Trading activity pushed the Junior Market Index of the Jamaica Stock Exchange higher on Friday, to close the month minutely lower than the December close. The market closed following trading in 43 securities, down from 45 on Thursday, ending with prices of 19 rising, 15 declining and nine finishing unchanged. The volume of stocks traded declined by 36 percent, with 14 percent lower value than on Thursday.
The market closed with trading of 17,505,463 shares for $34,272,582 after sliding from 27,371,857 units at $39,808,880 on Thursday.
The average trade for the day ends at 407,104 shares at $797,037 in a decline from 608,263 stock units at $884,642 on Thursday. Trading for the month to date, ended with an average of 469,885 stock units at $594,149, which is closely aligned with 473,046 shares at $583,933 on the previous day but much lower than for December with an average of 1,003,109 shares at $2,482,468.
Kintyre Holdings led trading with 3.89 million shares for 22.2 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial ending with 3.25 million stocks for 18.6 percent of the day’s trade, Regency Petroleum closed with 2.54 million stock units for 14.5 percent of the volume traded, Derrimon Trading closed with 1.47 million shares for 8.4 percent of the stocks traded, Jamaican Teas came in with 1.23 million stocks for 7 percent of the overall number of shares traded and ONE on ONE Educational with 1.09 million stock units for 6.3 percent of market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index rose 24.93 points to close at 3,390.30.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ending with the bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.7, 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, Access Financial rallied 83 cents to finish at $17.99 after closing with at 196 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging skidded6 cents and ended at $2.40 with a transfer of 5,115 stock units, Cargo Handlers rose $1.85 to $18.85 with 536 shares changing hands. Caribbean Assurance Brokers dipped 31 cents to close at $1.75 after an exchange of 12,988 units, Caribbean Cream climbed 13 cents after closing at $1.98 with 629 stocks crossing the market, Caribbean Flavours increased 20 cents to end at $1.67 i in switching ownership of3,500 shares. Derrimon Trading popped 11 cents to $1.78 with 1,466,237 stock units crossing the market, 
Fontana lost 20 cents to end at $8.20 with investors trading 178,831 units, Future Energy advanced 11 cents in closing at $2.64 in an exchange of 59,560 stocks. GWest Corporation gained 14 cents to close at 80 cents with traders dealing in 920 units, Honey Bun slipped 8 cents and ended at $6.33 as investors exchanged 8,428 shares, Indies Pharma popped 6 cents to finish at $2.78 with 12,104 stock units clearing the market. ISP Finance sank 44 cents to $14.20 with investors dealing in just one stock, Lasco Financial increased 10 cents to end at $1.60 in an exchange of 3,171 shares, Lumber Depot climbed 18 cents in closing at $2.74 with investors swapping 8,187 stock units. ONE on ONE Educational rose 6 cents to finish at 99 cents with an exchange of 1,094,682 units, Regency Petroleum rallied 54 cents and ended at $4.20 after the trading of 2,536,692 stocks and Spur Tree Spices shed 8 cents to close at $1.02 after an exchange of 248,691 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.