Stock market trading surged on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, with a 151 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded following Kintyre Holdings surging to the lead stock for the day, controlling 50 percent of trading. The value of stocks traded surged 134 percent over Wednesday’s levels. Trading ended within 39 securities changing hands, down from 42 on Wednesday and ending with prices of 17 rising, 12 declining and 10 closing unchanged and resulting in a bounce in the market index.
The market closed with trading of 8,241,131 shares for $9,318,536, moving up from 3,286,969 units at $3,981,031 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 211,311 shares at $238,937, jumping from 78,261 stocks at $94,786 on Wednesday, much lower than the month to date, average of 382,266 units at $555,054 compared with 394,751 units at $578,141 on the previous day and well ahead of the average for November at 224,300 shares at $353,285.
Kintyre Holdings led trading with 4.09 million shares for 49.7 percent of total volume, followed by Lumber Depot ending with 1.06 million units for 12.9 percent of the day’s trade and MFS Capital Partners with 590,487 stocks for 7.2 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index advanced 21.58 points to 3,250.24. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Trading on the Junior Market ended with an average PE of 13.1, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by 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 trading, Access Financial gained 44 cents in closing at $17.90 with trading of 3,437 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 22 cents to $1.77 after a transfer of 61,333 stock units, Caribbean Flavours shed 6 cents to end at $1.75 with investors trading 21,405 shares. Dolla Financial advanced 10 cents and ended at $2.40 with an exchange of 173,840 units, Express Catering rose 30 cents to finish at $2.70 with 12,913 stocks crossing the market, Honey Bun gained 44 cents to close at $7.50 in trading 1,906 shares. ISP Finance climbed 62 cents to $16.50 with a mere one stock unit clearing the market, 
Jamaican Teas dropped 7 cents to end at $2.23 with investors trading 19 units, Jetcon Corporation rallied 10 cents in closing at $1.50 with 49,223 stock units crossing the market. KLE Group increased 8 cents to close at 94 cents as investors exchanged 489 shares, Knutsford Express sank $1.50 to finish at $10.50 following the trading of 434 stock units, Lumber Depot declined 10 cents and ended at $2.85 closing with an exchange of 1,064,556 units. Medical Disposables sank 30 cents to $1.30 with traders dealing in 2,324 stocks and Paramount Trading climbed 10 cents and ended at $1.10 in an exchange of 226,946 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.