The Junior Market trading dropped on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with the volume of stocks traded declining by 73 percent and the value of trades 69 percent compared to Wednesday, resulting in trading in 44 securities, similar to Wednesday, with prices of 13 rising, 24 declining and seven closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 4,375,732 shares for $7,036,255 after falling from 16,450,367 units at $22,859,222 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 99,448 shares at $159,915, falling from 373,872 units at $519,528 on Wednesday, with the month to date, averaging 274,558 units at $356,445 after slipping from 331,211 stock units at $420,028 on the previous day and January with an average of 469,885 shares at $594,149.
On a day of low trading, no Junior Market stocks ended with trading with more than a million shares, EduFocal led trading, but with only 683,289 shares for 15.6 percent of the total volume, followed by Omni Industries with 453,241 units for 10.4 percent of the day’s trade and Paramount Trading with 400,854 stocks for 9.2 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index dropped 27.51 points to end at 3,331.03. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five 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 13.4, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the Junior Market, Derrimon Trading dipped 7 cents to $1.70 after an exchange of 28,697 shares, Dolla Financial dropped 11 cents to $2.29 with 93,893 units crossing the market, Dolphin Cove popped $1.01 in closing at $11.97 after an exchange of 515 shares. Fontana sank 6 cents to finish at $7.90 in trading 155,362 stocks, Image Plus skidded 8 cents and ended at 85 cents with 89,712 stock units crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma gained 15 cents to end at $2.85, with traders switching ownership of 4,497 shares. ISP Finance sank $3.32 to $11.48 after it closed with trading of 369 stock units, Jetcon Corporation slipped 9 cents to close at $2.20 with 360,318 stocks passing through the market, 
Knutsford Express lost 61 cents in closing at $10.50 with a transfer of 1,794 units. Lasco Financial rose 30 cents to end at $1.90 with 383,841 stock units changing hands, Lumber Depot shed 33 cents and ended at $2.41 after a transfer of 181,192 shares, Medical Disposables advanced 19 cents to finish at $1.34 as investors exchanged 2,600 stock units. ONE on ONE Educational declined 6 cents to 88 cents after trading of 77,397 units, Spur Tree Spices increased 6 cents to end at $1.09 in an exchange of 123,808 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 11 cents to $1.66 with investors trading 22,314 units.
Prices of traded securities are for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.