Trading activity closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Wednesday, with a mild slippage in the volume of stocks traded, with 38 percent lower value than on Tuesday resulting from trading in 46 securities up from 44 on Tuesday and ending with prices of 20 rising, 17 declining and nine closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 8,063,040 shares for $14,011,886 compared with 8,243,054 units at $22,444,796 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 175,283 shares at $304,606 down from an average of 187,342 stock units at $510,109 on Tuesday with the month to date, averaging 171,354 stocks at $386,922 compared to 170,980 shares at $394,761 on the previous day and September with an average of 419,421 units at $774,292.
JFP Ltd led trading with 3.17 million shares for 39.4 percent of total volume followed by One Great Studio with 1.30 million units for 16.1 percent of the day’s trade and EduFocal with 956,757 stock units for 11.9 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index fell 22.73 points to 3,728.39. Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows just one stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling price and six with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.1, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
At the close of trading, Access Financial fell $1.01 to close at $20.68 with 236 shares crossing the market, Blue Power dropped 10 cents to $3.89 in switching ownership of 4,393 stocks, CAC 2000 rallied 33 cents and ended at $2.41 after closing with just 7 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove lost $1.60 in closing at $19.85 with 19,918 stock units clearing the market, Everything Fresh increased 17 cents to finish at $2.39 after an exchange of 72,081 shares, Express Catering popped 8 cents to end at $3.43 market after 105,718 stocks passed through the.
Image Plus dipped 9 cents in closing at $1.53 in an exchange of 55,187 units, Jetcon Corporation advanced 12 cents to $1.17 with traders dealing in 200 stock units, Knutsford Express sank 82 cents to finish at $11.62 in an exchange of 401,283 shares. Main Event slipped 25 cents and ended at $11.34 with investors swapping 50 units, MFS Capital Partners rose 9 cents to close at 81 cents after 112,262 stocks crossed the exchange and tTech climbed 34 cents to end at $2.10 with investors trading 237 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 8,243,054 shares for $22,444,796 compared with 4,540,755 units at $8,078,268 on Monday.
Elite Diagnostic dipped 9 cents in closing at $2.40 with 2,804 shares changing hands, Future Energy sank 10 cents to close at $3.50 with investors dealing in 139,537 units. Iron Rock Insurance rose 60 cents to $4 with 115,874 stocks crossing the exchange, Main Event rallied 29 cents to end at $11.59 with investors swapping 2 stock units, Medical Disposables increased 19 cents in closing at $2.39 after 363 shares passed through the market. MFS Capital Partners declined 12 cents and ended at 72 cents with 13,810 stock units changing hands and Regency Petroleum climbed 7 cents to close at $2.82 with investors trading 50,002 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 4,540,755 shares valued $8,078,268, up from 2,465,676 units at $4,887,449 on Friday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 11.7, based on the last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Jamaican Teas advanced 7 cents to close at $2.31 with a mere 10 units clearing the market, Knutsford Express dropped 11 cents to finish at $12.44 in an exchange of 5,963 stocks. Limners and Bards rose 25 cents to $1.50 with investors trading 37,990 shares, Lumber Depot fell 15 cents to end at $2.75 in an exchange of 264,220 stock units, Main Event climbed 30 cents in closing at $11.30 with investors dealing in 340 units. Medical Disposables dipped 23 cents to close at $2.20 after the trading of 2,097 stocks, MFS Capital Partners increased 14 cents to finish at 84 cents with 144,073 units crossing the exchange, Regency Petroleum sank 7 cents and ended at $2.75 with a transfer of 73,909 stocks and Tropical Battery slipped 14 cents to $2.46 after an exchange of 8,560 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 2,685,073 shares for $6,623,219 down from 5,990,982 units at $9,247,492 on Wednesday.
At the close, AMG Packaging declined 11 cents to $3.19 in switching ownership of 24,500 stocks, Cargo Handlers popped $1.24 to close at $12.94 after 450 shares passed through the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 24 cents to finish at $3.50 trading 7,728 stocks. Caribbean Cream lost 30 cents and ended at $3.45 after an exchange of 28,357 stock units, Caribbean Flavours dipped 6 cents in closing at $1.54 with 5,300 stocks, Derrimon Trading slipped 5 cents to end at $2 after investors exchanged 501 shares. Dolla Financial dipped 11 cents to $2.49 with a transfer of 316,992 stock units, Dolphin Cove gained 18 cents and ended at $23.18, with 2,933 units crossing the exchange, EduFocal sank 5 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of 43 cents with investors swapping 4,265 shares. Express Catering shed 13 cents to end at $3.90 and closed after an exchange of 8,352 units, Fontana dropped 35 cents in closing at $8.13 with investors dealing in 8,570 stocks, Honey Bun skidded 15 cents to close at $8.60 after an exchange of 33,962 stock units. Indies Pharma rose 9 cents to $2.59 in trading 840 shares, 
Jamaican Teas lost 7 cents to finish at $2.25, with 4,256 stock units crossing the market, Knutsford Express slipped 15 cents and ended at $10.75 with traders dealing in 1,685 stocks. Lasco Financial sank 14 cents to end at $1.70 after a transfer of 6,200 stock units, Limners and Bards skidded 9 cents in closing at $1.80 with investors trading 1,462 shares, Lumber Depot rallied 5 cents to close at $2.80 after an exchange of 500 units. Main Event increased 50 cents to $13 with investors trading 7,700 stocks, One Great Studio climbed 5 cents to close at 82 cents in an exchange of 67,623 stock units, Regency Petroleum fell 9 cents to finish at $2.32 with 12,005 shares changing hands and Spur Tree Spices advanced 5 cents and ended at $1.95 with an exchange of 283,557 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading ended with an 82 percent drop in the volume of stocks traded, with an 89 percent lower value than Friday following trading in 45 securities up from 41 on Friday and ending with prices of 11 rising, 23 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index fell 23.11 points to end the day at 3,820.12.
Indies Pharma dropped 22 cents to close at $2.57 after 22,397 units were traded. ISP Finance shed $2.50 to $27.45 after just one stock crossed the market, JFP Ltd declined 10 cents to end at $1.16 after a transfer of 395,242 stock units, Knutsford Express rallied $1.20 in closing at $11.20, with 2,678 shares crossing the market. Lasco Financial increased 22 cents to finish at $2.17 in an exchange of 510 stocks, Limners and Bards slipped 7 cents and ended at $1.48 after 20,907 units passed through the market, Spur Tree Spices fell 10 cents to close at $2.20 trading of 1,291,745 stock units and tTech climbed 25 cents to $2.35 with 3,831 shares clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed on Thursday with an exchange of 19,386,471 shares at $89,851,378 up from 13,584,564 units at $21,955,901 on Wednesday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.2, based on last traded prices and earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial year ending around August 2025.
Honey Bun gained 69 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.99 after an exchange of 8,079,113 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance climbed 28 cents to end at $2.18 with investors trading just one stock unit, Jetcon Corporation advanced 10 cents in closing at 95 cents in an exchange of 921,548 shares. Knutsford Express popped 37 cents and ended at $11.47, with 10,000 stock units crossing the market, Omni Industries rose 10 cents to finish at $1.20 in switching ownership of 44,862 units and Paramount Trading climbed 11 cents to close at $1.31 after an exchange of 34,285 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Junior Market closed trading of 13,584,564 shares for $21,955,901 up from 11,922,796 units at $18,343,744 on Tuesday.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
Knutsford Express fell 10 cents to $11.10, with 279 shares crossing the exchange, Limners and Bards rose 20 cents to finish at $1.68 with 50,000 stocks changing hands, Medical Disposables rose 28 cents to $2.16 after an exchange of 26 units. MFS Capital Partners slipped 7 cents to close at $1 after stakeholders traded 839,936 stocks, Omni Industries popped 8 cents in closing at $1.10 after an exchange of 4,546,653 shares, One Great Studio added 7 cents to end at 86 cents and closed with 472,449 stocks being traded. Paramount Trading sank 9 cents to $1.20 in switching ownership of 130,555 stocks, Regency Petroleum climbed 8 cents and ended at $2.25, with 42,756 stock units crossing the market, Spur Tree Spices advanced 13 cents to end at $2.44 with investors trading 62,306 shares and Tropical Battery dipped 7 cents in closing at $2.15 with 25,595 units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading ended with 11,922,796 shares for $18,343,744 down from 44,365,992 units at $81,000,955 on Monday.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index surged 60.76 points to close trading at 3,740.69.
Express Catering dipped 38 cents to $4.02 in trading 2,493 stocks, Fontana advanced 34 cents and ended at $8.59 with 7,747 stock units changing hands, Fosrich increased 8 cents to end at $2.30 as investors exchanged 1,047,630 shares. Honey Bun climbed 18 cents in closing at $8.35 in switching ownership of 7,636 stock units, iCreate rose 8 cents to finish at 68 cents with trading of 1,834,027 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance rallied 10 cents to close at $1.90 after a mere 897 units crossed the market. Knutsford Express gained 55 cents to $11.20 with an exchange of 838 shares, Mailpac Group climbed 12 cents to close at $2.27 and closed with an exchange of 254,374 stocks, MFS Capital Partners popped 13 cents and ended at $1.07 with investors trading 613,128 units and tTech gained 14 cents to finish at $2.49 in an exchange of 12,958 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 11,090,518 shares for $30,348,119 up from 5,211,203 units at $10,701,171 on Monday. Express Catering led trading with 6.03 million shares for 54.3 percent of total volume followed by Omni Industries with 2.78 million units for 25.1 percent of the day’s trade and Dolla Financial with 525,516 stock units for 4.7 percent market share.
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.
Express Catering lost 32 cents to end at $4.50 with an exchange of 6,026,033 units. Honey Bun slipped 35 cents in closing at $8 in trading of 20,127 stocks, Indies Pharma fell 9 cents to $2.55 after an exchange of 25,770 stock units, JFP Ltd shed 7 cents to end at $1.10 with a transfer of 415,903 shares. Knutsford Express declined 86 cents to close at $10.61 as investors exchanged 1,000 units, Limners and Bards dropped 24 cents and ended at $1.45 after closing with an exchange of 38,042 stocks, Main Event gained 49 cents to finish at $12.99 with traders dealing in 365 stock units. Medical Disposables shed 30 cents and ended at $2.20 in an exchange of 4,488 shares and Omni Industries fell 11 cents to $1.10 with investors trading 2,783,969 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading ended with 5,211,203 shares for $10,701,171 down from 5,633,135 units at $10,782,635 on Friday.
with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
ISP Finance climbed 25 cents to end at $21 with traders dealing in 499 shares, Knutsford Express increased 16 cents in closing at $11.47 in an exchange of 1,913 stock units, Medical Disposables gained 20 cents in closing at $2.50 with investors trading just 9 units. The one week listed Omni Industries, popped 9 cents to $1.21, with investors trading 2,270,182 stocks, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 11 cents and ended at $1.59 with investors dealing in 15,036 units and tTech dipped 10 cents to end at $2.25, with 12,000 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.