Trading activity closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Wednesday, with a mild slippage in the volume of stocks traded, with 38 percent lower value than on Tuesday resulting from trading in 46 securities up from 44 on Tuesday and ending with prices of 20 rising, 17 declining and nine closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 8,063,040 shares for $14,011,886 compared with 8,243,054 units at $22,444,796 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 175,283 shares at $304,606 down from an average of 187,342 stock units at $510,109 on Tuesday with the month to date, averaging 171,354 stocks at $386,922 compared to 170,980 shares at $394,761 on the previous day and September with an average of 419,421 units at $774,292.
JFP Ltd led trading with 3.17 million shares for 39.4 percent of total volume followed by One Great Studio with 1.30 million units for 16.1 percent of the day’s trade and EduFocal with 956,757 stock units for 11.9 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index fell 22.73 points to 3,728.39. Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows just one stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling price and six with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.1, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
At the close of trading, Access Financial fell $1.01 to close at $20.68 with 236 shares crossing the market, Blue Power dropped 10 cents to $3.89 in switching ownership of 4,393 stocks, CAC 2000 rallied 33 cents and ended at $2.41 after closing with just 7 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove lost $1.60 in closing at $19.85 with 19,918 stock units clearing the market, Everything Fresh increased 17 cents to finish at $2.39 after an exchange of 72,081 shares, Express Catering popped 8 cents to end at $3.43 market after 105,718 stocks passed through the.
Image Plus dipped 9 cents in closing at $1.53 in an exchange of 55,187 units, Jetcon Corporation advanced 12 cents to $1.17 with traders dealing in 200 stock units, Knutsford Express sank 82 cents to finish at $11.62 in an exchange of 401,283 shares. Main Event slipped 25 cents and ended at $11.34 with investors swapping 50 units, MFS Capital Partners rose 9 cents to close at 81 cents after 112,262 stocks crossed the exchange and tTech climbed 34 cents to end at $2.10 with investors trading 237 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 8,243,054 shares for $22,444,796 compared with 4,540,755 units at $8,078,268 on Monday.
Elite Diagnostic dipped 9 cents in closing at $2.40 with 2,804 shares changing hands, Future Energy sank 10 cents to close at $3.50 with investors dealing in 139,537 units. Iron Rock Insurance rose 60 cents to $4 with 115,874 stocks crossing the exchange, Main Event rallied 29 cents to end at $11.59 with investors swapping 2 stock units, Medical Disposables increased 19 cents in closing at $2.39 after 363 shares passed through the market. MFS Capital Partners declined 12 cents and ended at 72 cents with 13,810 stock units changing hands and Regency Petroleum climbed 7 cents to close at $2.82 with investors trading 50,002 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 4,540,755 shares valued $8,078,268, up from 2,465,676 units at $4,887,449 on Friday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 11.7, based on the last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Jamaican Teas advanced 7 cents to close at $2.31 with a mere 10 units clearing the market, Knutsford Express dropped 11 cents to finish at $12.44 in an exchange of 5,963 stocks. Limners and Bards rose 25 cents to $1.50 with investors trading 37,990 shares, Lumber Depot fell 15 cents to end at $2.75 in an exchange of 264,220 stock units, Main Event climbed 30 cents in closing at $11.30 with investors dealing in 340 units. Medical Disposables dipped 23 cents to close at $2.20 after the trading of 2,097 stocks, MFS Capital Partners increased 14 cents to finish at 84 cents with 144,073 units crossing the exchange, Regency Petroleum sank 7 cents and ended at $2.75 with a transfer of 73,909 stocks and Tropical Battery slipped 14 cents to $2.46 after an exchange of 8,560 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed on Tuesday with trading of 9,854,162 stock units for $24,889,108 compared to 4,251,907 shares at $5,779,055 on Monday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.4, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Honey Bun fell 30 cents to $8.25 in trading 9,696 units, Indies Pharma skidded 30 cents to close at $2.30, with 158,642 stock units crossing the exchange, following the lifting of the suspension of trading, Iron Rock Insurance increased 12 cents to finish at $2.30 with traders dealing in just one stock with the company posting big gains in profit for the 2023 fiscal year and the first quarter to March. ISP Finance lost $5 and ended at $20, with 2,000 stocks clearing the market, JFP Ltd declined 10 cents in closing at $1.04 with an exchange of 2,402,260 units, Limners and Bards dipped 9 cents to end at $1.50 after investors ended trading 5,000 stock units. Main Event fell 20 cents in closing at $12.50 with a transfer of 30,021 shares and Regency Petroleum dropped 14 cents to $2.26, with 24,424 stocks changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed on Monday with the trading of 4,251,907 shares for $5,779,055 down from 106,310,225 units at $249,915,230 on Friday.
At the close, Blue Power fell 27 cents and ended at $4.11 after the trading of 2,288 shares, Cargo Handlers rallied 55 cents to close at $12.40 after an exchange of 2,600 stock units, Caribbean Cream increased 9 to end at $3.44 with investors dealing in 312 stocks, Dolla Financial climbed 8 cents in closing at $2.88 with a transfer of 957,337 units, Dolphin Cove declined 18 cents to finish at $23 as investors exchanged 4,741 shares, Elite Diagnostic rose 6 cents to close at $1.54 after a transfer of 2,782 units. Express Catering advanced 19 cents to $3.89, with just 2 stock units changing hands, Fontana sank 43 cents and ended at $8.05 in trading 12,095 stock units, Future Energy popped 8 cents in closing at $3.29 with 150,050 shares clearing the market. Honey Bun slipped 5 cents to finish at $8.55 with an exchange of 1,486 units, iCreate sank 5 cents to end at 50 cents, with 54,113 stocks crossing the market, Indies Pharma gained 14 cents to close at $2.60 with investors trading 1,771 stock units. Jamaican Teas shed 18 cents to end at $2.12 in an exchange of 11,081 shares,
JFP Ltd popped 13 cents to end at $1.14 with traders dealing in 256,593 stock units, KLE Group climbed 21 cents in closing at $2.23 with an exchange of 4,149 units. Knutsford Express increased 15 cents to finish at $10.90 with investors swapping 616 stocks, Mailpac Group rallied 8 cents and ended at $2.16 in switching ownership of 4,342 shares, Main Event rose 70 cents to close at $12.70, with an exchange of 37 stock units. Omni Industries lost 6 cents to close at $1.04 with investors trading 25,956 stocks, Regency Petroleum gained 8 cents and ended at $2.40 after 40,602 units passed through the market, Spur Tree Spices advanced 23 cents to end at $2.15 after an exchange of 23,366 shares and tTech popped 24 cents in closing at $2.94, with just 2 stock units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 5,990,982 shares for $9,247,492 compared with 5,601,327 stock units at $9,640,939 on Tuesday.
At the close, Access Financial climbed $3.45 to finish at $21.96 in an exchange of 4,754 stocks, Blue Power popped 8 cents to $4.38 after the trading of 2,000 units, Cargo Handlers sank $2.30 to close at $11.70 after a transfer of a mere 110 shares. Caribbean Assurance Brokers rallied 19 cents and ended at $3.74 with investors dealing in 1,220 stock units, Caribbean Cream increased 25 cents in closing at $3.75 with 2,440 shares clearing the market, Derrimon Trading advanced 25 cents to end at $2.05 in switching ownership of 700 stocks. Dolla Financial rose 9 cents in closing at $2.60 after 731,534 units passed through the market, Elite Diagnostic slipped 5 cents to $1.55 in trading 600 stock units, iCreate fell 6 cents to close at 50 cents after 267,786 shares crossed the market. Indies Pharma dipped 12 cents to finish at $2.50 with traders dealing in 23,487 stock units, ISP Finance sank $2.29 and ended at $25 after an exchange of 10 units, Jamaican Teas gained 12 cents to end at $2.32 with investors trading 6,594 stocks. JFP Ltd rose 13 cents in closing at $1.18 with an exchange of 69,078 shares, 
Knutsford Express skidded 10 cents to $10.90 and closed after an exchange of 3,647 stocks, Lumber Depot lost 5 cents to finish at $2.75, with 15,051 stock units crossing the exchange. Main Event rallied 50 cents and ended at $12.50 with investors swapping 2,296 stock units, Medical Disposables declined 61 cents to end at $1.90 with a transfer of 32 shares, Regency Petroleum shed 18 cents to close at $2.41, with 4,932 stock units crossing the market. Spur Tree Spices shed 7 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.90 with investors trading 494,277 stock units, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 5 cents in closing at $1.65, with 1,072,600 units changing hands and tTech skidded 58 cents to close at $2.62 after an exchange of 1,017 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading averaged 143,624 shares at $247,204 compared with 120,435 units at $218,644 on Monday with the month to date, averaging 304,747 units at $554,463 compared to 320,942 stock units at $585,348 on the previous day and June with an average of 318,732 units at $696,979.
Express Catering sank 6 cents to $4.04 with investors dealing in 491 stocks, Fontana increased 45 cents to close at $8.49 after an exchange of 25,133 units, Future Energy skidded 7 cents to end at $3.22 with investors trading 52,559 stocks. KLE Group lost 25 cents in closing at $2 after 15,000 shares crossed the market, Limners and Bards popped 33 cents to finish at $1.89 with a transfer of 14,560 units, Lumber Depot gained 5 cents and ended at $2.80 after an exchange of 1,000 stock units. Mailpac Group dipped 14 cents to $2.04 and closed after 224,125 shares changed hands and Main Event fell 50 cents and ended at $12 with traders dealing in 7,773 units of its shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 39 securities down from 40 on Wednesday and ended with prices of 15 rising, 20 declining and four closing unchanged and ended with the Junior Market Index popping 35.57 points to to end trading at 3,756.83, thus recovering 40 percent of yesterday’s loss of 87.25 points.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.7, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Honey Bun fell 26 cents to $8.63 in trading 7,290 stocks, ISP Finance climbed $6.30 in closing at $27.30 after an exchange of just 2 units, Jamaican Teas dropped 25 cents to $2.15 in trading 3,010,199 stocks. Knutsford Express shed 10 cents and ended at $10.90, with 6,685 units changing hands, Mailpac Group declined 10 cents to end at $2.06 with traders dealing in 462,596 shares, Main Event lost 29 cents to close at $12.50 in an exchange of 10 stock units. MFS Capital Partners increased 12 cents to 98 cents after trading 50 shares, Omni Industries slipped 8 cents to close at $1.05 with a transfer of 109,639 stocks, Paramount Trading rallied 9 cents and ended at $1.08 with investors swapping 17,203 units. Regency Petroleum sank 21 cents to finish at $2.31 with 49,600 stock units crossing the market and tTech rose 25 cents to end at $2.30 with investors trading 52,014,452 shares, representing 49 percent of the issued shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with the trading of 2,388,003 shares for $5,605,364 down from 12,610,753 units at $11,308,047 on Friday.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index declined 15.95 points to culminate at 3,779.84.
Fontana sank 25 cents to end at $8, with 78,641 stock units crossing the market. Fosrich dipped 7 cents in closing at $2.25 as investors traded 70,472 stocks, Indies Pharma rallied 10 cents to $2.80 in the trading of 244,721 stock units, Jetcon Corporation rose 9 cents and ended at 94 cents with an exchange of 11 stocks. KLE Group advanced 14 cents to finish at $2.25 as only 85 units passed through the market, Knutsford Express fell 20 cents to close at $11.26 with traders dealing in 1,179 shares, Main Event increased 10 cents to end at $11.12 after an exchange of 3,121 stock units and Spur Tree Spices lost 13 cents in closing at $2.16 with a transfer of 11,646 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Investors ended trading 12,610,753 shares for $11,308,047, compared to 3,565,444 stock units at $5,961,750 on Thursday.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index shed 19.10 points to conclude trading at 3,795.79.
Fontana popped 25 cents to end at $8.25 with an exchange of 78,738 stocks, Future Energy increased 11 cents in closing at $3.50 in trading 60,932 units, iCreate dropped 7 cents to close at 55 cents in an exchange of 630,506 shares. Knutsford Express climbed 26 cents to $11.46, with 1,208 stocks changing hands, Lasco Financial lost 14 cents to finish at $1.71 with 1,547,839 stock units crossing the exchange, Limners and Bards declined 38 cents and ended at $1.51 in switching ownership of 19,130 shares. Main Event fell $1.48 in closing at $11.02 as investors exchanged 16,775 stock units and Spur Tree Spices rallied 12 cents to end at $2.29 and closed with an exchange of 457,339 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.