Losers outpaced the winners on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, following trading in 43 securities, down from 45 on Wednesday and ending with prices of only 12 rising, 19 declining and 12 closing unchanged and sent the market index tumbling down at the close after the volume of stocks traded slipped modestly and even as the value of trades rising by just 8 percent over Wednesday. .
The market closed with 21,504,069 shares trading worth $45,830,454 compared with 22,146,875 units at $42,456,404 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 500,095 shares at an average of $1,065,825, up from 492,153 units at $943,476 on Wednesday. Trading ended for the month to date, with an average of 296,708 units at $396,418, after inching higher from 285,094 stock units at $358,192 on the previous day and well below January, with an average of 469,885 shares at $594,149.
Derrimon Trading led trading with 3.40 million shares for 15.8 percent of total volume followed by Future Energy which ended with 3.23 million stocks for 15 percent of the day’s trade, Dolla Financial closed with 3.04 million stock units for 14.1 percent of the volume traded, Jetcon Corporation ended with 2.16 million shares for 10.1 percent of the share of the volume traded, Fosrich closed with 1.91 million stocks for 8.9 percent of the overall volume traded and Jamaican Teas with 1.78 million stock units for 8.3 percent of market share.
Indies Pharma was the highest gaining stock with a rise of 25 cents, while Access Financial lost $1.59 and Knutsford Express fell 80 cents, the two major losers. 
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index shed 16.00 points to end the day at 3,370.22. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six 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 14.2, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with their financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, Access Financial skidded $1.59 to close at $15.51 with 1,100 shares crossing the market, AMG Packaging gained 10 cents to close at $2.10 with investors trading 10,836 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers sank 7 cents in closing at $2.06 after a transfer of 6,637 shares. Caribbean Cream dropped 29 cents to end at a 52 weeks low of $1.50 with 216,102 units changing hands, Caribbean Flavours rose 18 cents to finish at $1.68 with a transfer of 600 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries advanced 6 cents and ended at $1.72 after an exchange of 500 units. Dolphin Cove slipped 25 cents to $11.03 after investors swapped 56,515 shares, 
Elite Diagnostic popped 12 cents to end at $1.48 in an exchange of 13,106 stocks, Fosrich fell 14 cents in closing at $2.19 with 1,910,662 stock units clearing the market. GWest Corporation dipped 9 cents and ended at 66 cents with an exchange of 7,279 shares, Honey Bun sank 9 cents to finish at $6.50 with 6,474 stock units crossing the market, Image Plus increased 9 cents to close at 89 cents with investors trading 28,473 units. Indies Pharma climbed 25 cents to $2.95 after an exchange of 24,982 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance slipped 20 cents to end at $2.50 with investors swapping 195,389 shares, Jetcon Corporation lost 9 cents in closing at $2.30 in an exchange of 2,162,971 stocks. Knutsford Express declined 80 cents to finish at $10 with traders dealing in 5,848 units, Limners and Bards fell 10 cents and ended at 90 cents as investors exchanged 339,706 stock units and Regency Petroleum shed 6 cents to close at $4.24 in switching ownership of 129,983 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 12,124,104 shares marginally more than the 11,892,251 stock units trading on Tuesday, after an exchange of $104,342,325, versus $75,617,149 on Tuesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 17.7. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings that are forecasted by ICInsider.com for the financial year ending around August 2026.
JMMB Group gained 92 cents to finish at $18 as investors traded 399,112 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose 84 cents to end at $7.54 with 787 stock units passing through the market, NCB Financial rallied 60 cents to close at $43 in an exchange of 183,406 stocks. Pan Jamaica increased $3.90 to $50.90 with investors swapping 209,162 units, Sagicor Group sank 45 cents to finish at $39.05 after a transfer of 118,725 stocks, Sagicor Real Estate Fund climbed $1.19 and ended at $7.94 in trading 160 units. Seprod popped $2.98 to end at $79.98 with 271 shares changing hands, Supreme Ventures advanced 63 cents in closing at $18.20 in an exchange of 48,875 stock units and Wisynco Group gained 70 cents to close at $22.50 with 33,005 shares clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close, a total of 22,146,875 shares worth $42,456,404 were traded, after an increase over the 6,025,721 units at $9,189,434 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging shed 24 cents to end at $2 after an exchange of 121,713 shares, Cargo Handlers sank by 10 cents to $18.70 with 2,000 stocks crossing the market, Caribbean Cream slipped 10 cents to $1.79 at the close after trading at an intraday 52 days low of $1,55, after an exchange of 40,221 shares. Caribbean Flavours lost 20 cents in closing at $1.50 after a transfer of 206,256 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries increased 19 cents to $1.66 after trading of 5,000 units, Derrimon Trading popped 17 cents to finish at $1.80 in switching ownership of 2,105,408 stocks. Dolla Financial advanced 13 cents to $2.58 after an exchange of 3,334,960 units, Dolphin Cove rose 38 cents to close at $11.28 with 1,489 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic fell 14 cents in closing at $1.36 with a transfer of 20,902 stock units. Everything Fresh dipped 7 cents and ended at $2.02 with 25,000 shares passing through the market, Fosrich gained 13 cents to end at $2.33 in trading 2,885,472 stocks, Future Energy rallied 9 cents to finish at $3.10 with 40,243 units clearing the market. 
Honey Bun climbed 10 cents to $6.59 with traders dealing in 616 stock units, Image Plus sank 9 cents to end at 80 cents after an exchange of 1,510,819 shares, Indies Pharma skidded 20 cents in closing at $2.70 with investors trading 31,780 stocks. ISP Finance increased 85 cents to finish at $13 with an exchange of 157 stock units, Jamaican Teas climbed 19 cents and ended at $2.42 with 1,866,406 stock units crossing the market, Knutsford Express rose 52 cents to close at $10.80 with investors dealing in 8,645 shares. Lasco Financial dropped 15 cents to $1.65 with 6,526 stock units crossing the exchange, Mailpac Group advanced 30 cents to $2.90 with investors swapping 967,872 units, Omni Industries declined 12 cents to end at 88 cents after an exchange of 1,000,000 stocks. ONE on ONE Educational popped 8 cents in closing at 94 cents with investors trading 1,208,598 units and Stationery and Office Supplies gained 23 cents to finish at $1.74 after an exchange of 1,865,688 shares.
The market closed with a 28 percent decline in shares traded to 435,942 units, from 608,576 shares on Tuesday for US$32,193, just 5 percent more than US$30,667 on Tuesday. Trading ended with an average of 43,594 shares at US$3,219, down from 67,620 stock units at US$3,407 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 95,852 units at US$6,716 compared with 99,360 stock units at US$6,950 on the previous day and January that ended with an average of 80,722 units for US$9,110.
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy sank 2 cents in closing at 37 US cents with traders dealing in 80 stocks, Productive Business Solutions rose 6.46 cents to end at US$1.07 in an exchange of 14 units, Proven Investments gained 0.01 of a cent to finish at 8.01 US cents with trading of 4,000 shares. Sterling Investments rose 0.32 of a cent to 2.32 US cents after trading of 7,100 units and Transjamaican Highway climbed 0.05 of a cent to close at 4.76 US cents with 421,773 stocks clearing the market.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed by 2,067.08 points to 352,095.13, as the All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 2,082.76 points to close at 399,616.22, the JSE Main Index advanced 1,633.64 points to 342,814.29, the Junior Market Index jumped 70.96 points to finish at 3,386.22 and the JSE USD Market Index popped 8.34 points to conclude trading at a record high of 284.51.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% skidded $7.99 to end at $35, 138 Student Living preference share advanced by $1.99 to $238 and Sygnus Credit Investments 10% rose $5 and ended at $107.
Investors who buy stocks near the average will not be inclined to overpay. The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded price. Dividends that are paid or due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
Trading averaged 194,955 shares at $1,239,625, after falling from 1,082,058 stocks at $2,772,035 on Monday and month to date, an average of 281,661 stock units at $2,695,257, after slipping down from 287,416 shares at $2,791,877 on the previous day and higher than for January, with an average of 271,336 units at $2,043,022.
At the close of trading, Barita Investments lost 43 cents and ended at $69.80 with 4,186 shares passing through the market, Caribbean Cement rallied 92 cents to $112.92 in an exchange of 7,082 units, Carreras rose $1 to $21.20 with trading in 165,490 shares. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund rose $5.37 to end at $46 with trading of 25,668 stocks , Guardian Holdings skidded 52 cents to close at $360.48 with investors trading 1,013 stocks, Jamaica Producers sank $1.15 to finish at $22.80 after a transfer of 165,550 units. Kingston Wharves dipped 91 cents to $33.95 with investors trading 8,554 shares, Margaritaville popped 89 cents and ended at $11.81 with an exchange of 51 stock units, NCB Financial sank 55 cents to $42.40 trading 86,002 stocks. Pan Jamaica shed $2.49 to finish at $47 with 4,201 units crossing the market, 
Portland JSX dropped 57 cents to end at $8 in trading 213 stocks, Sagicor Group fell 95 cents to close at $39.50 after an exchange of 20,613 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund slipped $1.19 to $6.75 with investors dealing in 11,071 stock units and Seprod declined $4.98 to end at $77 in an exchange of 513 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 608,576 shares for US$30,667, after falling from 1,393,066 stock units at US$65,908 on Monday.
Sterling Investments slipped 0.47 of a cent to 2 US cents after an exchange of 4,989 units, Sygnus Credit Investments sank 0.69 of a cent in closing at 6 US cents with a transfer of 50,000 shares. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share dipped 0.02 of a cent to 5.25 US cents after an exchange of 99 shares and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.21 of one cent to finish at 4.71 US cents after trading of 506,469 stocks.
The market closed with trading of 6,025,721 shares for $9,189,434 after plunging from 48,900,696 units at $25,636,425 on Monday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with the fiscal year ending around August 2026.
GWest Corporation fell 13 cents and ended at 70 cents after a transfer of 1,400 shares, ISP Finance dropped $1.10 to close at $12.15 with a mere unit exiting the exchange, Jetcon Corporation rallied 9 cents to end at $2.39, following the trading of 546,642 stock units. Knutsford Express sank 51 cents to $10.28 after an exchange of 2,174 stock units, Limners and Bards increased 9 cents to $1.02 after dealers swapped 20,742 shares, Lumber Depot climbed 20 cents and ended at $2.50 with an exchange of 5,201 stock units. Medical Disposables rose 18 cents to close at $1.34 with 201 stocks changing hands, Regency Petroleum advanced 20 cents to finish at $4.30 after an exchange of 57,262 units and Stationery and Office Supplies skidded 13 cents to end at $1.51 with a transfer of 271,016 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index fell 594.18 points to 350,028.05, the All Jamaican Composite Index sank 756.02 points to end at 397,533.46, the JSE Main Index declined by 522.08 points to close trading at 341,180.65, the Junior Market Index shed 13.33 points to finish at 3,315.26 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied 6.14 points to settle at 276.17.
In Junior Market trading, Atlantic Hardware led the market with 1.09 million shares, followed by Kintyre Holdings with 1.09 million stocks and MFS Capital Partners with 556,803 units.
This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals, without straying far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy stocks near the average will not be inclined to overpay. The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded price. Dividends that are paid or due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
The market closed with 68,169,647 shares trading for $174,638,204, with the volume increasing from 16,289,808 stocks at $249,65,396 on Friday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 17.5. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings compiled by ICInsider.com for companies with the fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Pan Jamaica increased $2.54 and ended at $49.49 with an exchange of 18,328 shares, Portland JSX climbed 57 cents to finish at $8.57 after dealers swapped 46 stock units, Sagicor Group rose 80 cents to close at $40.45 with 8,370 stocks changing hands and Scotia Group sank 71 cents to $49.30 after an exchange of 47,137 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.