Declining stocks ended with the upper hand in trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with trading in 16 securities trading up from 15 on Monday and ending with prices of three stocks rising, six declining and seven ending firm, resulting from a 1,288 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded valued 610 percent more than on Monday.
The market closed with trading of 843,671 shares at $5,077,375 up from just 60,781 stock units at $714,952 on Monday.
An average of 52,729 shares were traded at $317,336 compared to 4,052 units at $47,663 on Monday, with trading for the month to date ending with an average of 19,865 shares at $164,367 compared with 16,944 stock units at $150,770 on the previous day and an average for August of 21,741 shares at $142,770.
The Composite Index shed 11.65 points to end at 1,048.57, the All T&T Index dropped 19.13 points to conclude trading at 1,568.19, the SME Index remained at 87.78 and the Cross-Listed Index dipped 0.51 points to end the day at 68.93.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s remained at $65 with 157 stock units crossing the market, Angostura Holdings ended at $17 after a transfer of 35,921 shares, Ansa McAl advanced $1 to end at $62.50 with 20,307 stock units crossing the exchange. Ansa Merchant Bank sank 30 cents in closing at $41.20 with 20 stocks changing hands, First Citizens Group declined $1.85 and ended at $40 with investors trading 400 shares, FirstCaribbean International Bank fell 10 cents to close at $6.90 with 10,008 stocks clearing the market. GraceKennedy sank 5 cents to $3.60 with investors trading 159,000 units, Guardian Holdings remained at $14 after an exchange of 800 stock units, JMMB Group ended at $1.05 after 1,036 shares changed hands. 
Massy Holdings remained at $3.50 with an exchange of 602,357 units, National Enterprises rose 5 cents and ended at $3 with investors trading 7,971 stocks, NCB Financial dipped 10 cents to $2.40 with 1,033 units passing through the market. Prestige Holdings dropped $1.44 to end at $10 after an exchange of 349 shares, Republic Financial gained 10 cents to close at $112.10 in trading 2,781 stock units, Scotiabank ended at $54.50 after 1,500 stocks were traded and Unilever Caribbean remained at $11.40 with investors dealing in 31 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Losers batter winners on Trinidad Exchange
Rising stocks pushed Main Market higher
Rising stocks edged out those declining on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market, pushing the market higher at the close on Monday following a 96 percent plunge in the volume of stocks traded, with the value 99 percent lower than on Friday, after trading in 57 securities compared with 54 on Friday, with prices of 19 stocks rising, 17 declining and 21 ending unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 8,193,460 shares valued $31,489,985 compared to 210,468,441 stock units at $4,731,124,716 on Friday.
Trading averaged 143,745 shares at $552,456 compared with 3,897,564 stocks at $87,613,421 on Friday and month to date, an average of 518,559 units at $10,107,236 compared with 555,650 shares at $11,052,761 on the previous trading day and August with an average of 290,511 stock units at $2,258,494.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 4.37 million shares for 53.3 percent of total volume followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.0 million units for 12.3 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 732,598 stock units for 8.9 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 2,895.15 points to 350,497.56, the JSE Main Index advanced 2,371.32 points to wrap up trading at 307,812.49 and the JSE Financial Index rose 1.11 points to close at 64.54.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.2. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, AS Bryden dipped $1.99 to close at $37 as investors exchanged 533 shares, Caribbean Cement rallied 49 cents to $63.50 after 2,386 stocks passed through the market, GraceKennedy rose 40 cents in closing at $73.50 with investors dealing in 5,930 shares. Guardian Holdings gained $15 to end at $310 after an exchange of 5 stock units, Jamaica Broilers sank $1.59 and ended at $33.40 with a transfer of 26,381 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange popped 69 cents to finish at $10.69, with 438 stock units changing hands. Pan Jamaica advanced $3.12 to $49.20 with an exchange of 3,150 stocks, 
Proven Investments climbed 73 cents to end at $15.80 after investors ended trading 4,550 units, Salada Foods skidded 47 cents in closing at $3.01 in an exchange of 1,800 stock units. Scotia Group increased 81 cents to close at $44.80 with investors swapping 200,262 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance climbed $1.27 and ended at $10.45 in switching ownership of 8 shares and Wisynco Group lost 42 cents to finish at $21.02 with 40,591 stock units crossing the market.
In the preference segment, Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% declined $3.11 and ended at $101.39 after a transfer of 676 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JSE USD market stocks firmed up Monday
Stocks held mostly firm at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Monday, resulting from an exchange of six securities, up from three on Friday with prices of one declining and five ending unchanged with the volume of stocks traded rising 1,133 percent value 1,288 percent more than on Friday.
The market closed with an exchange of 1,556,001 shares for US$35,270 up from 126,158 units at US$2,541 on Friday.
Trading averaged 259,334 shares at US$5,878 compared to only 42,053 stocks at US$847 on Friday, with a month to date average of 148,002 shares at US$4,887 compared to 137,725 units at US$4,796 on the previous day and August that ended with an average of 297,880 units for US$8,245.
The US Denominated Equities Index declined 2.34 points to end at 231.21.
The PE Ratio, a well known measure used to determine appropriate stock values, averages 7.8. The PE ratio is calculated based on last traded prices divided by projected earnings, computed by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of market activity, Margaritaville ended at 10 US cents in an exchange of 120 stock units, 
Proven Investments remained at 10 US cents with 2,130 shares changing hands and Transjamaican Highway dipped 0.18 of a cent to close at 2.01 US cents with a transfer of 1,551,729 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% preference share ended at US$1.05, with 1,915 units crossing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments US 8% ended at US$10 with traders dealing in 100 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments E8.5% ended at US$10.20 in switching ownership of 7 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market ends with sharp jumps
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rallied sharply on Monday, with the market index surging 76 points in the morning session before pulling back to close up 55 points on the day after a 48 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, with 45 percent lower value than on Friday with trading in 45 securities up from 40 on Friday and ending with prices of 16 rising, 18 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 4,750,762 shares for $11,808,716 down from sharply from 9,139,069 units at $21,594,905 on Friday.
Trading averaged 105,572 shares at $262,416 compared with 228,477 units at $539,873 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 542,140 stocks at $885,869 compared with 586,188 stock units at $948,774 on the previous day and for August with an average of 389,714 units at $570,529.
Dolla Financial led trading with 2.13 million shares for 44.8 percent of total volume followed by RA Williams with 507,860 units for 10.7 percent of the day’s trade and EduFocal with 336,280 stock units for 7.1 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index advanced 55.18 points to end at 3,684.47.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.7, 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 six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging fell 9 cents to finish at $2.67 with traders exchanging in 100 shares, Cargo Handlers rallied $2.17 to $12.19 as investors exchanged 5,253 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers sank 50 cents in closing at $3 with 98,708 shares changing hands, with the vast majority trading at $3.60. Derrimon Trading rose 8 cents to close at $1.94 with 14,668 stock units crossing the exchange, Dolla Financial dipped 16 cents to end at $3.01 with a transfer of 2,128,764 shares, after hitting an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $3.15, Dolphin Cove sank 43 cents and ended at $22.30 after an exchange of 337 units. Elite Diagnostic skidded 5 cents to $1.70 with investors trading 53,378 stocks, Future Energy advanced 5 cents to finish at $3.33 with 224,768 stock units crossing the market, GWest Corporation lost 14 cents and ended at 87 cents with investors swapping 1,037 shares. Honey Bun popped 6 cents in closing at $8.35 with 12,859 stocks clearing the market, Indies Pharma increased 10 cents to close at $3.10 with investors trading 185,928 units, Iron Rock Insurance shed 50 cents to end at $3.50 in switching ownership of 50,063 stock units.
ISP Finance declined 31 cents in closing at $23.49 after trading 5 shares, Jetcon Corporation climbed 18 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.33, with investors dealing in 38,260 units, Lasco Financial rallied 12 cents to finish at $1.72 after 15,129 stocks passed through the market. Limners and Bards rose 8 cents and ended at $1.40 with an exchange of 5,012 stock units, Main Event dropped 64 cents to close at $13.50 with just 3 shares crossing the market, Regency Petroleum climbed 6 cents to end at $2.66 after a transfer of 152,827 stocks. Spur Tree Spices slipped 5 cents to $2.08 in trading 77,315 units, Tropical Battery popped 9 cents and ended at $2.39 after an exchange of 6,244 stock units and tTech advanced 6 cents in closing at $2.08 with 30 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Big gains for Junior & Main Market
The Junior Market closed with a nice bounce on Monday after adding over 75 points in the first hour of trading and pulling back after to record a healthy rise of 55 points and the Main Market added 2,371 points at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday as the JSE USD market closed moderately lower as trading ended with the number and the value of stocks changing hands falling, resulting in prices of 33 shares rising and 33 declining.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed by 2,663.59 points to 320.775.98, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,895.15 points to 350,497.56 and the JSE Main Index rallied 2,371.32 points to 307,812.49. The Junior Market Index popped 55.18 points to end trading at 3,684.47 and the JSE USD Market Index skidded 2.34 points to close at 231.21.
At the close of trading, 14,500,223 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from units on 219,733,668 Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $43.30 million, well below the $4.76 billion on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 1,556,001 shares for US$35,270 compared to 126,158 units at US$2,541 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, Wigton Windfarm led trading with 4.37 million followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.0 million units and Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 732,598 stocks.
In Junior Market trading, Dolla Financial led trading with 2.13 million shares followed by RA Williams with 507,860 stocks and EduFocal with 336,280 units.
In the preference segment, Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% lost $3.11 to end at $101.39.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 19.8 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.5 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
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.
Dividends that are paid or are due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
Trading plunged on Trinidad Exchange
Stocks ended trading with those gaining edging out losers on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, following a plunge in trading with the volume of stocks traded declining 89 percent valued at 73 percent below trading on Friday, 
resulting from an exchange of 15 securities versus 17 on Friday and ending with prices of five stocks rising, four declining and six ended firm.
The market closed with trading of 60,781 shares for $714,952 compared to 572,098 stock units at $2,602,545 on Friday.
An average of 4,052 shares were traded at $47,663 down sharply from 33,653 units at $153,091 on Friday, with trading month to date averaging 16,944 shares at $150,770 compared with 18,116 units at $160,143 on the previous day and an average for August of 21,741 shares at $142,770.
The Composite Index dipped 1.70 points to 1,060.22, the All T&T Index dropped 7.67 points to close at 1,587.32, the SME Index remained at 87.78 and the Cross-Listed Index popped 0.66 points to close at 69.44.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of trading, Agostini’s remained at $65 with investors trading 499 stock units, Angostura Holdings declined 50 cents to $17 with an exchange of 1,716 shares, Ansa McAl sank $1.30 to end at $61.50 with 248 units crossing the market. Calypso Macro Investment Fund ended at $23.60 after an exchange of 6,000 stocks, First Citizens Group dipped 14 cents to finish at $41.85 with investors dealing in 29 units, FirstCaribbean International Bank popped 10 cents to close at $7 in an exchange of 2,054 shares. Guardian Holdings remained at $14 with investors trading 976 stock units, Guardian Media ended at $1.55 in switching ownership of 4 stocks, JMMB Group advanced 3 cents to finish at $1.05 after 40,000 units changed hands. 
National Enterprises fell 5 cents and ended at $2.95 with an exchange of 1,000 stocks, Prestige Holdings ended at $11.44 with 126 shares passing through the market, Republic Financial remained at $112 in an exchange of 2,036 stock units. Scotiabank rose 94 cents in closing at $54.50 with 3,248 shares clearing the market, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rallied 5 cents to $4.55 after an exchange of 500 units and West Indian Tobacco increased 50 cents and ended at $7.50 with a transfer of 2,345 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Big price moves for ICTOP10 stocks
The Main and Junior Markets remained steady at the end of the week, only marginally adrift from last week’s close with just a few points of separation, suggesting the markets may have started to benefit from falling interest rates in the financial market. The market movement did nothing to prevent some sizable price gains, with minimal losses in the TOP10 lists.
In the All JSE TOP10 tTech replaced Iron Rock Insurance following a sharp appreciation in the latter’s stock price. The All JSE TOP10 includes ten stocks that are listed on Jamaica Stock Exchange that have the highest potential gains, using projected 2024 earnings.
In the Junior Market TOP10, Iron Rock Insurance surged 33 percent to a 52 weeks’ high of $4, Caribbean Assurance rose 13% to close at $3.50 and Stationery & Office Supplies the biggest loser shed 4 percent to close at $1.56.
In the Main Market ICTOP 10, Berger Paints gained 12 percent to close at $6.83, Margaritaville and General Accident rose by 7 percent to close at $15.40 and $6.94 respectively. No other stock moved more than 3 percent.
The average PE for the JSE Main Market ICTOP 10 stands at 4.9, well below the market average of 13.9 and the Junior Market TOP10 sits at 6, just less than half of the market, with an average of 12.4.
The Main Market ICTOP10 is projected to gain an average of 320 percent by May 2025, based on 2024 forecasted earnings and providing better values than the Junior Market with the potential to achieve 228 percent over the same period.
In the Main Market ICTOP 10, a total of 15 of the most highly valued stocks representing 29 percent of the Main Market have PEs between 15 to 107, with an average of 29 and 21 excluding the highest PE ratios, and a PE of 23 for the top half of the market with the highest values and 17 excluding the stocks with overweight values.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10 are 10 stocks, 21 percent of the market, with PEs ranging from 15 to 23 and a PE of 17 for half of the market with the highest values.
ICTOP10 focuses on likely yearly winners, accordingly, the list includes some of the best companies in the market, but this is not always so. 
ICInsider.com ranks stocks based on projected earnings, allowing investors to focus on the most undervalued stocks and helping to remove emotions in selecting stocks for investments that often result in costly mistakes.
IC TOP10 stocks will likely deliver the best returns on or around May 2025 and are ranked in order of potential gains, computed using projected earnings for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate, resulting in weekly movements in and out of the lists. Revisions to earnings are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
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Wisynco’s went to market on Friday
Wisynco Group accounted for nearly 90 percent of the volume of stock trading on Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market, with 188 million shares changing hands for $3.95 billion, driving the overall volume of stocks traded up by 3,967 percent and the value 15,567 percent more than Thursday’s trades, with trading in 54 securities compared with 56 on Thursday, resulting in an equal number of winning and losing stocks with prices at 21 each and ending with 12 unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 210,468,441 shares with a value of $4,731,124,716 compared with 5,174,773 units at $30,198,962 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 3,897,564 shares at $87,613,421 compared to 92,407 units at $539,267 on Thursday and month to date, with an average of 555,650 stock units at $11,052,761 compared with 209,935 shares at $3,132,693 on the previous day and August with an average of 290,511 units at $2,258,494.
Wisynco Group led trading with 188.20 million shares for 89.4 percent of total volume but the big trade had little impact on the stock price. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund was next with 16.32 million stocks for 7.8 percent of the day’s trade, Wigton Windfarm with 1.85 million units for 0.9 percent of market share and Radio Jamaica with 1.31 million shares for 0.6 percent of total volume.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,523.62 points to end at 347,602.41, 
the JSE Main Index fell 2,784.38 points to close at 305,441.17 and the JSE Financial Index sank 0.94 points to wrap up trading at 63.43.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.2. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cement lost 98 cents in closing at $63.01 with investors trading 10,516 stocks, Eppley sank $1.47 to $36 with an exchange of 15 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund increased $6.40 to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $46 with 16,316,237 shares crossing the market. GraceKennedy dropped 80 cents and ended at $73.10 with investors trading 12,598 stock units, Guardian Holdings shed $25 to end at $295 after a transfer of 162 shares, Jamaica Broilers climbed 54 cents to close at $34.99 with investors swapping 120,200 stock units. 
Jamaica Producers fell 60 cents to $20 after an exchange of 51,284 stocks, Jamaica Stock Exchange sank 73 cents to finish at $10 with a transfer of 96,391 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose $1.27 and ended at $10.43 with 47,094 stock units clearing the market. NCB Financial gained 46 cents in closing at $51.71 in an exchange of 7,022 units, Proven Investments dipped 63 cents to close at $15.07 with investors dealing in 39,273 shares and Seprod slipped $3.07 to end at $81.01 in an exchange of 18,119 stock units.
In the preference segment, Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% popped $3.11 in closing at $104.50 with traders dealing in just one share.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
All gains no losses for JSE USD Market
Trading fell sharply on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Friday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 65 percent with a 71 percent lower value than on Thursday, resulting in the exchange of three securities, down from six on Thursday with prices of all three rising.
The market closed with an exchange of 126,158 shares for US$2,541 compared to 363,724 units at US$8,719 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 42,053 shares at US$847 compared with 60,621 shares at US$1,453 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 137,725 shares at US$4,796 compared with 142,354 units at US$4,987 on the previous day and August that ended with an average of 297,880 units for US$8,245.
The US Denominated Equities Index advanced 0.77 points to end at 233.55.
The PE Ratio, a well known measure used to determine appropriate stock values, averages 7.9. The PE ratio is calculated based on last traded prices divided by projected earnings, computed by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Proven Investments rallied 0.1 of a cent and ended at 10 US cents with investors trading 194 stock units, Sterling Investments popped 0.05 of one cent to 1.55 US cents with an exchange of 28,915 units and Transjamaican Highway advanced 0.12 of a cent to end at 2.19 US cents, with 97,049 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading dived on the Junior Market
Trading activity dropped on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Friday, with a 43 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, valued 46 percent less than Thursday’s activities with trading in 40 securities, down from 45 on Thursday and ending with prices of 13 rising, 12 declining and 15 closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 9,139,069 shares for $21,594,905 compared with 16,085,055 stock units at $39,911,900 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 228,477 shares at $539,873 compared to 357,446 units at $886,931 on Thursday with the month to date, averaging 586,188 stocks at $948,774 compared to 621,430 shares at $989,060 on the previous day and with August that averaged 389,714 units at $570,529.
Indies Pharma led trading with 3.54 million shares for 38.7 percent of total volume followed by Future Energy with 809,371 units for 8.9 percent of the day’s trade and RA Williams with 643,741 stocks for 7 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index slipped 5.71 points to end at 3,629.29.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.6, 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 eight with lower offers.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging advanced 15 cents to close at $2.76 with investors swapping 3,191 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 28 cents to $3.50 after an exchange of 3,000 shares, Derrimon Trading dipped 9 cents in closing at $1.86 after 37,569 stock units passed through the market. Elite Diagnostic climbed 9 cents to end at $1.75 in switching ownership of 43,397 stocks, Fontana sank 55 cents to finish at $7.60 as investors exchanged 265,878 units, Image Plus shed 16 cents and ended at $1.54 after closing with an exchange of 44,069 stocks. Indies Pharma increased 20 cents to $3 after an exchange of 3,540,090 shares, Jamaican Teas popped 11 cents and ended at $2.31 with 537,727 stock units crossing the market, 
Knutsford Express dropped 84 cents to end at $10 after a transfer of 475 shares. Lasco Financial fell 13 cents in closing at $1.60 after trading of 81,363 stocks, Limners and Bards slipped 18 cents to close at $1.32 after an exchange of 16,090 units, Main Event rallied $1.72 to finish at $14.14 with a transfer of 2,578 stock units. Spur Tree Spices gained 18 cents to $2.13 with 458,322 shares changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 10 cents to close at $1.58 with investors trading 548,510 stocks and Tropical Battery declined 10 cents to finish at $2.30 with an exchange of 244,785 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
