,000 stocks crossed the market, Lasco Distributors dropped 25 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $2.85 after trading 58,030 stock units. Lasco Financial fell 23 cents in closing at $2.71 with 500 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing increased 10 cents to end at $4.30 with 22,482 stock units clearing the market, Mailpac Group declined 12 cents to close at $2.15 while exchanging 204,030 stocks. 
Main Event climbed $1 in closing at $8 with the swapping of 13 units, Medical Disposables rallied 95 cents to end at $7, with one share crossing the market, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 94 cents to $17 in trading 54,856 units and Tropical Battery popped 11 cents to $2.75 with 233,615 stock units passing through the exchange.
Market activity led to 42 securities trading down from 44 on Tuesday and ended with 12 rising, 21 declining and nine unchanged.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Jamaican Teas rallied 30 cents in closing at $2.95 in an exchange of 1,851,771 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing lost 35 cents in ending at $4.20 with an exchange of 57,063 stocks, Lumber Depot declined 10 cents to end at $2.90, with 133,266 units changing hands. Main Event advanced 90 cents to close at $7 after exchanging 25,517 units and Stationery and Office Supplies increased 44 cents to $17.94 in trading 12,919 stocks.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rose 10.06 points to settle at 4,134.16.
iCreate gained 10 cents in ending at $4.40 while exchanging 364,128 units, KLE Group lost 30 cents after ending at $1.80 after trading 4,495 stock units, Mailpac Group fell 11 cents to close at $2.20 after exchanging 739,265 shares. Main Event declined $1.07 to end at $6.10 and closed with an exchange of 13,170 shares, SSL Venture popped 14 cents to $3.70, with 16,855 stock units changing hands and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 50 cents in closing at $17.50, with 37,085 stocks crossing the exchange.
At the close, AMG Packaging shed 20 cents in ending at $3.65 while exchanging 18,567 shares, CAC 2000 fell 50 cents to $7 in trading 6,647 stock units, Cargo Handlers gained 95 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $14.90, with 2,731 stocks changing hands. Caribbean Assurance Brokers advanced 10 cents to close at $2.60 in exchanging 94,353 units, Consolidated Bakeries rose 32 cents to $1.72 with an exchange of 478,898 stock units, Dolphin Cove popped 21 cents to close at $14.81 with the swapping of 52,223 stocks. Elite Diagnostic dropped 13 cents in ending at $3.32, with 25,389 shares clearing the market, Express Catering lost 38 cents to end at $5.21 as 53,200 units changed hands, Fontana declined 25 cents in closing at $9.95 after exchanging 46,770 stocks. Future Energy Source shed 14 cents to end at $5.45 in exchanging 468,925 shares, Honey Bun dropped 11 cents to close at $8 in trading 30,486 stock units, iCreate lost 20 cents to end at $4.30, with 190,479 units crossing the market. 
Lumber Depot climbed 10 cents to $3 in switching ownership of 187,906 units, Mailpac Group fell 14 cents in closing at $2.31 after 135,639 stocks crossed the exchange, Medical Disposables declined $1.15 to $6.05 trading 6,931 stock units. SSL Venture shed 79 cents to end at $3.56, with 449,140 shares crossing the market and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 40 cents to close at $18 in finishing the transfer of 54,587 shares.
Trading closed with an average of 867,099 shares at $2,960,362 in contrast to 1,468,818 shares at $4,793,407 on Thursday with month to date, averaging 719,335 units at $2,386,208 compared to 671,200 units at $2,199,173 on the previous trading day. July closed with an average of 512,709 units at $2,574,304.
At the close, Access Financial fell $2.54 to $20.01 with the swapping of 5,389 shares, AMG Packaging advanced 10 cents to $3.85 with an exchange of 6,291 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 14 cents to end at $2.50, with 118,864 units crossing the market. Caribbean Cream declined 18 cents to $4.02 after trading 19,292 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries gained 10 cents in closing at $1.40 in exchanging 2,449 stock units, Dolla Financial lost 11 cents in ending at $2.84, with 1,538,020 units changing hands. Fontana climbed 22 cents to close at $10.20 in trading 82,022 shares, General Accident shed 40 cents in closing at $5.50 while exchanging 16,515 stocks, Lasco Financialrallied 27 cents to $2.97, with 1,000 units crossing the exchange. Limners and Bards dropped 14 cents to end at $2.74 after trading 15,500 stock units, 
Medical Disposables rose $1 to $7.20 in exchanging 1,000 stocks, SSL Venture increased 76 cents to close at $4.35, with 31,440,239 shares changing hands. Stationery and Office Supplies declined 10 cents in closing at $18.40 after exchanging 22,360 stocks and tTech rose 17 cents to $3.50 in switching ownership of one share.
The Junior Market Index rose 19.64 points to end at 4,174.54. The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.8. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
At the close, CAC 2000 dropped $1 to $7.50 with an exchange of 1,847 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers shed 14 cents to end at $2.36, with 38,566 stocks clearing the market, Caribbean Cream increased 16 cents in closing at $4.20 after 237 units crossed the exchange. Consolidated Bakeries fell 10 cents to $1.30, with 31,244 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove declined $1 to close at $14.60 in exchanging 11,774 stocks, Elite Diagnostic lost 14 cents to end at $3.45 in trading 64,485 stock units. Everything Fresh gained 10 cents in closing at $1.38 after exchanging 16,872 units, General Accident climbed 40 cents to $5.90 after trading 11 shares and iCreate rallied 10 cents to $4.50 in an exchange of 469,507 stocks. Indies Pharma popped 33 cents to close at $3.18, with 15,875 stock units changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance declined 31 cents to end at $2.96, with 6,186 units crossing the market, Jamaican Teas slipped 14 cents to $2.52 in switching ownership of 126,700 shares. Lasco Financial dropped 10 cents in closing at $2.70 after exchanging 163,334 shares, Limners and Bards rose 14 cents to $2.88 after trading 18 stock units, Lumber Depot shed 32 cents to close at $2.86 with an exchange of 33,808 stocks. 
Mailpac Group advanced 13 cents to end at $2.46 with the swapping of 166,835 units, Main Event fell 33 cents to close at $7.17 while exchanging 6,030 stock units, Medical Disposables fell $1.10 in closing at $6.20 while exchanging 14,318 shares. SSL Venture rose 71 cents to $3.59 in trading 61,865,246 stocks, Stationery and Office Supplies declined $1.35 after ending at $18.50 with the swapping of 12,918 units and tTech popped 30 cents to $3.33, with 570 stocks changing hands.
At the close, AMG Packaging rose 10 cents to $3.75 after trading 4,229 shares, Blue Power advanced 21 cents to $3.64 in switching ownership of 8,396 stocks, CAC 2000 gained 25 cents to end at $8.50, with 11 stock units crossing the market. Cargo Handlers climbed 40 cents to $14 after an exchange of 5 units Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 10 cents to $2.50 in trading 15,822 shares, Dolphin Cove dropped 10 cents to $15.60, with 5,852 units changing hands. EduFocal gained 18 cents in closing at $2.43 after trading 89,796 stocks, Future Energy Source fell 10 cents to close at $5.50 in 373,198 stock units changing hands, General Accident rallied 40 cents to end at $5.50 while exchanging 78,000 shares. iCreate lost 15 cents at $4.40, with 547,338 stocks clearing the market, Indies Pharma declined 35 cents in closing at $2.85, with 10,613 stock units crossing the exchange, Iron Rock Insurance rallied 31 cents to $3.27 after exchanging one unit. Knutsford Express shed 28 cents to end at $7.07, with 5,383 shares crossing the market, Lasco Financial declined 20 cents to close at $2.80 in an exchange of 182,402 units, Lumber Depot gained 28 cents to end at $3.18 with the swapping of 2,556,073 stocks. 
Medical Disposables rose 30 cents to $7.30 in trading 19,561 stock units, SSL Venture shed 52 cents to close at $2.88 with an exchange of 376,363 units, Stationery and Office Supplies jumped $1.45 to a record close of $19.85 in an exchange of 45,259 shares. Tropical Battery dropped 10 cents in closing at $2.60, with 895,621 stocks crossing the market and tTech lost 40 cents in ending at $3.03 after an exchange of 5,000 stock units.
Caribbean Cream lost 24 cents to close at $4.05, trading 6,301 stock units, Derrimon Trading dropped 11 cents to $2.50, with 164,998 units crossing the exchange, Dolla Financial declined 11 cents to close at $2.89 in exchanging 1,083,841 shares. Dolphin Cove shed 23 cents in closing at $15.70 in an exchange of 12,106 stock units, EduFocal fell 25 cents to $2.25, with 772,572 stocks clearing the market, Elite Diagnostic gained 38 cents to end at $3.59 with the swapping of 10,738 stocks. Everything Fresh lost 14 cents in ending at $1.20 with an exchange of 76,934 stock units, Fontana dropped 20 cents to $10 while exchanging 90,488 shares, Fosrich fell 14 cents to $3.25 in switching ownership of 3,424,259 units. Future Energy Source dropped 10 cents in closing at $5.60, with 396,453 stocks changing hands, iCreate shed 31 cents to end at $4.55 after exchanging 277,538 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance declined 31 cents to close at $2.96 in trading 6,350 units. Limners and Bards lost 26 cents in ending at $2.74, with 19,978 shares crossing the market, Main Event shed 30 cents to close at $7.50 after 13,033 units changed hands, Spur Tree Spices fell 10 cents to $4.10, with 319,755 stocks clearing the market. 
SSL Venture declined 10 cents in closing at $3.40 after an exchange of 243,894 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies increased $1.40 to end at $18.40 in trading 144,384 stock units, Tropical Battery dropped 13 cents in closing at $2.70 in exchanging 345,387 shares and tTech climbed 32 cents to close at $3.43 in an exchange of 20,502 stock units.
At the close, CAC 2000 climbed 75 cents in closing at $8.25 after exchanging seven shares, Cargo Handlers increased by 20 cents to $13.95, with 3,220 stock units crossing the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 28 cents to close at $2.60 in exchanging 496,030 units. Caribbean Cream popped 19 cents to $4.29 after swapping 714 stocks, Derrimon Trading rallied 27 cents to $2.61 in trading 64,197 shares, Dolla Financial shed 10 cents to end at $3, with 1,181,787 stock units crossing the exchange. EduFocal fell 10 cents in closing at $2.50 after 25,773 stocks crossed the market, Fosrich lost 48 cents to end at $3.39 in an exchange of 3,973,213 units, Future Energy Source gained 20 cents to close at $5.70 after trading 312,441 units. iCreate advanced 37 cents to $4.86, with 621,486 stock units changing hands, Knutsford Express popped 35 cents to end at $7.35 after trading 1,568 shares, Limners and Bards increased 25 cents in closing at $3 with 176,273 stocks clearing the market. 
Main Event declined 30 cents to close at $7.80 in switching ownership of 16,148 stocks, Spur Tree Spices rallied 18 cents ending at $4.20, with 910,771 stock units changing hands, SSL Venture dropped 38 cents to $3.50 with an exchange of 110,635 units and Tropical Battery advanced 12 cents to $2.83 after an exchange of 221,911 shares.
