Kintyre Holdings had another day of heavy trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with the stock accounting for 61 percent of the number of shares changing hands. The market closed with the volume of stocks traded declining 26 percent, with 43 percent lower value than Wednesday, following trading in 42 securities, after slipping from 45 on Wednesday and ending, with prices of 15 rising, 18 declining and nine closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 19,637,979 shares for $12,246,626, down from 26,412,257 stock units at $21,649,820 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 467,571 shares at $291,586, compared to 586,939 stocks at $481,107 on Wednesday. Trading month to date, ended with an average of 581,263 stock units at $529,354 after decreasing from 589,412 stocks at $546,395 on the previous day and an average of 504,653 shares worth $502,169 for April.
Kintyre Holdings led trading with 12.01 million shares for 61.2 percent of total volume followed by Omni Industries with 3.20 million stocks for 16.3 percent of the day’s trade and Woodcats International with 2.08 million units for 10.6 percent of the day’s trade.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index climbed 6.17 points to finish at 3,043.61. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.4.
ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios, that are derived by dividing the last traded price by the earnings per share for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the maket, Access Financial popped 18 cents to $17.15 with 178 shares crossing the market, AMG Packaging climbed 19 cents to close at $1.99 after an exchange of 2,307 units, Blue Power increased by 50 cents and ended at $3.81 with 3,237 shares changing hands. Cargo Handlers advanced 50 cents to $15 with investors trading 4,862 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers sank 18 cents to $1.26 with 6,215 stocks clearing the market, Caribbean Flavours rose 9 cents to stop at $1.28 with an exchange of 2,320 shares. Derrimon Trading dropped 6 cents to $1.54 with 2,999 stock units crossing the market, Dolla Financial slipped 8 cents $2.38 after an exchange of 131,310 units, Dolphin Cove skidded 15 cents to $10.10 with investors trading 22,898 stocks. Elite Diagnostic gained 22 cents in closing at $1.37 after a transfer of 2,343 units, Fontana lost 45 cents to close at $6.55 following trading of 83,862 stocks,
Future Energy shed 10 cents to end at $3.59 with 139,971 shares passing through the exchange. Jetcon Corporation rallied 12 cents to $3 in switching ownership of 31,210 stock units, Lumber Depot rose 20 cents to close at $2.70 with investors swapping 81,053 shares, Mailpac Group fell 7 cents to $2.52 with a transfer of 61,126 stocks. Main Event dropped 58 cents to $5.80 with investors dealing in just 200 units, Medical Disposables rallied 8 cents to end at $1.20, following trading in 100 stock units, Omni Industries dipped 11 cents to finish at 90 cents in an exchange of 3,199,029 shares. Paramount Trading popped 26 cents to $1.25 with dealings in 1,000 stock units, Regency Petroleum climbed 11 cents and settled at $4.31 in an exchange of 68,893 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 6 cents in closing at $1.53 with 389,239 units passing through the market.
The last traded price of securities are that of the last transaction unless otherwise stated.