The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange took a sharp 3.7 percent drop on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded jumping 197 percent with a 395 percent increase in value, compared with Tuesday. Investors exchanged 42 securities similar to Tuesday, with prices of only four rising, 23 declining and 15 closing unchanged, with the Junior Market Index plunging a sizable 93.94 points to end at 3,171.99, down 6.7 percent year to date.
The market closed with trading of 21,516,511 shares for $37,579,067, after an exchange of just 7,248,907 units at a low value of $7,585,733 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 512,298 shares worth $894,740, after jumping from 172,593 stock units at $180,613 on Tuesday, with the month to date, averaging 315,987 units with valued $339,145 compared with 293,084 shares at $274,326 on the previous day and March, with an average of 410,874 shares at $527,130.
Fosrich led trading with 14.08 million shares for 65.4 percent of total volume, followed by Kintyre Holdings, which ended with 2.37 million shares for 11 percent of the day’s trade and Jamaican Teas with 1.83 million units for 8.5 percent of the volume changing hands.
At the close of trading, Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.4, calculated by dividing the last traded price by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging dipped by 32 cents to end at $1.82 with an exchange of 15,729 shares, Atlantic Hardware shed 10 cents to $1.60, with trading in 311,782 units, Cargo Handlers fell $3.09 to finish at $17.58 with 986 stocks crossing the market. It was the major contributor to the decline in market value, along with the sparseness of winning stocks. Caribbean Assurance Brokers skidded 11 cents and ended at $1.50 with investors trading 3,683 shares, Caribbean Cream advanced 5 cents to $1.65 after a transfer of 608 stock units, Dolphin Cove lost 46 cents in closing at $10.05 after investors swapped 550 shares. 
GWest Corporation slipped 10 cents to 60 cents with 138,559 stocks crossing the exchange, Honey Bun sank 60 cents to end at $5.88 with investors dealing in 71,904 units, Image Plus dipped 5 cents in closing at 70 cents with 22,253 stock units passing through the market. Jamaican Teas sank 19 cents to close at $2.13 with investors trading 1,828,800 shares, Jetcon Corporation dropped 10 cents to finish at $2.40 with 275,509 stocks clearing the market, ONE on ONE Educational sank 9 cents and ended at 85 cents in an exchange of 12,120 units and Regency Petroleum rose 29 cents to $4.49 with 11,614 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 7,248,907 shares, at 50 percent less than the 14,579,915 units on Monday, with the value falling 51 percent to $7,585,733, from at $15,466,817 on Monday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.9. The PE ratio is derived at by dividing the last traded stock price by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
GWest Corporation rallied 6 cents and ended at 70 cents with a transfer of 12,495 units, Honey Bun increased 12 cents to close at $6.48 with 45 stocks clearing the market, Jamaican Teas sank 26 cents to end at $2.32 with traders dealing in 3,835 shares. Knutsford Express declined 36 cents to $9 in an exchange of 429 stock units, Lumber Depot popped 26 cents to end at $2.61, with investors trading 74,249 shares, Omni Industries fell 8 cents in closing at 90 cents, with 156,691 stocks crossing the exchange and Regency Petroleum advanced 10 cents to finish at $4.20, following trading of 64,293 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading closed with an exchange of 14,579,915 shares at $15,466,817, after rising from 8,772,822 units at $8,852,451 on Friday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.5, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios for companies with their financial year ending August 2026.
Indies Pharma lost 9 cents in closing at $2.76 in an exchange of 69,383 units. JFP dropped 6 cents to finish at 42 cents with traders dealing in 64,824 shares, Knutsford Express shed 24 cents and ended at $9.36 in switching ownership of 128 stock units, Limners and Bards advanced 6 cents to close at 87 cents after an exchange of 102,004 units. Lumber Depot skidded 25 cents to $2.35 in trading 47,092 stocks and Regency Petroleum sank 19 cents and ended at $4.10 with 22,053 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 8,772,822 shares for $8,852,451, after falling from 10,033,838 units at $9,357,313 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.8, derived by dividing the last traded price of stocks by the earnings per share.
Jamaican Teas rose 26 cents to close at $2.56 with investors swapping mere 150 stocks, Lumber Depot sank 10 cents to end at $2.60 after an exchange of 16,508 units, Mailpac Group shed 20 cents to finish at $2.46 with investors trading 319,410 shares. Medical Disposables declined 9 cents and ended at $1.15 with 1,710 stocks passing through the market, MFS Capital Partners skidded 10 cents to 67 cents with only 2,639 shares crossing the exchange, Paramount Trading sank 8 cents in closing at $1.08 with investors dealing in 1,942 units. Regency Petroleum gained 9 cents to finish at $4.29 in an exchange of 33,839 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 14 cents to end at $1.55 with 29,978 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 10,033,838 shares for $9,357,313, down from 20,543,164 stock units at $14,923,960 on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, Access Financial climbed by $1.80 and ended at $17.42, with trading in 248 shares, Blue Power rose 43 cents to $3.63 after trading in 2,590 stock units, CAC 2000 lost 24 cents in closing at $1.58 with 4,051 shares clearing the market. Caribbean Assurance Brokers shed 8 cents to $1.53 with investors swapping 40,340 stocks, Caribbean Flavours fell 10 cents to $1.51 with 10,051 units crossing the market, Dolla Financial declined 13 cents to close at $2.35, with trading of 15,085 shares. Dolphin Cove slipped 5 cents to $10.50 with 55,083 stock units crossing the exchange, Elite Diagnostic rallied 12 cents to close at $1.50 after trading in 61 stocks, Express Catering popped 21 cents in closing at $2.44 with investors dealing in only 2,032 units. Fontana advanced 7 cents and ended at $7.77 after an exchange of 9,003 shares, Fosrich slipped 5 cents to finish at $2.03 with 28,740 stock units passing through the market, Future Energy sank 5 cents to end at $3.50 in an exchange of 288,936 units. 
Image Plus shed 9 cents in closing at 73 cents with 135,039 stocks changing hands, Indies Pharma dropped 10 cents to $2.85 as investors exchanged 561,002 units, Jamaican Teas dipped 29 cents and ended at $2.30 with a transfer of 5,011 stocks. Limners and Bards sank 5 cents to close at 85 cents with 110,904 shares crossing the market, Lumber Depot increased 7 cents to finish at $2.70 with an exchange of 1,011 stock units, Main Event gained 98 cents to end at $6.50 after traders swapped 624 shares. Regency Petroleum shed 30 cents in closing at $4.20 with investors trading 119,320 units and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 13 cents to $1.69 after a transfer of 405,100 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 20,543,164 shares, at 10 percent more than the 18,648,121 units for $14,923,960, 6 percent over the $14,034,120 on Tuesday. Trading ended with an average of 456,515 shares at $331,644, up from 388,503 stock units at $292,378 on Tuesday. Trading for the month to date, averaging 346,925 units at $307,459 after climbing from 312,195 stocks at $299,795 on the previous day, compared with March, for an average of 410,874 shares at $527,130.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging fell 7 cents in closing at $1.98 with investors trading 20,556 shares, Blue Power dipped by 67 cents to $3.20 in an exchange of 25,010 stocks, Cargo Handlers gained $1.98 to end at a 52 weeks high of $20.68 with 1,580 stocks crossing the exchange. Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 11 cents to $1.61 in switching ownership of 200 shares, Dolphin Cove sank 41 cents to $10.55 as investors exchanged 4,968 stock units, Elite Diagnostic slipped 13 cents to finish at $1.38 with a transfer of 65,079 shares. Express Catering sank 27 cents and ended at $2.23 after an exchange of 129,999 stock units, Fontana rallied 20 cents to $7.70 with 6,521 stocks passing through the market, Future Energy dropped 5 cents to finish at $3.55 after a transfer of 1,192,244 units. Image Plus increased 7 cents to close at 82 cents after traders swapped 126,534 shares, Indies Pharma popped 5 cents to end at $2.95 after an exchange of 385,693 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance advanced 10 cents in closing at $2.70 with investors trading 20,060 stocks.
Jamaican Teas climbed 29 cents to $2.59 with 55 units crossing the market, Knutsford Express lost 30 cents to finish at $9.60 with investors dealing in 2,600 stocks, Limners and Bards rose 5 cents and ended at 90 cents in an exchange of 100 units. Lumber Depot declined 7 cents to end at $2.63 with 78 shares changing hands, Mailpac Group shed 7 cents in closing at $2.70 with 1,138 stock units crossing the exchange, Main Event skidded 97 cents to close at $5.52 with traders dealing in 4,670 shares. MFS Capital Partners rallied 10 cents to a 52 weeks high of 78 cents with 110,416 stocks clearing the market and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 23 cents in closing at $1.56 in trading 48,282 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed after trading of 18,648,121 shares, at 17 percent more than the 16,001,765 units changing hands on Thursday with the value ending at $14,034,120, 12 percent less than $15,955,173 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 16.4, 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.
Dolphin Cove gained 6 cents to close at $10.96 with 4,036 units crossing the market, Future Energy sank 12 cents and ended at $3.60 with traders dealing in 154,432 stock units. Image Plus dropped 5 cents to end at 75 cents after traders exchanged 47,114 shares, Jamaican Teas declined 29 cents to $2.30 with investors dealing in 15,170 units, Jetcon Corporation dipped 17 cents to finish at $2.60 with 14,872 stocks crossing the exchange. Knutsford Express popped 65 cents to $9.90 with investors swapping 55 stock units, MFS Capital Partners climbed 12 cents in closing at a 52 weeks high of 68 cents with an exchange of 18,913 shares, Regency Petroleum fell 9 cents and ended at $4.50 with 9,370 units clearing the market and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 6 cents to finish at $1.79 as investors exchanged 525,733 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
A number of companies suffered from a loss in revenues during the final quarter of 2026, following the passage of the hurricane. Others faced continued revenue pressure from the critical tourist sector that recorded sharp decline in visitor arrivals in the first quarter of 2026 and probably for a longer period.
Underperformers stock or the quarter was In Junior Market was Kintyre Holdings, which fell 46 percent, having ran up to 70 cents at the end up 2026, faced heavy selling in the quarter, as buyers reduced the price they were prepared to buy the stock at. Iron Rock Insurance declined by 29 percent, with investors concerned about the impact the hurricane would have on underwriting margin as well as concerns on the investment portfolio performance with lower interest rates in the country. Paramount Trading dropped 19 percent, reflecting some profit taking after the stock ran up in 2025 based on improved half year results but much lower second quarter profits compared with the first quarter as sales suffered with the interruption caused by Hurricane Melissa. Main Event shed 16 percent, with Hurricane Melissa shattering an already pressured operation that was passing through a period of reduced revenues resulting in a small loss for 2025 coming out of a year of uncertain economic outturn leading up to the general elections in 2025.
The market closed with trading of 16,001,765 shares for $15,955,173, after rising from 9,681,842 units at $12,581,625 on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index rose by 17.02 points to 3,382.01. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Indies Pharma advanced 5 cents in closing at $2.90 after a transfer of 39,550 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance dropped 5 cents to finish at $2.60 with traders dealing in 100 units. Knutsford Express shed 25 cents to end at $9.25 with 1,903 stock units crossing the market, Paramount Trading rose 12 cents to $1.17 in trading 1,100 shares, Regency Petroleum gained 9 cents and ended at $4.59 with 35,345 stock units clearing the market. Spur Tree Spices lost 8 cents to finish at $1 with investors swapping 79,370 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 20 cents to $1.85 with a transfer of 82,456 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market ended following an exchange of 9,681,842 shares for $12,581,625, in sliding from 15,013,414 units at $20,901,682 on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, Access Financial climbed by 29 cents to $17.76 with investors trading 3,702 shares, AMG Packaging popped 17 cents to end at $2.18 with 7,772 stocks crossing the market, Blue Power declined by14 cents to $3.90 with a transfer of 286 shares. Cargo Handlers increased $1.94 to finish at $18.50 with investors swapping 5,013 stocks, Caribbean Cream rose by 5 cents to $1.80 with traders switching ownership of 799 units, Dolla Financial sank 11 cents to close at $2.49 with traders dealing in 785,810 stocks. Elite Diagnostic rose 14 cents to $1.51 as investors exchanged 2,100 units, Everything Fresh rallied 22 cents to close at $2.32 following trading of 1,000 shares, Future Energy gained 5 cents and ended at $3.76 with investors dealing in 440,650 stock units. GWest Corporation dropped 10 cents in closing at 80 cents with 160,060 shares crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma sank 10 cents to finish at $2.85 with investors trading 1,161,685 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance skidded 5 cents to end at $2.65 with 100 stocks clearing the market. 
ISP Finance lost 15 cents to $12 after hitting a low for the day of $10, with an exchange of 6,385 stock units, Knutsford Express declined 45 cents to end at $9.50 with 1,367 shares crossing the market, Lasco Financial popped 8 cents in closing at $1.97 in trading 101,067 shares. Limners and Bards shed 8 cents and ended at 84 cents after an exchange of 234,994 stock units, Mailpac Group rallied 13 cents to close at $2.79 with 2,386 units changing hands, Main Event rose 5 cents to $6.49 after an exchange of 1,536 stocks. MFS Capital Partners climbed 5 cents and ended at 56 cents with 10,444 units passing through the market, Omni Industries dipped 5 cents to 94 cents with an exchange of 183,546 shares, Regency Petroleum slipped 8 cents in closing at $4.50, with investors swapping 10,999 stock units. Spur Tree Spices increased 5 cents to $1.08 in an exchange of 5,010 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies fell 10 cents to end at $1.65 after a transfer of a mere 1,771 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.