Trading activity closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 97 percent, with 87 percent greater value than Monday, following trading in 41 securities, compared with 42 on Monday and ending with prices of 14 rising, 17 declining and 10 closing unchanged, with the market declining 9.2 percent for the first six months of the year.
The market closed with trading of 35,931,023 shares with a value of $49,043,464, up from 18,239,490 units at $26,227,124 on Monday.
Trading averaged 876,366 shares at $1,196,182, up from 434,274 stocks at $624,455 on Monday. Trading ended month to date, with an average of 1,591,326 units at $1,703,148, moderately below the 1,623,82 stock units at $1,726,192 on the prior day and well above May, with an average of 644,187 shares at $540,889.
ONE on ONE Educational led trading with 19.27 million shares for 53.6 percent of total volume followed by Jamaican Teas which ended with 4.09 million stocks for 11.4 percent of the day’s trade, Dolla Financial closed with 3.38 million stocks for 9.4 percent of the volume traded, Kintyre Holdings ended with 2.17 million units for 6 percent of the total trade, Stationery and Office Supplies with 2.0 million units for 5.6 percent of the day’s volume and Image Plus with 1.03 million units for 2.9 percent of market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index declined 5.18 points to finish at 3,088.64. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.5. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios, which are derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the half year, Blue Power gained 20 cents to end at $3.70 after 6,326 units passed through the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rallied 21 cents to end at $1.40 as investors exchanged 16,958 stocks, Caribbean Cream rose 32 cents to finish at $1.20, with 1,500 shares changing hands. Caribbean Flavours climbed 13 cents to end at $1.18 with investors swapping 22,232 stock units, Dolla Financial skidded 7 cents in closing at $3 after an exchange of 3,376,737 shares, Dolphin Cove lost 40 cents to close at $9.60 with investors dealing in 6,233 units. Express Catering slipped 19 cents to $2.09 with 165,802 stocks crossing the exchange, 
Fontana increased 18 cents and ended at $6.75 in trading 14,034 stock units, Fosrich fell 10 cents to finish at $1.60 and closed with an exchange of 82,742 shares. Jamaican Teas declined 5 cents to end at $2.16 with an exchange of 4,086,003 stocks, Knutsford Express rallied 30 cents in closing at $7.50, after 866 units passed through the market, Main Event advanced 14 cents to close at $5.53 with investors trading 22,958 stock units. Omni Industries shed 5 cents to 90 cents, with 48,681 shares crossing the market and Regency Petroleum rose 36 cents to close at $4.77 after an exchange of 853,182 units.
The closing stock prices are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of 126,596 shares worth $2,187,171 compared to 257,255 stock units at $1,641,053 on Monday.
AS Bryden remained at $1.40, with 68 stock units changing hands, CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $7.65 with an exchange of 66 shares, Endeavour Holdings ended at $15.50 and closed after 3 stock units changed hands. Eric Solis Marketing increased 1 cent to $4.20 in trading 183 units, First Citizens Group closned at $38.50 with 3,800 stock units crossing the market, GraceKennedy ended at $3.58 in an exchange of 915 shares. Guardian Holdings popped 30 cents to close at $16.30 with investors trading 372 stock units, Guardian Media skidded 1 cent in closing at 81 cents in switching ownership of 957 units, JMMB Group lost 2 cents to end at a 52 weeks low of 78 cents with investors dealing in 6,335 stocks. L.J. Williams B share declined 4 cents after closing at a 52 weeks low of 76 cents in an exchange of 1,000 units, Massy Holdings remained at $3.45, with 25,157 stocks crossing the market, National Enterprises shed 1 cent to end at $4.79 after an exchange of 2,077 shares. 
National Flour Mills advanced 11 cents to finish at $1.65 after 49 stock units passed through the market, One Caribbean Media dropped 1 cent to end at $1.99 with investors trading 906 shares, Prestige Holdings dipped 99 cents to close at $11.01 after an exchange of 1,008 units. Republic Financial closed at $108.25 with investors swapping 10,300 stocks, Scotiabank ended at $45.48 after a transfer of 2,895 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 49 cents to close at $10.99, 55,779 shares crossing the exchange. Trinidad Cement remained at $1.89, with a mere one unit clearing the market, Unilever Caribbean fell 15 cents to end at $15.85 and closed with an exchange of 317 stocks and West Indian Tobacco ended at $3 after a transfer of 13,672 stock units.
The market closed with trading of 18,239,490 shares for $26,227,124, compared with 22,203,329 stock units worth $24,288,171 on Friday. Trading averaged 434,274 shares at $624,455, compared to 541,545 stock units at $592,394 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 1,623,824 stock units at $1,726,192 compared with 1,681,918 shares at $1,779,998 on the previous trading day and May, with an average of 644,187 shares at $540,889. Jamaican Teas led trading with 4.04 million shares for 22.1 percent of total volume, followed by ONE on ONE Educational, with 3.16 million stocks for 17.3 percent of the day’s trade, Kintyre Holdings closed with 3.09 million stocks for 16.9 percent of the volume traded and Stationery and Office Supplies with 2.01 million units for 11 percent of market trade. At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index gained 15.66 points to close at 3,093.82. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers. The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 10.7. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios, which are derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026. 
At the close of trading to begin the week, Blue Power rose 13 cents to $3.50 with investors dealing in 16,298 stock units, Cargo Handlers dipped 20 cents to $18.55, with 1,044 shares crossing the market, Caribbean Flavours lost 12 cents to close at $1.05 with investors trading 9,485 stocks. Dolla Financial advanced 6 cents to end at $3.07 after a transfer of 505,300 units, Everything Fresh popped 15 cents in closing at $2.25, with 47,442 shares changing hands, Fosrich increased 10 cents to finish at $1.70 with an exchange of 63,348 units. GWest Corporation shed 6 cents and ended at 54 cents, with 400 stocks crossing the market, Image Plus dropped 5 cents to 74 cents after an exchange of 45,835 stock units, Jamaican Teas fell 8 cents to end at $2.21 after 4,038,494 shares passed through the market. Jetcon Corporation skidded 9 cents in closing at $2.65 in an exchange of 63,669 stocks, JFP slipped 8 cents to close at 32 cents with investors swapping 21,159 units,
Knutsford Express declined 60 cents to finish at $7.20 in an exchange of 35 stock units. Lasco Financial climbed 14 cents to $2.14, with 13,057 shares clearing the market, Limners and Bards rallied by 20 cents to end at $1.21 in trading 10 units, Lumber Depot gained 18 cents in closing at $2.80 after 622,700 stocks passed through the exchange. Mailpac Group popped 64 cents and ended at $2.66 with investors trading 564,874 stocks, Medical Disposables advanced 10 cents to finish at $1 after an exchange of 100 shares, Regency Petroleum fell 6 cents to close at $4.41 with a transfer of 8,874 stocks. Stationery and Office Supplies rose 9 cents to $1.64 after investors exchanged 2,009,276 units and Woodcats International gained 6 cents in closing at 69 cents in switching ownership of 831,025 stock units. 
Closing prices of stocks trading are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with 38,787,920 shares trading for $319,454,428, up from 22,091,560 stock units at $255,435,039 on Friday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.1. ICInsider.com compiles the JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts for companies with the financial year ending around August 2026.
Proven Investments slipped 49 cents in closing at $10.51 in trading 483 stock units, Scotia Group lost 40 cents to finish at $57.50 and closed with an exchange of 25,927 stocks, Seprod dipped $1 to close at $79 in switching ownership of 2,296 units and Wisynco Group rose 42 cents to $20.22 after an exchange of 38,498 stocks.
The closing prices of stocks are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of 257,255 shares valued $1,641,053 compared to only 41,657 stock units at $1,047,547 on Friday.
Angostura Holdings ended at $10.40 after trading of 2,550 units, Ansa McAl lost $2.80 in closing at $47.20 in an exchange of just 133 shares. CIBC Caribbean Bank remained at $7.65 and closed with an exchange of 32,021 stock units, First Citizens Group ended at $38.50 after investors exchanged 7 shares, GraceKennedy climbed 8 cents to end at $3.58, with 27,055 stock units crossing the market. Guardian Holdings ended at $16 following trading of 5,950 stocks, JMMB Group ended at 80 cents, with 251 units changing hands, L.J. Williams B share popped 3 cents to finish at 80 cents with investors trading 10 stocks. Massy Holdings advanced 1 cent and ended at $3.45, with 103,629 shares clearing the market, National Enterprises rose 4 cents to end at $4.80 with investors dealing in 5,620 stock units, National Flour Mills dipped 1 cent to $1.54, with 2,000 units crossing the market. 
Prestige Holdings fell $1.50 to $12 after trading of 1,029 shares, Republic Financial rallied 5 cents to finish at $108.25 after 678 stock units passed through the market, Scotiabank remained at $45.48 with trading of 1,663 units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 25 cents to end at $10.50 after an exchange of 53,481 stock units, Unilever Caribbean shed 10 cents in closing at $16 with a transfer of 693 units and West Indian Tobacco gained 11 cents to close at $3 with investors swapping 20,484 stocks.
The market closed with trading of 22,091,560 shares, after falling by 5 percent from 23,242,113 stock units on Thursday, with the value of stocks changing hands, surging by 55 percent to $255,424,836, compared to $165,216,260.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15. ICInsider.com compiles the JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts for companies with the fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Mayberry Jamaican Equities advanced 67 cents and ended at $6.77 following a transfer of 1,000 shares. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy shed $4 to $19 with investors exchanging 94 stock units, 138 Student Living popped 45 cents to finish at $2.95, with 2,388 shares crossing the market, Pan Jamaica declined by 50 cents and ended at $46.90 with an exchange of 161,922 stocks. Seprod advanced $1 to end at $80, with 7,542 units crossing the market, Stanley Motta rose $1.67 in closing at $7.30 in an exchange of 72,582 stock units and Supreme Ventures climbed 49 cents to close at $18.50 with investors swapping 150,055 shares.
The closing prices of stocks are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of 22,203,329 shares for $24,288,171, declining from 30,983,056 units at $50,392,893 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios, which are derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Indies Pharma skidded 8 cents to finish at $2.70, with 27,500 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas advanced 14 cents and ended at $2.29 as investors exchanged 3,006,495 stocks, JFP rose 5 cents to close at 40 cents in trading 859,668 units. Lasco Financial slipped 14 cents to $2 with 60,543 stock units crossing the market, Limners and Bards dipped 16 cents and ended at $1.01 with investors swapping 36,386 shares, Mailpac Group lost 46 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of $2.02 in an exchange of 19,705 stocks, Main Event slipped 9 cents in closing at $5.40, after trading of 8,077 units and Regency Petroleum gained 7 cents to finish at $4.47 after a transfer of 33,584 stock units.
Closing stock prices are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of 41,657 shares for $1,047,547, down from 310,433 stock units at $1,832,461 on Thursday.
Ansa Merchant Bank popped 17 cents and ended at $28.50 after an exchange of 43 stock units, CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $7.65 with investors trading 1,770 units, First Citizens Group skidded 45 cents to close at $38.50 in an exchange of 1,116 stock units. GraceKennedy ended at $3.50, with 5,098 units clearing the market, Guardian Holdings fell $2.15 to finish at $16 with an exchange of 230 shares, JMMB Group ended at 80 cents, with 157 stock units crossing the exchange. Massy Holdings slipped 1 cent to end at $3.44 with a transfer of 853 shares, National Enterprises lost 4 cents in closing at $4.76 as investors exchanged 3,384 stocks, National Flour Mills remained at $1.55 after a transfer of 3,000 units. Prestige Holdings remained at $13.50, 76 stock units crossing the exchange. Republic Financial gained $1.19 to end at $108.20 with investors dealing in 7,019 shares, 
Scotiabank declined 2 cents in closing at $45.48 after trading of 544 units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $10.25 following an exchange of 12,077 stocks, Trinidad Cement ended at $1.89 after 4,731 stock units passed through the market, Unilever Caribbean increased 85 cents to close at $16.10, with trading 181 shares and West Indian Tobacco rallied 1 cent to $2.89, with 960 units crossing the market.
Market activity ended after an exchange of 23,242,113 shares at $165,216,260, compared with 24,281,054 stock units valued at $113,829,111 on Wednesday.
At the close of the market, Berger Paints lost 66 cents and ended at $5.14 with 2,311 shares clearing the market, Carreras shed $1.10 to close at $28 following trading of 496,408 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund popped $1.35 in closing at $43.75 after 648 shares changed hands. First Rock Real Estate advanced 44 cents to finish at $7.60 after a transfer of 1,708 stock units, Guardian Holdings rose $16.81 to $349 in switching 7,270 stocks, Kingston Wharves fell 70 cents to $34.80 following trading of 14,182 shares. Mayberry Group rallied 45 cents to $5.98 in an exchange of 16,593 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities slipped 68 cents to $6.10 with investors swapping 1,500 stocks, NCB Financial increased $1 in closing at $61 with 221,084 stock units crossing the market. Pan Jamaica climbed $1.40 to close at $47.40 with a transfer of 372 shares, Proven Investments dipped 50 cents to finish at $11 with investors dealing in 35,016 stocks, 
Scotia Group gained 50 cents and ended at $58 with 8,063 units crossing the exchange. Seprod popped 50 cents to $79 in trading 4,060 stock units and Wisynco Group declined 50 cents and ended at $20 with 11,391 shares changing hands.
Closing prices of stocks are those of the last transaction unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 30,983,056 shares at $50,392,893, after an increase from 22,552,332 stock units valued at $11,669,747 on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, Access Financial dropped 73 cents to finish at $16.97 with investors trading 422 shares, Atlantic Hardware shed 8 cents to finish at $1.60 after switching ownership of 51,340 stock units, Blue Power climbed 30 cents to $3.72 with 808 shares crossing the exchange. Caribbean Cream lost 7 cents in closing at a 52 weeks low of 88 cents after a transfer of 3,505 stocks, Caribbean Flavours skidded 6 cents and ended at $1.16 with 3,963 units crossing the market, Dolla Financial rose 21 cents to close at $3.01 with an exchange of 15,320,713 shares. Dolphin Cove gained 11 cents to end at $10.01 with 1,649 stock units crossing the market, Everything Fresh popped 6 cents to finish at $2.16 after an exchange of 1,290 stocks, Express Catering advanced 13 cents and ended at $2.31 with a transfer of 283,070 units. Fontana rallied 47 cents to end at $6.83 with 18,813 stocks clearing the market, 
Honey Bun fell 10 cents in closing at $5.80 with investors swapping 3,755 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance increased 31 cents to close at $2.69 with 10,000 shares changing hands. Jamaican Teas declined 10 cents to $2.15 with investors trading 2,192 stock units, KLE Group climbed 11 cents to 82 cents after investors ended up swapping 10,000 shares, Knutsford Express rose 5 cents to $7.80 with 2,950 units passing through the market and Medical Disposables slipped 10 cents to close at 90 cents in an exchange of 2,595 stocks.
Closing prices of stocks are those of the last transaction unless otherwise stated.