Trading closed on the Junior Market on Friday, with a 41.75 points rise in the index for the week but gave up many points from the peak during the week when the market surged nearly 83 points in two only to be dragged down by 62 points on Wednesday and picked up small gains on the last two days of the week to hold above the 3,300 points on Friday.
Similar to Thursday, 37 securities traded on Friday and ended, with 14 rising, 13 declining and 10 closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index gained 12.34 points to settle at 3,311.18. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.4 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended, with the volume ending up 54 percent less than on Thursday, with 11,413,177 shares changing hands for $38,157,077 compared to 24,561,305 units at $37,976,789 Thursday. Future Energy Source commanded 38.1 percent market share, with 4.34 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot with 22.3 percent of the day’s trade or 2.54 million units and Fosrich 8.8 percent after an exchange of 1.01 million units.
Trading averaged 308,464 units at $1,031,272 in contrast to 663,819 at $1,026,400 on Thursday. Month to date trading averages 265,110 units at $777,273, versus 261,187 units at $754,295 on Thursday. July closed with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cream fell 37 cents to $5.35 with 96,995 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove bolted 86 cents to $9.86 with an exchange of 890 stock units, Express Catering spiked 75 cents to $6.15, with 125,300 units traded. Fontana climbed 42 cents to $6.24, with a transfer of 437,819 shares, Fosrich shed 21 cents to close at $8.10 with 1,007,045 stocks trading, Future Energy Source spiked 14 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $2.37 with 4,344,838 units changing hands. General Accident slipped 6 cents to $5.50 with an exchange of 200,407 stock units, iCreate rose 6 cents to 85 cents with 23,100 shares traded, Indies Pharma rallied 27 cents to $3.88 with a transfer of 173,076 units. Jetcon Corporation advanced 17 cents to $1.17 with 17,000 stocks passing through the market, KLE Group fell 22 cents to 95 cents with 2,017 stock units changing hands, Knutsford Express rose 10 cents to $8 with an exchange of 2,894 units. 
Lasco Distributors dropped 14 cents to $3.80 with 124,400 shares traded. Lasco Financial climbed 19 cents to $3.19 with a transfer of 43,800 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing declined by 25 cents to finish at $4.95 with investors switching ownership of 27,978 stock units. Main Event rallied 35 cents to $4.85 with 26,114 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables climbed 28 cents to $5.09 to finish with 98,477 units traded, SSL Venture dropped 16 cents to 64 cents with a transfer of 20,625 stocks. Stationery and Office Supplies shed $1.65 to close at $5.75 with investors switching ownership of 5,077 units and Tropical Battery rose 5 cents to $1.34 with 220,632 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading ended with five securities changing hands compared to six on Thursday, with prices of one stock rising, three declining as one remained unchanged.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with the bid higher than its last selling price and two with lower offers.
Seventeen securities traded compared to 16 on Thursday, with nine rising, four declining and four remaining unchanged. The Composite Index rose 2.98 points to settle at 1,430.90, the All T&T Index spiked 13.69 points higher to 1,945.55 and the Cross-Listed Index dropped 1.19 points to settle at 123.36.
FirstCaribbean International Bank ended at $6.50 exchanging 30,000 shares, GraceKennedy declined by 5 cents to $6.30 after trading 165,433 units, JMMB Group rose 6 cents to $2.25 in trading 19,905 stocks. Massy Holdings climbed $3.25 to $85 in an exchange of 48 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy lost 8 cents in ending at 90 cents, with 2,782 shares changing hands, National Enterprises remained at $3.90 with an exchange of 3,500 units, NCB Financial Group fell 41 cents to $7.99, with 83,262 units crossing the market. Republic Financial Holdings advanced 43 cents to $135.94, with 329 stock units clearing the market, Scotiabank shed 3 cents in closing at $58.97 in switching ownership of 500 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL spiked 26 cents to $18, exchanging 3,824 stocks. Trinidad Cement gained 45 cents to end at $3.96, with 2,500 shares crossing the exchange and Unilever Caribbean popped 2 cents to $16.40 after finishing trading of 600 units.
The All Jamaican Composite Index lost 916.98 points to settle at 454,531.67, the JSE Main Index shed 587.19 points to 415,165.55 and the JSE Financial Index added 0.19 points to end at 102.38.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
Radio Jamaica spiked 52 cents to end at 52 weeks’ closing high of $3.50, after hitting a new intraday high of $3.85 in the morning session, in completing an exchange of 669,972 stock units, Salada Foods rallied 28 cents to $7.39, with 2,552 units crossing the exchange, Scotia Group fell 30 cents to end at $39.70, with an exchange of 261,002 shares. Seprod declined $4.80 in closing at $61.20 in trading 21,923 stocks and Victoria Mutual Investments dipped 35 cents at $5.35 with 126,154 units clearing the market.
A total of 37 securities traded compared to 35 on Wednesday and ended, with 17 rising, 15 declining and five closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index popped 9.02 points to 3,298.84. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values averages 11.2 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with the bid higher than its last selling price and three with lower offers.
Main Event dropped 50 cents to $4.50 with 85,117 stock units traded, SSL Venture advanced 17 cents to 80 cents with 10,000 units passing through the market and Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 35 cents to $7.40 with 3 shares crossing the exchange.
Six securities traded, compared to four on Wednesday, with prices of three rising, two declining and one remaining unchanged. The US Denominated Equities Index lost 0.75 points to end at 188.40.
At the close, First Rock Capital climbed 0.91 of a cent to 7.96 US cents trading 700 shares, Proven Investments ended at 24.1 US cents, with an exchange of 13,290 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.03 of a cent to 12 US cents with a transfer of 3,202 stocks and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.04 of a cent to 0.85 US cents with 12,990,002 shares crossing the exchange.
Sixteen securities traded from 15 on Wednesday, with prices of two rising, eight declining and six closing unchanged. The Composite Index slipped 0.60 points to 1,427.92, the All T&T Index shed 0.15 points to close at 1,931.86 and the Cross-Listed Index fell 0.15 points to settle at 124.55.
Clico Investment Fund rallied $1.99 to $27.50 in exchanging 6,238 shares, First Caribbean International Bank traded 1,240 shares at $6.50, First Citizens Bank slipped 20 cents to $50, trading 1,000 units. GraceKennedy shed 5 cents to close at $6.35 with an exchange of 2,013 units, Guardian Holdings fell 35 cents to $32.65, trading 67,273 units, JMMB Group traded 3,520 shares and lost 3 cents to end at $2.19, Massy Holdings slipped 25 cents to $81.75 with an exchange of 1,000 units, National Enterprises traded 5,304 shares at $3.90, One Caribbean Media lost 35 cents to end at $4.25 trading 3,317 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 16 cents and closed at $17.74 after exchanging 1,875 units, Scotiabank climbed 20 cents in trading 5,435 shares at $59, Trinidad Cement exchanged 50 shares at $3.51 and LJ Williams B shares closed at $1.35 in trading 874 shares.
Trading picked up on Wednesday, with the volume shares changing hands jumping 51 percent after 67 percent more funds entered the market than on Tuesday and resulted in an even number of stocks rising and falling, but ended, with the JSE USD market slipping at the close. 
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with higher bids than the last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Barita Investments rallied $6.88 in closing at 52 weeks’ high of $97.88 with an exchange of 111,164 stock units, Caribbean Cement advanced $1.49 to $93.99 with 143,483 units crossing the market, Caribbean Producers gained 35 cents to end at $5 after clearing the market with 1,010 units, Eppley shed 66 cents to close at $40 with the swapping of 2,109 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell $1.16 to $40 in switching ownership of 1,679 shares, First Rock Capital shed 89 cents to $12.96 in exchanging 6,973 stocks. GraceKennedy fell $1.75 to $103.05 with 224,330 stock units crossing the market, Guardian Holdings dropped $20 to $650 in trading 7,082 shares, Jamaica Producers advanced $1.49 to end at $23.49 in an exchange of 19,072 stock units, Kingston Wharves fell 99 cents ending at to $46.51 with a transfer of 1,206 units. Margaritaville declined $1.79 to a 52 weeks’ low of $13.40 after exchanging 13,797 stocks, Mayberry Investments spiked 35 cents to $6 in switching ownership of 19,480 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose 89 cents to $9.39 in transferring 12,440 shares. 
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rallied $16.80 to $137.80 after exchanging one stock unit, NCB Financial Group advanced $2 to $134 with 108,613 stock units crossing the market, Palace Amusement popped $89.20 to $1,140 with one share changing hands. PanJam Investment gained 40 cents to finish at $62 in switching ownership of 34,611 stocks, Radio Jamaica gained 23 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.98 after 3,388,414 shares changed hands. Sagicor Group shed 78 cents to close at $57 after 28,498 stocks crossed the exchange, and Seprod spiked $1 to $66 with 13,166 shares changing hands.
Trading ended with 15 securities changing hands down from 17 on Tuesday, with the prices of three stocks rising, five declining and seven closing unchanged. The Composite Index popped 3.92 points to 1,428.52, the All T&T Index inched 0.42 points higher to close at 1,931.54 and the Cross-Listed Index rose 1.07 points to settle at 124.70.
Calypso Micro Index Fund lost a cents to close at $16.49 tin trading 50 shares. Clico Investment Fund dropped $1.99 to $25.51 in exchanging 11,200 shares, First Citizens Bank rose 20 cents to $50.20 trading 9,673 units. Guardian Holdings popped 40 cents to $33 in trading 5,225 units, JMMB Group traded 900 shares at $2.22, Massy Holdings closed at $82 with an exchange of 28,826 units, NCB Financial Group rallied 41 cents to $8.40 trading 48,313 shares, Republic Financial Holdings traded 700 shares but slipped 6 cents to $135.51. Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $17.90 after exchanging 1.388 units, Scotiabank traded 449 shares at $58.80, Unilever Caribbean lost 2 cents to close at $16.40, with 300 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at $32 in trading 1,613 shares.
