Huge bump in Junior Market trading

Stocks closed 152.71 points higher for the week to Thursday after the Junior Market Index climbed 34.92 points to end the day at 3,806.11, following a burst of trading with a 43 percent surge in the volume of stocks traded, with a 309 percent greater value than Wednesday after activity in 43 securities down from 46 on Wednesday, ending with prices of 21 rising, 15 declining leaving seven unchanged.
The market closed on Thursday with an exchange of 19,386,471 shares at $89,851,378 up from 13,584,564 units at $21,955,901 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 450,848 shares at $2,089,567 compared to 295,317 units at $477,302 on Wednesday. Trading for the month to date ends with an average of 271,027 units at $588,052 compared to 260,492 stock units at $500,089 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Honey Bun led trading with 8.08 million shares for 41.7 percent of total volume followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 2.95 million units for 15.2 percent of the day’s trade, Derrimon Trading ended with 2.01 million stocks for 10.4 percent market share, EduFocal contributed 1.42 million shares for 7.3 percent of market trade and Mailpac Group with 1.13 million units for 5.8 percent of total volume.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.2, based on last traded prices and earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial year ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling price and seven with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial jumped 75 cents in closing at $20.75 with an exchange of 49 stocks, AMG Packaging declined 11 cents to close at $3.17 with 10,314 units clearing the market, Caribbean Cream popped 23 cents to close at $3.80 as investors traded a mere 834 shares. Express Catering sank 29 cents to finish at $3.96 with a transfer of 16,754 stock units, Fontana rallied 12 cents and ended at $8.24 after 12,003 shares passed through the market, Future Energy rose 20 cents to end at $3.25 and closed with 259,981 units changing hands. Honey Bun gained 69 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.99 after an exchange of 8,079,113 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance climbed 28 cents to end at $2.18 with investors trading just one stock unit, Jetcon Corporation advanced 10 cents in closing at 95 cents in an exchange of 921,548 shares. Knutsford Express popped 37 cents and ended at $11.47, with 10,000 stock units crossing the market, Omni Industries rose 10 cents to finish at $1.20 in switching ownership of 44,862 units and Paramount Trading climbed 11 cents to close at $1.31 after an exchange of 34,285 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.