The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange opened the week with a lukewarm performance on Monday, with trading dropping sharply from Friday’s levels and ending with the market index continuing to slide for the month, after a break on Thursday, following trading in 42 securities compared with 43 on Friday and ending with prices of 12 advancing, 16 declining and 14 closing unchanged. At the close, the volume of stocks traded dropped 67 percent, with the value down 71 percent compared to Friday.
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.
Trading averaged 49,554 shares at $98,948, falling from 145,554 stocks for $338,852 on Friday, with a month to date average of 171,536 stock units at $238,899 compared to 195,817 stock units at $266,756 on the previous trading day and May with an average of 419,466 shares at $701,563.
Dolla Financial led trading with 256,573 shares for 12.3 percent of total volume, followed by RA Williams, with 210,000 stock units for 10.1 percent of the day’s trade and MFS Capital Partners with 190,762 stocks for 9.2 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading on the market, the Junior Market Index declined 10.43 points to 3,413.75. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven 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 14.3, 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 market rally, Access Financial fell $2.43 in closing at $14.35 in trading 6,888 shares, AMG Packaging rose 20 cents to $2.33 with traders dealing in a mere one unit, CAC 2000 climbed 13 cents to close at $2.11 after an exchange of 599 shares. Caribbean Assurance Brokers slipped 32 cents to finish at a 52 week low of $1.83 with investors trading 522 stocks, Derrimon Trading lost 10 cents and ended at $1.80 with traders crossing 36,115 stock units in the market, Dolphin Cove skidded 60 cents to end at $13.68 with investors dealing in 5,832 shares. Elite Diagnostic increased 15 cents in closing at $1.40 with 1,413 stocks switching ownership, Fosrich popped 5 cents to $2.65 after 93,800 units crossed the market, 
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 3,323,810 shares with a value of a mere $5,956,247, dropping steeply from 23,396,014 stock units at $16,266,034 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, Access Financial popped 26 cents to end at $15.29 as investors exchanged 3,321 shares, Caribbean Flavours lost 25 cents in closing at $1.39 with a transfer of 81 units, Consolidated Bakeries declined by 5 cents to end at $1.45 after an exchange of 2,209 stocks. Dolphin Cove shedded 34 cents to end at $14.51 after closing with an exchange of 13,344 shares, Express Catering advanced by 6 cents to finish trading at $2.72 after a transfer of 8,425 stock units, Fontana sank 5 cents to close at $9 with 8,915 shares clearing the market. Honey Bun skidded 13 cents to $7.96 in an exchange of 9,772 units, Image Plus fell 6 cents to finish at $1 with traders dealing in 7,511 stocks, ISP Finance dropped $3.55 to $11.40 in an exchange of 9,323 stock units. Jetcon Corporation rose 9 cents to end at $1.09 with a mere 173 shares passing through the market, 
Knutsford Express gained 50 cents in closing at $13.50 with an exchange of 160 stocks, Main Event sank 27 cents to close at $9.70 with 1,050 units crossing the market. MFS Capital Partners climbed 5 cents to 55 cents after trading 771 stock units, ONE on ONE Educational dropped 10 cents to finish at 87 cents as 11,000 shares crossed the exchange, RA Williams increased 7 cents and ended at 54 cents with investors dealing in 12,000 stocks. Regency Petroleum dipped 37 cents in closing at $3.56 after an exchange of 10,267 units and Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 5 cents to close at $1.48 with investors trading 304,949 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.
The market closed with trading of 11,582,135 shares for $23,634,600 compared with 11,958,803 units at $19,923,242 on Thursday.
At the close of the month, CAC 2000 shed 7 cents and ended at $1.98, with investors trading a mere two shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers sank 14 cents to $2.21, with 100 stocks crossing the market, Caribbean Cream dropped by 14 cents to close at $2.17 with investors swapping 52 units. Caribbean Flavours rose 41 cents to finish at a 52 week high of $1.71 after closing with an exchange of 501 shares, Dolphin Cove lost 8 cents to end at $13.29, with traders dealing in 3,243 stock units, Everything Fresh dipped 9 cents in closing at $2.25 as investors exchanged 172,013 shares. Fontana rallied 24 cents to $9.04 in trading 8,657 stock units, Future Energy popped 12 cents to close at $3.25 with 834,233 stock crossing the market. Honey Bun fell 7 cents to end at $8.30 with investors dealing in 30,991 units. Indies Pharma gained 6 cents in closing at $3.95 with a transfer of 870,449 shares, 
ISP Finance increased 50 cents to finish at $11.50 after an exchange of 3,508 stocks, KLE Group climbed 18 cents and ended at $1.08 with investors trading 5,500 units. Knutsford Express advanced 39 cents to $13.99 after a transfer of 262 stock units, Mailpac Group rose 11 cents to end at $2.70 in trading of 280,523 shares, Main Event gained 26 cents in closing at $11.26 in an exchange of 100 units. Omni Industries slipped 6 cents to close at 80 cents with 199,108 stocks changing hands, Regency Petroleum popped 18 cents and ended at $3.97 in an exchange of 1,531,628 stock units and Tropical Battery increased 12 cents to finish at $2.25 with 418,329 shares clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 11,958,803 shares for $19,923,242, down from 26,500,479 stock units at $41,824,882 on Wednesday.
At the close of a day of reduced trading activities, Access Financial advanced $1 in closing at $16.95 with an exchange of 138 shares, AMG Packaging lost 8 cents to end at $2.40, with 1,016 stocks being traded, Caribbean Assurance rose 9 cents to end at $2.35 with traders dealing in 872 units. Consolidated Bakeries dropped by 16 cents to $1.50, after 76,602 shares crossed the exchange. Derrimon Trading climbed 17 cents and ended at $1.98 in trading 2,102,933 stock units, Dolphin Cove increased $1.07 to finish at $13.37, with 77,329 shares crossing the market. Everything Fresh popped 14 cents to $2.34 with investors swapping 120 units, Fontana fell 20 cents to close at $8.80 after an exchange of 70,583 stocks, Future Energy rallied 8 cents in closing at $3.13 with investors dealing in 84,096 stock units. ISP Finance dipped 49 cents to end at $11 with a transfer of 138 shares, 
Jamaican Teas gained 6 cents and ended at $2.55 as investors exchanged 2,036,177 stock units, Jetcon Corporation sank 10 cents to finish at $1 with 17,311 shares changing hands. Knutsford Express popped $1.30 and ended at $13.60 after a transfer of 736 stock units, Limners and Bards declined 9 cents to $1.16, with 801 shares clearing the market, Main Event shed 28 cents in closing at $11, with investors trading 1,453 stock units. MFS Capital Partners dropped 7 cents to close at 50 cents after an exchange of 81,565 units and Regency Petroleum advanced 17 cents to end at $3.79 after trading of 63,496 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
ONE on ONE Educational led trading with 11.68 million shares for 44.1 percent of total volume, followed by Derrimon Trading, with 3.24 million stocks for 12.2 percent of the day’s trade, RA Williams closed with 2.65 million stock units for 10 percent of the volume traded, Jamaican Teas ended with 2.28 million shares for 8.6 percent of the volume traded, Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 1.35 million stocks for 5.1 percent of the volume traded and Kintyre Holdings with 1.23 million stock units for 4.6 percent of market share.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.7, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Indies Pharma rallied 27 cents in closing at $3.89 as traders exchanged 5,506 stock units. ISP Finance jumped $1.34 to finish at $11.49, with trading 27 shares, Jetcon Corporation gained 10 cents and ended at $1.10 with 100 units crossing the market, Knutsford Express dropped $1.55 to close at $12.30 after investors swapped 2,687 stock units. Limners and Bards rose 8 cents to $1.25 with 15,192 stock units crossing the market, Regency Petroleum shed 21 cents and ended at $3.62 in an exchange of 111,792 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 13 cents in closing at $1.56 with traders dealing in 1,347,185 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 16,713,593 shares at $23,645,893, falling sharply from the 176 million shares of Dolla Financial that pushed up Monday’s trading to 179,754,135 stock units valued at $339,502,708.
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 financial years ending around August 2025.
Jetcon Corporation increased 9 cents to $1 with traders clearing 4,200 stock units, KLE Group sank 17 cents in closing at 92 cents with an exchange of 5,937 stocks, Knutsford Express climbed $1.60 and ended at $13.85 with 750 units crossing the market. Lasco Financial popped 7 cents to finish at $1.69 in trading 2,002,409 stocks, Limners and Bards advanced 8 cents to end at $1.17 as investors exchanged 1,960,480 units, Mailpac Group popped 15 cents to close at $2.55 in switching ownership of 585,124 shares and Regency Petroleum climbed 23 cents to $3.83 with investors trading 63,558 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.