Derrimon led Junior Market trading

Junior Market trading surged on Monday, at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange following a big 31.2 million exchange of shares of Derrimon Trading, leading to a huge 566 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, with 691 percent more value than Friday resulting from trading in 42 securities compared with 41 on Friday and ending with prices of 14 rising, 20 declining including EduFocal, One Great Studio and Iron Rock Insurance closing at 52 weeks’ low and eight closing unchanged.
Trading closed with an exchange of 44,365,992 shares for $81,000,955 up sharply from 6,661,282 stock units at $10,244,933 on Friday.
Trading averaged 1,056,333 shares at $1,928,594 compared with 162,470 stock units at $249,876 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 256,096 units at $505,047 compared with 200,542 stock units at $406,223 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Derrimon Trading led trading with 31.20 million shares for 70.3 percent of total volume followed by One Great Studio with 2.60 million stocks for 5.9 percent of the day’s trade, EduFocal closed with 1.47 million units for 3.3 percent market share, Mailpac Group with 1.19 million stock units for 2.7 percent of trading, Omni Industries was next with 1.02 million units for 2.3 percent of the market and Jamaican Teas with 1.0 million units for 2.3 percent of total volume.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index gained 26.53 points to settle at 3,679.93.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.5, based on last traded prices and earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging fell 40 cents to finish at $2.89 in an exchange of 81,899 shares, Dolla Financial advanced 13 cents and ended at $2.43 after 668,278 stocks were traded, Dolphin Cove dipped 10 cents to $23.20 as investors exchanged 5,852 shares. Express Catering popped 35 cents to close at $4.40, with 15,892 stock units changing hands, Fontana sank 45 cents to end at $8.25 with investors trading 96,691 shares, Future Energy skidded 9 cents in closing at $3.20 after an exchange of 873,633 units. Honey Bun lost 13 cents to $8.17, with 3,525 stocks crossing the market, Image Plus climbed 8 cents to close at $1.89 with investors transferring 15,033 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance slipped 38 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.80 in an exchange of 9,000 shares. ISP Finance dipped 70 cents in closing at $24.25 with 179 units crossing the market, Jamaican Teas gained 25 cents and ended at $2.45 after an exchange of 1,003,511 stocks, JFP Ltd shed 7 cents to finish at $1.12 with investors dealing in 254,256 stock units. KLE Group gained 19 cents to $2.11 after a transfer of a mere 5 shares, Mailpac Group rose 15 cents to finish at $2.15 with traders dealing in 1,189,207 stock units, Main Event rallied 25 cents and ended at $12.70 in switching ownership of 1,363 stocks. ONE on ONE Educational increased 7 cents to close at 97 cents with an exchange of 793,019 units and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 7 cents to end at $1.66 with an exchange of 232,161 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.