Trading activity closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday, with a 20 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded with a 22 percent lower value than Friday with trading in 47 securities compared with 48 previously and ending with prices of 14 rising, 23 declining and 10 closing unchanged but that did not prevent to market from closing with a higher index.
Trading ended with an exchange of 12,282,549 shares at a value of $26,347,816 down from 15,379,999 stocks at $33,771,107 on Friday. Trading averaged 261,331 shares at $560,592 compared with 320,417 stocks at $703,565 on Friday, with the month to date ending with an average of 287,330 stock units at $783,503 compared with 288,806 stocks at $796,156 on the previous day and November that ended with an average of 309,920 shares at $766,307.
Lumber Depot led trading with 2.06 million shares for 16.7 percent of total volume followed by Derrimon Trading with 1.75 million stock units for 14.2 percent of the day’s trade, Everything Fresh with 1.21 million stock units for 9.9 percent market share and Dolla Financial with 1.12 million units for 9.1 percent of total volume.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index popped 40.56 points to end at 3,767.75. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.2, based on last traded prices in conjunction with projected earnings computed by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending on or around August 2025.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging shed 10 cents to close at $2.75 after an exchange of 786 stock units, Blue Power lost 71 cents to end at $4.30 after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $5.49, with a transfer of 57,229 shares, CAC 2000 slipped 38 cents in closing at $2.02 with 2,791 stocks crossing the exchange. Derrimon Trading fell 15 cents to finish at $1.85 with 1,748,512 units changing hands, Dolphin Cove dropped 10 cents and ended at $18.40 with investors swapping 18,917 shares, Fontana slipped 7 cents to end at $8.15 in switching ownership of 26,188 units. Future Energy climbed 8 cents to $3.89 after a transfer of 132,414 stocks, Image Plus increased 15 cents to end at $1.73 with 427,656 stock units clearing the market, 
Iron Rock Insurance popped 30 cents in closing at $3.89 with an exchange of 51 shares. KLE Group skidded 11 cents and ended at $1.14 with 47 stocks crossing the market, Knutsford Express sank 43 cents to finish at $13.76 after an exchange of 1,475 units, Lumber Depot rallied 25 cents to close at $2.90 after an exchange of 2,057,208 stocks. Mailpac Group dipped 14 cents to $2.65 as investors exchanged 23,546 shares, Medical Disposables shed 28 cents in closing at $1.62 after 20,257 stock units passed through the market, MFS Capital Partners shed 8 cents to end at 54 cents in an exchange of 274,061 stocks. Regency Petroleum rose 9 cents to close at $3.24 with investors trading 357,937 units and tTech gained 10 cents and ended at $2.10 with 4,000 stocks crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.