Trading activity jumped on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Thursday, with a 15 percent dip in the volume of stocks traded, as the value of stock trading jumped a solid 45 percent over Wednesday following trading in 41 securities compared with 45 on Wednesday and ending with prices of 16 rising, 16 declining and nine closing firm.
The market closed with trading of 10,894,433 shares for $29,287,443 compared with 12,854,245 units at $20,150,400 at close Wednesday. Trading averaged 265,718 shares at $714,328 in contrast to 285,650 stocks at $447,787 on Wednesday with the month to date, averaging 354,075 stock units for $906,189 compared to 359,927 stock units at $918,898 on the previous day and October averaging 196,034 shares at $399,810.
Mailpac Group led trading with 5.19 million shares for 47.6 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 2.84 million units for 26.1 percent of the day’s trade and Jamaican Teas with 938,864 stock units for 8.6 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index popped 21.74 points to settle at 3,673.37. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.9 based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
At the close, Access Financial popped 38 cents to finish at $19.98 with just 24 stocks switching owners, AMG Packaging gained 8 cents and ended at $3.08 with 539 units crossing the market, Blue Power rose 44 cents to $4.39 with investors dealing in 1,474 shares. Caribbean Assurance Brokers sank 30 cents to $2.93 with a mere 5 stock units clearing the market, Caribbean Flavours shed 10 cents to end at $1.30 with investors trading 2,001 shares, Dolphin Cove rallied 18 cents to close at $19.74 after an exchange of 15,672 stock units. Elite Diagnostic increased 19 cents to $2 after closing with 3,700 stocks changing hands, Express Catering sank 16 cents to $3.04 in an exchange of 42,000 units, 
Honey Bun climbed 20 cents to close at $8.45 with traders dealing in 300 shares. Image Plus advanced 10 cents to end at $1.60 with 4,933 units crossing the exchange, Jamaican Teas dipped 10 cents to finish at $2.09 after 938,864 shares were traded, Lasco Financial rose 18 cents to $1.70 as investors exchanged 6,644 stock units. Limners and Bards fell 14 cents to $1.15 after a transfer of 23,362 shares, Mailpac Group skidded 12 cents and ended at $2.30 with investors swapping 5,188,777 stocks and MFS Capital Partners gained 7 cents to finish at 65 cents in an exchange of 38,307 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.