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.