Rising stocks drove the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange higher on Friday, with the market index touching over 3,760 points before falling back to close 29.00 points higher for the day at 3,717.69, following trading in 40 securities up from 37 on Thursday and ending with prices of 15 rising, 13 declining and 12 closing firm after a 29 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, with 42 percent less value than Thursday.
Trading closed with 5,633,135 shares for $10,782,635 down from 7,971,053 units at $18,706,118 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 140,828 shares at $269,566 compared to 215,434 units at $505,571 on Thursday. Trading for the month to date, averages 215,926 units at $441,345 down from 224,156 stocks at $460,170 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Omni Industries led trading with 2.45 million shares for 43.4 percent of total volume followed by Lasco Financial with 575,941 units for 10.2 percent of the day’s trade and Dolla Financial with 569,701 units for 10.1 percent market share.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.4, 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 three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging lost 19 cents to end at $3.30 with investors dealing in 10,000 shares, Blue Power gained 64 cents to $3.69, with 22,683 stocks clearing the market, CAC 2000 sank 22 cents to $3.30 after trading of 283 shares. Cargo Handlers slipped 26 cents to end at $13 after 300 stock units passed through the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 22 cents and ended at $3.55 and closing with 45,389 shares passing through the market, Consolidated Bakeries rose 15 cents to finish at $2.15 with investors trading just 51 stocks. Dolphin Cove rallied $3 and ended at $22.50 in switching ownership of 8,499 units, Express Catering dropped 99 cents to $4 after a transfer of 406,642 stock units, Image Plus popped 11 cents to end at $1.86 with investors swapping 36 shares. 
Jetcon Corporation advanced 10 cents in closing at 80 cents with a transfer of 301 stock units, Lasco Financial climbed 15 cents to finish at $1.70 as investors exchanged 575,941 stocks, MFS Capital Partners shed 18 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing low of $1.02 after it hit an intraday low of 95 cents with 428,315 stocks being traded. Omni Industries gained 9 cents to $1.12 with an exchange of 2,447,168 shares, Spur Tree Spices popped 9 cents in closing at $2.35, with 323,059 stocks crossing the market and Tropical Battery rallied 11 cents and ended at $2.23 with traders dealing in 37,485 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Omni almost back to IPO price
Omni Industries ended trading activity on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday as the leading trade, as the demand for the stock pulled back resulting in the price closing just three cents above the $1 IPO price and helping in a 68 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded in the overall market with a 56 percent lower value than Wednesday and ending with trading in only 37 securities down from 40 on Wednesday with prices of 12 rising, 16 declining and nine closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 7,971,053 shares for $18,706,118 down from 25,008,612 units at $42,711,488 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 215,434 shares at $505,571 down from 625,215 units at $1,067,787 on Wednesday, with trading month to date, averaging 224,156 units at $460,170 compared with 225,140 stock units at $455,048 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Omni Industries led trading with 4.40 million shares for 55.2 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 692,171 units for 8.7 percent of the day’s trade and Fontana with 631,273 units for 7.9 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index dipped 24.19 points to close at 3,688.69.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.4, 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 nine stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial dropped 45 cents to finish the trading of 5 stock units at $19, Blue Power fell 14 cents and ended at $3.05 with an exchange of 93,376 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers advanced 17 cents to $3.77, with 49,623 units crossing the market. Consolidated Bakeries declined 15 cents to close at $2 after an exchange of 600 stocks, Dolphin Cove lost $2.30 in closing at $19.50 in trading 17,044 units, driving the dividend yield up to 12 percent, Express Catering popped 34 cents to end at $4.99, with 97,774 stocks crossing the exchange. Image Plus dipped 13 cents in closing at $1.75 in switching ownership of 131,498 shares, ISP Finance sank $3.65 to $20.75 after 75 stock units passed through the market, Jamaican Teas shed 19 cents to finish at $2.12 after 355,630 shares changed hands. 
JFP Ltd rallied 8 cents and ended at $1.18 after a transfer of 37,386 units, KLE Group increased 15 cents to end at $2.26 after trading 55 stocks, Knutsford Express climbed 66 cents to close at $11.31 with investors transferring 48 stock units. Limners and Bards rose 12 cents to $1.68, with 101 shares crossing the market, Omni Industries slipped 18 cents to end at $1.03 with traders dealing in 4,402,167 stocks after demand to buy the stock waned with selling pressure dominating, Paramount Trading gained 15 cents in closing at $1.30 with 8,228 units clearing the market. Regency Petroleum rose 10 cents to finish at $2.20 with a transfer of 4,475 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 8 cents and ended at $1.65 as investors exchanged 20,100 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Omni loses altitude early
Trading in the shares of this week’s newly listed Omni Industries is frozen after 5,000 shares were traded at $1.05 at 12:44 PM after over 4.29 million shares were traded as high as a dollar $1.30.
The stock is scheduled to resume trading just before 1.45 PM. Bids on the stock have thinned out with 21 bids to purchase shares with the highest being 45,000 shares at $1.02 while the lowest offers are at $1.24 for 201,765 shares with 148 offers currently up to a high of $6 and 69 with offers at $1.41 and below. Bids and offers could change markedly when trading resumes, but the quick fall back in price since Tuesday is not a good sign for investors trying to get out with a decent profit in the short term.
The Junior Market Index slipped to 3,693.66 points from Wednesday’s close of 3,712.88 while the JSE Index rose from 318,607.35 to 320,281.27.
Omni boosts Junior Market trading
Newly listed Omni Industries boosted trading activity on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Wednesday, helping with a 142 percent push in the volume of stocks traded, having a 93 percent greater value than on Tuesday following trading in 40 securities compared with 39 on Tuesday and ending with prices of 22 rising, 14 declining and four closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 25,008,612 shares for $42,711,488 compared with 10,325,850 units at $22,143,401 on Tuesday.
Trading for the day averaged 625,215 shares at $1,067,787 compared with 264,765 stocks valued at $567,780 previously. Trading for the month to date averages 225,140 stock units at $455,048 compared with 169,574 stocks for $369,946 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
The market’s latest new listing, Omni Industries led the trading with 15.80 million shares for 63.2 percent of the volume followed by Lasco Financial with 2.64 million stock units for 10.6 percent of the day’s trade and Future Energy with 2.50 million units for 10 percent of the day’s trade.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index climbed sharply by 77.82 points to close trading at 3,712.88.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.2, 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 six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging climbed 14 cents to close at $3.49 with 5,200 shares clearing the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers shed 17 cents to $3.60 with investors dealing in 290,969 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries increased 11 cents in closing at $2.15, with 24,161 shares crossing the market. Derrimon Trading popped 24 cents to end at $2.08 with an exchange of 188,982 stock units, Everything Fresh gained 11 cents and ended at $1.66, with 259 shares crossing the market, Express Catering rose 35 cents to finish at $4.65 with traders dealing in 154,133 units. Honey Bun advanced 10 cents to $8.30 with 6,313 stocks crossing the exchange, Image Plus rallied 19 cents to finish at $1.88 after a transfer of 37,053 stock units, Jamaican Teas fell 15 cents and ended at $2.31 with investors swapping 9,522 shares. 
KLE Group increased 19 cents to close at $2.11 in an exchange of a mere 18 stock units, Lasco Financial climbed 10 cents in closing at $1.60 with investors trading 2,641,644 stocks, Omni Industries slipped 9 cents to end at $1.21, but after trading at a record high of $1.42, with an exchange of 15,800,765 units. Spur Tree Spices rose 8 cents in closing at $2.32 with investors trading 103,144 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies slipped 8 cents to $1.57 after an exchange of 233,238 units, Tropical Battery dropped 13 cents and ended at $2.16 after just 36 stocks passed through the market and tTech lost 12 cents to finish at $2.35, with a mere 6 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market jumps 90 points
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped 90 points in early trading to move the index over 3,725 points and recovered most of the 103 points loss in the past three days. Gains in the JSE Main market was not as pronounced with the Main Index rising 1,504 points to 320,120.64.
Since the Junior Market opening, the index has slipped to 3,713 points with a gain of 78 points at 9.42 am.
Contributing to the Junior Market‘s early gains are Fesco that recovered from yesterday’s loss, trading at $3.22 and Express Catering trading at $5 and newly listed Omni Industries hitting $1.42 for a gain of 42 percent from IPO price, with over 1.4 million shares traded.
Omni Industries lists on Junior Market
The number of listed Junior Market stocks rose by one at the start of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with Omni Industries, the latest Initial Public Offer to het the market being listed and commenced trading, ending with 3.9 million changing hands with the price rising 30 percent on the first day of trading.
Trading resulted in a 121 percent rise in the volume of stocks changing hands, with 120 percent greater value than Monday, following trading in 39 securities, similar to Monday and ending with prices of 11 rising, 22 declining and six closing unchanged. Investors traded 10,325,850 shares for $22,143,401 up from 4,681,030 units at $10,064,255 on Monday.
Trading averaged 264,765 shares at $567,780 compared with 120,026 units at $258,058 on Monday with the month to date, averaging 169,574 units at $369,946 compared with 154,665 stock units at $338,960 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Omni Industries led trading with 3.90 million shares for 37.8 percent of total volume followed by Future Energy with 1.33 million stocks for 12.8 percent of the day’s trade, Dolla Financial ended with 1.15 million units for 11.2 percent market share and Fosrich with 1.04 million units for 10 percent of total volume.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index dropped 44.47 points to end trading at 3,635.06.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.2, 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 four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Cargo Handlers advanced $1.35 to finish at $13.26 with investors swapping 134 shares, Caribbean Cream popped 25 cents and ended at $4, with 3,123 stocks crossing the exchange, Derrimon Trading sank 16 cents to $1.84 with investors transferring 202,435 units. Everything Fresh lost 14 cents to end at $1.55 after an exchange of 4,560 stock units, Express Catering rallied 9 cents in closing at $4.30 after the trading of 147,601 shares, Fontana increased 89 cents to close at $9 after exchanging 328,629 stocks. 
Future Energy slipped 13 cents to $3.24, with 1,325,841 units crossing the market, Honey Bun climbed 39 cents to finish at $8.20 with an exchange of 10,827 stock units, Image Plus fell 21 cents to $1.69 following trading of 52,063 shares. Jetcon Corporation skidded 21 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of 66 cents in an exchange of 26,451 stocks, JFP Ltd dropped 7 cents in closing at $1.13 after 14,211 units passed through the market, KLE Group shed 34 cents to close at $1.92 after a transfer of 1,000 stock units. Knutsford Express declined by 65 cents to $10.65 with investors dealing in 1,234 shares, Lasco Financial dipped 14 cents and ended at $1.50 in switching ownership of 2,606 stock units, Limners and Bards fell 19 cents in closing at $1.51 with investors trading 1,089 stocks. Main Event dropped 49 cents to finish at $12.50 with 2,772 units clearing the market, Omni Industries rose 30 cents to close at a record high of $1.30 with traders dealing in 3,903,111 shares, Paramount Trading sank 12 cents to end at $1.13 in an exchange of 7,762 units and tTech gained 29 cents to end at $2.47 with an exchange of 10,258 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Omni Industries list and jumps 30%
Omni Industries Limited, the latest listing on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange following an offer of 500 million ordinary shares to the public in May at $1 each, traded 3,138,093 shares up $1.30 for a rise of 30 percent on the public offer that was oversubscribed.
The stock opened trading at $1.25, triggering the market circuit breaker before trading up to $1.30 up to 11.44 AM. The stock has several bids and offers with the highest bid of 995,429 shares at $1.30 with one offer at $1.35 then at $1.40.
As a result of the oversubscription, 20 million shares allocated for Employees were allotted 97.8 percent of the amount applied for. Key Partners’ pool of 234 million shares was allocated 87.2 percent of the applications. Lead Broker Reserve Pool received all of the 125,068,617 shares that were allotted. The general public was allotted the first 10,000 ordinary shares applied for and 25.5 percent of the balance.
Falling prices hit the Junior Market hard
Rising stocks outpaced those falling on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, but that did not prevent to market index from dropping, following a 15 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded and a 7 percent fall in value compared with Thursday with trading in 42 securities compared with 41 on Thursday and ending with prices of 18 rising, 13 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
The market closed with the trading of 4,006,350 shares for $9,943,397 down from 4,733,856 units at $10,743,830 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 95,389 shares at $236,748 compared to 115,460 units at $262,045 on Thursday with the month to date, averaging 161,098 stock units at $353,985 compared with 177,525 units at $383,294 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Fosrich led trading with 1.15 million shares for 28.6 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 763,547 units for 19.1 percent of the day’s trade and Spur Tree Spices with 534,396 units for 13.3 percent market share.
The Junior Market Index dipped 39.08 points to close at 3,699.06 at the close of trading.
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 one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and five with lower offers.
At the close, Blue Power sank 20 cents to end at $3.05 in an exchange of 33,006 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 10 cents to $3.85 with 66,906 stocks clearing the market, Caribbean Cream dropped 45 cents and ended at $3.75 after investors ended exchanging 36,578 shares. Elite Diagnostic lost 8 cents in closing at $1.48 with a transfer of 23,761 stock units, Express Catering rose 39 cents to close at $4.20 after an exchange of 1,189 shares, 
Fontana advanced 7 cents to finish at $8.12 and closed after an exchange of 7,228 stock units. Honey Bun popped 9 cents and ended at $8 after a transfer of 13,092 units, Indies Pharma fell 9 cents to $2.65, with 11,315 stocks crossing the exchange, ISP Finance shed 60 cents to finish at $24.40 in switching ownership of 501 units. Knutsford Express increased 13 cents in closing at $11.50 after 554 shares crossed the market, Limners and Bards climbed 16 cents to end at $1.70 with an exchange of 151 stock units, Main Event rallied 49 cents to close at $12.99 with trading of 71,986 stocks and tTech popped 12 cents to $2.47 as investors exchanged 9,310 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Junior Market bounce
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange bounced at the close of trading on Thursday, following a 52 percent drop in the volume of stocks traded, with a 53 percent lower value than Wednesday with trading in 41 securities up from 39 on Wednesday and ending with prices of 17 rising, 14 declining and 10 closing unchanged and ending in the Junior Market Index gaining 30.53 points to 3,738.14.
Trading ended with an exchange of 4,733,856 shares with a value of $10,743,830 versus 9,936,988 units at $23,043,491 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 115,460 shares at $262,045 compared with 254,795 units at $590,859 on Wednesday with the month to date, averaging 177,525 units at $383,294 down from 197,562 stocks at $422,437 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Lasco Financial led trading with 1.38 million shares for 29.1 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 1.24 million stocks for 26.1 percent of the day’s trade and Future Energy with 378,131 units for 8 percent market share.
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 three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, AMG Packaging rallied 25 cents to close at $3.30 after an exchange of 21,432 stocks, Blue Power gained 18 cents in closing at $3.25 after an exchange of 2,534 stocks, CAC 2000 climbed 18 cents and ended at $3.53 in switching ownership of just 6 shares. Cargo Handlers sank 15 cents to end at $14, with 105 stock units crossing the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 13 cents to finish at $3.75 with a transfer of 271,391 shares, Caribbean Cream dipped 17 cents to close at $4.20 with investors dealing in 7,028 units. Caribbean Flavours advanced 7 cents to $1.65 after a transfer of 1,519 stocks, 
Derrimon Trading popped 17 cents to end at $2.10 with traders dealing in 2,294 stock units, Dolphin Cove fell 50 cents in closing at $22.50 with 328 shares clearing the market. Fontana declined 10 cents and ended at $8.05 with an exchange of 13,802 units, Indies Pharma gained 9 cents to close at $2.74, with just 4 stocks changing hands, ISP Finance popped 99 cents in finishing at $25, with a mere 2 units being traded. Lasco Financial lost 8 cents to end at $1.52 with investors trading 1,377,242 stock units, Lumber Depot gained 11 cents to $2.79 after exchanging 55,779 units and Paramount Trading rose 15 cents to finish at $1.30 with investors swapping 20,011 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market stocks slip
Stocks slipped at the close of trading activity on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, as the magnitude of rising prices were dwarfed by the value of those falling following a mere 4 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, with a 19 percent greater value than on Tuesday as the number of securities participating in trading fell to 39 compared with 43 on Tuesday, with the market closing with prices of 12 rising, 17 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
The market closed on Wednesday with 9,936,988 shares being traded at $23,043,491 compared to 10,370,207 units at $19,439,494 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 254,795 shares at $590,859 compared to 241,168 units at $452,081 on Tuesday with trading for the month to date, averaging 197,562 units at $422,437 compared to 172,197 stock units at $347,796 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Limners and Bards led trading with 4.30 million shares for 43.3 percent of total volume followed by Future Energy with 1.92 million units for 19.4 percent of the day’s trade and Dolla Financial with 1.54 million units for 15.5 percent of the day’s trade.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index fell 9.15 points to lock up trading at 3,707.61.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.5, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging fell 40 cents to finish at $3.05 with an exchange of 2,616 stocks, Blue Power popped 24 cents to $3.07 with 838,189 units crossing the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined 11 cents in closing at $3.62 after investors exchanged 80,415 shares. Caribbean Cream shed 8 cents and ended at $4.37 with 21,982 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove dropped 50 cents to end at $23 after 57,000 shares passed through the market, Image Plus traded 104,275 shares and lost 5 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.85,
Indies Pharma increased 15 cents to close at $2.65, with investors exchanging 4,000 units. ISP Finance sank $1.99 to $24.01 with 50 stocks clearing the market, Jamaican Teas climbed 10 cents to close at $2.50 in switching ownership of 2,584 stock units, Knutsford Express rose 16 cents in closing at $11.41 with investors transferring 27,019 shares. Lumber Depot slipped 11 cents to finish at $2.68 after an exchange of 7,245 stocks, Main Event lost 50 cents and ended at $12.50 with investors swapping 8,468 units and Paramount Trading dipped 19 cents to end at $1.15 and closed after an exchange of 8,293 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.