Trading in Express Catering shares was the dominant development in Junior Market activity on Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with the trade accounting for more than half of the total volume traded. Trading resulted in a 9 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, but that did not hold down the value as 38 percent more money was exchanged than Thursday following trading in 43 securities down from 47 on Thursday and ending with prices of just 12 rising, 23 declining and eight closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 8,255,718 shares at $23,382,493 compared with 9,108,643 units at $16,934,260 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 191,993 shares at $543,779 from 193,801 stocks at $360,303 on Thursday with the month to date, averaging 192,937 units at $447,964 compared with December with an average of 326,483 shares at $898,324.
Express Catering led trading with 5.0 million shares for 60.6 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 1.13 million units for 13.7 percent of the day’s trade and AMG Packaging with 270,978 stock units for 3.3 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index sank 24.74 points to end the day at 3,717.98. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by the ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
At the close of trading, Access Financial shed $3.67 to close at $15.33 after a transfer of 1,849 stocks, CAC 2000 rallied 26 cents in closing at $2.36 with investors trading 760 units, Dolphin Cove climbed 47 cents to end at $18.97 after an exchange of 896 shares. Everything Fresh sank 7 cents to finish at $2.08 in trading 21,419 stock units, Image Plus dipped 8 cents and ended at $1.55 with 17,353 shares crossing the market, ISP Finance popped $1.29 to close at $24.99 after an exchange of 378 stocks. 
Jamaican Teas rallied 9 cents to $2.24 with investors swapping 52,345 units, after the price hit an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $1.92, Lasco Financial lost 16 cents and ended at $1.47 with 29,074 stock units changing hands, Lumber Depot skidded 72 cents to close at $2.08 after 12,694 shares were traded. Mailpac Group sank 10 cents to $2.65 with 257,362 units crossing the exchange, RA Williams declined 9 cents to end at 77 cents with 40,004 stocks switching owners and Regency Petroleum shed 17 cents to finish at $3.16 with 35,152 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 9,108,643 shares with a value of $16,934,260 trading compared with 48,623,882 units at $139,994,405 on Tuesday. Trading averaged 193,801 shares at $360,303 down from 1,105,088 stocks at $3,181,691 on Tuesday and compared to December with an average of 326,483 shares at $898,324. One Great Studio led trading with 1.13 million shares for 12.4 percent of the overall volume followed by Lasco Financial with 1.12 million stock units for 12.3 percent of Thursday’s trades, Derrimon Trading chipped in with 1.11 million units for 12.2 percent market share and Jamaican Teas with 1.08 million shares for 11.9 percent of the total volume. At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index popped 7.67 points to end the day at 3,742.72. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and seven with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial rose 28 cents to finish at $19 with 207 stocks switching owners, Caribbean Assurance Brokers sank 38 cents and ended at $2.51 with 3,397 units crossing the market, Caribbean Flavours shed 18 cents to end at $1.20 with an exchange of 134,404 shares. Consolidated Bakeries advanced 15 cents to $2.08 with 20,622 stock units clearing the market, Dolla Financial lost 10 cents to close at $2.90 with 587,450 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic skidded 7 cents to close at $1.83 with investors dealing in just 2,093 stocks. Express Catering fell 38 cents to $3 with 359,584 units changing hands, Fosrich declined 24 cents and ended at $2.20 in trading 85,518 stock units, Future Energy sank 29 cents to finish at $3.70 with 612,690 shares crossing the market. Honey Bun popped 12 cents to close at $8.50 as investors exchanged 16,206 stocks, Image Plus dropped 7 cents to $1.63 with a transfer of 38,028 units, Indies Pharma increased 11 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.80 with investors swapping 18,141 stock units.
Spur Tree Spices skidded 8 cents to $1.95 after35,199 units changed hands, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 9 cents to close at $1.60 with investors trading 41,016 stock units and tTech advanced 10 cents to $2.10 with 2,157 shares crossing the exchange.
The market closed with trading of 48,623,882 shares with a value of $139,994,405 well above the 12,282,549 units at $26,347,816 on Monday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.5, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Future Energy climbed 10 cents to close at $3.99, with 3,107,058 stock units crossing the market, Indies Pharma increased 30 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.69 in an exchange of 108,513 units, Iron Rock Insurance popped 11 cents and ended at $4 with investors trading 145,270 stocks. Jetcon Corporation rallied 12 cents to $1.30 with 408,101 shares crossing the exchange, Knutsford Express advanced 42 cents to end at $14.18 with traders dealing in 386 stock units, Lasco Financial sank 20 cents to $1.45 in an exchange of 1,544,855 stocks. Lumber Depot declined 21 cents and ended at $2.69 2,959,702 units changing hands, Mailpac Group gained 13 cents to finish at $2.78 with a transfer of 220,710 shares, Regency Petroleum popped 22 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.46 after an exchange of 2,624,256 stocks. 
Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 21 cents to $1.69 in trading 4,349,414 units and tTech shed 10 cents to finish at $2 with an exchange of 10,661 stock units.
Trading ended with an exchange of 12,282,549 shares at a value of $26,347,816 down from 15,379,999 stocks at $33,771,107 on Friday. Trading averaged 261,331 shares at $560,592 compared with 320,417 stocks at $703,565 on Friday, with the month to date ending with an average of 287,330 stock units at $783,503 compared with 288,806 stocks at $796,156 on the previous day and November that ended with an average of 309,920 shares at $766,307.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.2, based on last traded prices in conjunction with 
Iron Rock Insurance popped 30 cents in closing at $3.89 with an exchange of 51 shares. KLE Group skidded 11 cents and ended at $1.14 with 47 stocks crossing the market, Knutsford Express sank 43 cents to finish at $13.76 after an exchange of 1,475 units, Lumber Depot rallied 25 cents to close at $2.90 after an exchange of 2,057,208 stocks. Mailpac Group dipped 14 cents to $2.65 as investors exchanged 23,546 shares, Medical Disposables shed 28 cents in closing at $1.62 after 20,257 stock units passed through the market, MFS Capital Partners shed 8 cents to end at 54 cents in an exchange of 274,061 stocks. Regency Petroleum rose 9 cents to close at $3.24 with investors trading 357,937 units and tTech gained 10 cents and ended at $2.10 with 4,000 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 15,379,999 shares at $33,771,107 up from 5,903,831 stock units at $13,196,287 on Tuesday.
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.
Future Energy declined 8 cents in closing at $3.81 in trading 56,096 units, Indies Pharma sank 9 cents to close at $3.35 after an exchange of 29,194 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance climbed 8 cents to end at $3.59 after closing with an exchange of 3,861 stock units. Jamaican Teas rose 10 cents to $2.30 after 2,116,652 shares changed hands, Knutsford Express dropped 18 cents and ended at $14.19 with investors dealing in 1,530 stock units, Lasco Financial advanced 15 cents in closing at $1.65 with 205,756 stocks changing hands. Lumber Depot gained 15 cents to finish at $2.65 with an exchange of 3,452,486 units and Main Event fell 10 cents to close at $10.80 after trading 3,889 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 5,348,793 shares for $10,233,044 up from 2,338,924 stock units at $4,304,371 on Friday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.8, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
GWest Corporation climbed 7 cents to end at 97 cents with a transfer of 66 shares. Indies Pharma slid 10 cents in closing at $3.10 after the trading of 49,741 stocks, Knutsford Express skidded $1.57 to finish at $11 in an exchange of 659 units, Mailpac Group sank 9 cents and ended at $2.70 with investors trading 25,718 stock units. Medical Disposables shed 21 cents to $1.67 with 513 shares clearing the market, MFS Capital Partners rose 12 cents to end at 64 cents after a transfer of 50,000 units, Spur Tree Spices dropped 11 cents to $1.93 after 72,799 stocks passed through the market and tTech advanced 37 cents to close at $2.09 with an exchange of 6,440 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 2,338,924 shares for $4,304,371 down from 4,463,393 stock units at $9,427,510 on Thursday.
At the close, Access Financial increased 42 cents to $18.02 with investors trading just 152 shares, CAC 2000 popped 16 cents in closing at $2.36 following an exchange of 1,225 stocks, Cargo Handlers slipped 38 cents to close at $10.51 with a transfer of 450 shares. Caribbean Flavours fell 16 cents to end at $1.20 with 64,787 stock units crossing the exchange, as Derrimon Trading gained 7 cents and ended at $1.90 in trading 95,920 shares, Dolphin Cove rose 30 cents to finish at $18.30 after 30,562 stock units passed through the market. Elite Diagnostic sank 16 cents to $1.83 after a transfer of 10,000 units, Everything Fresh shed 10 cents to end at $2.10 with 22,356 stocks crossing the market, Express Catering lost 14 cents in closing at $3.16 with an exchange of 2,835 units. Fosrich climbed 10 cents to close at $2.16 with 256,386 stocks crossing the market, GWest Corporation skidded 7 cents and ended at 90 cents as investors exchanged 1,034 shares, Indies Pharma sank 19 cents to finish at $3.20 after closing with 57,854 stock units changing hands. ISP Finance climbed $3.52 to $23.49 with an exchange of 5 shares, 
Jamaican Teas rallied 7 cents and ended at $2.19 with investors dealing in 3,506 units, Kintyre Holdings rose 9 cents in closing at 48 cents in switching ownership of 511,162 stock units. Knutsford Express advanced $2.10 to close at $12.57 with investors swapping 5,365 stock units, Limners and Bards popped 16 cents to finish at $1.44 in an exchange of 20,140 shares, Main Event dipped 10 cents to end at $10.80 with 635 stock units clearing the market. Medical Disposables increased 18 cents to $1.88 in trading 62,929 stocks, Regency Petroleum climbed 14 cents to close at $3.14 after an exchange of 548 units and Spur Tree Spices gained 13 cents and ended at $2.04 with investors trading 104,282 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 4,463,393 shares for $9,427,510 up from 3,788,831 units at $6,452,401 on Wednesday. Trading ended with an average of 92,987 shares for $196,406 compared to 78,93 stocks at $134,425 on Wednesday with the month to date, averaging 327,352 units at $931,016 compared with 346,290 stock units at $990,378 on the previous day and an average of 309,920 shares at $766,307 in November.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.8, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
ISP Finance dipped $3.53 to finish at $19.97 in an exchange of a mere 105 shares. Jamaican Teas lost 7 cents and ended at $2.12 with traders dealing in 120,523 stocks, KLE Group climbed 11 cents to end at $1.25 in an exchange of 11 units, Knutsford Express skidded $2.18 to close at $10.47 after 472 stock units crossed the market. Lumber Depot rose 9 cents to $2.49 with investors swapping 557,629 shares, MFS Capital Partners sank 8 cents in closing at 57 cents with 2,150 stocks clearing the market, Regency Petroleum skidded 14 cents to close at $3 in trading 82,172 units and tTech sank 28 cents to end at $1.72 and closed after 64,368 stock units changed hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 3,788,831 shares valued at $6,452,401 down on 6,532,143 stock units at $15,215,637 on Tuesday. Trading ended with an average of 78,934 shares at $134,425 compared to 136,086 stocks at $316,992 on Tuesday Trading for the month to date, averaged 346,290 stock units at $990,378 down from 369,794 stock units at $1,065,627 on the previous day compared with an average of 309,920 shares at $766,307 in November.
At the close of the market, CAC 2000 gained 26 cents to finish at $2.36 after a transfer of 151 stocks, Caribbean Assurance rallied by 27 cents to $2.97 with investors trading 4,074 shares, Caribbean Cream dropped 47 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.68 in an exchange of 21,439 stock units. Caribbean Flavours popped 18 cents to $1.38 with 971 stocks changing hands, Dolla Financial fell 7 cents to $3 after an exchange of 394,996 units, Everything Fresh gained 9 cents to close at $2.21 with 51 stocks clearing the market. Express Catering skidded 14 cents to $3.16 with traders dealing in 14,735 shares, Fontana popped 17 cents in closing at $8.18 with 125,860 stock units crossing the exchange, Image Plus lost 7 cents to close at $1.52 with investors dealing in 9,999 shares. Jamaican Teas advanced 9 cents to end at $2.19 in an exchange of 29,651 units, KLE Group rallied 10 cents and ended at $1.14 after 101 stocks passed through the market, 
Knutsford Express rose $1.15 to finish at $12.65 after an exchange of 6,185 stocks. Lumber Depot dropped 10 cents to $2.40 with 55,048 shares crossing the market, MFS Capital Partners gained 10 cents in closing at 65 cents with investors trading 531,006 units, Paramount Trading popped 27 cents and ended at $1.19 and closed after 100 stocks were traded. Regency Petroleum advanced 13 cents to finish at $3.14 in trading 137,262 stock units, Stationery & Office Supplies climbed 8 cents to close at $1.59 with 81,895 shares crossing the market and Tropical Battery shed 7 cents to end at $2.52 with investors trading 86,460 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 6,532,143 shares being exchanged valued at $15,215,637 from 10,101,374 units at $10,045,327 on Monday. Trading ended with an average of 136,086 shares at $316,992 compared with 210,445 stock units at $209,278 on Monday. The month to date ends with an average of 369,794 units at $1,065,627 from 392,320 stock units at $1,137,785 on the previous day and compared with an average of 309,920 shares at $766,307 in November.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.8, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Jamaican Teas fell 8 cents to finish at $2.10 with 19,848 units crossing the exchange, KLE Group skidded 18 cents to close at $1.04 after investors ended trading 100 stocks. Knutsford Express advanced $1.05 to $11.50 with 956 shares changing hands, Lumber Depot sank 17 cents to end at $2.50 with investors trading 4,105,346 stock units, Mailpac Group popped 18 cents in closing at $2.78 in an exchange of 161,247 units. Medical Disposables slipped 28 cents and ended at $1.69 with 1,635 stocks crossing the market, Spur Tree Spices lost 9 cents to finish at $1.89 in trading 29,264 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 11 cents to close at $1.51 in switching ownership of 3,108 stock units. Tropical Battery gained 9 cents to close at $2.59 as investors exchanged 54,473 stocks and tTech shed 10 cents in closing at $2 with a transfer of 41,677 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise state