Kintyre Holdings captured 60 percent of all the volume of shares traded on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, following a release from the company indicating that profits attributed to shareholders for 2025 jumped to $149 million. At the end of trading, the volume of stocks changing hands rose 41 percent, with 5 percent more value than on Tuesday, following an exchange of 42 securities, as trading slipped from 47 on Tuesday, with prices of 14 rising, 13 declining and 15 closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 14,784,453 shares for $16,218,626, after a climb from 10,487,172 units at $15,410,498 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 352,011 shares at $386,158, compared to 223,131 stocks at $327,883 on Tuesday. Trading for the month to date, ended with an average of 391,283 units at $418,842 after sliding from 396,553 stock units at $423,227 on the previous day and February, with an average of 301,118 shares at $408,514.
Kintyre Holdings led trading with 8.90 million shares for 60.2 percent of total volume, followed by Fosrich with 1.43 million units for 9.7 percent of the day’s trade and Mailpac Group with 670,000 stocks for 4.5 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index advanced 1.93 points to settle at 3,380.86. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four 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 14.7, 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 the fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, CAC 2000 fell 9 cents to finish at $1.90 as investors exchanged 4 shares, Derrimon Trading dipped by 11 cents to end at $1.63 with traders switching ownership of 128,407 stocks, Dolla Financial advanced 18 cents to $2.69 with investors trading 513,010 shares. Dolphin Cove sank 16 cents to close at $10.80 after dealers swapped 7,442 stocks, Express Catering declined 6 cents in closing at $2.39 with investors dealing in 14,756 units, Fontana popped 30 cents to end at $7.60 with 5,584 stocks crossing the market. Future Energy increased 19 cents to $4 with investors swapping 657,939 shares, GWest Corporation climbed 6 cents and ended at 74 cents with an exchange of 316 stock units, Image Plus rose 6 cents in closing at 87 cents with 19,409 units clearing the market. 
Indies Pharma rallied 18 cents to end at $2.99 after an exchange of 48,861 stock units, Knutsford Express slipped 50 cents to close at $9.50 in trading of 30,691 units, Lasco Financial gained 8 cents to finish at $1.65 after an exchange of 1,505 shares. Lumber Depot shed 14 cents to $2.35 with a transfer of 11,907 stock units, Main Event jumped $1.36 in closing at $6.97 with 202 shares crossing the market and Regency Petroleum lost 18 cents and ended at $4.81 in an exchange of 158,322 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.