Trading activity closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, with an 88 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, with a 91 percent lower value than Friday, with trading in 41 securities compared with 42 on Friday and ending with prices of 11 rising, 21 declining and nine closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 3,430,481 shares worth $6,399,711 compared with 28,719,582 units at $72,682,367 on Friday.
Trading averaged 83,670 shares at $156,091 compared with 683,800 stock units at $1,730,533 on Friday, compared to August, accompanied by an average of 236,241 shares at $494,923.
Fosrich led trading with 970,614 shares, accounting for 28.3 percent of total volume, followed by GWest Corporation, with 443,229 units for 12.9 percent of the day’s trade and Kintyre Holdings with 308,555 stocks for 9 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index sank 12.60 points to conclude trading at 3,394.80. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.6, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2026.
At the close, AMG Packaging rose 19 cents to $2.30 closed at 1,584 shares, Blue Power skidded 12 cents to $3.98 after trading 2,706 stock units, Caribbean Assurance rose 16 cents and ended at $2.09, with 385 shares crossing the market. Derrimon Trading fell 8 cents to finish at $1.80 after an exchange of 218,464 units, Fontana shed 10 cents in closing at $8.90 in trading 12,192 stocks, Future Energy lost 12 cents to end at $3.08, with 93,804 units crossing the exchange. Honey Bun declined 30 cents in closing at $7.40 after a transfer of 21,274 stocks, Image Plus sank 7 cents to 99 cents with investors trading 4,235 shares,
Iron Rock Insurance slipped 31 cents to close at $3.60, with 200 stock units clearing the market. Jamaican Teas sank 10 cents to end at $2.30 with investors trading 150,014 shares, Knutsford Express popped 18 cents to finish at $14.44 in switching ownership of 910 units, Lasco Financial dropped 7 cents and ended at $1.88 with investors dealing in 977 stocks. Lumber Depot increased 8 cents to $2.69 with a transfer of 11,797 units, Omni Industries dipped 8 cents to close at 77 cents, after 64,642 shares passed through the market and Regency Petroleum sank 36 cents to finish at $4.14 with traders dealing in 239,476 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.