Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday, with the market index dropping. The market closed with the volume of stocks traded dropped 43 percent, with 31 percent lower value than on Friday, following trading in 42 securities, compared with 44 on Friday and ending, with prices of 18 rising, 14 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 4,381,580 shares for $7,840,390, well below the 7,655,368 units at $11,369,983 on Friday.
Trading closed with an average of 104,323 shares at $186,676, down sharply from 173,986 units at $258,409 on Friday. Trading for the month to date, averages 142,396 units at $295,201 slightly lower than 151,693 stock units at $321,701 on Friday and August, an average of 433,821 shares at $676,565.
Lasco Financial led trading with only 665,320 shares for 15.2 percent of total volume, followed by Atlantic Hardware which ended with 527,768 units for 12 percent of the day’s trade and Woodcats International with 502,100 stocks for 11.5 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index skidded 29.40 points to finish at 2,922.95. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five 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 11.4. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share for companies with the fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close, Access Financial gained $1.17 in closing at $18 with investors trading a mere 3 shares, AMG Packaging declined by 25 cents to $1.60 in an exchange of 20,930 stocks, Cargo Handlers lost $2 to end at $14.15 after closing with an exchange of 9,925 shares. Caribbean Flavours rose 6 cents to close at $1.24 after trading of 29,471 stock units, Dolla Financial shed 10 cents and ended at $3.40 after 366,114 shares changed hands, Dolphin Cove climbed 37 cents to finish at $9.99, with 11,919 stock units crossing the market. Elite Diagnostic fell 7 cents to $1.87 with investors trading 3,294 shares, Fontana skidded 15 cents to close at $6.20 with an exchange of 46,487 units, Image Plus increased 5 cents in closing at $1.20, with 122,901 stock units changing hands. 
Iron Rock Insurance climbed 19 cents to close at $2.69 after trading of 700 shares, Jetcon Corporation dipped 8 cents to finish at $4.13 after a transfer of 64,392 shares, Lasco Financial dropped 14 cents to end at $1.46 following trading of 665,320 stock units. Mailpac Group slipped 14 cents and ended at $2.31, with 500,921 shares changing hands, Regency Petroleum advanced 14 cents to $4.19 with investors dealing in 34,105 units, Spur Tree Spices rallied 5 cents to end at $1.40 after an exchange of 28,669 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies increased 13 cents and ended at $1.63 with investors swapping just 1,795 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of 7,655,368 shares for $11,369,983, compared with 9,294,685 units at $24,506,403 on Thursday.
At the close of trading, Access Financial skidded $1.70 to end at $16.83 with a transfer of 114 units, AMG Packaging climbed 5 cents to $1.85 with a transfer of 104 stocks, Cargo Handlers fell by 10 cents to close at $16.15 with 4,822 shares passing through the market. Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 20 cents to finish at $1.63 in trading 56,479 stocks, Caribbean Cream gained 43 cents and ended at $2.69 with a transfer of 46,610 shares, Dolphin Cove lost 38 cents to close at $9.62 with investors trading 33,031 stock units. Elite Diagnostic gained 39 cents to $1.94 with an exchange of 71,442 stocks, Everything Fresh rose 14 cents to close at $2.02 with 10,904 units changing hands, Express Catering rallied 5 cents and ended at $1.85 as investors exchanged 1,050 stocks. Fontana declined 10 cents to end at $6.35 after trading of 44,192 units, Fosrich shed 6 cents in closing at $1.25 with 42,072 shares crossing the market, Indies Pharma dropped 5 cents to finish at $2.60 with investors dealing in 12 stock units. 
Iron Rock Insurance slipped 19 cents and ended at $2.50 with 3,602 shares changing hands, ISP Finance dipped 5 cents to $9.95 with investors swapping a mere one stock, Jetcon Corporation advanced 22 cents to finish at $4.21 after a transfer of 166,254 units. Knutsford Express rose 34 cents to end at $9 in switching ownership of 9,835 stock units, Lasco Financial climbed 7 cents in closing at $1.60 after an exchange of 32,808 shares, Main Event increased 63 cents to close at $3.99 with just 732 units clearing the market. ONE on ONE Educational fell 9 cents to 63 cents with investors trading 4,335 stocks, Regency Petroleum declined 20 cents to end at $4.05 with 19,782 stock units crossing the exchange, Spur Tree Spices popped 5 cents to $1.35 with investors dealing in 1,845 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies shed 16 cents to close at $1.50 in an exchange of 307,795 units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 9,294,685 shares up from 3,132,549 units on Wednesday, with a value of $24,506,403, rising from $7,271,958 on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, Access Financial shed 83 cents to end at $18.53 following trading of 91 stocks. AMG Packaging dipped 5 cents to $1.80 with investors swapping 29,567 shares, Cargo Handlers jumped $1.60 to end at $16.25 after an exchange of 429 units. Caribbean Cream fell 14 cents to $2.26 in trading of 504,860 stock units, Derrimon Trading shed 8 cents to end at 92 cents with an exchange of 5,166 stocks, Dolla Financial popped 9 cents to end at $3.50 as investors exchanged 5,084,417 stocks. Dolphin Cove declined 45 cents to $10 with 18,856 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic lost 24 cents to close at $1.55 with 13,573 stock units crossing the exchange, Everything Fresh advanced 6 cents to finish at $1.88 with investors dealing in 20,051 shares. Express Catering slipped 9 cents and ended at $1.80 with 3,531 shares changing hands, Honey Bun rose 38 cents to end at $5.78 with investors trading 6,676 units, KLE Group dipped 24 cents in closing at 86 cents with 9,952 stock units clearing the market.
Lasco Financial lost 7 cents to end at $1.53 in trading of 6,861 shares, Lumber Depot slipped by 6 cents to finish at $2.63 after a transfer of 88,977 stocks, Mailpac Group fell 5 cents and ended at $2.45 with investors trading 29,654 units. Main Event rallied 35 cents in closing at $3.36 in an exchange of 1,015 stock units, MFS Capital Partners dropped 8 cents to 50 cents after trading of 26,372 shares, Regency Petroleum increased 5 cents to close at $4.25 in switching ownership of 125,526 stocks and Spur Tree Spices shed 5 cents to $1.30 after an exchange of 165,300 units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
Trading closed with 25,037,877 shares changing hands for $42,500,415, down from 104,133,196 units at $154,779,129 on Friday.
At the close of the market, Access Financial increased by $1.19 and ended at $19.80, with 902 stock units crossing the market, Blue Power climbed 25 cents to $3.50 after trading of 304 shares, Cargo Handlers rose 90 cents to $16.40, with the trading of 472 stock units. Caribbean Cream rose 47 cents to close at a 52 weeks high of $2.80 after an exchange of 23,389 units, Elite Diagnostic popped 10 cents to end at $1.60, after 64,855 stocks passed through the market, Fontana gained 29 cents to close at $6.49 after the trading of 71,243 units. Fosrich advanced 16 cents to $1.41, with 3,679,748 shares, crossing the market, Future Energy declined by 15 cents to $3.65, with trading of 2,152,902 shares, Honey Bun dipped 63 cents to close at $5.35 after an exchange of 7,200 shares. Image Plus climbed 5 cents to finish at $1.17 in trading 66,628 stock units, Indies Pharma fell 6 cents to close at $2.65 after an exchange of 296,689 units, 
Jetcon Corporation declined 21 cents to end at $3.77 with investors trading 205,746 stock units. KLE Group increased 9 cents to $1 in an exchange of 9,972 shares, Limners and Bards lost 10 cents to finish at $1 and closed with an exchange of 40,685 stock units, Lumber Depot advanced 5 cents and ended at $2.70 with a transfer of 1,523,722 stocks. Mailpac Group rose 19 cents to close at $2.55, with 313,713 units changing hands, Main Event dropped 5 cents to end at $3.95, with 671 shares crossing the exchange and Regency Petroleum shed 9 cents in closing at $4.30 after a transfer of 16,122 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
Trading closed at the end of the week, with the volume of stocks exchanged surging 455 percent, with a 473 percent jump in value compared with Thursday. Trading resulted in an exchange of 44 securities, compared with 43 on Thursday and ending with prices of 22 rising, 16 declining and six closing unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Junior Market Index rose by 5.38 points to close at 2,982.06. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Indies Pharma rallied 6 cents to end at $2.71 with a transfer of 18,069 shares, Jamaican Teas increased 8 cents and ended at $2.28, with 3,066,400 units crossing the exchange, KLE Group shed 19 cents to end at 91 cents with investors trading 417 stocks. Knutsford Express climbed 60 cents to $8.20 in an exchange of 7,135 stock units, Lasco Financial slipped 10 cents and ended at $1.65, with 503,037 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards rose 10 cents to close at $1.10 after an exchange of 35,194 stock units. Lumber Depot advanced 16 cents to $2.65, with 1,109,000 stocks changing hands, Mailpac Group lost 14 cents to end at $2.36, with an exchange of 81,781 units, Main Event ended at $4.00 after rising 5 cents with an exchange of 802 shares. ONE on ONE Educational rallied 15 cents to finish at 75 cents after a transfer of 3,241,821 units, Regency Petroleum gained 9 cents in closing at $4.39 with investors trading 6,383 shares, Spur Tree Spices popped 12 cents to end at $1.40 after 20,010 stock units passed through the market and Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 10 cents to $1.65 with a transfer of 2,020,749 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
Trading ended with an exchange of 18,762,216 shares at $26,992,788, after an increase from 5,922,663 units at $8,419,573 on Wednesday.
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 shed 5 cents to close at $2.65 with 335,513 units crossing the market. Iron Rock Insurance gained 49 cents to close at $2.69 with investors dealing in 76 stocks, JFP advanced 5 cents to 47 cents with 19,234 units crossing the exchange, Knutsford Express rose 5 cents in closing at $7.60 after trading of 277 shares. Limners and Bards declined 5 cents to finish at $1 as investors exchanged 5,000 stock units, Mailpac Group rallied 28 cents and ended at $2.50 in switching ownership of 5,205 shares, Main Event fell 5 cents to close at $3.95 after an exchange of 454 stocks. ONE on ONE Educational dropped 5 cents to 60 cents in an exchange of 13,910 units and Spur Tree Spices shed 12 cents to end at $1.28 in an exchange of 56,507 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with 13,003,089 shares traded for $21,567,572, up from 8,450,118 stock units worth $16,120,088 on Monday.
At the close of trading, Access Financial dropped 59 cents to close at $18 after trading of 131 stocks, Atlantic Hardware fell 8 cents to $1.39 with 1,897,533 units clearing the market, Cargo Handlers lost $1.78 to close at $14.65 with trading 4,432 shares. Dolla Financial rallied 10 cents to end at $3.45 after a transfer of 406,867 stock units, Dolphin Cove rose 73 cents to $11.23 in trading of 2,529 shares, Fontana climbed 20 cents to end at $6.20 after an exchange of 236,339 stocks. Jamaican Teas popped 12 cents to $2.17 with investors swapping 53,100 stocks, Jetcon Corporation increased 8 cents to finish at $3.78 in an exchange of 70,488 units, JFP advanced 8 cents and ended at 48 cents with 6 stocks passing through the market. KLE Group gained 25 cents to close at $1.10 in swapping 8,000 units, Knutsford Express rose 49 cents to end at $7.99 after an exchange of 7,727 shares, 
Main Event shed 20 cents to close at $4 with 19,405 stocks crossing the market. Paramount Trading declined 5 cents to 95 cents with an exchange of 5,184 shares, Regency Petroleum gained 45 cents to finish at $4.45 with a transfer of 2,034,699 units, Spur Tree Spices climbed 6 cents and ended at $1.46 with investors swapping 684,541 shares. Stationery and Office Supplies increased 7 cents to end at $1.54 with a transfer of 1,763 stock units and Woodcats International dipped 7 cents in closing at 51 cents with 4,427,574 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of 8,450,118 shares for $16,120,088, compared with 7,485,925 units at $12,587,165 on Friday.
Cargo Handlers declined by 6 cents and ended at $16.43 after a transfer of 150 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rallied 15 cents to end at $1.25 with investors swapping 1,630 shares, Caribbean Cream rose 5 cents to close at $2.15, after an exchange of 15,154 shares. Caribbean Flavours increased 14 cents to $1.19 with trading of 539,571 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries gained 15 cents and closed at $1.40 after trading of 5,188 shares, Dolphin Cove popped 50 cents and ended at $10.50 with 537 shares crossing the market. Fontana dipped 9 cents to finish at $6 in switching ownership of 164,831 stock units, Fosrich lost 12 cents to end at $1.06 with 366,636 stocks crossing the market, Future Energy climbed 11 cents in closing at $3.64 with investors trading 1,306,599 units. Honey Bun rose 16 cents to $6.16 with 67,071 stocks crossing the exchange, after trading at an intraday 52 weeks low of $5, Indies Pharma rallied 9 cents to finish at $2.74 with investors dealing in 18,549 units, Jamaican Teas dropped 5 cents and ended at $2.05 with a transfer of 932,167 shares. Jetcon Corporation shed 25 cents in closing at $3.70 with investors trading 124,079 stock units, 
JFP declined 5 cents to end at 40 cents with an exchange of 1,377 shares, Knutsford Express increased 35 cents to close at $7.50 with 1,235 stock units clearing the market. Limners and Bards slipped 6 cents to $1.01, with 61,867 shares changing hands, Mailpac Group advanced 13 cents in closing at $2.50 in trading 439,172 stocks, Medical Disposables gained 14 cents to finish at $1.09 in an exchange of 4,963 shares. MFS Capital Partners rose 5 cents to 60 cents after trading of 5 stock units, Paramount Trading climbed 9 cents to end at $1 with 64 units crossing the market, Regency Petroleum skidded 49 cents to close at $4 after trading of 253,266 stocks. Spur Tree Spices lost 10 cents to $1.40 with 54,927 units crossing the market and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 6 cents and ended at $1.47 with an exchange of 48,899 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of 13,478,113 shares at $49,815,825, an increase from 9,747,481 units at $10,809,958 on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging lost 8 cents to close at $1.69 after a transfer of 121,940 units, Blue Power declined 40 cents to $3.25 with 1,150 stocks changing hands, Cargo Handlers shed $2.54 and ended at $14.45 in switching ownership of 21,656 shares. Caribbean Cream rallied 34 cents to $2.15 with investors exchanging 92,600 stock units, Caribbean Flavours climbed by 10 cents to $1.19 after transferring 3,906 shares, while Consolidated Bakeries dropped 19 cents to finish at $1.26 as investors exchanged 250 stock units. Derrimon Trading popped 5 cents and ended at 90 cents with a transfer of 18,240 shares, Dolla Financial fell 25 cents in closing at $3.25 in an exchange of 4,753,881 units, Dolphin Cove climbed $1.25 and ended at $12.15 with investors trading 57,022 shares. Elite Diagnostic slipped 13 cents to finish at $1.21 in an exchange of 21,555 stock units, Express Catering skidded 13 cents to $1.87 with 11,517 units passing through the market, Fontana dipped 10 cents to close at $6.10 with 4,483,716 stocks crossing the exchange. Future Energy lost 15 cents to end at $3.53 with investors swapping 283,553 shares, 
Honey Bun increased 7 cents to finish at $6.20 with 2,020 stocks crossing the market, Indies Pharma gained 20 cents and ended at $2.73 after an exchange of 6,872 stock units. Iron Rock Insurance advanced 20 cents in closing at $2.20 with investors dealing in 243,125 stock units, Jetcon Corporation declined 6 cents to close at $3.70 after an exchange of 20,200 shares, JFP shed 8 cents to settle at 45 cents with 73,106 stocks crossing the market. Knutsford Express rose 34 cents to $7.99 in trading 303 units, Lasco Financial climbed 25 cents to finish at $1.79 after trading of 694,771 stock units, Limners and Bards increased 6 cents and ended at $1.07 with an exchange of 203 shares. Main Event rose 23 cents and finished at $4.23, after trading of 532 shares, Omni Industries rallied 8 cents to end at 88 cents after a transfer of 180,554 stocks and Paramount Trading advanced 9 cents to close at $1 with investors dealing in 25,000 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of 9,747,481 shares for $10,809,958, in slipping from 10,567,865 units at $12,183,386 on Tuesday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 11.2. 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.
Lasco Financial declined 5 cents to $1.54 with 981 units changing hands, Mailpac Group gained 9 cents to end at $2.59 with an exchange of 11,499 stock units, MFS Capital Partners rallied 8 cents to close at 58 cents with 383,425 shares crossing the market. Omni Industries fell 13 cents in closing at 80 cents after hitting a 52 weeks low of 65 cents, with an exchange of 808,827 stock units, Paramount Trading skidded 11 cents to end at 91 cents with 48,319 shares changing hands and Spur Tree Spices increased 10 cents to finish at a 52 weeks high of $1.38 with an exchange of 222,065 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.