Trading activities closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Tuesday with the volume of stocks traded declining 29 percent and the value 33 per cent lower than on Monday resulting from 46 securities trading compared with 44 on Monday and ended with 18 rising, 18 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
A total of 4,841,834 shares were traded for $12,339,863 versus 6,861,401 units at $18,364,945 on Monday.
Trading averaged 105,257 shares at $268,258 compared with 155,941 units at $417,385 on Monday with the month to date averaging 180,731 units at $463,199 compared to 200,126 stock units at $513,295 on the previous day. February closed with an average of 318,024 units at $782,332.
Regency Petroleum led trading with 1.40 million shares for 29 percent of total volume followed by Tropical Battery with 414,819 units for 8.6 percent of the day’s trade and EduFocal with 394,202 units for 8.1 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index advanced 10.03 points to close at 3,867.73.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.7. 
The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate the last traded stock price in conjunction with ICInsider.com projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2022 and August 2023. Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial rallied 29 cents to close at $22.05 trading 111 shares, Caribbean Cream gained 20 cents to end at $3.50 after an exchange of 13 stocks, Caribbean Flavours popped 24 cents to $1.49 with the swapping of 253,425 units. Consolidated Bakeries dipped 18 cents in closing at $2.25 after a transfer of 15,359 stock units, Dolphin Cove shed 37 cents in ending at $16.49 with 16,062 units changing hands, EduFocal lost 12 cents to settle at $2 in switching ownership of 394,202 stocks.
Fontana popped 10 cents to close at $8.70 as investors exchanged 50,897 stock units, Future Energy Source gained 10 cents in closing at $4.60 after trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $4.31 after 326,091 shares were traded, Honey Bun rose 60 cents to $7.10 after 7,672 units passed through the market. Iron Rock Insurance gained 30 cents in ending at $2.30 with investors transferring 4,742 stocks, Knutsford Express rose 83 cents to finish at $11.83 with the swapping of 8,727 shares, Lasco Distributors gained 27 cents to settle at $2.80 in exchanging 13,979 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing fell 43 cents to $4.04 with a transfer of 7,893 stocks, Paramount Trading popped 32 cents ending at $2.39 in transferring 400 units, Regency Petroleum dipped 19 cents in closing at $2.01 after clearing the market with 1,403,304 shares. 
Tropical Battery shed 12 cents ending at $2.15 with an exchange of 414,819 stock units and tTech fell 19 cents to $2.41 in trading 30,000 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading drops but Junior Market gains
March 7, 2023 by IC Insider.com
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