The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed out October with gains gathered in the last minute of trading on Thursday, as the market closed out the month slightly lower than the September close with a 34 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, at a 40 percent greater value than on Wednesday with activities in 45 securities up from 42 on Wednesday and ending with prices of 21 rising, 18 declining and six closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 20,497,379 shares valued at $43,414,703 versus 15,325,257 stock units for $31,016,962 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an averaged of 455,497 shares at $964,771 compared with 364,887 stocks at $738,499 on Wednesday with a month to date average of 196,034 stock units at $399,810 versus 183,613 stock units at $372,764 on the previous day and September with an average of 419,421 shares at $774,292.
Derrimon Trading led trading with 3.96 million shares for 19.3 percent of total volume followed by Fosrich with 3.88 million stocks for 19 percent of the day’s trade, Jamaican Teas ended with 2.0 million units for 9.8 percent market share, Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 1.93 million stock units for 9.4 percent market share, EduFocal finished trading with 1.06 million shares for 5.2 percent of the volume traded and Indies Pharma with 1.02 million units for 5 percent of the total trade.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index rallied 39.75 points to finish at 3,811.88. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.4, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
At the close, Access Financial gained $2.49 to finish at $20 with 43,471 stocks changing hands, AMG Packaging sank 10 cents and ended at $3.15 with 39,085 units crossing the exchange, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 10 cents to $3.30 with investors trading 24,000 shares. Caribbean Cream advanced 14 cents to end at $3.44 after 719 stock units crossed the market, Derrimon Trading shed 14 cents in closing at $1.98 with an exchange of 3,959,523 shares, 
Fontana popped 9 cents to close at $8.19 with 11,938 stock units crossing the market. Fosrich sank 12 cents to $2.23 after a transfer of 3,884,355 stocks, Future Energy increased 21 cents to finish at $3.90 in switching ownership of 986,116 units, Honey Bun fell 8 cents to $8.22 with investors dealing in 79,363 stocks. Image Plus climbed 18 cents to end at $1.65 and closed with 471,200 shares changing hands, Indies Pharma rallied 15 cents in to $3.17 with investors swapping 1,022,766 stock units, ISP Finance rose $4.75 to close at $24.75 but only after hitting an intraday low of $17, with a transfer of 2,144 units. KLE Group advanced 12 cents to $1.32 as investors exchanged 4 stocks, Knutsford Express popped $2.04 to end at $12.44 in trading 37,542 units, Mailpac Group climbed 30 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.80 after 543,990 shares passed through the market. Stationery and Office Supplies increased 10 cents to finish at $1.68 with investors trading 1,931,785 stock units,
Tropical Battery rallied 16 cents and ended at $2.42 after an exchange of 89,608 shares and tTech gained 14 cents to close at $2.14 with 165 stock units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.