MFS Capital Partners controlled 91 percent of the volume of stocks trading and 84 percent in value on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday, pushing the volume of stock traded up by 82, with a 183 percent greater value than on Friday with trading in 44 securities up from 38 on Friday and ending with prices of 13 rising, 18 declining and 13 closing unchanged, including one stock closing at a 52 weeks’ low and one at a 52 weeks’ intraday low.
The market closed with trading of 93,479,484 shares for $57,326,844 compared with 10,164,214 units at $20,268,746 on Friday.
Trading averaged 2,124,534 shares at $1,302,883 compared to 267,479 units at $533,388 on Friday with a month to date, average of 435,250 stock units at $572,778 compared with 253,961 units at $494,426 on the previous trading day and July with an average of 358,542 stock units at $736,760.
MFS Capital Partners led trading with 84.82 million shares for 90.7 percent of total volume followed by EduFocal with 4.52 million stock units for 4.8 percent of the day’s trade and Omni Industries with 1.53 million units for 1.6 percent of the day’s trade.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index declined 42.48 points to finish at 3,562.15.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 11.9, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial skidded $3 to $19, with 1,906 shares crossing the market, Blue Power lost 61 cents to close at $3.69 with investors dealing in 10,199 stocks, Cargo Handlers fell $1.61 and ended at $10.38 after closing with an exchange of 1,944 shares. Caribbean Cream gained 40 cents in closing at $3.45 with investors trading 70,962 stock units, Dolla Financial slipped 17 cents to finish at $2.83 with a transfer of 89,781 shares, Dolphin Cove popped 22 cents to end at $23.20 with 36,183 units clearing the market. EduFocal sank 5 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of 31 cents after a trading of 4,517,073 stocks, Elite Diagnostic gained 9 cents to close at $1.70 after 38,361 stock units passed through the market, Express Catering shed 43 cents to close at $4.01 with investors swapping 28,350 shares. Fontana sank 11 cents to finish at $8.24, with 18,952 units crossing the market, Fosrich declined 5 cents and ended at $2.15 in trading 4,547 stocks, 
Honey Bun dropped $1.39 to end at $7.10 after an exchange of 31,078 stock units. Image Plus dipped 13 cents to end at $1.56 with investors trading 19,002 shares, Jamaican Teas climbed 12 cents to end at $2.17 in an exchange of 150,509 units, JFP Ltd lost 5 cents in closing at 96 cents with traders dealing in 71 stocks. Limners and Bards dropped 8 cents to close at $1.27 with 824 stock units crossing the exchange, Omni Industries rose 16 cents and ended at $1.10 in switching ownership of 1,534,836 shares, Spur Tree Spices advanced 26 cents to finish at $1.92 with 524,598 units changing hands after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $1.59 and Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 5 cents to $1.70 with an exchange of 90,577 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 86,270 shares for US$8,297 compared to 207,924 units at US$7,317 on Friday.
At the close, Margaritaville lost 0.5 of one cent in closing at 7.9 US cents, with 9,986 stocks passing through the exchange, Proven Investments ended at 10.1 US cents with investors dealing in 68,082 units and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.02 of a cent to close at 1.91 US cents, with 7,775 shares crossing the market.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 2,279.50 points to 316,555.34, the All Jamaican Composite Index dived 2,742.57 points to 348,691.57 and the JSE Main Index shed 2,066.75 points to end at 304,316.87. The Junior Market Index dropped 42.48 points to 3,562.15 and the JSE USD Market Index popped by just 0.14 points to 219.70.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% rose $1 to $2,700 and 138 Student Living preference share skidded $31.50 to end at $178.50.
The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices.
While the fall in the market is down 12 percent for the year to date and seems set to decline further, stocks are getting more attractively priced for investors who want to buy into the market at lower prices that are more attractive with greater potential for above average gains ahead.
The market closed with an exchange of 83,394 shares at $1,287,405 down from 405,822 stocks at $5,575,145 on Friday.
At the close, Agostini’s sank $3 to end at $65.50 in an exchange of 268 stock units, Angostura Holdings skidded 50 cents to $17.25, with 950 shares crossing the market, Ansa McAl sank 50 cents to $63 after an exchange of 7,524 stocks. First Citizens Group dropped $1.50 to $42.50 with 3,031 units clearing the market, FirstCaribbean International Bank rose 3 cents to close at $6.73 with investors swapping 1,280 stocks, GraceKennedy popped 10 cents to finish at $3.75 with a transfer of 2,730 shares. Guardian Holdings remained at $12.50 with investors dealing in 6,511 stock units, JMMB Group lost 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.04 after a transfer of 1,103 units, Massy Holdings dipped 8 cents to finish at $3.50 with traders dealing in 12,223 stocks. National Flour Mills fell 10 cents to $1.80 in an exchange of 1,000 shares, One Caribbean Media slipped 10 cents to end at $3, with 20,000 stock units crossing the market,
Prestige Holdings gained 51 cents in closing at $11.49 after an exchange of 182 units. Republic Financial declined 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $112 in trading 2,299 shares, Scotiabank shed 11 cents and ended at $57.74 passed through the market 865 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped 50 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.30 in switching ownership of 299 stocks. Trinidad Cement fell 3 cents in closing at $2.51 after 5,200 units were traded, Unilever Caribbean popped $1.18 to close at $11.79 as investors exchanged 84 shares and West Indian Tobacco dipped 1 cent to finish at $6.49 after investors ended trading 17,845 units.
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In the JSE Main Market ICTOP 10, VM Investments gained 20 percent to $3.34 and Jamaica Broilers gained just 4 percent to $35. Berger Paints fell 14 percent to $6.36 and Pulse Investments lost 4 percent to close at $1.53.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10 are 9 stocks, or 18 percent of the market, with PEs ranging from 15 to 22 and a PE of 16 for the upper half.
Point to point inflation in January this year was a high 7.4 percent, by April it plunged to 5.3 percent, a huge 28 percentage point drop in a short time frame as old data drops out and is replaced by new, lower ones. March’s point to point inflation came in at 5.6 percent still some distance lower than January.
The market closed with trading of 48,608,865 shares for $112,089,625 compared with 8,643,170 stock units at $49,192,520 on Thursday.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 14 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
Proven Investments advanced $1.15 to $17.85 after trading 9,656 shares, Salada Foods rose 84 cents to close at $3.85 with investors dealing in 5,629 units, Seprod shed $2.94 and ended at $80.01, with 5,871 stocks changing hands. Supreme Ventures fell 80 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.20 with investors trading 17,247 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments sank 41 cents in closing at $10.78, with 8,544 shares crossing the market, Victoria Mutual Investments rose 68 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.34 in trading 800,123 stock units and Wisynco Group declined 48 cents and ended at $20, with 124,688 stocks crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading ended with an exchange of 10,164,214 shares for $20,268,746 compared with 17,444,446 units at $41,871,104 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.2, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Image Plus gained 6 cents to $1.69 with investors dealing in 150,257 stock units, ISP Finance dipped $2.01 to close at $20.98 and closed after an exchange of 5,000 shares. Jamaican Teas fell 14 cents to $2.05 as investors exchanged 1,676,763 stocks, Limners and Bards skidded 12 cents to end at $1.35 with 63,654 units clearing the market, Lumber Depot sank 5 cents to finish at $2.76 with an exchange of 30,000 stock units. Spur Tree Spices slipped 24 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.66 after 161,400 shares passed through the market, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 5 cents to end at $1.65 in an exchange of 28,657 stocks and Tropical Battery dropped 10 cents in closing at $2.18 with investors trading 251,756 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 207,924 shares for US$7,317 down from 810,331 units at US$50,222 on Thursday.
Sygnus Credit Investments climbed 0.5 of one cent and ended at 7 US cents after 772 shares crossed the market and Transjamaican Highway sank 0.09 of a cent to close at 1.89 US cents with investors swapping 171,002 stock units.
