Several Junior Market stocks had sharp price movements at the close on Tuesday, with Access Financial leading with a fall of 17 percent, followed by Caribbean Assurance Brokers with a loss of 14 percent, KLE Group and Knutsford Express were both down 13 percent, ISP Finance, JFP and Kintyre Holdings fell 12 percent. RA Williams jumped 24 percent, MFS Capital Partners climbed 19 percent, Iron Rock Insurance added 14 percent to Monday’s close and Lasco Financial put on an 11 percent rally as the Junior Market Index skidded 25.02 points to settle at 3,376.94.
Trading ended with activities in 39 securities, down from 46 on Monday and ending with prices of 14 rising, 18 declining and seven closing unchanged. Spur Tree Spices closed at a 52 week Low of $1.08 while Edufocal traded at an intraday 52 week low of 21 cents.
The market closed with trading jumping 38 percent to 8,088,481 shares for $10,634,310 up from 5,847,124 units at $10,317,978 on Monday.
Trading averaged 207,397 shares at $272,675, rising from 127,111 stocks at $224,304 on Monday, with the month to date, averaging 191,652 units at $282,425, consistent with 190,570 stock units at $283,096 on the previous day, compared to April with an average of 199,273 shares at $488,496.
Kintyre Holdings led trading with 3.10 million shares for 38.3 percent of total volume, followed by Regency Petroleum, with 1.17 million units for 14.4 percent of the day’s trade and EduFocal with 856,485 stocks for 10.6 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost $2.85 in closing at $14.32 with traders dealing in 1,522 shares, with Caribbean Assurance Brokers dropping 34 cents to $2.06 with 39,000 stock units crossing the market, Caribbean Cream shed 17 cents to end at $2.16 with dealings in 9,800 shares. Dolla Financial gained 9 cents and ended at $2.47 with investors exchanging 248,241 stocks, Dolphin Cove slipped 10 cents to finish at $12 and closed with 124,556 units changing hands, Everything Fresh rose 16 cents to close at $2.38 as investors switched ownership of 2,469 stocks. Fontana skidded 48 cents to $8.57 after a transfer of 105,042 units, Honey Bun sank 25 cents to close at $8.15 with investors trading 8,207 shares, Indies Pharma rallied 15 cents to finish at $3.85 with traders exchanging 18,030 stock units. Iron Rock Insurance increased 47 cents and ended at $3.80 with 87 shares clearing the market, ISP Finance dipped $1.34 to end at $10.16 as traders exchanged 326 units, 
Jetcon Corporation fell 8 cents in closing at $1.02 with 21,520 stocks changing hands. JFP Ltd slipped 7 cents to 50 cents as investors exchanged 24,059 stock units, KLE Group declined 14 cents to end at 92 cents in trading 6,403 shares, Knutsford Express sank $1.84 in closing at $12.56 with 1,029 stocks passing through the market. Lasco Financial climbed 18 cents to finish at $1.80 with a transfer of 4,600 units, Lumber Depot popped 12 cents and ended at $2.93 after traders exchanged 3,001 stock units, Mailpac Group advanced 11 cents to close at $2.49 with investors trading 14,735 shares. MFS Capital Partners rose 8 cents to 50 cents with 693,893 stock units crossing the exchange, RA Williams rallied 11 cents to finish at 57 cents after the trading of 210 stocks, Regency Petroleum increased 10 cents and ended at $3.60 after investors exchanged 1,165,598 units and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 7 cents to close at $1.49 with investors swapping just one share.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.