The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange was boosted on Tuesday following trading in 43 securities, up from 42 on Monday and ended with prices of 20 securities rising, 15 declining and eight closing unchanged, sending the market index higher by a few points. Trading activity ended with the volume of stocks traded dropping by 62 percent and the value dipping 24 percent from Monday’s trades.
The market closed with trading of 5,811,112 shares worth $8,232,056 after falling from 15,336,531 units at $10,873,321 on Monday. Trading averaged 135,142 shares at $191,443, sliding from 365,156 stock units at $258,889 on Monday, with trading for the month to date, averaging 482,233 stock units at $527,417, down from 511,498 stock units at $555,744 on the previous day and well below December, with an average of 1,003,109 shares at $2,482,468.
EduFocal led trading with 1.47 million shares for 25.3 percent of total volume, followed by Kintyre Holdings closing with 803,719 units for 13.8 percent of the day’s trade and Atlantic Hardware with 579,818 stocks for 10 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index popped 3.13 points to 3,295.13. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3, 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 financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging declined 67 cents and ended at $2.02 with 53,136 shares clearing the exchange, Atlantic Hardware gained 7 cents to $1.95, trading 579,818 units, Blue Power rose 47 cents to end at $4.27 with 1,928 shares being traded. Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined by 31 cents to end at $1.47 after a transfer of 16,536 stock units, Caribbean Cream advanced 36 cents in closing at $2.17 in trading 624 stocks, Derrimon Trading popped 10 cents to finish at $1.65 with 6,988 units crossing the market. Dolphin Cove increased 23 cents to $12.43 in an exchange of 1,172 stocks, Everything Fresh fell 8 cents to close at $2.10 with 32,061 shares crossing the market, Fontana skidded 6 cents and ended at $7.70 after traders switched ownership of 269,664 stock units. 
Fosrich slipped 10 cents to finish at $2.25 with 116,301 shares crossing the exchange, Future Energy climbed 14 cents to $2.72 with traders dealing in 396,232 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance dropped 8 cents to end at $3.39 after an exchange of 85 stocks. Jetcon Corporation sank 6 cents to $1.92 with a transfer of 232,527 stock units, Knutsford Express dipped $1.97 and ended at $9.53 with 149 stocks changing hands, Lasco Financial shed 6 cents to end at $1.50 with an exchange of 22,202 units and ONE on ONE Educational rallied 8 cents in closing at 98 cents after swapping 100,316 shares. 
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.