Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange at the end of Thursday, with a 56 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, along with a 104 percent jump in value compared with Tuesday resulting from trading in 44 securities up from just 39 on Tuesday and ending with prices of 12 rising, 19 falling and 13 closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 6,215,396 shares for $15,198,884 up from 3,975,497 stock units at $7,451,520 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 141,259 shares at $345,429 well over the 101,936 stocks exchanged at $191,065 on Tuesday and resulting in the month to date, averaging 136,582 units at $295,763 compared with 134,103 stocks at $269,434 on the previous trading day and February that closed with an average of 246,071 shares at $454,487.
Indies Pharma led trading with 1.07 million shares for 17.2 percent of total volume followed by Everything Fresh which ended with 946,403 units for 15.2 percent of the day’s trade and Express Catering with 602,987 stocks for 9.7 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index sank 27.68 points to wrap up trading at 3,535.74. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.9, 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 sank $1.06 to close at $16.50 with 2,263 stock units clearing the market, Blue Power dipped 35 cents to $5.03 with investors trading 1,061 shares, CAC 2000 fell 25 cents and ended at $1.94 with 3,496 units crossing the market. Dolphin Cove popped $1.29 to finish at $16.29 trading 91,328 stocks, Everything Fresh declined 19 cents to end at $1.86 with a transfer of 946,403 shares, Express Catering advanced 33 cents and closed at $3.13 with 602,987 stock units changing hands, with the stock price hitting an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $2.70. Fontana sank 8 cents to $8.90 with 64,385 units crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma dropped 56 cents to end at $3.09 with investors dealing in 1,071,509 stocks, ISP Finance shed 32 cents in closing at $27 with 59 shares crossing the market. Knutsford Express lost 47 cents to finish at $12.28 after an exchange of 2,001 stocks, Lasco Financial rose 6 cents and ended at $1.65 after 37,646 units were traded, Limners and Bards slipped 14 cents to close at $1.16 with an exchange of 142,498 stock units. Main Event rallied 20 cents to $11 after a mere 306 shares passed through the market, Regency Petroleum skidded 8 cents and ended at $3.10 after a transfer of 80,551 stocks, Spur Tree Spices increased 9 cents to finish at $1.59 with traders dealing in 19,617 units and Tropical Battery sank 21 cents to end at $2.49 in an exchange of 168,974 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.


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.