Junior Market trading activity closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Tuesday, with the market Index sinking 32.22 points to settle at 3,407.15, following an 18 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, with 5 percent more value than Monday, resulting from trading in 43 securities compared with 41 on Monday and ending with prices of 15 rising, 13 declining and 15 closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 2,971,755 shares for $4,794,934, from 3,624,819 units at $4,546,581 on Monday.
Trading averaged 69,111 shares at $111,510 compared with 88,410 stock units at $110,892 on Monday, with the month to date, averaging 69,364 stock units at $118,808, compared with 69,408 shares at $120,089 on the previous day and August ending with an average of 236,241 shares at $494,923. At the close of a low-keyed trading session, Kintyre Holdings led trading with 449,794 shares for 15.1 percent of total volume, followed by One Great Studio, with 401,057 stock units for 13.5 percent of the day’s trade and Express Catering with 311,369 stocks for 10.5 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and only two with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.8, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, Access Financial sank 5 cents to finish at $17.90 after investors exchanged a mere 18 shares, AMG Packaging lost 10 cents to close at $2.42 with an exchange of 81,493 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers increased 10 cents to close at $2 with just 100 shares passing through the market. Caribbean Cream slipped 19 cents to end at $2.01 with 1,100 stock units crossing the exchange, Derrimon Trading fell 5 cents in closing at $1.79 with investors trading 7,480 stock units, Dolla Financial declined 9 cents and ended at $2.36 after exchanging 207,896 shares. 
Express Catering shed 24 cents to $2.61 with investors swapping 311,369 units, ISP Finance popped $2.16 to finish at $16.59 with a transfer of a mere one stock, Jamaican Teas dipped 11 cents and ended at $2.22 with investors dealing in 13,005 stock units. KLE Group advanced 13 cents to close at 98 cents with 111 shares switching owners, Medical Disposables rose 8 cents to end at $1.40 with traders dealing in 410 stocks, Regency Petroleum sank 12 cents in closing at $4.20 as investors cleared 94,559 units from the market and Spur Tree Spices skidded 5 cents to $1.11 with an exchange of 164,987 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.