Trading climbed appreciably on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, with a 62 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, following a 211 percent surge in value compared with Thursday, following trading in 45 securities, up from 42 on Thursday and ending with prices of 10 rising, 17 declining and 18 closing unchanged and resulting a decline for the market index.
The market closed with trading of 13,068,999 shares for $25,015,021, up from 8,051,937 stock units at $8,032,911 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 290,422 shares at $555,889, well over 191,713 units at $191,260 on Thursday and for the month to date, an average of 701,010 units at $632,132, down from 789,839 units at $648,627 on the previous day and December, an average of 1,003,109 shares at $2,482,468.
AMG Packaging led trading with 7.24 million shares for 55.4 percent of total volume, followed by Kintyre Holdings, with 2.83 million units for 21.7 percent of the day’s trade and Derrimon Trading with 625,431 stocks for 4.8 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index dipped 8.90 points to conclude trading at 3,360.34, with the index closing lower than the close of 2025. 
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.6, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share.
ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, Blue Power declined 27 cents and ended at $4.23, with 4,004 shares crossing the market, Consolidated Bakeries shed 27 cents to close at $1.51, with an exchange of 1,000 stock units, Derrimon Trading advanced 11 cents to end at $1.73 after it closed, with an exchange of 625,431 shares. Dolla Financial sank 15 cents in closing at $2.50 after 46,673 stocks changed hands, GWest Corporation lost 14 cents to finish at 59 cents with investors trading 21,399 units, Honey Bun fell 24 cents to close at $6.66, with 100,962 shares clearing the market. 
Indies Pharma sank 13 cents to $2.75 after an exchange of 41,644 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance dipped 58 cents to finish at $2.80, with investors swapping 2,030 units, ISP Finance skidded $1.76 and ended at $14.99 after a mere two shares passed through the market. Jamaican Teas dropped 25 cents to close at $2.09 after trading 100,082 stock units, Jetcon Corporation rose 29 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.55 with a transfer of 508,957 stocks, after trading as high as $2.75, Medical Disposables slipped 15 cents to end at $1.30, with 99,497 units changing hands. Paramount Trading rallied 13 cents to $1.38 with investors trading 560 stock units and Spur Tree Spices increased 6 cents to finish at $1.15 after a transfer of 4,070 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.