Junior Market trades at 15 months’ high

The Junior Market, closed on Wednesday at the highest level in more than 15 months with the June 9 close last year of 3,253.52 bettering today’s close of 3,234.44 in the market index which rose 25.41 points to be up 18.4 per cent for 2018 to date.
With moves over the past week, the market sentiment is now switched to bullish from consolidating. The two immediate targets are the 3,350 points level and then the 3,800 points, both being resistance points. The upward movement of the market would be consistent with the PE ratio of the market being revalued to at least match the 2017 year end of an average of the two markets of 14.5 times that year’s earnings.
The market closed with high level of 30 securities changing hands, compared to 24 on Tuesday, resulted in the prices of 14 securities advancing, 7 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The day’s trading to 4,168,953 units valued at $12,484,663, compared to 8,895,088 units valued at $105,891,017 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, none closed with a lower offer.
Trading closed with an average of 114,533 units for an average of $433,954 in contrast to 173,706 units for an average of $520,194 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 242,183 units valued at $1,213,417, compared to 247,889 units valued at $1,271,186 previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed with a loss of $1.70 at $45, trading 500 shares, AMG Packaging ended trading 66,295 stock units at $1.90, Blue Power concluded trading 2,694 units at $47, Caribbean Cream ended at $5.30, trading 2,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours jumped $1.50 to a 52 weeks’ high of $15.50, with 775 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers finished trading 10 cents higher at $7, exchanging 85,673 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed 1 cent higher at $2.50, with 10,000 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading of 5,877 shares at $21, Elite Diagnostic settled 10 cents higher at $3, in exchanging 34,150 units. Everything Fresh traded 80,360 shares and ended with a gain of 5 cents at $2.38, Express Catering traded 50 cents higher at $8.65, with 52,700 shares, FosRich Group finished trading 9,750 shares at $3, GWest Corporation ended at $2.17, after 91,280 units changed hands, Honey Bun concluded trading of 700 shares and rose 7 cents to $4.50. Indies Pharma traded 984,697 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $2.49 after trading at a new intraday high of $2.60, Iron Rock finished with a loss of 15 cents at $3.35, exchanging 20,000 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading at $4.20, with 1,500 stock units passing through the exchange, Jetcon Corporation traded 1,233,200 units and rose 9 cents to end at $4.14, Key Insurance finished trading 1,000 shares with a loss of 11 cents at $3.05. KLE Group closed at $3, with 8,800 shares, Knutsford Express ended $1.14 higher at $12.50, trading 26,715 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading of 196,429 stock units after rising 30 cents to $3.95, Lasco Financial finished 37 cents higher at $5.90, trading 67,626 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 326,871 shares changing hands, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 36 cents at $6.75, with 5,673 shares, Medical Disposables traded 56,449 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $5.10, Paramount Trading finished trading 11,503 stock units and rose 80 cents to $3, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 50 cents at $8.50, after 4,188 units changing hands and tTech concluded trading of 1,200 shares and rose 1 cent higher to $5.01. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% finished trading 47,388 shares at $5.98.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.