Stocks closed 152.71 points higher for the week to Thursday after the Junior Market Index climbed 34.92 points to end the day at 3,806.11, following a burst of trading with a 43 percent surge in the volume of stocks traded, with a 309 percent greater value than Wednesday after activity in 43 securities down from 46 on Wednesday, ending with prices of 21 rising, 15 declining leaving seven unchanged.
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.
Trading averaged 450,848 shares at $2,089,567 compared to 295,317 units at $477,302 on Wednesday. Trading for the month to date ends with an average of 271,027 units at $588,052 compared to 260,492 stock units at $500,089 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Honey Bun led trading with 8.08 million shares for 41.7 percent of total volume followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 2.95 million units for 15.2 percent of the day’s trade, Derrimon Trading ended with 2.01 million stocks for 10.4 percent market share, EduFocal contributed 1.42 million shares for 7.3 percent of market trade and Mailpac Group with 1.13 million units for 5.8 percent of total volume.
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.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling price and seven with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial jumped 75 cents in closing at $20.75 with an exchange of 49 stocks, AMG Packaging declined 11 cents to close at $3.17 with 10,314 units clearing the market, Caribbean Cream popped 23 cents to close at $3.80 as investors traded a mere 834 shares. Express Catering sank 29 cents to finish at $3.96 with a transfer of 16,754 stock units, Fontana rallied 12 cents and ended at $8.24 after 12,003 shares passed through the market, Future Energy rose 20 cents to end at $3.25 and closed with 259,981 units changing hands. 
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.
Junior Market adds 118 points in 3 days
The Junior Market Index climbed 30.50 points to close at 3,771.19.and in the process added nearly 118 points in just three days as trading activity closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Wednesday, with trading in 46 securities up from 41 on Tuesday and ending with prices of 19 rising, 16 declining and 11 closing unchanged following a 14 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, with a 20 percent higher value than Tuesday.
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.
Trading averaged 295,317 shares at $477,302 slightly more than 290,800 units at $447,408 trading on Tuesday with the month to date, averaging 260,492 units at $500,089, with little change from 258,164 stock units at $501,613 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Omni Industries led trading with 4.55 million shares for 33.5 percent of total volume followed by Derrimon Trading with 1.43 million units for 10.6 percent of the day’s trade and Jamaican Teas with 1.39 million units for 10.3 percent of the day’s trade.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.9, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close of the market on Wednesday, Access Financial climbed $1 to close at $20 after 3,043 stock units passed through the market, AMG Packaging increased 39 cents to $3.28 with investors swapping 8 shares, Blue Power skidded 7 cents and ended at $3.89 after an exchange of a mere 3 stocks. CAC 2000 lost 10 cents to finish at $3 in trading 14 units, Cargo Handlers popped $1.19 in closing at $13.19, with 1,002 stocks clearing the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rallied 29 cents to $3.80 as stakeholders exchanged 7,378 units. Caribbean Cream declined 23 cents in closing at $3.57 with a transfer of 6,588 shares, Elite Diagnostic rose 10 cents to $1.55 after an exchange of 19,664 stock units, Express Catering gained 23 cents to end at $4.25 with traders transferring 18,255 shares. Fontana shed 47 cents and ended at $8.12 in an exchange of 118,183 stock units, Future Energy dropped 13 cents to finish at $3.05 with dealings in 176,023 units, ISP Finance advanced 71 cents to close at $24.96 after a transfer of just one stock unit. 
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.
Junior Market surges 61 points
Prices of 27 rose, with only 10 declining and four closing unchanged and pushed the market index up nearly 61 points, following Monday’s 27 points rise resulting from trading in 41 securities compared with 42 on Monday at the close of the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, resulting in a 73 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, with a 77 percent lower value than on Monday.
Trading ended with 11,922,796 shares for $18,343,744 down from 44,365,992 units at $81,000,955 on Monday.
Trading averaged 290,800 shares at $447,408 compared to 1,056,333 units at $1,928,594 on Monday with the month to date, averaging 258,164 stock units at $501,613 compared to 256,096 units at $505,047 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
iCreate led trading with 1.83 million shares for 15.4 percent of total volume followed by Omni Industries with 1.56 million stocks for 13.1 percent of the day’s trade, Jamaican Teas contributed 1.40 million units for 11.7 percent market share and Fosrich ended with 1.05 million shares for 8.8 percent of total volume. Edufocal traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of 53 cents before rebounding back to 60 cents at the close while Omni Industries traded at the lowest price of $1.02 since listing.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index surged 60.76 points to close trading at 3,740.69.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.7, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of trading on Tuesday, CAC 2000 rallied 10 cents in closing at $3.10 after 9,852 stocks passed through the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers shed 32 cents to close at $3.51 in an exchange of 2,918 units, Caribbean Cream rose 24 cents to finish at $3.80 with traders dealing in 3,079 shares. Consolidated Bakeries gained 35 cents and ended at $1.90 after a transfer of 220,435 stock units, Derrimon Trading popped 26 cents to end at $2.20 with investors swapping 759,894 shares, Elite Diagnostic sank 10 cents to close at $1.45 after an exchange of 366,599 units. 
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.
Derrimon led Junior Market trading
Junior Market trading surged on Monday, at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange following a big 31.2 million exchange of shares of Derrimon Trading, leading to a huge 566 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, with 691 percent more value than Friday resulting from trading in 42 securities compared with 41 on Friday and ending with prices of 14 rising, 20 declining including EduFocal, One Great Studio and Iron Rock Insurance closing at 52 weeks’ low and eight closing unchanged.
Trading closed with an exchange of 44,365,992 shares for $81,000,955 up sharply from 6,661,282 stock units at $10,244,933 on Friday.
Trading averaged 1,056,333 shares at $1,928,594 compared with 162,470 stock units at $249,876 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 256,096 units at $505,047 compared with 200,542 stock units at $406,223 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Derrimon Trading led trading with 31.20 million shares for 70.3 percent of total volume followed by One Great Studio with 2.60 million stocks for 5.9 percent of the day’s trade, EduFocal closed with 1.47 million units for 3.3 percent market share, Mailpac Group with 1.19 million stock units for 2.7 percent of trading, Omni Industries was next with 1.02 million units for 2.3 percent of the market and Jamaican Teas with 1.0 million units for 2.3 percent of total volume.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index gained 26.53 points to settle at 3,679.93.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.5, based on last traded prices and earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging fell 40 cents to finish at $2.89 in an exchange of 81,899 shares, Dolla Financial advanced 13 cents and ended at $2.43 after 668,278 stocks were traded, Dolphin Cove dipped 10 cents to $23.20 as investors exchanged 5,852 shares. Express Catering popped 35 cents to close at $4.40, with 15,892 stock units changing hands, Fontana sank 45 cents to end at $8.25 with investors trading 96,691 shares, Future Energy skidded 9 cents in closing at $3.20 after an exchange of 873,633 units. Honey Bun lost 13 cents to $8.17, with 3,525 stocks crossing the market, Image Plus climbed 8 cents to close at $1.89 with investors transferring 15,033 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance slipped 38 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.80 in an exchange of 9,000 shares. 
ISP Finance dipped 70 cents in closing at $24.25 with 179 units crossing the market, Jamaican Teas gained 25 cents and ended at $2.45 after an exchange of 1,003,511 stocks, JFP Ltd shed 7 cents to finish at $1.12 with investors dealing in 254,256 stock units. KLE Group gained 19 cents to $2.11 after a transfer of a mere 5 shares, Mailpac Group rose 15 cents to finish at $2.15 with traders dealing in 1,189,207 stock units, Main Event rallied 25 cents and ended at $12.70 in switching ownership of 1,363 stocks. ONE on ONE Educational increased 7 cents to close at 97 cents with an exchange of 793,019 units and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 7 cents to end at $1.66 with an exchange of 232,161 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Big ICTOP10 price movements
The past week saw the return to trading of shares in iCreate and Edufocal, with the former enjoying a bounce in price from 43 cents to close at 60 cents, with the latter falling from 85 cents to 65 cents following the release of the 2023 audited accounts that were highly negative for the stock, with the company posting a big annual loss.
In a week when the Junior Market fell 1.72 percent and the Main Market was down 0.97 percent the ICTOP10 stocks ended with declining stocks outnumbering those rising. JSE Main Market had two winners and three losers of note and just two winners and four losers of note in the Junior Market.
The Junior Market ICTOP10 Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 7 percent to close at $3.80, followed by Lumber Depot with a rise of 4 percent to $2.76. Consolidated Bakeries suffered a big 28 percent fall to $1.55 but had no bids at the close of the market, Caribbean Cream dropped 11 percent to $3.56, Dolla Financial fell 8 percent to $2.30 and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 6 percent to close at $1.59.
In the Main Market, Guardian Holdings was the only stock with note-worthy gains, with an increase of 4 percent to $360. Berger Paints lost 11 percent in closing at $8, JMMB Group fell 8 percent to $22.25 and Margaritaville dipped 6 percent to close at $13.60.
There are no new additions to the ICTOP10 for the week.
The average PE for the JSE Main Market ICTOP 10 stands at 5.1, well below the market average of 13.9 and the Junior Market TOP10 sits at 6.4, just over half of the market, with an average of 12.4.
The Main Market ICTOP10 is projected to gain an average of 303 percent by May 2025, based on 2024 forecasted earnings and providing better values than the Junior Market with the potential to achieve 230 percent over the same period.
In the Main Market ICTOP 10, a total of 16 of the most highly valued stocks representing 31 percent of the Main Market are priced at a PE of 15 to 103, with an average of 29 and 19 excluding the highest PE ratios, and a PE of 23 for the top half and 16 excluding the stocks with overweight values.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10 are 12 stocks, or 26 percent of the market, with PEs ranging from 15 to 45, averaging 20, well above the market’s average. The average PE for the top half of the market is 17, possibly the lowest fair value measure for stocks currently.
ICTOP10 focuses on likely yearly winners, accordingly, the list includes some of the best companies in the market, but this is not always so. ICInsider.com ranks stocks based on projected earnings, allowing investors to focus on the most undervalued stocks and helping to remove emotions in selecting stocks for investments that often result in costly mistakes.
IC TOP10 stocks will likely deliver the best returns on or around May 2025 and are ranked in order of potential gains, computed using projected earnings for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate, resulting in weekly movements in and out of the lists. Revisions to earnings are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
Persons who compiled this report may have an interest in securities commented on in this report.
Rising Junior Market stocks double decliners
Rising stocks outpaced declining ones by a near tow one ratio at the close of trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, ending with an exchange of 41 securities up from 37 on Thursday and ending with prices of 19 rising, 10 declining and 12 unchanged following a modest increase in the volume and value of stocks traded.
Trading of 6,661,282 shares resulted in an exchange of $10,244,933 up from 6,490,552 units at $9,282,448 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 162,470 shares at $249,876 compared to 175,420 units at $250,877 on Thursday. Trading for the month to date averages 200,542 units at $406,223 compared with 203,309 stock units at $417,588 on the previous day and May that ended with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Fresh out of suspension from trading, EduFocal led the market with 1.65 million shares for 24.8 percent of total volume followed by iCreate, with trading suspension that was lifted this week, ended with 885,027 units for 13.3 percent of the day’s trade and newly listed Omni Industries with 842,369 stock units for 12.6 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index dipped 7.49 points to end trading at 3,653.40.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.2, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, AMG Packaging climbed 22 cents to finish at $3.29 in an exchange of 30 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries sank 60 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.55 with investors trading 38,361 shares, Derrimon Trading fell 13 cents to $1.92 with 206,407 stocks being traded. Dolla Financial lost 18 cents to close at $2.30 with investors swapping 660,622 units, EduFocal dipped 20 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of 65 cents after an exchange of 1,654,125 shares, Everything Fresh increased 13 cents to end at $1.65 after 4,062 units changed hands. Express Catering popped 15 cents to $4.05 in trading 30,452 stocks, Fontana rallied 49 cents and ended at $8.70 after a transfer of 40,021 stock units, Future Energy rose 12 cents in closing at $3.29 with investors dealing in 144,893 shares. 
GWest Corporation gained 7 cents to close at 97 cents after an exchange of 139 units, iCreate gained 8 cents to finish at 60 cents, with 885,027 stocks crossing the market, ISP Finance popped 45 cents to end at $24.95 after trading of 251 stock units. Jamaican Teas popped 12 cents to $2.20 with investors transferring 336,507 shares, KLE Group fell 35 cents to $1.92, with 160 stocks crossing the market, Knutsford Express rose $1.15 and ended at $10.65 with a transfer of 25 stocks, Main Event ended with an exchange of 7,838 shares and closed with a loss of 5 cents at $12.45 after the price hit an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $11.26 and Medical Disposables declined 51 cents in closing at $1.88, with 10,020 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Slow Junior Market trading
A slow day of trading activity closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, with a 47 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, valued 44 percent more than Wednesday with trading in just 37 securities compared with 41 on Wednesday and ending with prices of only 12 rising, 18 declining and seven closing unchanged.
The market closed on Thursday with trading of 6,490,552 shares valued at $9,282,448 up from 4,424,054 units at $6,443,423 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 175,420 shares at $250,877 compared with 107,904 units at $157,157 on Wednesday. Trading for the month to date averages 203,309 units at $417,588 compared to 205,268 stock units at $429,293 on the previous day and May that ended with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
The Wednesday’s lifting of trading suspension resulted in iCreate leading trading with 1.92 million shares for 29.5 percent of total volume followed by last weeks’ listed Omni Industries with 1.20 million units for 18.5 percent of the day’s trade and One Great Studio with 550,803 stocks for 8.5 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index lost 38.18 points just less than yesterday’s nearly 45 points, to end the day at 3,660.89.
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 the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Blue Power increased 26 cents to end at $3.94 with investors dealing in 49,011 stock units, Caribbean Cream slipped 45 cents to $3.55 after the trading of 27,200 shares, Derrimon Trading popped 11 cents to finish at $2.05 with an exchange of 19,577 units. Dolla Financial fell 8 cents and ended at $2.48 after closing with an exchange of 90,509 stocks, Dolphin Cove rallied 26 cents to close at $23.26 with traders dealing in 3,349 shares, Everything Fresh shed 14 cents in closing at $1.52 in an exchange of 100,025 stocks. 
Express Catering declined 31 cents to close at $3.90 with investors swapping 262,000 units, Fontana lost 79 cents to finish at $8.21 after an exchange of 38,736 stocks, GWest Corporation skidded 7 cents and ended at 90 cents in trading 93,308 shares. Honey Bun climbed 39 cents in closing at $8.35, with 18,137 stocks crossing the exchange, Image Plus sank 9 cents to end at $1.80 with a transfer of 1,074 units, ISP Finance dipped 46 cents to close at $24.50, with 10 stock units changing hands. Jamaican Teas dropped 26 cents to $2.08 after 465,200 shares passed through the market, JFP Ltd climbed 8 cents and ended at $1.19 after a transfer of 20,201 stocks and Medical Disposables gained 19 cents in closing at $2.39, with 1,862 units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Nice price movements in ICTOP10
The listing of Omni Industries on the Junior Market on Tuesday, was the highlight of the Jamaica Stock Exchange during the past week, following a successful offer of share to the public. The market closed with gains in the Main and Junior Market indices, leading to just four stocks rising in the ICTOP10 Main Market and only two in the Junior Market, with gains ranging from three to 12 percent and five with losses in the Junior Market TOP10 and six in the Main Market.
Omni Industries that was never in the TOP10 closed at $1.12, after the price hit a record high of $1.42 on Wednesday, sits in the last quartile of the overall Junior Market, with a fairly healthy PE of 14.
Lasco Financial, last week’s new listing to the Junior Market ICTOP10 climbed 12 percent to $1.70 and dropped out of the listing. Caribbean Cream rallied 7 percent to $4. Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 8% to close at $3.55, followed by Access Financial, Lumber Depot and tTech falling by 5 percent each to close at $19, $2.65 and $2.35 respectively.
In the Main Market, Berger Paints, General Accident and Palace Amusement rose 8 percent to close at $8.95, $7 and $1.15 respectively. Margaritaville fell 8 percent to close at $14.50, Key Insurance fell 6 percent to $2.24 and JMMB Group dipped 5 percent to $24.25.
The Junior Market listed AMG Packaging is the the only new addition to the ICTOP10 for the week, coming in at $3.30.
The average PE for the JSE Main Market ICTOP 10 stands at 5.1, well below the market average of 14 and the Junior Market TOP10 sits at 6.7, just over half of the market, with an average of 12.4.
The Main Market ICTOP10 is projected to gain an average of 295 percent by May 2025, based on 2024 forecasted earnings and providing better values than the Junior Market with the potential to achieve 212 percent over the same period.
In the Main Market ICTOP 10, a total of 17 of the most highly valued stocks representing 33 percent of the Main Market are priced at a PE of 15 to 103, with an average of 30 and 19 excluding the highest PE ratios, and a PE of 23 for the top half and 16 excluding the stocks with overweight values.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10 are 12 stocks, or 26 percent of the market, with PEs ranging from 15 to 45, averaging 20, well above the market’s average. The average PE for the top half of the market is 17, possibly the lowest fair value measure for stocks currently.
ICTOP10 focuses on likely yearly winners, accordingly, the list includes some of the best companies in the market, but this is not always so. 
ICInsider.com ranks stocks based on projected earnings, allowing investors to focus on the most undervalued stocks and helping to remove emotions in selecting stocks for investments that often result in costly mistakes.
IC TOP10 stocks will likely deliver the best returns on or around May 2025 and are ranked in order of potential gains, computed using projected earnings for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate, resulting in weekly movements in and out of the lists. Revisions to earnings are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
Persons who compiled this report may have an interest in securities commented on in this report.
Gains for Junior Market to close week
Rising stocks drove the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange higher on Friday, with the market index touching over 3,760 points before falling back to close 29.00 points higher for the day at 3,717.69, following trading in 40 securities up from 37 on Thursday and ending with prices of 15 rising, 13 declining and 12 closing firm after a 29 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, with 42 percent less value than Thursday.
Trading closed with 5,633,135 shares for $10,782,635 down from 7,971,053 units at $18,706,118 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 140,828 shares at $269,566 compared to 215,434 units at $505,571 on Thursday. Trading for the month to date, averages 215,926 units at $441,345 down from 224,156 stocks at $460,170 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Omni Industries led trading with 2.45 million shares for 43.4 percent of total volume followed by Lasco Financial with 575,941 units for 10.2 percent of the day’s trade and Dolla Financial with 569,701 units for 10.1 percent market share.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.4, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging lost 19 cents to end at $3.30 with investors dealing in 10,000 shares, Blue Power gained 64 cents to $3.69, with 22,683 stocks clearing the market, CAC 2000 sank 22 cents to $3.30 after trading of 283 shares. Cargo Handlers slipped 26 cents to end at $13 after 300 stock units passed through the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 22 cents and ended at $3.55 and closing with 45,389 shares passing through the market, Consolidated Bakeries rose 15 cents to finish at $2.15 with investors trading just 51 stocks. Dolphin Cove rallied $3 and ended at $22.50 in switching ownership of 8,499 units, Express Catering dropped 99 cents to $4 after a transfer of 406,642 stock units, Image Plus popped 11 cents to end at $1.86 with investors swapping 36 shares. 
Jetcon Corporation advanced 10 cents in closing at 80 cents with a transfer of 301 stock units, Lasco Financial climbed 15 cents to finish at $1.70 as investors exchanged 575,941 stocks, MFS Capital Partners shed 18 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing low of $1.02 after it hit an intraday low of 95 cents with 428,315 stocks being traded. Omni Industries gained 9 cents to $1.12 with an exchange of 2,447,168 shares, Spur Tree Spices popped 9 cents in closing at $2.35, with 323,059 stocks crossing the market and Tropical Battery rallied 11 cents and ended at $2.23 with traders dealing in 37,485 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Omni almost back to IPO price
Omni Industries ended trading activity on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday as the leading trade, as the demand for the stock pulled back resulting in the price closing just three cents above the $1 IPO price and helping in a 68 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded in the overall market with a 56 percent lower value than Wednesday and ending with trading in only 37 securities down from 40 on Wednesday with prices of 12 rising, 16 declining and nine closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 7,971,053 shares for $18,706,118 down from 25,008,612 units at $42,711,488 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 215,434 shares at $505,571 down from 625,215 units at $1,067,787 on Wednesday, with trading month to date, averaging 224,156 units at $460,170 compared with 225,140 stock units at $455,048 on the previous day and May with an average of 451,257 units at $953,021.
Omni Industries led trading with 4.40 million shares for 55.2 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 692,171 units for 8.7 percent of the day’s trade and Fontana with 631,273 units for 7.9 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index dipped 24.19 points to close at 3,688.69.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.4, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial dropped 45 cents to finish the trading of 5 stock units at $19, Blue Power fell 14 cents and ended at $3.05 with an exchange of 93,376 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers advanced 17 cents to $3.77, with 49,623 units crossing the market. Consolidated Bakeries declined 15 cents to close at $2 after an exchange of 600 stocks, Dolphin Cove lost $2.30 in closing at $19.50 in trading 17,044 units, driving the dividend yield up to 12 percent, Express Catering popped 34 cents to end at $4.99, with 97,774 stocks crossing the exchange. Image Plus dipped 13 cents in closing at $1.75 in switching ownership of 131,498 shares, ISP Finance sank $3.65 to $20.75 after 75 stock units passed through the market, Jamaican Teas shed 19 cents to finish at $2.12 after 355,630 shares changed hands. 
JFP Ltd rallied 8 cents and ended at $1.18 after a transfer of 37,386 units, KLE Group increased 15 cents to end at $2.26 after trading 55 stocks, Knutsford Express climbed 66 cents to close at $11.31 with investors transferring 48 stock units. Limners and Bards rose 12 cents to $1.68, with 101 shares crossing the market, Omni Industries slipped 18 cents to end at $1.03 with traders dealing in 4,402,167 stocks after demand to buy the stock waned with selling pressure dominating, Paramount Trading gained 15 cents in closing at $1.30 with 8,228 units clearing the market. Regency Petroleum rose 10 cents to finish at $2.20 with a transfer of 4,475 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 8 cents and ended at $1.65 as investors exchanged 20,100 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.