The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange is set to close out 2025 on a losing note, with the market down 11.4 percent for the year to date after closing on Tuesday, with a small rise in the market index. Similar to Monday, 43 securities were traded, resulting in a 22 percent drop in value and an 11 percent decline in the number of traded stocks. Trading ended with prices of 19 stocks rising, 14 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
The market closed, with trading of 10,088,668 shares for $11,319,606, down from 11,293,436 stock units at $14,486,739 on Monday.
Trading averaged 234,620 shares at $263,247 compared with 262,638 stock units at $336,901 on Monday. For the month to date, trading ended with an average of 353,983 units at $502,976, down from 361,807 stock units at $518,690 on the previous day and higher than November, which closed with an average of 224,300 shares with an average value of $353,285.
Kintyre Holdings led trading with 2.68 million shares for 26.6 percent of total volume, followed by RA Williams, with 2.05 million stock units for 20.3 percent of the day’s trade and Atlantic Hardware with 1.33 million units for 13.2 percent of the day’s volume.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index gained 14.95 points to close at 3,308.45, still 426.60 points lower than the close of last year. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.2, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close, Access Financial slipped 10 cents to end at $18.87 with trading of 206 shares, AMG Packaging rose 11 cents to $2.28 after 15,000 stock units changed hands, Atlantic Hardware sank 7 cents to close at $1.54, with 1,329,682 shares passing through the exchange. Cargo Handlers increased $2.20 in closing at $17.50 with investors dealing in 1,000 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers climbed 22 cents to end at $1.68, after 25,000 units passed through the market, Dolphin Cove rose $1.69 to finish at $12.50 with an exchange of 546 stocks. Fontana dropped 40 cents and ended at $7.60, with 149,437 units crossing the market, Honey Bun advanced 47 cents to $7.28 after an exchange of 2,277 shares, Indies Pharma popped 19 cents to close at $2.79 with investors swapping 15,516 stock units. 
ISP Finance lost $1.11 to end at $15.89 after an exchange of a mere 7 shares, Jetcon Corporation gained 6 cents in closing at $1.51 with an exchange of 296,808 stock units, KLE Group popped 24 cents to finish at $1.05 after a transfer of 2,000 stocks. Knutsford Express declined 12 cents to $11.83 with traders dealing in 107 stock units, Mailpac Group sank 13 cents to $2.07 in switching ownership of 6,035 shares, Main Event jumped $1.50 and ended at $8 with investors trading a mere 100 units. Omni Industries rallied 7 cents to finish at 98 cents, with 107,120 stocks changing hands, Paramount Trading rose 13 cents to close at $1.28 in an exchange of 500 stock units and Regency Petroleum skidded 19 cents to end at $3.86, with investors trading 263,974 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.