Trading was fairly steady on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday, with a 5 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, with a 23 percent greater value than Friday with trading in all 48 listed securities up from 40 on Friday and ending with prices of 17 rising, 17 declining and 14 closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 5,503,198 shares for $10,659,278 up from 5,228,714 units at $8,674,718 on Friday.
Trading averaged 114,650 shares at $222,068 compared with 130,718 stocks at $216,868 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 121,954 units at $219,704 compared with October with an average of 196,034 shares at $399,810.
EduFocal led trading with 883,939 shares for 16.1 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 582,700 units for 10.6 percent of the day’s trade and Spur Tree Spices with 501,299 stock units for 9.1 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index gained 12.84 points to close trading at 3,805.43. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four 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 12.3, 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 rallied $2.11 in closing at $20 with 17,363 stock units crossing the market, Cargo Handlers dipped $2.18 to $10.21 after an exchange of 26 shares, Dolla Financial increased 15 cents and ended at $3.50 with 582,700 stocks changing hands. Dolphin Cove fell 60 cents to end at $19.90 with traders dealing in 52,792 units, Everything Fresh popped 10 cents to finish at $2.40 in switching ownership of 9,668 stocks, Fontana slipped 8 cents to close at $8 with 37,117 units crossing the exchange. Indies Pharma gained 13 cents to close at $3.13 with investors trading 73,089 shares, ISP Finance lost 75 cents to end at $24 after an exchange of just 13 stock units.
Jetcon Corporation rose 7 cents in closing at $1.18 with investors trading 69,870 shares. JFP Ltd advanced 12 cents to finish at $1.09 with investors dealing in 15,968 stock units, Limners and Bards skidded 22 cents and ended at $1.23 with 164,211 units clearing the market, Lumber Depot slipped 10 cents to close at $2.70 with an exchange of 19,292 stocks. Mailpac Group shed 8 cents to end at $2.57 and closed with 14,878 shares being traded, Regency Petroleum dropped 9 cents and ended at $2.90 with investors swapping 460,971 stocks and Spur Tree Spices sank 11 cents to close at $1.83 after 501,299 units passed through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.