Dolla Financial was the dominant trade on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, following a just over 15 million of its shares changing hands at a value of $43.4 million, capturing 86 percent of the value of stock traded. Trading closed with a 37 percent increase in volume of stocks traded, with a 332 percent jump in value over Wednesday, following trading of 43 securities, compared with 45 on Wednesday and ending, with prices of 18 rising, 13 declining and 12 closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 30,983,056 shares at $50,392,893, after an increase from 22,552,332 stock units valued at $11,669,747 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 720,536 shares for $1,171,928, up sharply from 501,163 stock units at $259,328 on Wednesday. Trading for the month to date, averages 1,739,007 units at $1,839,451 close to 1,795,443 stocks $1,876,440 on the previous day and much higher than May, with an average of 644,187 shares at $540,889.
Dolla Financial led trading with 15.32 million shares for 49.4 percent of total volume, followed by Kintyre Holdings with 11.87 million units for 38.3 percent of the day’s trade and EduFocal with 731,230 stock units for 2.4 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index gained just 8.89 points to end at 3,024.77. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two 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 12.2. ICInsider.com compiles PE ratios, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share for companies with fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, Access Financial dropped 73 cents to finish at $16.97 with investors trading 422 shares, Atlantic Hardware shed 8 cents to finish at $1.60 after switching ownership of 51,340 stock units, Blue Power climbed 30 cents to $3.72 with 808 shares crossing the exchange. Caribbean Cream lost 7 cents in closing at a 52 weeks low of 88 cents after a transfer of 3,505 stocks, Caribbean Flavours skidded 6 cents and ended at $1.16 with 3,963 units crossing the market, Dolla Financial rose 21 cents to close at $3.01 with an exchange of 15,320,713 shares. Dolphin Cove gained 11 cents to end at $10.01 with 1,649 stock units crossing the market, Everything Fresh popped 6 cents to finish at $2.16 after an exchange of 1,290 stocks, Express Catering advanced 13 cents and ended at $2.31 with a transfer of 283,070 units. Fontana rallied 47 cents to end at $6.83 with 18,813 stocks clearing the market,
Honey Bun fell 10 cents in closing at $5.80 with investors swapping 3,755 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance increased 31 cents to close at $2.69 with 10,000 shares changing hands. Jamaican Teas declined 10 cents to $2.15 with investors trading 2,192 stock units, KLE Group climbed 11 cents to 82 cents after investors ended up swapping 10,000 shares, Knutsford Express rose 5 cents to $7.80 with 2,950 units passing through the market and Medical Disposables slipped 10 cents to close at 90 cents in an exchange of 2,595 stocks.
Closing prices of stocks are those of the last transaction unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 18,569,665 shares at $10,390,828, compared with 11,656,263 units at $11,088,799 on Monday.
At the close of the market, Access Financial rallied 75 cents to $17.75 with an exchange of 19,051 shares, Blue Power rose 20 cents to finish at $3.57 with 2,295 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers shed 15 cents to close at $19.50 after a transfer of 110 shares. Caribbean Flavours gained 11 cents to end at $1.15 in trading 7,657 stock units, Dolla Financial rose by 5 cents to $2.93 with 379,760 stocks crossing the exchange, Express Catering increased 13 cents to close at $2.15 with investors swapping 165,638 shares. Fosrich lost 5 cents in closing at $1.60 with a transfer of 79,569 units, GWest Corporation climbed 5 cents to finish at 55 cents following trading of 1,701 stocks, Image Plus dipped 13 cents and finished at 60 cents after an exchange of 58,458 stock units. Indies Pharma advanced 8 cents to end at $2.78 with investors trading 12,478 shares, Jetcon Corporation rose 34 cents in closing at $2.75 with 47,502 units crossing the market, JFP rallied 5 cents to close at 34 cents after an exchange of 105,061 stocks. Kintyre Holdings popped 5 cents to 21 cents with investors dealing in 13,114,984 stock units,
KLE Group fell 13 cents in closing at 71 cents in switching ownership of 22,783 shares, Knutsford Express skidded 5 cents and ended at $7.75 with 494 units clearing the market. Lasco Financial gained 33 cents to finish at $2.14 with investors trading 51,610 stocks, Limners and Bards climbed 12 cents to end at $1.12 in an exchange of 20 stock units, Mailpac Group increased 34 cents to close at $2.50 with 21,909 shares passing through the market. Main Event advanced 60 cents to $5.53 as investors exchanged 431 stocks and Regency Petroleum popped 8 cents to end at $4.39 after a transfer of 101,421 units.
6,263 shares worth $11,088,799, after sliding from 13,183,970 units for $19,399,701 on Friday.
At the close of trading, Blue Power dropped 62 cents to $3.37 after a transfer of 111,155 shares, Cargo Handlers lost 15 cents to close at $19.65 with trading of 86 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 10 cents to $1.40 following the switching ownership of 1,699 units. Caribbean Cream dropped 23 cents to finish at $1.27 with investors trading 262 shares, after the price hit an intraday 25 weeks low of $1.10. Caribbean Flavours declined 6 cents to finish at $1.04 after dealers exchanged 21,678 stock units, Dolphin Cove declined by 20 cents to $9.90 with a transfer of 3,538 shares. Fosrich advanced 9 cents to $1.65 with 136,264 stocks changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance fell 18 cents to a 52 weeks low of $2.20 following trading of 2,916 units, Jamaican Teas rose 11 cents to end at $2.22 with 704 stock units crossing the market. Jetcon Corporation dipped 21 cents to $2.41 with an exchange of 43,003 shares,
Knutsford Express skidded 68 cents to close at $7.80 with 14 stocks crossing the market, Lasco Financial fell 34 cents to $1.81 as investors exchanged 41,475 units. Limners and Bards skidded 6 cents and ended at $1 with 129,395 stock units passing through the market, Mailpac Group lost 24 cents to $2.16 with investors dealing in 150,830 shares, Main Event declined 62 cents to close at $4.93 after an exchange of 6,076 stock units. Medical Disposables shed 10 cents to finish at 90 cents, with investors swapping 112,761 units and ONE on ONE Educational rallied 12 cents in closing at 80 cents in an exchange of 94,890 stocks.
The market closed with trading of 13,183,970 shares for $19,399,701, with a decline in the volume from 24,702,731 units at $8,886,507 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.1.
Indies Pharma climbed 5 cents to end at $2.70 after a transfer of 1,741 shares, Jamaican Teas lost 12 cents in closing at $2.11 with investors swapping 871 stocks, KLE Group advanced 13 cents to 84 cents with an exchange of a mere one unit. Knutsford Express climbed by $1.98 and ended at $8.48after a transfer of 4,068 stock units, Limners and Bards skidded 7 cents to $1.06 with investors trading 18,791 shares, Omni Industries slipped 9 cents to finish at 85 cents in an exchange of 221,801 stock units and Woodcats International dropped 5 cents to close at 60 cents following trading of 1,599,416 stocks.
The market closed with trading in 22,594,459 shares at $16,078,243, well off from 28,777,773 units at $24,506,811 on Monday.
At the close, AMG Packaging rallied 12 cents in closing at $1.93 in trading 3,885 shares, Atlantic Hardware rose by 5 cents to close at $1.55 after an exchange of 3,887 units, Blue Power declined 5 cents to end at $3.80 with trading of 569 shares. Caribbean Assurance Brokers rallied 10 cents to end at $1.40, with trading of 1,000 stock units, Caribbean Cream popped 25 cents to close at $1.50 after a transfer of 59 stocks, Dolla Financial shed 7 cents to finish at $2.40 as investors exchanged 956,625 units. Everything Fresh dropped 6 cents and ended at $2.10 after 11,000 shares changed hands, Fontana climbed 10 cents to $6.70 in an exchange of 19,054 stock units, Fosrich lost 10 cents to finish at $1.50 with investors swapping 5,108,545 stocks. Honey Bun increased 11 cents in closing at $5.88 with a transfer of 23,843 shares, Image Plus slipped 6 cents to end at 73 cents after trading of 144,430 stock units, Indies Pharma advanced 10 cents to close at $2.70, after 4,430 units passed through the market. JFP fell 5 cents to 25 cents in switching ownership of 90,267 stocks,
Knutsford Express dipped $1.20 to finish at a 52 weeks low of $6, with 1,160 shares clearing the market, Lasco Financial skidded 20 cents and ended at $1.80 after an exchange of 58,693 stocks. Limners and Bards popped 15 cents to end at $1.15 with investors dealing in 24,484 units, Mailpac Group increased 15 cents in closing at $2.45, with 52,747 stock units crossing the market, Main Event climbed 64 cents to close at $5.84 with an exchange of 3,649 shares and Medical Disposables rose 5 cents to $1 with 158,000 stock units crossing the market.
The market closed with trading of 28,777,773 shares for $24,506,811, after nosediving from 291,347,712 units at $52,382,016 on Friday, a day when Kintyre Holdings led trading with 281.30 million shares.
At the close of trading, Atlantic Hardware fell 18 cents in closing at $1.50 with 784,146 shares crossing the market, Blue Power slipped 13 cents to end at $3.85 in switching ownership of 2,569 stocks, Cargo Handlers rallied 27 cents to close at $15.30 with just 321 shares changing hands. Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 10 cents to $1.30 with an exchange of 4,654 stock units, Caribbean Cream dropped 25 cents to $1.25 with an exchange of 3,403 units, Caribbean Flavours lost 13 cents to close at $1 following trading of 1,238,643 shares. Dolphin Cove dipped 24 cents to $10.01 after a transfer of 14,612 units, Everything Fresh popped 6 cents to finish at $2.16 after a transfer of 5,000 stocks, Express Catering declined by 6 cents to $1.70 in an exchange of 18,391 stock units. Fontana advanced 10 cents to end at $6.60 with investors dealing in 13,496 shares, Fosrich declined 6 cents to $1.60 after an exchange of 3,246,564 stocks, Honey Bun shed 8 cents to settle at $5.77 with 2,051 units clearing the market. Indies Pharma skidded 10 cents to $2.60 with a transfer of 19,653 stock units, ISP Finance sank $1.76 and ended at $9.99 with only one share crossing the market, Jamaican Teas slipped 7 cents to finish at $2.17 following trading of 89,202 stocks.
Jetcon Corporation declined 10 cents to close at $2.50 with 2,084,235 units crossing the exchange, Knutsford Express skidded 10 cents in closing at $8 with investors trading 469 stock units, Mailpac Group fell 15 cents to $2.30, with 17,448 shares passing through the market. Main Event dropped 80 cents in closing at $5.20 after an exchange of 8,400 stock units, Paramount Trading shed 12 cents to close at 93 cents with investors trading 65,085 shares, Regency Petroleum declined 19 cents to end at $4.31 in an exchange of 265,862 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 7 cents and ended at $1.53 as investors exchanged 2,701,657 shares.
Trading closed with 291,347,712 shares changing hands, with a value of $52,382,016, down from 515,750,593 stock units worth $985,064,559 on Thursday.
At the close of trading, Access Financial skidded 10 cents and ended at $17 in an exchange of just 3 shares, AMG Packaging lost 21 cents to end at $1.79, with 11,080 units changing hands, Atlantic Hardware climbed 8 cents to finish at $1.68 after a transfer of 1,061,231 shares. Blue Power increased 48 cents to close at $3.98 after trading 1,505 stocks, CAC 2000 slipped 26 cents to end at a 52 weeks low of $1.37, with 100 stock units clearing the market, Cargo Handlers sank 97 cents in closing at $15.03 with investors dealing in 324 shares. Caribbean Cream popped 17 cents to $1.50 after it closed with an exchange of 199 stocks, Caribbean Flavours declined 5 cents to close at $1.13 with investors swapping 44,368 units, Dolphin Cove rallied 24 cents to finish at $10.25 in switching ownership of 1,413 stock units. Elite Diagnostic shed 6 cents and ended at $1.05 with investors trading 16,385 shares, Fontana fell 10 cents to end at $6.50 after an exchange of 13,298 stocks, Fosrich sank 11 cents in closing at $1.66 with investors trading 40,523 units. Future Energy rose 10 cents to $3.45 with an exchange of 31,804 stock units, Indies Pharma advanced 30 cents to end at $2.70, with 24,136 shares crossing the market,
Jamaican Teas gained 14 cents in closing at $2.24 with a transfer of 1,604 units. Jetcon Corporation dipped 14 cents to finish at $2.60, with 26,911 stocks crossing the exchange, Lasco Financial popped 18 cents and ended at $1.98 in trading 1,246,056 stock units, Medical Disposables dropped 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of 95 cents after an exchange of 8,474 shares. MFS Capital Partners gained 9 cents, while ending at 54 cents with 11,531 stock units crossing the market and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 6 cents to close at $1.60 in an exchange of 35,835 stocks.
At the close of the day’s trading, AMG Packaging rose 40 cents to $2 with an exchange of 4,902,924 shares, Atlantic Hardware lost 9 cents to end at $1.60 with 748,304 stock units clearing the market, Blue Power dipped 62 cents to $3.50 in an exchange of 19,170 shares. Cargo Handlers climbed by 20 cents to $16 with investors trading 33 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 13 cents to finish at $1.39 after an exchange of 50 stocks, Caribbean Cream fell 22 cents and ended at $1.33 in trading 2,344 shares. Dolla Financial gained 21 cents to $2.48 with 487,675,188 stocks crossing the exchange, Dolphin Cove skidded 29 cents to finish at $10.01 after trading of 41,531 units, Elite Diagnostic sank 16 cents and ended at $1.11 with a transfer of 5,625 stock units. Fosrich increased 9 cents to end at $1.77 with investors dealing in 367,234 shares, Future Energy slipped 14 cents to $3.35 with 166,342 units passing through the market, Honey Bun rallied 14 cents to close at $5.84 after a transfer of 5,748 stocks.
Image Plus advanced 8 cents to 79 cents with the trading of 2,521 stock units, Indies Pharma sank 30 cents to finish at $2.40 with 121,645 shares crossing the market, Jamaican Teas dropped 5 cents and ended at $2.10 with investors exchanging 395,152 stock units. Jetcon Corporation rose 12 cents to $2.74 with 388,599 units crossing the market, JFP rallied 5 cents in closing at 32 cents in an exchange of 14,312 stock units, Knutsford Express shed 80 cents to close at $8.10 with 2,766 shares changing hands. Limners and Bards declined 12 cents to $1.01 after an exchange of 1,620,137 stocks, Mailpac Group fell 5 cents to $2.45 after a transfer of 663 units, Main Event dipped 58 cents to $6 as investors exchanged 1,660 stock units. Medical Disposables increased 5 cents to $1after trading at an intraday 52 weeks low of 96 cents in switching ownership of 3,787 shares, Regency Petroleum popped 25 cents to finish at $4.50 as investors exchanged 92,977 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 9 cents and ended at $1.54 in trading 78,587 units.
The market closed with trading of 26,710,021 shares for $39,023,256, compared with 28,340,692 units at $21,298,462 on Tuesday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.2. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios, by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
ISP Finance shed 25 cents and ended at $11.75 after an exchange of 768 units, Jamaican Teas sank 12 cents to $2.15, following trading of 4,385,724 stock units. Limners and Bards rose by 13 cents in closing at $1.13 with 4,529,379 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables dropped 17 cents to finish at 95 cents with an exchange of 37,868 units, Regency Petroleum lost 39 cents to end at $4.25 with 90,095 stocks clearing the market and Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 6 cents in closing at $1.63 in an exchange of 1,469 stock units.
The market closed with trading of 28,340,692 shares for $21,298,462, after jumping from 16,992,748 units at $10,343,912 on Monday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.3.
GWest Corporation sank 6 cents to finish at 59 cents with investors trading 176 shares, Image Plus slipped 8 cents to 71 cents in an exchange of 144,770 stock units, Indies Pharma dipped 19 cents to end at $2.65 with investors swapping 56,146 stocks. ISP Finance popped $2 to $12 after an exchange of 24 stocks, Main Event sank 6 cents to $6.58 in trading 100 shares, Omni Industries slipped 6 cents to close at 85 cents with 65,804 units crossing the market. Paramount Trading rallied 6 cents and ended at $1.06 in an exchange of 465 stocks, Regency Petroleum increased 28 cents to $4.64 with 33,174 stock units changing hands and Stationery and Office Supplies sank 6 cents to finish at $1.57 with a transfer of 1,040,131 shares.