Woodcats International, pallet and crate manufacturer, the most recent company to make an initial public offer of shares in Jamaica, was listed on Tuesday, with 32 million shares changing hands, accounting for 68 percent of shares traded on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday. The volume of stocks traded jumped by 434 percent, with the value increasing by 103 percent over Monday, following trading of 42 securities, down from 45 on Monday and ending, with prices of 14 rising, 15 declining and 13 closing unchanged, resulting in a drop in the market index.
The market closed with trading of 47,836,301 shares for $50,727,113, after soaring from 8,955,318 units at $25,019,004 on Monday.
Trading averaged 1,138,960 shares valued at $1,207,788, compared to 199,007 stock units at $555,978 on Monday. Trading the month to date, ended with an average of 400,155 units at $495,121, up from 336,438 stock units at $433,659 on the previous day and February, with an average of 301,118 stock units at $408,514.
Newly listed Woodcats International, led trading with 32.52 million shares for 68 percent of the total volume, followed by Kintyre Holdings, with 9.78 million stocks for 20.4 percent of the day’s trade, Future Energy closed with 1.64 million stocks for 3.4 percent of the volume traded, Atlantic Hardware chipped in with 1.51 million units for 3.2 percent of the overall volume and Stationery and Office Supplies with 1.01 million units for 2.1 percent of market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index lost 14.38 points to end at 3,417.38. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.5, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. 
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At the close of market activity, Access Financial slipped 75 cents to $16.90 in an exchange of 48 shares; Atlantic Hardware slipped 5 cents to close at $1.74 after trading 1,512,141 shares; Blue Power rose 37 cents to close at $3.71 after a trading 119,539 shares. CAC 2000 skidded 10 cents to end at $1.89 as investors exchanged 281 units, Dolphin Cove rallied 30 cents and ended at $10.95 with 212 stocks passing through the market, Express Catering fell 25 cents to end at $2.14 with investors trading 91,498 units. Future Energy dropped 6 cents to $4.45 after an exchange of 1,641,261 stocks, after the stock climbed to an intraday 52 weeks high of $4.80, Honey Bun increased 6 cents and ended at $6.51 with 4,556 shares changing hands, Image Plus climbed 6 cents in closing at 89 cents in trading 61,679 stock units. 
Iron Rock Insurance rose 30 cents to finish at $2.70 with 169 shares clearing the market, Knutsford Express shed 75 cents to end at $9.05 with a transfer of 13,993 units, Lumber Depot lost 7 cents to close at $2.40 with 8,929 stocks crossing the market. Mailpac Group advanced 5 cents to $2.84 with investors swapping 11,455 stock units, Omni Industries dipped 5 cents to end at 94 cents after an exchange of 942 shares, Spur Tree Spices gained 7 cents in closing at $1.08 after traders swapped 24,416 units. Stationery and Office Supplies sank 10 cents to finish at $1.54, with investors trading 1,008,782 stocks and Woodcats International gained 13.3 percent on debut after the price popped 12 cents to $1.02, with 32,520,188 stock units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 8,955,318 shares for $25,019,004, following a climb from 6,782,030 units at $17,225,291 on Friday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.4, derived by dividing the last traded price of each stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Dolphin Cove rose 15 cents to finish at $10.65, following trading of 2,312 shares. Indies Pharma climbed 7 cents to $2.98 with investors dealing in 45,824 stock units, ISP Finance declined $2.45 to end at $10.05 in switching ownership of 1,267 stocks, Jetcon Corporation gained 7 cents in closing at a 52 weeks high of $2.77 with investors swapping a mere 1,054 units. Knutsford Express rallied 30 cents to close at $9.80 after an exchange of 2,549 shares, Medical Disposables rose 13 cents and ended at $1.28, following trading of 100,003 stock units, Regency Petroleum rallied 36 cents to finish at $4.87 with 10,697 units crossing the market and Spur Tree Spices fell 7 cents and ended at $1.01 with traders dealing in 91,744 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Market activity closed, with the volume of stocks traded falling 26 percent to 6,782,030 shares, down from 9,202,694 units on Thursday. The value fell by 15 percent to end at $17,225,291, from $20,259,101 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.9, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share.
Iron Rock Insurance lost 17 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of $2.35 after an exchange of 1,061 stock units, KLE Group slipped 15 cents in closing at 90 cents with a transfer of 900 stocks, Medical Disposables fell 15 cents and ended at $1.15, with 4,595 stocks changing hands. Regency Petroleum shed 43 cents to close at $4.51 in an exchange of 128,292 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies gained 11 cents to end at $1.69 with traders dealing in 35,676 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Investors exchanged 42 securities on both Wednesday and Thursday, with prices of 12 rising, 14 declining and 16 closing unchanged.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.7, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Honey Bun lost 6 cents to end at $6.45 with 10,841 stocks crossing the exchange, Iron Rock Insurance slipped 26 cents in closing at $2.52 with traders dealing in 50,843 units. Jamaican Teas fell 6 cents and ended at $2.24 with 29,899 shares crossing the market, Lumber Depot increased 13 cents to finish at $2.48 with an exchange of 2,000 stock units, Medical Disposables climbed 15 cents to $1.30 after traders swapped 5,000 stocks and Regency Petroleum rallied 13 cents to $4.94 after an exchange of 100,203 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 14,784,453 shares for $16,218,626, after a climb from 10,487,172 units at $15,410,498 on Tuesday.
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Indies Pharma rallied 18 cents to end at $2.99 after an exchange of 48,861 stock units, Knutsford Express slipped 50 cents to close at $9.50 in trading of 30,691 units, Lasco Financial gained 8 cents to finish at $1.65 after an exchange of 1,505 shares. Lumber Depot shed 14 cents to $2.35 with a transfer of 11,907 stock units, Main Event jumped $1.36 in closing at $6.97 with 202 shares crossing the market and Regency Petroleum lost 18 cents and ended at $4.81 in an exchange of 158,322 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading ended with an exchange of 10,487,172 shares for $15,410,498 after sliding from 11,434,106 units at $18,735,373 on Monday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.6, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Image Plus shed 6 cents to close at 81 cents after an exchange of 100,957 units, Indies Pharma sank 16 cents to$2.81 with a transfer of 10,824 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance climbed 28 cents and ended at $2.78 with 120 stock units clearing the market. Lasco Financial slipped 8 cents to end at $1.57 with investors trading 5,737 shares, Main Event skidded $1.39 in closing at $5.61 in an exchange of 7,829 stock units and Medical Disposables dropped 16 cents to finish at $1.15 with investors swapping 2,789 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading on Monday ended with an average of 248,568 shares at $407,291, in a fall from 326,335 stock units averaging $532,619 on Friday. Trading for the month to date averages 427,195 units at $440,074, down from 464,544 stock units at $446,928 on the previous day and greater than February, which ended with an average of 301,118 shares at $408,514.
At the close of the market, CAC 2000 rose 23 cents to $1.98, after switching ownership of 700 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers climbed 27 cents to $2.05 after an exchange of 9,247 stock units, Caribbean Flavours popped 6 cents to close at $1.66 with a transfer of 765 shares. Derrimon Trading slipped by 10 cents to $1.70 after an exchange of 15,882 stock units, Dolla Financial advanced 14 cents to $2.69, with trading of 149,173 units, Dolphin Cove sank 46 cents to end at $10.54 with 34,671 stocks changing hands. Express Catering gained 32 cents to $2.48 with investors swapping 5,497 units, Fontana dropped 19 cents to $7.36 with 63,481 shares crossing the market, Fosrich rallied 6 cents to end at $2.19 after an exchange of 6,882 stock units. Future Energy increased 12 cents and ended at a 52 weeks high of $3.62 after investors swapped 2,610,712 shares, Honey Bun popped 22 cents to close at $6.50 with 3,409 stock units crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma gained 17 cents to finish at $2.97 after a transfer of 61,740 stocks.
ISP Finance rose $1.70 to $12.50 with investors trading 53 units, Jetcon Corporation rallied 31 cents to finish at a 52 weeks high of $2.76, with 301,963 shares crossing the market, after most shares traded around $2.50, KLE Group increased 13 cents and ended at $1.04 with traders dealing in 8,800 stock units. Omni Industries climbed 7 cents to end at 98 cents with 120,024 units clearing the market, Spur Tree Spices advanced 7 cents in closing at $1.07 in trading 460 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 11 cents to end at $1.56, after 959,483 units passed through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Some 14,685,086 shares were traded for $23,967,844, up from 13,650,004 units at $15,782,587 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14, derived at by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with their financial year ending around August 2026.
Iron Rock Insurance dropped 29 cents to $2.50 with investors swapping 428,754 stock units, ISP Finance climbed 17 cents to $10.80 in an exchange of 32 shares, Jamaican Teas fell 10 cents and ended at $2.30 with traders dealing in 400,000 stock units. KLE Group declined by 12 cents to close at 91 cents with 210 shares passing through the market, Omni Industries lost 8 cents to end at 91 cents with an exchange of 721,450 stock units, Regency Petroleum increased 10 cents in closing at $5 with 413,407 units changing hands and Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 12 cents to $1.67 after a transfer of 23,875 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 13,650,004 shares for $15,782,587 after rising from 11,889,308 units at $14,632,854 on Wednesday.
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Honey Bun skidded 25 cents and ended at $6.25 as investors exchanged 7,003 shares, Indies Pharma fell 19 cents to finish at $2.80 after a transfer of 67,272 stock units, ISP Finance slipped $2.37 to close at $10.63 with traders dealing in a mere one unit. Jamaican Teas lost 6 cents to $2.40 after an exchange of 41,494 stocks, Main Event rallied $1.42 and ended at $7 with a transfer of 230 units, Regency Petroleum rose 45 cents to close at a 52 weeks high of $4.90 following an exchange of 308,057 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 15 cents to finish at $1.55 in switching ownership of 300,000 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading with an average of 1,178,967 shares at $730,696, up from 379,116 stock units at $622,482 on Friday, and in February, with an average of 301,118 shares at $408,514.
At the close of the market, Access Financial advanced by $1.74 to $17.25 after an exchange of 1,968 shares, AMG Packaging fell by 7 cents to $2.10 with 17,050 units clearing the market, Blue Power rose 30 cents to finish at $3.80 after an exchange of 4,763 shares. Caribbean Assurance Brokers dipped 6 cents and ended at $2 with 45,013 stock units crossing the market, Caribbean Cream climbed 7 cents to $1.62 in trading 202 stocks, Caribbean Flavours shed 13 cents to end at $1.55 after an exchange of 108 shares. Consolidated Bakeries declined 39 cents in closing at $1.26 with investors trading 468 stocks, Dolphin Cove increased 40 cents to $11.20 with 11,839 units changing hands, Fontana popped 22 cents and ended at $7.80 as investors exchanged 69,981 stock units. GWest Corporation sank 6 cents to end at 67 cents with a transfer of 49,611 shares, 
Indies Pharma dipped 20 cents to finish at $2.80 with investors swapping 35,425 units, Iron Rock Insurance gained 18 cents to close at $2.88 with traders switching ownership of 100 stocks. Jetcon Corporation rallied 8 cents to $2.38 with dealings in 36,851 stock units, Knutsford Express increased 50 cents in closing at $10 with 20,232 shares passing through the market, Lumber Depot popped 15 cents and ended at $2.65 with investors dealing in 19,727 stock units. Medical Disposables rallied 18 cents to finish at $1.33 with trading of 534 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 6 cents to close at $1.69 with an exchange of 842,038 units. 
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.