Trading activity pushed the Junior Market Index of the Jamaica Stock Exchange higher on Friday, to close the month minutely lower than the December close. The market closed following trading in 43 securities, down from 45 on Thursday, ending with prices of 19 rising, 15 declining and nine finishing unchanged. The volume of stocks traded declined by 36 percent, with 14 percent lower value than on Thursday.
The market closed with trading of 17,505,463 shares for $34,272,582 after sliding from 27,371,857 units at $39,808,880 on Thursday.
The average trade for the day ends at 407,104 shares at $797,037 in a decline from 608,263 stock units at $884,642 on Thursday. Trading for the month to date, ended with an average of 469,885 stock units at $594,149, which is closely aligned with 473,046 shares at $583,933 on the previous day but much lower than for December with an average of 1,003,109 shares at $2,482,468.
Kintyre Holdings led trading with 3.89 million shares for 22.2 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial ending with 3.25 million stocks for 18.6 percent of the day’s trade, Regency Petroleum closed with 2.54 million stock units for 14.5 percent of the volume traded, Derrimon Trading closed with 1.47 million shares for 8.4 percent of the stocks traded, Jamaican Teas came in with 1.23 million stocks for 7 percent of the overall number of shares traded and ONE on ONE Educational with 1.09 million stock units for 6.3 percent of market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index rose 24.93 points to close at 3,390.30.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ending with the bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.7, 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 rallied 83 cents to finish at $17.99 after closing with at 196 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging skidded6 cents and ended at $2.40 with a transfer of 5,115 stock units, Cargo Handlers rose $1.85 to $18.85 with 536 shares changing hands. Caribbean Assurance Brokers dipped 31 cents to close at $1.75 after an exchange of 12,988 units, Caribbean Cream climbed 13 cents after closing at $1.98 with 629 stocks crossing the market, Caribbean Flavours increased 20 cents to end at $1.67 i in switching ownership of3,500 shares. Derrimon Trading popped 11 cents to $1.78 with 1,466,237 stock units crossing the market, 
Fontana lost 20 cents to end at $8.20 with investors trading 178,831 units, Future Energy advanced 11 cents in closing at $2.64 in an exchange of 59,560 stocks. GWest Corporation gained 14 cents to close at 80 cents with traders dealing in 920 units, Honey Bun slipped 8 cents and ended at $6.33 as investors exchanged 8,428 shares, Indies Pharma popped 6 cents to finish at $2.78 with 12,104 stock units clearing the market. ISP Finance sank 44 cents to $14.20 with investors dealing in just one stock, Lasco Financial increased 10 cents to end at $1.60 in an exchange of 3,171 shares, Lumber Depot climbed 18 cents in closing at $2.74 with investors swapping 8,187 stock units. ONE on ONE Educational rose 6 cents to finish at 99 cents with an exchange of 1,094,682 units, Regency Petroleum rallied 54 cents and ended at $4.20 after the trading of 2,536,692 stocks and Spur Tree Spices shed 8 cents to close at $1.02 after an exchange of 248,691 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 27,371,857 shares for $39,808,880, up from an exchange of 36,522,902 stocks at $65,382,268 on the prior day.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index shed 19.51 points to close the month marginally down at 3,365.37. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Dolphin Cove declined $1.02 to $10.97 with traders dealing in 30,305 stocks, Fontana shed 10 cents to close at $8.40 with 32,745 units crossing the market, Fosrich increased 14 cents and ended at $2.35 with investors trading 9,115 stock units. Future Energy slid 16 cents to finish at $2.53 in an exchange of 79,576 shares, GWest Corporation slipped 12 cents in closing at 66 cents with investors trading 14,388 units, Indies Pharma popped 22 cents to end at $2.72 in an exchange of 6,278 stocks. ISP Finance rallied $2.69 to $14.64 with investors trading in a mere one stock unit, Lasco Financial slipped 10 cents in closing at $1.50 in trading of 17,892 shares, Lumber Depot dipped 10 cents to end at $2.56 as investors exchanged 36,381 stocks and Medical Disposables rose 28 cents and ended at $1.44 in trading 6,638 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 36,522,902 shares for $65,382,268 after increasing from 22,534,059 units at $32,626,163 on Tuesday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.7, 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 fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Fontana advanced 46 cents and ended at $8.50 with investors swapping 111,942 units. Future Energy gained 11 cents to end at $2.69 in an exchange of 143,688 shares, Indies Pharma dipped 20 cents in closing at $2.50 with investors dealing in 173,456 units, ISP Finance fell $3.04 to close at $11.95 after an exchange of 29 stocks. Jamaican Teas popped 23 cents to $2.34, with trading in 3,764,063 stock units, Jetcon Corporation rallied 22 cents to finish at $2.22 after swapping 113,305 shares, JFP shed 7 cents and ended at 49 cents in an exchange of 123,045 stocks. Lasco Financial increased 18 cents in closing at $1.60 with 265,425 units crossing the market, Mailpac Group climbed 36 cents to close at $2.85 with investors trading 1,630,251 stock units, Medical Disposables declined 29 cents to end at $1.16 with 9,956 shares passing through the market. ONE on ONE Educational rose 6 cents to end at 94 cents with an exchange of 203,514 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies gained 15 cents to $1.70 with investors trading 4,450,245 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading closed with an exchange of 22,534,059 shares, with a value of $32,626,163, well above 16,967,095 units at $24,797,815 on Monday.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging popped 39 cents to finish at $2.49 in an exchange of 265 shares, CAC 2000 slipped 30 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of $1.70 with 10 units passing through the market, Cargo Handlers rallied 74 cents to close at $18.84 with trading in 2,254 shares. Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose by 10 cents to end at $2 after trading of 20,705 shares, Caribbean Flavours rose 12 cents in closing at $1.74 after trading of 20,894 stock units, Dolphin Cove rallied $1.04 and ended at $12 in an exchange of 74,106 shares. Express Catering fell 14 cents to $2.35 with investors dealing in 50,712 stocks, Fontana declined 50 cents in closing at $8.04 following the switch of ownership of 68,474 units, Future Energy slipped by 8 cents to $2.58 after an exchange of 141,870 stock units. Honey Bun advanced by 44 cents to finish at $6.42 with investors swapping 14,972 shares, Indies Pharma gained 6 cents to end at $2.70 with 16,295 stocks changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance skidded 67 cents to close at $2.80 with investors trading 500 units.
ISP Finance popped $2.99 to $14.99 with 10 stock units crossing the market, Jamaican Teas lost 9 cents to close at $2.11 after an exchange of 893,991 shares, Knutsford Express advanced 49 cents and ended at $11.54 with 54 stocks crossing the market. Lumber Depot dipped 8 cents to end at $2.70 with investors trading 690,834 units, Main Event rose 35 cents in closing at $7.70 with 1,459 stock units clearing the market, MFS Capital Partners rallied 6 cents to finish at 48 cents with an exchange of 38,824 shares and Regency Petroleum increased 10 cents to $3.70 with a transfer of 377,135 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 16,967,095 shares for $24,797,815, up from 8,133,049 stock units for $9,664,374 on Friday.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dipped by 77 cents to end at $17.63 with 230 shares crossing the exchange, AMG Packaging fell 40 cents to close at $2.10 with investors swapping 776 units, Atlantic Hardware climbed 25 cents to a record close of $2.25 with 3,641,761 shares clearing the market. Blue Power rose 47 cents to close at $4.24 with an exchange of 11,278 stock units, Cargo Handlers advanced 8 cents to finish at $18.10 after swapping 5,128 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 7 cents and ended at $1.90 with investors trading 40,458 units. Caribbean Flavours skidded 13 cents to $1.62 after an exchange of 26,014 shares, Dolphin Cove sank $1.34 to close at $10.96 with a transfer of 134,133 stock units, Fontana rallied 54 cents to end at $8.54 with 203,372 stocks passing through the market. GWest Corporation increased 11 cents in closing at 78 cents in trading 3,186 units, Honey Bun declined 47 cents to finish at $5.98 with 19,969 stocks crossing the exchange, 
Indies Pharma shed 6 cents and ended at $2.64 after trading resulted in an exchange of 239,032 shares. Jetcon Corporation dropped 7 cents to end at $2.03 with market participants switching ownership of 23,047 stock units, JFP gained 13 cents to close at 56 cents with traders dealing in 114,743 shares, Knutsford Express lost 49 cents to end at $11.05 after a transfer of 3,964 stock units. Lasco Financial slipped 17 cents in closing at $1.41 with 134,582 units changing hands, Main Event sank 35 cents and ended at $7.35 with investors dealing in 2,010 stocks, Omni Industries dropped 6 cents to finish at 94 cents after an exchange of 1,125,883 units. Regency Petroleum lost 23 cents to $3.60 with 300,026 stocks crossing the market and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 8 cents to finish at $1.60 in an exchange of 100,000 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 8,133,049 shares for $9,664,374, after shrinking from 11,892,327 stock units woth $16,043,357 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.4, 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 fiscal year ending around August 2026.
ISP Finance climbed 10 cents in closing at $12 with 4,152 stocks crossing the market, JFP dropped 9 cents and ended at 43 cents after trading 32,569 shares, Lasco Financial gained 16 cents to finish at $1.58 in closing with 13,008 stock units. Mailpac Group sank 14 cents and ended at $2.46 with investors exchanging 4,039 units, Medical Disposables popped 27 cents to $1.43 with 10 shares passing through the market, MFS Capital Partners declined 6 cents to finish at 42 cents in an exchange of 388,822 stock units and Paramount Trading sank 9 cents to end at $1.40 with 917 units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
A total of 11,892,327 shares were traded, at a value of $16,043,357, with a slide from 13,885,342 units at $18,694,619 on Wednesday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by earnings per share. The ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Iron Rock Insurance popped 8 cents in closing at $3.47 with traders dealing in 2,553 units. ISP Finance gained 42 cents to finish at $11.90 after trading of 126 shares, Jetcon Corporation rose 9 cents and ended at $2.05 with 27,859 shares passing through the market, Knutsford Express advanced $1.57 to end at $11.57 in an exchange of 200 stock units. Lasco Financial sank 18 cents in closing at $1.42 with 106,007 stock units crossing the market, Lumber Depot rose 6 cents to $2.76 after trading in 167,225 shares, Mailpac Group dipped 22 cents to close at $2.60 with 3,550 units clearing the market. Main Event climbed 38 cents to finish at $7.68 after an exchange of 11,550 stocks, Medical Disposables increased 6 cents and ended at $1.16 with a mere 58 stock units changing hands and Regency Petroleum popped 8 cents to end at $3.83 with an exchange of 18,147 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated. unit
Trading accounted for 13,885,342 shares worth $18,694,619, a solid increase from 5,811,112 units at $8,232,056 on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index rose 9.68 points to 3,304.81.
Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 30 cents and closed at $1.77 as investors traded 3,159 shares, Derrimon Trading sank 8 cents to end at $1.57 with 1,498,609 stock units clearing the market, Dolphin Cove dropped 15 cents in closing at $12.28 after exchanging 1,857 shares. Knutsford Express popped 47 cents to $10 with 4,860 units crossing the market, Lasco Financial increased 10 cents in closing at $1.60 after trading of 47,000 stocks, Mailpac Group advanced 31 cents and ended at $2.82 with 1,553,279 stock units crossing the market. Main Event shed 39 cents to end at $7.30 after a transfer of 6,073 shares and ONE on ONE Educational sank 9 cents to finish at 89 cents with 26,666 stocks changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 15,336,531 shares for $10,873,321 after moving from 10,630,002 units at $16,050,365 on Friday.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging popped 33 cents to close at $2.69 with investors trading 3,253 shares, Atlantic Hardware fell 9 cents to $1.88 after an exchange of 1,400,006 stocks, Blue Power shed 49 cents and ended at $3.80 with traders dealing in 8,317 units. Consolidated Bakeries lost 15 cents in closing at $1.40 with 32,718 shares passing through the market, Derrimon Trading slipped 10 cents to finish at $1.55 with investors swapping 42,605 stock units, Dolphin Cove sank 24 cents to end at $12.20 with 1,696 shares clearing the market. Elite Diagnostic dipped 15 cents to $1.41 with a transfer of 47,623 stocks, Fosrich increased 13 cents and ended at $2.35 following trading of 10,555 units, Honey Bun climbed 71 cents to close at $6.60 with an exchange of 21,954 stock units. Jamaican Teas clawed back 28 cents of its recent loss, to end at $2.18 with 31,844 shares crossing the market, Jetcon Corporation sank 33 cents in closing at $1.98 in trading 166,647 stocks, 
KLE Group rallied 11 cents to finish at $1 with 19 units crossing the exchange. Knutsford Express skidded 8 cents and ended at $11.50 with investors trading 4,546 stock units, Limners and Bards declined 7 cents to 98 cents in an exchange of 111,670 shares, Lumber Depot advanced 6 cents to end at $2.69 with investors dealing in 38,112 stock units. Mailpac Group dropped 39 cents in closing at $2.50 with dealers switching ownership of 75,567 units, Omni Industries gained 13 cents to finish at 98 cents as investors exchanged 512,700 stocks, ONE on ONE Educational sank 6 cents to close at 90 cents after a transfer of 470,343 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies popped 10 cents to $1.60 with 86,779 stocks crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading ended with an exchange of 10,630,002 shares, valued at $16,050,365, sliding sharply from 30,768,377 units at $59,694,483 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.6, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by earnings per share.
Indies Pharma climbed 9 cents to $2.74 in an exchange of 82,708 units, Jamaican Teas slipped 36 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of $1.90 with 2,561,887 units crossing the market, Jetcon Corporation sank 7 cents in closing at $2.31 after an exchange of 29,342 stock units. KLE Group gained 9 cents and ended at 89 cents after the transfer of 1,100 shares, Knutsford Express rose $1.03 to end at $11.58 with 1,179 stocks clearing the market, Lasco Financial gained 9 cents to finish at $1.60 with traders dealing in 1,389 stocks. Lumber Depot popped 8 cents and ended at $2.63 with 90,248 units crossing the market, Medical Disposables fell 6 cents to $1.10 in an exchange of 419 shares, Omni Industries sank 21 cents to close at 85 cents with investors trading 345,929 stock units and ONE on ONE Educational climbed 10 cents to finish at 96 cents with an exchange of 13,481 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated. unit