The Junior Market trading climbed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with a 33 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded, led by Kintyre Holdings, with just under 43 percent of shares traded while the value of stocks traded rose 32 percent over Monday, following activity in 44 securities that was similar to Monday and ended with prices of 22 rising, 17 declining and five closing unchanged.
Trading closed with an exchange of 22,534,059 shares, with a value of $32,626,163, well above 16,967,095 units at $24,797,815 on Monday.
Trading averaged 512,138 shares at $741,504, an increase over 385,616 stock units trading at $563,587 on Monday. Trading for the month to date, averages 442,821 stock units at $512,354, up from 438,609 shares at $498,428 on the previous day, but below December with an average of 1,003,109 shares at $2,482,468.
Kintyre Holdings led trading with 9.65 million shares for 42.8 percent of total volume, followed by Dolla Financia,l ending with 6.04 million stock units for 26.8 percent of the day’s trade and Derrimon Trading with 944,282 stocks for 4.2 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index climbed 31.60 points to settle at 3,348.90. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.5, 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 the fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging popped 39 cents to finish at $2.49 in an exchange of 265 shares, CAC 2000 slipped 30 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of $1.70 with 10 units passing through the market, Cargo Handlers rallied 74 cents to close at $18.84 with trading in 2,254 shares. Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose by 10 cents to end at $2 after trading of 20,705 shares, Caribbean Flavours rose 12 cents in closing at $1.74 after trading of 20,894 stock units, Dolphin Cove rallied $1.04 and ended at $12 in an exchange of 74,106 shares. Express Catering fell 14 cents to $2.35 with investors dealing in 50,712 stocks, Fontana declined 50 cents in closing at $8.04 following the switch of ownership of 68,474 units, Future Energy slipped by 8 cents to $2.58 after an exchange of 141,870 stock units. Honey Bun advanced by 44 cents to finish at $6.42 with investors swapping 14,972 shares, Indies Pharma gained 6 cents to end at $2.70 with 16,295 stocks changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance skidded 67 cents to close at $2.80 with investors trading 500 units.
ISP Finance popped $2.99 to $14.99 with 10 stock units crossing the market, Jamaican Teas lost 9 cents to close at $2.11 after an exchange of 893,991 shares, Knutsford Express advanced 49 cents and ended at $11.54 with 54 stocks crossing the market. Lumber Depot dipped 8 cents to end at $2.70 with investors trading 690,834 units, Main Event rose 35 cents in closing at $7.70 with 1,459 stock units clearing the market, MFS Capital Partners rallied 6 cents to finish at 48 cents with an exchange of 38,824 shares and Regency Petroleum increased 10 cents to $3.70 with a transfer of 377,135 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.