Sharp jump for Junior Market


Trading activity pushed the Junior Market Index up by solid 84.86 points to 3,711.75 on the penultimate day of trading for November following a 55 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, as the value jumped 58 percent over Tuesday with trading in all 48 Junior Market securities compared with 45 on Tuesday and ending with prices of 23 rising, 12 declining and 13 closing unchanged.

The market closed with trading of 9,643,194 shares for $19,408,961 compared with 6,227,341 units at $12,307,314 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 200,900 shares at $404,353 compared with 138,385 stocks at $273,496 on Tuesday with a month to date, average of 311,053 shares at $775,806 compared to 317,712 stock units at $798,261 on the previous day and October with an average of 196,034 shares at $399,810.
ONE on ONE Educational led trading with 2.11 million shares for 21.8 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 1.25 million stocks for 13 percent of the day’s trade, Derrimon Trading contributed 1.13 million units for 11.7 percent market share, Mailpac Group ended with 1.08 million stock units for 11.2 percent of trading and Fosrich with 1.03 million units for 10.7 percent of total volume.
At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six 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 13.1, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
At the close of the day, Access Financial climbed $2.34 to $19.90 with a mere 49 shares passing through the market, CAC 2000 shed 27 cents to $2.23 with an exchange of 214 stocks, Cargo Handlers increased $1.20 in closing at $12.20, with 807 shares changing hands. Caribbean Cream popped 7 cents to finish at $3.27 with traders dealing in 125,598 stock units, Derrimon Trading rallied 15 cents and ended at $2 in switching ownership of 1,131,064 shares, Dolphin Cove rose 7 cents to end at $19.60 with investors dealing in 9,880 stocks. Elite Diagnostic dropped 24 cents to $1.81 after an exchange of 4,100 units, Everything Fresh gained 13 cents to end at $2.25 with investors swapping 6,357 stock units, Fontana fell 18 cents in closing at $8 with 21,614 shares clearing the market. Fosrich advanced 14 cents to close at $2.30 with investors trading 1,032,085 units, Iron Rock Insurance slipped 10 cents to finish at $3.90 in an exchange of just 2 stocks, Jamaican Teas popped 10 cents and ended at $2.20 with 214,842 stock units crossing the market. Jetcon Corporation lost 14 cents to $1.19 in an exchange of 11 shares, Lumber Depot declined 10 cents to end at $2.45 after investors traded 32,179 stock units, Mailpac Group rallied 25 cents in closing at $2.50 with a transfer of 1,079,980 units. Main Event sank 9 cents and ended at $10.80 with 22,370 stocks crossing the exchange, Medical Disposables increased 12 cents to finish at $2 after a transfer of 742 units, Regency Petroleum dipped 20 cents to close at $2.85 as investors exchanged 692,723 stocks. Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 8 cents to $1.58 with 50,545 shares crossing the market and tTech sank 9 cents and ended at $2.30 with investors trading 5,092 stock units.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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