Trading activity on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with a 15 percent decline in trading volume and value on Thursday compared to Wednesday. A total of 42 securities were traded, down from 45 previously. Trading ended with 15 stocks rising, 18 falling and nine closing unchanged, following the announcement that Woodcats International’s IPO was oversubscribed and closed, which is set to increase the Junior Market listings to 48 within weeks.
Trading ended with an exchange of 8,460,508 shares with the value amounting to $12,542,960, down from 10,006,290 stock units worth $14,834,366 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 201,441 shares at $298,642, after decreasing from 222,362 stock units at $329,653 on Wednesday, with the month to date, averaging 223,806 units at $302,053, which is in alignment with 226,394 stocks at $302,447 on the previous day and below January, which averaged 469,885 shares at $594,149.
Kintyre Holdings led trading with 1.95 million shares for 23 percent of total volume, followed by Future Energy with 1.62 million units for 19.2 percent of the day’s trade and RA Williams with 998,120 stocks for 11.8 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index rose a mere 3.52 points to 3,285.14. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six 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 13.2, 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.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging sank 17 cents to close at $1.93 with 34,765 shares crossing the market, Cargo Handlers rose 8 cents to $18.88 with 152 stocks being traded, Caribbean Cream lost 29 cents and ended at a 52 weeks low of $1.56 with a mere 1,000 shares crossing the exchange. Caribbean Flavours fell 17 cents to $1.55 with 85,606 stock units changing hands, Fontana skidded 35 cents in closing at $7.60 in an exchange of 93,349 units, Future Energy rose 37 cents to end at $2.96 with 1,623,870 stocks passing through the market. Honey Bun fell 26 cents to $6.10 after an exchange of a mere 1,356 units, Jamaican Teas rose 10 cents to end at $2.28 in trading only 1,332 shares, Jetcon Corporation shed 8 cents in closing at $2.17 after investors swapped 20,742 stock units. KLE Group declined 12 cents to finish at 91 cents following trading of 9,594 shares, 
Knutsford Express slipped 39 cents and ended at $10.60 with a transfer of 865 stocks, Limners and Bards dropped 10 cents to close at 93 cents as investors exchanged 7,501 units. Lumber Depot dipped 10 cents to $2.40 with traders switching ownership of 92,284 stock units, Mailpac Group lost 15 cents to close at $2.55 with investors swapping 32,647 shares, Main Event slipped 60 cents to $5.90 after an exchange of 1,000 stocks. Omni Industries popped 7 cents in closing at $1.03 with 599,171 units crossing the market, Paramount Trading gained 25 cents to finish at $1.27 after an exchange of 648,840 stock units and Regency Petroleum dipped 9 cents to end at $3.90 with traders dealing in 99,488 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.