Stocks came out of the woodworks on Monday in helping to swell trading leading to eight securities, compared to seven on Friday with prices of three rising, three declining and two closing unchanged after 61 percent more shares traded than on Friday on the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
The JSE USD Equity Index fell 1.90 points to 196.16. The PE Ratio, a measure of determining the appropriate relative value of each stock, based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings averages 12.3.
Overall, 303,164 shares traded for US$6,113 versus 188,607 units at US$31,769 on Friday.
Trading averaged 37,896 units at US$764, in contrast to 26,944 shares at US$4,538 on Friday. Trading averages 84,733 units for the month to date at US$4,517 compared to 89,303 units at US$4,884 on Friday. May ended with an average of 138,035 units for US$17,391.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price, while two ended with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital climbed 0.48 of a cent to 8.98 US cents while exchanging 1,000 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy declined 10 cents to US$1.05 while swapping of 58 units, 
Proven Investments gained 0.35 of a cent in closing at 25.85 US cents, with 1,808 stocks changing hands. Sterling Investments ended at 2 US cents after an exchange of 10,356 units, Sygnus Credit Investments popped 0.2 of a cent to 15 US cents trading 4,439 stock units and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.05 of a cent to 0.82 of a US cent in trading 283,393 units.
In the preference segment, Equityline Mortgage Investment preference share closed at US$2, with 110 stock units clearing the market and JMMB Group 6% dropped 3 cents to end at US$1 in trading 2,000 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Volume rises on JSE USD market
Trading bounce for TTSE on Monday
Investors increased their interest in stocks on Monday, with the number of stocks trading spiking and the volume and the value of stocks traded popping 225 percent over Friday’s levels resulting in slightly more stocks rising than falling at the close of trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
At the close, 21 stocks traded up from 16 on Friday, with seven rising, six falling and eight ending unchanged. The Composite Index gained 5.09 points to close at 1,392.14, the All T&T Index increased 2.56 points to 1,910.04 and the Cross-Listed Index climbed 1.09 points to settle at 117.43.
Overall, 548,218 shares traded for $6,710,088 compared to 168,626 units at $2,065,096 on Friday.
An average of 26,106 units traded at $318,528, up from 10,539 at $129,068 on Friday. The average trade for the month to date is 46,357 units at $652,730 versus 48,115 units at $681,645. The average trade for May ended at 25,935 units at $406,593.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s traded 8,800 shares at $24.50, Calypso Macro Investment Fund ended at $16 after exchanging 715 stocks, Clico Investment Fund settled at $26.99, with 15,123 stocks changing hands, Endeavour Holdings saw 329 shares trading at $7.97. First Citizens Bank rose 60 cents to $50 after 10,572 stocks crossed the exchange, FirstCaribbean International Bank declined 10 cents to $6.40 after exchanging 1,000 shares. Grace Kennedy dropped 16 cents to $5.35 in trading 12,927 stocks, Guardian Holdings shed 25 cents to end at $34.70 in switching ownership of 26,475 units, Guardian Media ended at $3.25 after exchanging 3,025 stock units. JMMB Group climbed 7 cents to $1.82 while exchanging 97,341 units, L.J Williams B share popped 4 cents to $1.34, with 16 units crossing the market, Massy Holdings dropped $1.25 to $80 after exchanging 17,061 units. 
MPC Carribean Clean Energy dropped 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of 90 cents with an exchange of 3,218 stocks. National Enterprises ended at $3 with an exchange of 44,764 units, National Flour Mills rallied 5 cents to $2.30, with 221,631 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group gained 20 cents to $8, with 58,008 units crossing the market. Prestige Holdings fell 24 cents to $6.75, after exchanging 1,067 units, Republic Financial Holdings gained 10 cents in ending at $135.10 with 6,977 shares crossing the market, Scotiabank closed at $57 with the swapping of 14,071 units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL climbed 35 cents to $18.50 with the swapping of 3,598 units and West Indian Tobacco remained at $32.15 while exchanging 1,500 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
New ICTOP10 entrants
In a week when the main and junior markets of the Jamaica Stock exchange broke loose from resistance, with the Junior Market just creeping away and the Main market surging more than 14,000 points up, as investors appear more bullish than they have been for some time.
Scotia Group, along with Caribbean Cream, fell out of the TOP10 based on downward revisions to their earnings for the coming financial year ends. Moving into the Junior Market TOP10 is ISP Finance with the price dropping to $15.60 on Friday and the Main Market listed, Berger Paints moving back in the TOP10 with the price at $13.85 on Friday.
JMMB Group came outwith solid results for the full year to March, leading to a revision of the projection for the 2022 fiscal year, making the stock a solid buy even after it rose 12 percent to $38.45 from $32.50 last week, Grace Kennedy jumped 5 percent from $94.97 last week to close at $99.46, PanJam Investment moved up 11 percent from $54.50 to $69 and Future Energy Sources closed the week at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.10, to be marginally up for the week from $1.07.
The average gains projected for the Junior Market slipped from 210 percent last week to 207 percent as the market slowly rises. The average projected gains for the Main Market stocks dropped last week from 170 to 166 percent as the market gained 3 percent for the week.
The top three stocks in the Junior Market continue to be Elite Diagnostic heading the list, followed by Medical Disposables and Caribbean Assurance Brokers, with the potential to gain between 247 to 300 percent. The top three Main Market stocks are Radio Jamaica in the number one spot, followed by PanJam Investments and JMMB Group, with expected gains of 160 to 391 percent.
The targeted PE ratio for the market remains an average of 20 based on profits of companies reporting full year’s results up to the second quarter of 2022. Fiscal 2020-21 ended March 2021 with the average PE at 17 for Junior Stocks and 19 times for the Main Market. One reason why the Junior Market stocks have outperformed Main Market ones since last year can be seen from the big difference between the valuations of both markets, with the latter values close to maturity, based on present valuation metrics.
The Junior Market, with an average PE 13 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings, is currently trading well below the target, as well as the recent historical average of 17, for the market to get to last year average, would require a 32 percent rise in the market, that would equate to a rise of 54 percent to March 2022 if it were to reach the targeted PE of 20. 
The Junior Market Top 10 stocks average a mere 6.7 at 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 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, 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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Solid week of gains for JSE majors
Stocks enjoyed a solid week with a rise of three percent after the All Jamaican Composite Index surged 14,114 points since last Friday and the market moved sharply up from the area of resistance around the 460,000 mark as the 4,215.85 points rise on Friday pushed the All Jamaican Composite Index to 473,387.69 on limited volume on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
At the close, the JSE Main Index jumped 3,056.20 points to 437,322.11 and the JSE Financial Index gained 1.00 points to end at 109.15.
Trading ended on Friday with 56 securities versus 50 on Thursday, with 20 stocks rising, 28 declining and eight ending unchanged, with the volume and value of shares traded falling 59 percent and 81 percent lower than traded on Thursday, respectively.
The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 16.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market closed with 9,586,037 shares trading for $83,876,641 versus 23,420,303 units at $432,056,408 on Thursday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 44.9 percent of total volume for 4.30 million shares, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 15.9 percent for 1.53 million units and Sagicor Select Financial Fund 10.9 percent, with 1.05 million units changing hands.
Trading averaged 171,179 units at $1,497,797, compared to 468,406 shares at $8,641,128 on Thursday. Trading month to date averages 258,696 units at $4,682,573, in contrast to 266,342 units at $4,960,806 on Thursday. May ended with an average of 439,937 units at $4,698,961.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 14 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments climbed 49 cents to $83.49 with 3,985 shares changing hands, Berger Paints fell $2.14 to $13.85 in transferring 23,784 shares,
Caribbean Cement rallied $3.80 to $94 with 19,468 stocks crossing the exchange, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund dropped $5.94 to settle at $36.01 in exchanging 739 shares. Grace Kennedy slipped 50 cents to close at $99.46 after a transfer of 31,523 stock units, Guardian Holdings ended $4 lower at $745 with the swapping of 2,390 units, Jamaica Producers lost 45 cents in closing at $24 in switching ownership of 5,788 stocks. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 24 cents to end at $17.25 with 1,603 units clearing the market, JMMB Group shed 5 cents in ending at $38.45 while exchanging 101,132 stocks, after trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $38.85, Kingston Properties dived 93 cents to $10.07 in exchanging 233 stocks. Kingston Wharves climbed 89 cents to $46.50, with a transfer of 13,291 stock units, Margaritaville fell 65 cents to $14.10 after exchanging 58 stocks, Mayberry Jamaican Equities dropped $1.04 to $8.51 in trading 4,028 units, NCB Financial Group shed 99 cents at $147 with 74,276 shares changing hands, Palace Amusement dipped $5 to $1,165 after 139 stock units crossed the market. Pan Jam Investment shed 70 cents to close at $69 with the swapping of 1,164 stocks, Portland JSX advanced $2.38 to $9.50 in transferring 2,000 shares, Sagicor Group climbed $9.84 to finish at $63.50 with an exchange of 37,269 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund shed 73 cents to close at $8.32 with the swapping of 25,410 shares, Salada Foods rose 45 cents to end at $8.50 in an exchange of 33,109 stocks, Seprod advanced $1.70 to close at $74 in trading 3,331 stock units. 
Supreme Ventures gained 28 cents to end at $21.08 with 251,994 shares changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments gained 21 cents to close at $15 after an exchange of 49,877 stocks.
There was increased trading activity in the preference segment on Friday, with ten active stocks. At the close, JMMB Group 7.15% – 2028 gained 15 cents in ending at $3.05 with 1,660 stock units crossing the market. JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 rose 13 cents to close at $3.20 in exchanging 22,500 stocks, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% climbed $10 to $1,700 with 17,548 shares crossing the market and 138 Student Living Preference shares spiked $1.03 to $7.91 after exchanging 500 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Massive surge in Junior Market volume
The volume of stocks traded was heavy with a 663 percent surge on Friday, with a 448 percent greater value than on Thursday, resulting from 35 securities trading compared to 37 on Thursday, with 13 rising, 15 declining and seven closing unchanged on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rose 12.12 points to settle at 3,367.03 to be up 39 points for the week as the market seems to be moving steadily away from the downward pull of resistance, just below 3,300. The PE Ratio, a measure that compares the relative value of each stock, averages 13 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 41,113,964 shares changing hands for $73,698,638 well up on the 5,390,213 units at $13,454,101 on Thursday. Caribbean Flavours led trading with 48.6 percent for 20 million shares, followed by Future Energy Source 40.1 percent with 16.47 million units and Indies Pharma with 2 percent of the day’s trade for 816,718 units.
Trading averaged 1,174,685 units at $2,105,675 in contrast to 145,681 at $363,624 on Thursday. Trading month to date averages 244,787 units at $661,267, compared to 177,819 units at $557,252 on Thursday. May closed with an average of 318,089 units at $760,337.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with lower offers.
At the close, Blue Power lost 13 cents to end at $3.61 with an exchange of 13,542 shares, Caribbean Cream lost 6 cents to close at $5.94 in trading 18,826 stock units, Caribbean Flavours declined 2 cents to $2.14 with the swapping of 20,001,191 shares. Consolidated Bakeries picked up 5 cents in ending at $1.75 with a transfer of 62,000 units, Elite Diagnostic gained 5 cents to finish at $3 with the swapping of 246,724 stocks. Express Catering shed 35 cents to $6 in switching ownership of 49,301 shares, Fontana lost 19 cents in ending at $6.01 with 33,979 units crossing the market, Future Energy Source advanced 1 cent, ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.10 with the swapping of 16,472,703 stock units, Honey Bun closed 29 cents higher at $6.99 after exchanging 16,600 stocks, Indies Pharma rallied 40 cents to $3.59 in exchanging 816,718 units, ISP Finance dived $4.40 in closing at $15.60 with 1,569 stock units crossing the market, Jamaican Teas dipped 7 cents to finish at $3.93, with a transfer of 431,601 shares. Jetcon Corporation fell 13 cents to close at $1.55 with an exchange of 70,197 stock units, Knutsford Express lost 15 cents after ending at $8.75 in trading 20,068 stocks.
Lasco Distributors gained 8 cents to close at $4.10 with a transfer of 627,504 shares, Lasco Financial lost 15 cents to end at $3.07 in exchanging 116,562 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing fell 4 cents to $5.41 with 233,487 stock units crossing the market. Lumber Depot gained 10 cents to $3.29 with 509,063 shares changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 90 cents to close at $7.98 with the swapping of 70,956 stock units and tTech lost 10 cents to end at $4.70 after exchanging 6,072 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Modest trading for JSE USD equities
Trading on Friday ended with the JSE USD Equity Index slipping 0.81 points to 198.06, after trading 499 percent more shares than on Thursday, on the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulting in more stocks falling than rising.
Seven securities traded, up from four on Thursday with prices of two rising, four declining and one remaining unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 12.4 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Overall, a total of 188,607 shares traded for US$31,769 compared to 31,160 units at US$4,667 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 26,944 units at US$4,538, in contrast to 7,790 shares at US$1,167 on Thursday. Trading averaged 89,302 units for the month to date at US$4,884 in contrast to 95,123 units at US$4,916 on Thursday. May ended with an average of 138,035 units for US$17,391.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital dipped 0.5 of a cent in closing at 8.5 US cents after trading just one share, Margaritaville increased 
0.85 of a cent to close at 9 US cents after exchanging 100,000 stocks, Proven Investments declined 0.45 of a cent to 25.5 US cents in exchanging 30,050 stock units. Sterling Investments remained at 2 US cents in exchanging 24,905 units, Sygnus Credit Investments shed 0.19 of a cent to close at 14.8 US cents, in trading just one unit, Transjamaican Highway gained 0.01 of a cent to end at 0.87 of a US cent in an exchange of 19,650 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% declined 7 cents to end at US$1.03, with 12,000 stock units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
TTSE ends the week positively
Market activity ended on Friday, with a rising market after trading 84.62 percent fewer shares carrying a 77 percent lower value than on Thursday, resulting in five stocks rising, one declining and 10 remaining unchanged as 16 securities traded compared to 19 on Thursday, at the close of trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and no with lower offers, while the Composite Index rose 1.15 points to 1,387.05, the All T&T Index gained 3.82 points to end at 1,907.48 and the Cross-Listed Index slipped 0.24 points to settle at 116.34.
Overall, 168,626 shares traded for $2,065,096 down sharply from 1,096,321 units at $8,918,361 on Thursday.
An average of 10,539 units traded at $129,068 compared to 57,701 at $469,387 on Thursday. The average trade for the month to date amounts to 48,115 units at $681,645 versus 50,775 units at $720,765. May ended with an average of 25,935 units at $406,593.
At the close, Agostini’s traded 810 shares at $24.50, Clico Investment Fund settled at $26.99 after 14,344 shares crossed the exchange, First Citizens Bank gained 37 cents to end at $49.40, with 262 stocks changing hands, FirstCaribbean International Bank popped 1 cent to $6.50 in trading 500 shares. Grace Kennedy rallied 26 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.51 in trading 1,681 units, Guardian Holdings remained at $34.95 after exchanging 12,669 shares, JMMB Group ended at $1.75 in exchanging 84,374 stock units.
Massy Holdings lost 25 cents to end at $81.25, with 1,110 shares changing hands, National Enterprises traded 10 stock units at $3, National Flour Mills ended at $2.25 in an exchange of 25 stock units. NCB Financial Group ended at $7.80 with the swapping of 24,803 units, Prestige Holdings settled at $6.99, with 100 stock units crossing the market, Scotiabank traded 6,378 shares at $57. Trinidad & Tobago NGL climbed 15 cents to $18.15, with 21,135 stock units clearing the market, Trinidad Cement rose 5 cents to $3.30 with an exchange of just 5 shares and West Indian Tobacco remained at $32.15 in an exchange of 420 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Huge jump for JSE Main Market
Trading activity pushed the market to trade at levels not seen since early in 2020 as stocks were pushed 10,503 points in less than 30 minutes of the opening, to just over 471,844 points on Thursday, with the market holding on to the bulk of the gains, after more than half the securities trading rose, with the volume of shares exchanged climbing 164 percent and the value 660 percent higher than on Wednesday at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
The consolidation of the market from January this year resulted in a wedge formation that set up the market for a big break out that is now happening and led today to one of the biggest gains in the market index since March last year as the All Jamaican Composite Index surged 7,830.58 points to 469,171.84, the JSE Main Index spiked 6,192.88 points to 434,265.91. The JSE Financial Index added 1.96 points to end at 108.15.
A total of 50 securities traded compared to 52 on Wednesday, with 27 stocks rising, 14 declining and nine remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 17.1 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
At the close, 23,420,303 shares traded for $432,056,408 versus 8,879,043 units at $56,815,416 on Wednesday. Sagicor Select Financial Fund dominated trading with 64.4 percent of total volume for 15.07 million shares, followed by Wigton Windfarm 15.8 percent with 3.70 million, and Transjamaican Highway contributed 6.6 percent, after trading 1.53 million units and JMMB Group 7.25% 4.8 percent, with 1.08 million units changing hands.
Trading Thursday averaged 468,406 units at $8,641,128, compared to 170,751 shares at $1,092,604 on Wednesday. Trading for the month to date averages 266,342 units at $4,960,806, versus 249,247 units at $4,649,442 on Wednesday. May ended with an average of 439,937 units at $4,698,961.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has ten stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments advanced $1.90 to $83 with 38,712 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement declined $3.55 to $90.20 in trading 25,435 stocks, Eppley fell $1 to $44, with 817 shares clearing the market, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund surged $6.95 to $41.95 with the swapping of 113 stock units, First Rock Capital gained 20 cents in ending at $16 in switching ownership of 2,720 stocks. Grace Kennedy advanced $3.66 to a 52 weeks’ closing high of $99.96 trading 76,317 units, Guardian Holdings dropped $6 to finish at $749 after exchanging 508,957 shares, Jamaica Producers popped 95 cents to $24.45 with an exchange of 3,807 shares, JMMB Group ended 71 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $38.50 with the swapping of 125,910 stock units. Kingston Properties rose 73 cents to $11 with 3,929 units crossing the market, Kingston Wharves shed 89 cents to close at $45.61 in exchanging 9,727 stocks, NCB Financial climbed $2.99 to $147.99 with the swapping of 10,462 shares. Palace Amusement spiked $170 to $1,170 in transferring 17 units, Pan Jam Investment advanced $4.65 to close at $69.70 with the swapping of 5,171 stocks, Proven Investments rose $1.88 to $36.88 in switching ownership of 74,184 shares. 
Sagicor Group dropped $4.24 to $53.66 with 25,338 stocks changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund increased 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.05, trading 21,349 shares. Scotia Group rose $2.02 to $42 after an exchange of 104,968 shares, Seprod fell $1.70 to $72.30 in trading 10,488 units, Sterling Investments gained 20 cents in closing at $3 with a transfer of 21,700 stocks. Sygnus Credit Investments shed 40 cents in ending at $14.79 with 20,430 stock units crossing the exchange and Wisynco Group gained 54 cents to close at $15.95 in switching ownership of 108,466 shares.
In the preference segment, Community & Workers Credit Union lost 22 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.47 with a transfer of 678 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market recovers ground on Thursday
Stocks delivered another day of advance after regaining just under half the points lost yesterday on the for the Junior Market as trading came to an end on Thursday with prices of 13 stocks rising, 14 declining and 10 ending unchanged after 37 securities traded compared to 36 on Wednesday, after an exchange of 18 percent fewer stocks for 31 percent less the value than on Wednesday.
The Market Index added 15.14 points to close at 3,354.91 after moving up to 3,375.79 within six minutes of the opening.
The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averaged 12.7 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Trading ended with 5,390,213 shares for $13,454,101 compared to 6,540,530 units at $19,468,768 on Wednesday.
Future Energy Source led trading with 36.9 percent of total volume, and 1.99 million shares, Tropical Battery followed with 11.6 percent or 627,308 units and Mailpac Group 9.6 percent, with an exchange of 518,163 units.
Trading averaged 145,681 units at $363,624 in contrast to 181,681 at $540,799 on Wednesday. The month to date averages 177,819 units at $557,252, compared to 180,468 units at $573,208 on Wednesday. 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 four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial popped $1.30 to $22.30 trading 1,002 shares, AMG Packaging fell 16 cents to $1.55 with 50 stocks passing through the market, Blue Power climbed 13 cents to close at $3.74 with a transfer of 1,800 units. Caribbean Producers rose 6 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $4.50 with 114,426 stock units traded, Elite Diagnostic dropped 25 cents to $2.95 with 98,497 shares changing hands, Express Catering climbed 85 cents to $6.35 with an exchange of 164,415 stocks. Fosrich lost 14 cents to close at $8.35 with investors switching ownership of 9,790 units, Indies Pharma dropped 33 cents to $3.19 with a transfer of 210,587 stock units, KLE Group gained 21 cents to end at $1.2 with 4,000 shares traded. 
Knutsford Express climbed 15 cents to $8.90 with 7,058 units changing hands, Lasco Financial fell 27 cents to $3.22 with an exchange of 504,345 stocks, Limners and Bards advanced 15 cents to $3.15 with investors switching ownership of 49,198 stock units. Lumber Depot fell 11 cents to $3.19 with a transfer of 114,143 shares, Mailpac Group slipped 8 cents to $3.69 with 518,163 units traded, Main Event lost 20 cents to settle at $5 with 7,723 stocks changing hands.Medical Disposables dropped 40 cents to $4.50 with investors switching ownership of 18,945 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies spiked 65 cents to $8.88 with 10,016 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading drops for US Market on Thursday
Four securities traded on Thursday, down from six on Wednesday on the JSE USD market, with one stock rising, one declining and two ending unchanged, with the market index rising slightly, after an exchange of 93 percent fewer shares at 90 percent less value than on Wednesday and resulting in an even number of stocks falling and rising.
Overall, 31,160 shares traded for US$4,667, down fr0m 460,057 units at US$47,267 on Wednesday. Trading averaged 7,790 units at US$1,167 in contrast to 76,676 shares at US$7,878 on Wednesday. The month to date averaged 95,123 units at US$4,916 in contrast to 100,043 units at US$5,127 on Wednesday. May ended with an average of 138,035 units for US$17,391.
The JSE USD Equity Index rose 1.78 points to 198.87. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averaged 12.5 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with the bid higher than its last selling price and three with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital ended at 9 US cents with 7,748 shares traded, Proven Investments gained 0.05 of a cent to finish at 25.95 US cents with 4,455 stocks changing hands, Sterling Investments remained at 2 US cents with investors switching ownership of 225 units and Sygnus Credit Investments fell 0.26 of a cent to 14.99 US cents, with 18,732 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
