Trading on Tuesday landed the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange in one of the few positive closes for the month to date, with trading in 41 securities, compared with 42 on Monday, ending with prices of 13 rising, 18 declining and 10 closing firm. Volume of stocks traded rose 158 percent and the value increased 163 percent over Monday.
The market closed with trading of 5,378,999 shares for $10,914,660, well above the 2,081,282 units at $4,155,813 on Monday.
Trading averaged 131,195 shares at $266,211, up from just 49,554 stocks at $98,948 on Monday, Trading for the month to date, ended with an average of 165,910 units at $242,708 compared with 171,536 stock units at $238,899 on the previous day and May with an average of 419,466 shares worth $701,563.
Lumber Depot led trading with 1.60 million shares for 29.8 percent of total volume, followed by Mailpac Group which ended with 1.11 million stocks for 20.6 percent of the day’s trade and Kintyre Holdings with 1.02 million units for 18.9 percent of the day’s trade.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index climbed 16.17 points to 3,429.92. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six 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 14.2, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
At the close of trading, Access Financial increased by $2.44 to close at $16.79 in trading 527 shares, AMG Packaging popped 10 cents to $2.43, in trading 6,200 units, Caribbean Assurance rose 31 cents to end at $2.14 with a mere one stock unit crossing the exchange. Caribbean Flavours shed 9 cents in closing at $1.32 with trading in 1,016 shares, Derrimon Trading rose 16 cents to finish at $1.96 with 3,561 stock units passing through the market, Dolla Financial sank 12 cents and ended at $2.26 with investors trading 285,522 shares. Dolphin Cove gained 52 cents to $14.20 with 18,666 stock units clearing the market, Fontana fell 16 cents to end at $8.75 as investors exchanged 14,258 stocks, Future Energy climbed 13 cents in closing at $3.07 with a transfer of 70,859 units. Indies Pharma lost 21 cents to close at $3.65 with investors dealing in 124,972 shares, Iron Rock Insurance dropped 12 cents and ended at $5.20 after 2,109 stock units were traded, 
JFP Ltd advanced 5 cents to finish at 55 cents with 40,018 stocks crossing the market. Knutsford Express popped 99 cents and ended at $12.99 with investors trading 426 units, Main Event shed 79 cents to close at $9.11 after 12,268 stocks changed hands, Medical Disposables sank 25 cents to end at $1.35 with 876 stock units switching owners. RA Williams dipped 5 cents in closing at a 52 week’s low of 42 cents as traders crossed 296,218 shares in the market, Regency Petroleum increased 5 cents to close at $4 with investors swapping 38,772 stock units and Spur Tree Spices slipped 5 cents to finish at $1.02 with an exchange of 22,030 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.