Trading activity closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with a 21 and 36 percent decline in volume and value of stocks trading, respectively, compared to Monday. Trading resulted in an exchange of 43, compared with 47 on Monday, with only 10 rising, 19 declining and 14 closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 7,676,725 shares for $12,164,513, after decreasing from 9,748,287 units at $18,921,148 on Monday.
Trading averaged 178,528 shares woth $282,896, down moderately from 207,410 stocks at $402,578 on Monday, with a month to date average of 214,169 stock units at $303,290, in slipping slightly from 217,271 stock units at $305,065 on the previous day and down from January with an average of 469,885 shares at $594,149.
Atlantic Hardware led trading with 2.53 million shares for 33 percent of total volume, followed by Kintyre Holdings ended with 2.10 million units for 27.3 percent of the day’s trade and Indies Pharma with 361,645 stocks for 4.7 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index slipped just 2.06 points to end at 3,313.47. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
The Junior Market closed with an average PE Ratio of 14.2, which is derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share.
The PE ratios in this report are computed by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging slipped 7 cents to end at $2.20 with 37,186 shares crossing the exchange, Atlantic Hardware skidded 9 cents in closing at $1.96 with investors dealing in 2,530,058 units, Blue Power increased 29 cents to $3.90 with a mere one share passing through the market. Caribbean Flavours slipped 14 cents to close at $1.58 as investors exchanged 19,857 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries fell 19 cents and ended at $1.60 after a transfer of 1,950 stock units, GWest Corporation popped 13 cents to finish at 85 cents with 247 shares clearing the market. 
Honey Bun dipped 14 cents and ended at $6 after investors swapped 5,517 stocks, ISP Finance lost $1.21 to $12.04 after an exchange of just 353 shares, KLE Group gained 14 cents to close at $1.05 with investors trading 50 stock units. Lumber Depot declined 24 cents to end at $2.40 with 94,492 shares crossing the market, Mailpac Group shed 10 cents in closing at $2.55 with traders switching ownership of 220,000 stock units, MFS Capital Partners dropped 6 cents to finish at 40 cents with investors trading 180,069 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies slipped 6 cents to $1.59 with an exchange of 17,721 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.