Trading activity climbed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Friday, to close out the month resulting in a 182 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded, following a 134 percent rise in value over Thursday with trading in 45 securities compared with 44 on Thursday and ending with prices of 19 rising, 14 declining and 12 closing unchanged.
The market closed trading with an exchange of 25,193,200 amounting to $45,578,261 up from 8,941,253 units at $19,448,755 on Thursday. Trading averaged 559,849 stocks at $1,012,850 well over the 203,210 shares at $442,017 on Thursday with the month to date, averaging 246,071 units at $454,487 slightly more than the 229,120 stock units at $424,323 on the previous day and January with an average of 350,850 shares at $615,775.
ONE on ONE Educational led trading with 7.84 million shares for 31.1 percent of total volume followed by Jamaican Teas with 5.91 million stocks for 23.5 percent of the day’s trade, Fosrich closed with 1.86 million stocks for 7.4 percent of the volume traded, Stationery and Office Supplies ended with 1.77 million units for 7 percent of the day’s trade, Derrimon Trading delivered up 1.13 million stocks for 4.5 percent of the volume traded and Lasco Financial with 1.06 million shares for 4.2 percent of market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index rose 43.50 points to settle at 3,627.36. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight 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 13.2, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
At the close of the second month of the year, Cargo Handlers rose 8 cents in closing at $11.08 with investors swapping 826 stock units, Caribbean Cream shed 15 cents to $2.85 with trading of 44,283 shares, Caribbean Flavours rose 8 cents to close at $1.34 after investors traded 3,435 stocks. Dolphin Cove popped $1.50 to end at $14 in switching ownership of 94,773 units, but only after hitting an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $11.90, Future Energy rallied 17 cents to finish at $3.47 after an exchange of 248,009 stocks, Honey Bun lost 23 cents and ended at $7.85 with investors dealing in 6,690 units. Indies Pharma increased 41 cents to $3.77 after an exchange of 488,333 shares, Iron Rock Insurance advanced 15 cents to finish at $3.75 with 10 stock units clearing the market, 
ISP Finance gained 73 cents and ended at $22 with trading of 2,002 shares. Knutsford Express popped $1.08 in closing at $14.37 after a transfer of 66,727 stocks, Limners and Bards dropped 14 cents to $1.13 as investors exchanged 103,794 stock units, Medical Disposables sank 23 cents to end at $1.38 with a transfer of 18,007 stock units. Regency Petroleum advanced 12 cents in closing at $3.37 with 533,209 shares being traded, Stationery and Office Supplies rose 13 cents to $1.68 with an exchange of 1,771,466 stock units and tTech climbed 8 cents and ended at $1.45 with 704 stocks 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 8,941,253 shares for $19,448,755 down from 40,888,827 stock units at $84,909,114 on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index skidded 4.09 points to end at 3,583.86. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and three with lower offers.
Dolla Financial increased 10 cents and ended at $2.94 with 70,055 shares crossing the market, Dolphin Cove sank 70 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.50 with investors trading 93,411 stock units. Express Catering rose 11 cents in closing at $3.11 with 78,963 stocks crossing the market, Indies Pharma rallied 6 cents to $3.36 with investors trading 47,954 units, Iron Rock Insurance shed 15 cents to close at $3.60 with 28 stocks changing hands. ISP Finance dropped $1.42 to end at $21.27 with 6,974 units crossing the exchange, JFP Ltd gained 7 cents and ended at 82 cents in switching ownership of 11,265 shares, Lasco Financial popped 9 cents to finish at $1.59 after an exchange of 950,057 stock units. Regency Petroleum climbed 10 cents to $3.25 in trading 1,452,650 shares, Spur Tree Spices increased 8 cents to close at $1.50 with 332,517 units clearing the market and tTech rose 12 cents to finish at $1.37 in an exchange of 1,250 stocks.
The market closed with trading of 40,888,827 shares for $84,909,114 up solidly from 16,202,659 units at $31,625,775 on Tuesday.
At the close, Access Financial skidded 24 cents to finish at $16.32 with 12,771 stock units crossing the exchange, AMG Packaging sank 17 cents and ended at $3.01 in switching the ownership of 1,403 shares, Cargo Handlers dropped 80 cents to $10.20 after 7,398 units changed hands. Caribbean Cream lost 20 cents in closing at $2.80 with an exchange of 29,370 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries dipped 17 cents to close at $1.80 with 1,500 shares being traded, Dolphin Cove fell 40 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $13.20 with investors dealing in 170,706 stock units. Express Catering declined 11 cents in closing at $3 after a transfer of 4,395 stocks, Image Plus popped 8 cents to $1.32 after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $1.15 as investors exchanged 156,795 units, ISP Finance shed $1.81 to end at $22.69 in trading 300 shares. Jamaican Teas increased 8 cents and ended at $2.48 after an exchange of 21,747,628 units, Jetcon Corporation sank 15 cents to finish at $1.01 with investors trading 4,948 stocks, JFP Ltd slipped 7 cents to close at 75 cents after an exchange of 79,661 stock units. 
KLE Group fell 14 cents to $1.10 with investors swapping 1,668 shares, Knutsford Express declined 51 cents to finish at $13.29 with a transfer of 4,562 stocks, Lasco Financial sank 14 cents and ended at $1.50 with 5,845,755 units crossing the market. Medical Disposables dipped 36 cents to close at $1.59 with investors trading 102,329 stock units, Paramount Trading lost 6 cents in closing at $1.06 with 50 shares changing hands, Spur Tree Spices sank 27 cents to end at a 52 week’s low of $1.42 in trading 93,031 units. Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 9 cents to $1.60 with 274,582 stocks clearing the market, Tropical Battery shed 6 cents to close at $2.80 with traders dealing in 24,654 stock units and tTech dropped 20 cents and ended at $1.25 with just one share passing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 16,202,659 shares amounting to $31,625,775 up sharply from just 3,731,860 units at $7,247,787 on Monday.
At the close of fairly robust trading, Access Financial fell 44 cents to close at $16.56 in trading 100,010 shares, Caribbean Cream skidded 14 cents to $3 after an exchange of 10,898 units, Caribbean Flavours advanced 9 cents in closing at $1.34 with investors trading 7,377 shares. Dolla Financial sank 7 cents to end at $2.83 with 214,936 stock units crossing the market, Dolphin Cove dipped 90 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of $13.60 with investors trading 60,718 shares, Everything Fresh popped 22 cents and ended at $2.08 after an exchange of 772,403 units. Express Catering sank 9 cents to $3.11 after 61,181 stocks passed through the market, Fosrich gained 12 cents to close at $2.37 after 1,781,081 stock units were traded, Future Energy rose 10 cents to end at $3.37 with 393,447 shares crossing the market. Image Plus declined 9 cents in closing at $1.24 with a transfer of 602,245 units, Iron Rock Insurance rallied 14 cents and ended at $3.75 with 50,000 stocks clearing the market, 
Jamaican Teas increased 13 cents to finish at $2.40 with traders dealing in 4,215,841 stock units. Knutsford Express climbed 96 cents and ended at $13.80 after an exchange of 4,194 shares, Limners and Bards popped 16 cents to $1.29 after investors ended trading 15,945 stock units, Mailpac Group gained 13 cents in closing at $2.65 in an exchange of 549,121 units. Main Event shed 20 cents to close at $10.80 with 5,000 stocks, changing hands, ONE on ONE Educational rose 6 cents to finish at 99 cents in an exchange of 2,797,941 shares, Regency Petroleum lost 8 cents to end at $3.12 with investors dealing in 46,574 units and tTech slipped 37 cents in closing at $1.45 in switching ownership of 90 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated. 
The market closed with trading of 3,731,860 shares for $7,247,787 compared with 5,265,940 units at $14,996,116 on Friday.
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.
Jetcon Corporation rose 15 cents and ended at $1.16 with investors trading 750 units. Limners and Bards dipped 14 cents to finish at $1.13 and closed with an exchange of 11,384 stocks, Mailpac Group fell 7 cents in closing at $2.52 in trading 75,497 shares, Main Event rallied 20 cents to end at $11 with a mere 3 stock units crossing the market. Regency Petroleum increased 10 cents in closing at $3.20 with investors dealing in 21,615 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 6 cents to $1.53 after a transfer of 60,103 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The week closed with the Main Market index losing 1,770.19 points or 0.54 percent or points while the all Jamaica composite index declined by 0.75 percent or 2,847.1 points and the Junior Market lost 2.2 percent for a fall of 82.14 points. Market movements resulted in prices of just three stocks rising and five declining in the Junior Market ICTOP10 while the Main Market ICTOP10 ended with two gains and four losses.
Dolphin Cove after a long absence returns to the Junior Market ICTOP10, fallowing a big drop in price during the week, while Iron Rock Insurance returns after a week’s abscence. Dropping out ot the Junior Market Top 10 are Limners and Bards and Cargo Handlers. In the Main Market ICTOP10, VM Investments dropped out, replaced by NCB, with the price at an appealing level for long term investments.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10, 16 stocks or 33 percent of the market have PEs ranging from 15 to 31 with an average of 19 and a PE of 18 for half of the market with the highest PEs.
The market closed with trading of 5,265,940 shares for $14,996,116 compared with 5,685,109 units at $8,860,389 on Thursday.
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 the financial years ending around August 2025.
ISP Finance slipped 24 cents to $28.26 with just 263 stock units crossing the market, Jamaican Teas advanced 8 cents to close at $2.28 with a transfer of 46,576 shares. Knutsford Express rallied 84 cents to end at $12.84 with investors exchanging 4,117 stocks, Lasco Financial increased 10 cents to close at $1.61 with 2,165 units crossing the market, Limners and Bards climbed 8 cents to $1.27 with investors trading 141,424 stock units. Lumber Depot increased 13 cents and ended at $2.94 with a mere 6 shares crossing the exchange, Medical Disposables popped 31 cents to $1.96 with investors trading 100 stock units and tTech sank 8 cents to end at $1.82 after an exchange of 3,721 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 5,685,109 shares for $8,860,389 down from 10,931,452 stock units at $16,401,707 on Wednesday. Trading averaged 129,207 shares at $201,372 below the 254,220 stocks at $381,435 on Wednesday with the month to date, averaging 188,642 units at $317,970 in line with the 193,230 stock units at $326,970 on the previous day and well below January with an average of 350,850 shares for $615,775. Kintyre Holdings led trading with 2.08 million shares, amounting to 36.7 percent of total volume, it was followed by One Great Studio which ended with 1.22 million units for 21.5 percent of the day’s trade and Regency Petroleum with 423,313 stocks for 7.4 percent of the volume traded. At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index skidded just 5.18 points and ended at 3,632.95. 
JFP Ltd declined 7 cents to close at 71 cents and closed with 20,915 units changing hands. Limners and Bards shed 8 cents in closing at $1.19 as investors exchanged 3,592 shares, Lumber Depot sank 9 cents to end at $2.81 as 69,926 stock units passed through the market, Omni Industries increased 6 cents to finish at $1.08 in an exchange of 365,390 stocks. Stationery and Office Supplies rose 10 cents to $1.60 with traders dealing in 3,686 units, Tropical Battery advanced 10 cents to finish at $2.86 in an exchange of 134,020 shares and tTech rallied 38 cents and ended at $1.90 with 1,594 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 10,931,452 shares for $16,401,707 compared with 12,238,191 units at $26,027,175 on Tuesday.
At the close of an active market, AMG Packaging climbed 8 cents and ended at $3.18 with investors swapping 59,309 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 26 cents to $2.76 with a transfer of 14,561 units, Caribbean Cream fell by 47 cents to finish at $2.72 as investors exchanged 1,921 shares. Consolidated Bakeries increased 18 cents in closing at $1.98 after investors traded 649 stock units, Dolphin Cove rallied 40 cents to close at $15.90 after an exchange of 215,271 shares and trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $14.05. Elite Diagnostic shed 6 cents to finish at $1.62 with 510 stocks being traded. Everything Fresh rose 18 cents and ended at $1.98 with 8,920 units crossing the market, Express Catering declined 10 cents to $3.10 with investors trading 3,000 stock units, Fontana gained 10 cents in closing at $9.20 with 24,123 shares clearing the market. Honey Bun advanced 16 cents to close at $8.11 with traders dealing in 1,210 units, Image Plus sank 8 cents to $1.27 after a transfer of 171,178 stocks, ISP Finance dipped $6.25 to finish at $37 in switching ownership of 1,039 stock units. 
JFP Ltd rose 9 cents and ended at 78 cents after 63,948 shares changed hands, Limners and Bards rallied 7 cents to $1.27 after an exchange of 287,005 stocks, Mailpac Group increased 11 cents to finish at $2.64 with 36,623 units changing hands . Main Event lost 20 cents in closing at $10.80 with investors dealing in 3,357 stock units, One Great Studio climbed 9 cents to end at 60 cents with 5,037,700 shares passing through the market, Regency Petroleum skidded 8 cents to $3.11 with investors trading 37,396 stocks. Spur Tree Spices sank 9 cents to $1.66 with 130,650 units crossing the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 6 cents in closing at $1.50 with an exchange of 442,044 stock units, Tropical Battery shed 23 cents to close at $2.76 with 160,157 shares crossing the market and tTech popped 13 cents and ended at $1.52 in an exchange of 112,534 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Market movements resulted in prices of just three stocks rising and six declining in the Junior Market ICTOP10 while the Main Market ICTOP10 ended with three gains and two losses.
Dolla Financial and Kintyre Holdings entered the Junior Market ICTOP10, with Jamaican Teas and Iron Rock Insurance dropping out. In the Main Market ICTOP10, Caribbean Producers returns, replacing JMMB Group following the downgrading of earnings for the current fiscal year ending in March. Dolla Financial earnings are based on 2025 projections. The forecast assumes more borrowed funds are taken on during the year to finance expansion. Kintyre Holdings reported earnings of 8 cents for 2024, the latest quarterly numbers suggest earnings should reach 25 cents per share during 2025, all things being equal. The historical performance of the company, suggests a high degree of risk is associated with an investment in the stock.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10, 16 stocks or 33 percent of the market have PEs ranging from 15 to 32 with an average of 19 and a PE of 18 for half of the market with the highest PEs.