The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed out the year, with a surge of 296 percent in the volume of stocks traded, with a 431 percent leap in value over Monday, with trading in 44 securities down from 47 on Monday and ending with prices of 26 rising, 12 declining and six unchanged including 3 stocks trading at 52 weeks’ highs, with the market index closing out the year on a negative note and pushing the year’s fall to 2.9 percent.
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.
Trading ended with an average of 1,105,088 shares for $3,181,691 compared with 261,331 stock units at $560,592 on Monday with the month to date, averaging 326,483 units at $898,324 compared to 287,330 stock units at $783,503 on the previous day and November with an average of 309,920 shares at $766,307.
Express Catering led trading with 14.09 million shares for 29 percent of total volume followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 4.64 million stocks for 9.5 percent of the day’s trade, Stationery and Office Supplies chipped in with 4.35 million units for 8.9 percent market share, Future Energy ended with 3.11 million shares for 6.4 percent of stocks traded, Lumber Depot closed with 2.96 million stocks for 6.1 percent of the market trade and Jamaican Teas with 2.68 million shares for 5.5 percent of total volume.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index lost 32.70 points to finish at 3,735.05. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.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.
At the close, Access Financial gained 70 cents to $18.72 clearing the market with 184,671 stocks, AMG Packaging popped 8 cents and ended at $2.83 in switching ownership of 17,510 units, Blue Power climbed $1.32 to finish at a 52 weeks high of $5.62 after a transfer of 19,564 shares. CAC 2000 gained 8 cents to end at $2.10 as investors exchanged 100 stock units, Cargo Handlers rose $1.11 in closing at $12 after trading of 229,639 shares, Consolidated Bakeries skidded 15 cents to close at $1.93 with 415 units crossing the market. Derrimon Trading advanced 14 cents to $1.99 with investors dealing in 1,700,000 stocks, Dolphin Cove rallied 9 cents to end at $18.49 after 18,291 stock units passed through the market, Fosrich rose 9 cents to $2.44, with investors swapping 1,699,443 shares. 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.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.