Junior Market popped higher Wednesday

Trading activity fell sharply at the close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with a 74 percent drop in the volume of stocks traded, with an 83 percent lower value than on Tuesday with trading in 40 securities compared with 41 on Tuesday and ending with prices of 15 rising, 18 declining and seven closing unchanged.
The market ended with 2,576,485 shares trading at $4,262,470 down from 9,854,162 units at $24,889,108 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 64,412 shares at $106,562, down from 240,345 stocks at $607,051 on Tuesday with trading for the month to date, averaging 388,998 units at $798,622 versus 409,509 stock units at $842,354 on the previous day compared to June with an average of 318,732 units at $696,979.
EduFocal led trading with 1.03 million shares for 40.1 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 460,385 units for 17.9 percent of the day’s trade and iCreate with 202,733 units for 7.9 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index advanced 10.46 points to conclude trading at 3,651.22.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.4, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial rose 51 cents in closing at $19.02 with an exchange of 30 stocks, Blue Power rallied 27 cents to $4.38 and closed after an exchange of 25,512 units, Caribbean Cream declined 9 cents to finish at $3.35 with traders dealing in 3,868 shares. Dolla Financial sank 14 cents and ended at $2.63 with 460,385 stocks clearing the market, Dolphin Cove dropped $1.85 to close at $21.15 with a transfer of 4,021 shares, Fontana popped 6 cents to end at $8.01, with 68,531 units crossing the exchange. Honey Bun gained 35 cents to end at $8.60 in trading 8,514 stocks, Indies Pharma increased 24 cents to end at $2.54, with 166,799 stock units crossing the market, ISP Finance climbed $5 in closing at $25 after a transfer of 76 shares. Jamaican Teas rose 16 cents t0 $2.27 after 29,150 units passed through the market, Jetcon Corporation fell 5 cents to close at 85 cents in switching ownership of 500 stocks, Mailpac Group skidded 8 cents to finish at $2.07 after an exchange of 119,499 stock units. Main Event sank 50 cents to close at $12, with 552 shares crossing the market, Regency Petroleum popped 14 cents to finish at $2.40 with investors swapping 19,551 units, Spur Tree Spices slipped 5 cents and ended at $2.10 in an exchange of 8,170 stock units. Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 5 cents to close at $1.69 after investors ended trading 240 stock units and tTech lost 29 cents to end at $2.65 as investors exchanged 50 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.