Kintyre Holdings led trading with 82 percent of stocks trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining by 89 percent, after the value of stocks fell 96 percent lower than on Monday. Trading resulted in 37 securities changing hands compared with 43 on Monday and ended with 17 rising, 13 declining and seven closed unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 8,925,358 shares for $6,328,557 after tumbling from 83,305,717 units at $171,261,070 on Monday.
Trading averaged 241,226 shares at $171,042, following the drop from 1,937,342 stock units at $3,982,816 on Monday, with the month to date, averaging 1,152,888 stock units at $2,219,870, well above November, with an average of 224,300 shares at $353,285.
Kintyre Holdings led trading with 7.32 million shares for 82 percent of total volume, followed by Atlantic Hardware, with 307,482 stock units for 3.4 percent of the day’s trade and Jamaican Teas with 177,302 stocks for 2 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index climbed 6.62 points to settle at 3,288.34. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended with an average PE Ratio of 13.5, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. The PE in this report are compiled by ICInsider.com for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $2.24 to close at $18 after an exchange of 102 shares, Caribbean Flavours rose 6 cents to $1.70 with investors trading 5,597 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 29 cents and ended at $1.90 with 407 units clearing the market. Derrimon Trading increased 10 cents to finish at $1.80 with a transfer of 636 shares, Dolla Financial popped 24 cents in closing at $2.36 with investors dealing in 43,954 stock units, Dolphin Cove sank $1.09 to end at $11.50 with 4,403 shares crossing the exchange. Elite Diagnostic rallied 6 cents to $1.56 with traders dealing in 111,078 stocks, 
Fontana dropped 35 cents to close at $8.04 after an exchange of 174,725 units, Future Energy advanced 10 cents and ended at $2.90 with investors trading 47,959 stock units. ISP Finance rose $1 to finish at $17 in an exchange of just 16 shares, Jamaican Teas climbed 11 cents to end at $2.32 after swapping 177,302 stock units, Knutsford Express sank 50 cents in closing at $11.50 after an exchange of 980 stocks. Mailpac Group increased 9 cents to $2.50 with 74,172 stock units passing through the market and Regency Petroleum lost 6 cents to close at $4.34 after trading of 148,448 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.