As the year crawls to the close, Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continues to eke daily gains, with the market index recording gains for the past seven trading days including 20 points in trading on Tuesday, following a 6 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, with 17 percent more value than Monday, resulting from trading in 40 securities compared with 46 on Monday and ending with prices of 18 rising, 16 declining and six closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 22,852,005 shares for a value of $42,292,961, up from 21,561,883 units at $36,146,118 on Monday.
Trading averaged 571,300 shares valued at $1,057,324 compared to 468,737 units at $785,785 on Monday, with the month to date, averaging 365,366 stock units at $532,029 compared to 354,873 shares at $505,262 on the prior day and well above November, which averaged 224,300 shares at $353,285.
Jamaican Teas led trading with 8.19 million shares for 35.9 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial which ended with 3.64 million stocks for 15.9 percent of the day’s trade, Kintyre Holdings traded at a new 52 weeks high, closing with an exchange of 3.39 million stocks for 14.8 percent of the volume traded, Stationery and Office Supplies contributed 1.14 million units for 5 percent of the volume traded and Mailpac Group with 1.09 million units for 4.8 percent of market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index rose 20.33 points to 3,389.32. Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.8, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with their financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers dropped 28 cents to finish at $1.52 after an exchange of 1,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours fell 30 cents and ended at $1.51, with 4,076 stock units changing hands, Dolla Financial declined 12 cents to $2.43, with 3,636,012 shares crossing the exchange. Future Energy rose 10 cents to end at $2.89 in the trading of 141,664 units, GWest Corporation advanced 9 cents in closing at 78 cents with a transfer of 14,002 stocks, 
Honey Bun popped 70 cents to close at $7.20 as investors exchanged 14,798 units. Jamaican Teas slipped 12 cents to $2.38, with 8,192,936 shares crossing the market, Kintyre Holdings increased 13 cents in closing at a 52 weeks high of 76 cents in an exchange of 3,387,502 stock units, Knutsford Express climbed $1.30 to end at $11.60, with traders dealing in 58,292 stocks. Mailpac Group gained 13 cents to finish at $2.55 after an exchange of 1,087,180 units, MFS Capital Partners rallied 7 cents and ended at 45 cents and closed with 310,175 stocks changing hands, Spur Tree Spices rose 11 cents to close at $1.17 with trading of 56,345 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 10 cents to $1.57, with 1,140,745 stock units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.