Investors shun trading of stocks on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Friday, with a 44 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, valued marginally more than Thursday, with trading of only 35 securities, down sharply from 45 on Thursday and ending with prices of 10 rising, 20 declining and five closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 3,388,758 shares for $7,134,869 compared with 6,031,514 units at $7,131,624 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 96,822 shares at $203,853 compared to 134,034 stocks at $158,481 on Thursday, with the month to date, averaging 154,128 units at $240,292, which is in line with 159,378 stock units at $243,631 on the previous day and well below the average for May with 419,466 stock units at $701,563.
Jamaican Teas led trading with 1.57 million shares for 46.3 percent of the total volume, followed by One Great Studio, with 381,530 units for 11.3 percent of the day’s trade and Fosrich with 271,444 stocks for 8 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index shed 29.72 points to finish at 3,399.32, down 9 percent for the year to date. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five 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 14.5, 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 week, AMG Packaging lost 33 cents to close at $2.10 with a transfer of 6,745 shares, Caribbean Flavours shed 16 cents to close at $1.43 after investors exchanged 10,523 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries sank 17 cents to end at 52 week low of $1.18, with 3,908 shares crossing the market. Dolla Financial dipped 5 cents in closing at $2.34 in an exchange of 216,280 units, Dolphin Cove sank 97 cents and ended at $13.60 after an exchange of 8,989 stocks, Express Catering rallied 12 cents to finish at $2.72 in trading 1,000 units. Fontana slipped 11 cents and ended at $8.89 after a transfer of 41,396 stocks, Honey Bun popped 36 cents to $8.01, with 11,468 shares crossing the market. 
Indies Pharma fell 20 cents to close at $3.60 with traders dealing in 600 stock units. JFP dropped 5 cents to end at 50 cents after 5,032 shares passed through the market, Knutsford Express skidded $1.19 in closing at $11.80, with 4,085 stock units changing hands, Main Event climbed 86 cents to finish at $9.97, with investors trading 39 stocks. Medical Disposables rose 6 cents and ended at $1.59 with an exchange of 293 units, Regency Petroleum traded 55,396 shares at $4.20 after trading at a intraday 52 week high of $4.39, Spur Tree Spices declined 6 cents to $1, with 32,628 stocks clearing the market and Tropical Battery shed 6 cents to finish at $2.13 with investors swapping 82,921 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 6,031,514 shares for $7,131,624, skidding from 6,073,363 units at $14,579,413 on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, Access Financial fell $1.28 to end at $15.51 with traders dealing in just 110 shares, AMG Packaging rallied 10 cents to $2.43 with 2,630 stock units passing through the market, Atlantic Hardware sank 6 cents to finish at 94 cents with investors trading 5,060 shares. Cargo Handlers popped 37 cents and ended at $10.37 with a mere one stock unit switching ownership, Caribbean Flavours climbed 27 cents to close at $1.59 as investors cleared 21,123 stock units in the market, Consolidated Bakeries dropped 9 cents to end at $1.35 in trading 14,000 shares. Derrimon Trading shed 14 cents in closing at $1.82 as traders ended with a take of 208,576 stocks, Dolla Financial increased 9 cents to $2.39 as investors exchanged 175,145 units, Dolphin Cove gained 59 cents to finish at $14.57 after a transfer of 48,394 stock units. Honey Bun declined 21 cents and ended at $7.65 with investors dealing in 2,987 shares, Indies Pharma rose 20 cents to end at $3.80 with a transfer of 8,913 units, 
JFP advanced 5 cents to close at 55 cents after an exchange of 10,303 stocks. KLE Group rose 7 cents to 97 cents with investors trading 30 stock units, Limners and Bards lost 7 cents to end at $1.15 with an exchange of 85,860 shares, Main Event slipped 86 cents in closing at $9.11 with 738 stocks changing hands, while Medical Disposables advanced 20 cents to close at $1.53 after exchanging 1,500 stocks, RA Williams sank 8 cents and ended at 42 cents with investors swapping 150,603 units and Regency Petroleum popped 10 cents to finish at a 52 week high of $4.20 as traders exchanged 126,951 stocks through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market ended with trading of 6,073,363 shares for $14,579,413, with an increase from 5,378,999 units at $10,914,660 on Tuesday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Fontana rallied 25 cents to finish at $9 after an exchange of 121,309 stocks. Image Plus sank 5 cents to close at 95 cents, with 10,000 shares clearing the market. Indies Pharma dropped 5 cents in closing at $3.60 with traders switching ownership of 100,000 units, Iron Rock Insurance lost 20 cents to end at $5 after an exchange of 20 stocks. Jamaican Teas slipped 6 cents in closing at $2.30 after closing with 2,914,496 stock units changing hands, JFP Ltd lost 5 cents to 50 cents as investors exchanged 4,838 shares, KLE Group increased 6 cents to close at 90 cents in trading 1,746 units. Main Event popped 86 cents to end at $9.97 with 8,832 stocks passing through the market, RA Williams climbed 8 cents to finish at 50 cents after trading of 2,687 stock units and Regency Petroleum gained 10 cents and ended at $4.10 in an exchange of 81,830 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the week, Guardian Holdings rose 4 percent to $355. In the Junior Market, Limners & Bards climbed 13 percent to $1.22, MFS Partners rallied 6 percent to 53 cents, Elite Diagnostic fell 13 percent to $1.25 and AMG Packaging lost 11 percent to close at $2.13.
In the Main Market, ICTOP10, 16 stocks with the highest values account for 31 percent of the Main Market, with PE ratios between 15 and 43, with an average of 23 and a PE of 20 for the top half of the market with the highest values.
IC TOP10 stocks that will likely deliver the best returns 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 the receipt of new information.
The market closed with trading of 5,378,999 shares for $10,914,660, well above the 2,081,282 units at $4,155,813 on Monday.
At the close of trading, Access Financial increased by $2.44 to close at $16.79 in trading 527 shares, AMG Packaging popped 10 cents to $2.43, in trading 6,200 units, Caribbean Assurance rose 31 cents to end at $2.14 with a mere one stock unit crossing the exchange. Caribbean Flavours shed 9 cents in closing at $1.32 with trading in 1,016 shares, Derrimon Trading rose 16 cents to finish at $1.96 with 3,561 stock units passing through the market, Dolla Financial sank 12 cents and ended at $2.26 with investors trading 285,522 shares. Dolphin Cove gained 52 cents to $14.20 with 18,666 stock units clearing the market, Fontana fell 16 cents to end at $8.75 as investors exchanged 14,258 stocks, Future Energy climbed 13 cents in closing at $3.07 with a transfer of 70,859 units. Indies Pharma lost 21 cents to close at $3.65 with investors dealing in 124,972 shares, Iron Rock Insurance dropped 12 cents and ended at $5.20 after 2,109 stock units were traded, 
JFP Ltd advanced 5 cents to finish at 55 cents with 40,018 stocks crossing the market. Knutsford Express popped 99 cents and ended at $12.99 with investors trading 426 units, Main Event shed 79 cents to close at $9.11 after 12,268 stocks changed hands, Medical Disposables sank 25 cents to end at $1.35 with 876 stock units switching owners. RA Williams dipped 5 cents in closing at a 52 week’s low of 42 cents as traders crossed 296,218 shares in the market, Regency Petroleum increased 5 cents to close at $4 with investors swapping 38,772 stock units and Spur Tree Spices slipped 5 cents to finish at $1.02 with an exchange of 22,030 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of a mere 2,081,282 shares for $4,155,813, below the 6,258,831 units at $14,570,622 on Friday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Future Energy sank 6 cents to close at $2.94 after an exchange of 155,803 stock units. Honey Bun rallied 22 cents to end at $7.88 after trading of 660 shares, Indies Pharma advanced 16 cents to finish at $3.86 and closed after 56,855 stock units passed through the market, Iron Rock Insurance gained 32 cents and ended at a 52 week high of $5.32 with 248 stocks clearing the market. Jamaican Teas rose 7 cents to $2.40 with investors swapping 71,718 units, KLE Group declined 13 cents to end at 84 cents with traders exchanging 559 shares, Knutsford Express shed 90 cents in closing at $12 with 4,746 units changing hands and Tropical Battery dropped 7 cents and ended at $2.14 after brokers transferred 179,338 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
On a day of moderate trading, 6,258,831 shares were exchanged for $14,570,622, up from a mere 4,299,953 units at $8,479,228 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Iron Rock Insurance climbed 80 cents in closing at $5 after trading 113 shares, Jamaican Teas declined 16 cents to close at $2.33 with investors clearing 3,040,247 stock units, JFP Ltd rose 5 cents to end at 54 cents with traders dealing in 107,421 stocks. Knutsford Express dipped 9 cents to $12.90 with 7,023 stock units crossing the market, Limners and Bards gained 14 cents to end at $1.22 with an exchange of 8,000 shares, Main Event advanced 17 cents in closing at $9.87 as 84 stock units passed through the market. MFS Capital Partners dropped 5 cents to close at 53 cents with 132,724 units crossing the exchange, ONE on ONE Educational slipped 9 cents and ended at 87 cents after a transfer of 79,690 stocks and Tropical Battery popped 6 cents to finish at $2.21 with 35,258 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 4,299,953 shares for $8,479,228, moderately above 3,323,810 units at $5,956,247 on Wednesday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.2, based on last traded prices along with earnings that are projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
KLE Group slipped 11 cents to close at 97 cents after a transfer of 200 stocks. Knutsford Express fell 51 cents to $12.99 with traders dealing in 1,011 stock units, Limners and Bards declined 8 cents and ended at $1.08 after an exchange of 188,598 shares, Medical Disposables advanced 23 cents to end at $1.58 with a transfer of 73,100 stock units. ONE on ONE Educational popped 9 cents in closing at 96 cents with traders clearing the market of 8,377 units, RA Williams shed 5 cents to close at 49 cents with an exchange of 510,000 stocks, Regency Petroleum climbed 44 cents to finish at a 52 week high of $4 as 26,603 shares passed through the market and Tropical Battery dipped 5 cents to $2.15 in an exchange of 40,402 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 23,396,014 shares for $16,266,034, increasing steeply from 4,038,688 units at $11,013,414 on Monday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
ISP Finance jumped $3.45 to $14.95 with a transfer of a mere 168 stocks, JFP increased 7 cents and ended at 54 cents as investors exchanged 51,900 units, Knutsford Express declined 99 cents to end at $13 with traders passing 1,316 stock units through the market. Mailpac Group lost 6 cents in closing at $2.59 in an exchange of 84,636 shares, Main Event skidded $1.28 to finish at $9.97 trading of 30 stocks, Omni Industries slipped 5 cents to close at 80 cents with 79,822 units switching owners and One Great Studio popped 5 cents to 46 cents with investors swapping 108,484 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading ended with an exchange of 4,038,688 shares for $11,013,414, a decline from 11,582,135 units at $23,634,600 on Friday.
At the close of the market, Blue Power skidded 20 cents to end at $5 with 3,360 shares changing hands, CAC 2000 increased 22 cents in closing at $2.20 with 701 stocks crossing the exchange, Caribbean Assurance Brokers sank 20 cents to close at $2.01 with investors dealing in 59,966 shares. Caribbean Flavours fell 7 cents to close at $1.64 after traders exchanged 2,204 units, Dolphin Cove climbed 71 cents and ended at $14 with 179,542 stock units crossing the market, Future Energy sank 15 cents to finish at $3.10 with an exchange of 346,807 shares. GWest Corporation rose 11 cents to end at 95 cents, with investors trading 105,496 stocks, Honey Bun slipped 20 cents to $8.10 after an exchange of 9,961 units, Image Plus advanced 7 cents to close at $1.06 with investors swapping 268,603 stock units, 
Iron Rock Insurance shed 5 cents in closing at $3.75 with investors dealing in 380,000 shares, JFP Ltd lost 8 cents in closing at 47 cents in an exchange of 6,842 shares, Mailpac Group slipped 5 cents to finish at $2.65 as investors exchanged 9,503 stocks. Omni Industries gained 5 cents to close at 85 cents after 13,746 units passed through the market, Paramount Trading sank 5 cents to end at 99 cents in an exchange of 1,000 stocks, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 14 cents to finish at $1.43 with traders dealing in 201,060 units and Tropical Battery shed 7 cents to end at $2.18 with an exchange of 88,325 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.