Winning Junior Market stocks beat losers

Stocks closed marginally higher on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, with the volume and the value of stocks traded, declining moderately lower than on Friday with trading in 42 securities compared with 40 on Friday and ending with prices of 20 rising, 16 declining and six closing unchanged.
Trading ended with 5,211,203 shares for $10,701,171 down from 5,633,135 units at $10,782,635 on Friday.
Trading averaged 124,076 shares at $254,790 compared with 140,828 units at $269,566 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 207,296 stock units at $423,816 compared with 215,926 stock units at $441,345 on the previous trading day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Omni Industries led trading with 2.27 million shares for 43.6 percent of total volume followed by Future Energy with 535,987 units for 10.3 percent of the day’s trade and Dolla Financial with 534,594 units for 10.3 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index popped 1.27 points higher to finish at 3,718.96.
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 the 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 trading, AMG Packaging slipped 23 cents and ended at $3.07 with investors trading 2,551 stock units, Blue Power fell 19 cents to $3.50 in an exchange of 10,000 shares, CAC 2000 rallied 23 cents to finish at $3.53 after 840 units were traded. Cargo Handlers dipped 87 cents to end at $12.13 after a transfer of 3,727 stocks, Derrimon Trading sank 12 cents in closing at $1.96 with investors swapping 24,977 shares, Dolphin Cove popped 50 cents to close at $23 with a transfer of 7,768 stock units. Everything Fresh declined 14 cents to $1.52, with 330,399 stocks changing hands, Express Catering rallied 82 cents to finish at $4.82 after an exchange of 46,046 units, Future Energy rose 7 cents and ended at $3.27 as 535,987 stocks passed through the market. ISP Finance climbed 25 cents to end at $21 with traders dealing in 499 shares, Knutsford Express increased 16 cents in closing at $11.47 in an exchange of 1,913 stock units, Medical Disposables gained 20 cents in closing at $2.50 with investors trading just 9 units. The one week listed Omni Industries, popped 9 cents to $1.21, with investors trading 2,270,182 stocks, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 11 cents and ended at $1.59 with investors dealing in 15,036 units and tTech dipped 10 cents to end at $2.25, with 12,000 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.