Jamaica’s most recent IPO that was oversubscribed, One Great Studio was listed and stated trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the trading in the stocks dominating market activity with the vast majority of stocks traded and in the process pushed the volume for the day up 254 percent and the value 94 percent more than Monday after trading taking place in 42 securities compared with 40 on Monday and ended with prices of seven rising, 21 declining and 14 closing unchanged.
Investors traded 17,126,215 shares for $21,864,015 versus 4,843,898 units at $11,250,151 on Monday.
Trading averaged 407,767 shares at $520,572 compared with 121,097 units at $281,254 on Monday with the month to date, averaging 143,154 units at $308,990 in comparison to 120,286 stock units at $290,705 on the previous day. August closed with an average of 183,001 units at $460,354.
Newly listed One Great Studio led trading with 14.09 million shares for 82.3 percent of total volume followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 606,944 units for 3.5 percent of the day’s trade and Stationery and Office Supplies with 597,718 units for 3.5 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index shed 21.90 points to close at 3,770.02.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 10.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial popped $2.30 and ended at $25 in trading 227 shares, Cargo Handlers dropped 18 cents in closing at $16.20, with 250 units clearing the market, Dolla Financial fell 17 cents to end at $2.23 after 118,475 stock units crossed the market, Dolphin Cove dipped 33 cents to $16.16 in switching ownership of 181 stocks. Fontana lost 6 cents to close at $10.44 after investors traded 37,482 stocks, Fosrich shed 6 cents in closing at $2.04 in an exchange of 136,987 units, 
Honey Bun skidded 5 cents and ended at $6.45 while trading 14,285 shares, Indies Pharma fell 8 cents to close at $2.90 with stakeholders exchanging 23,822 stock units. Jamaican Teas lost 20 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.80 after an exchange of 11,239 stock units, JFP Ltd declined 7 cents to $1.50 as investors exchanged 13,416 shares, KLE Group fell 5 cents to $1.50 with 50 stocks changing hands, Knutsford Express skidded 45 cents to end at $11 with a transfer of 1,737 units. Main Event shed 49 cents and ended at $14.50 with shareholders swapping 517 stock units, newly listed, One Great Studio rallied 14 cents to a record close of $1.14 after an exchange of 14,087,445 units and hitting a high of $1.29. Paramount Trading dropped 5 cents in closing at $1.95 after 100 stocks crossed the exchange, Regency Petroleum advanced 7 cents and ended at $2.20 in trading 171,249 shares, 
Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 9 cents to end at $1.65 and closed after 597,718 stocks were traded and Tropical Battery climbed 11 cents in closing at $2 with investors dealing in 185,951 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
