Trading activity soared on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with a jump of 143 percent in the volume of stocks traded, valued 185 percent more than Monday, following trading in 42 securities compared with 45 on Monday and ending with prices of 16 rising, 15 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 9,546,731 shares for $16,885,064, rising from just 3,928,839 stock units at $5,922,166 on Monday.
Trading ended following an average of 227,303 shares at $402,025, well above the 87,308 units at $131,604 on Monday. Trading ended with an average of 85,751 units at $157,920, for the month to date, above the 72,826 stock units at $135,632 on the previous day and August with an average of 236,241 shares at $494,923.
Jamaican Teas led trading with 5.02 million shares for 52.6 percent of total volume, followed by RA Williams, with 1.40 million stock units for 14.6 percent of the day’s trade and Fosrich with 944,152 stocks for 9.9 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index dropped 21.08 points to settle at 3,332.33. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five 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 12.2, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gained 8 cents in closing at $2.30 after an exchange of 31,838 shares, Atlantic Hardware rallied 8 cents to 99 cents with 159,181 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream increased 9 cents to end at $2.12 after an exchange of a mere 5 shares. Caribbean Flavours popped 9 cents to close at $1.59 in trading 2,840 stocks, Dolla Financial advanced 8 cents to finish at $2.44 with 4,684 units crossing the market, Dolphin Cove climbed 20 cents and ended at $14.29 with investors trading 13,213 shares. Fontana gained 13 cents to close at $9 in an exchange of 24,233 units, Indies Pharma sank 10 cents to close at $2.95 with 271,114 stocks changing hands, 
Iron Rock Insurance skidded 41 cents after closing at $3.50 with 22,285 stock units crossing the exchange. ISP Finance rose 30 cents to finish at $11.30 as traders transferred 2,826 shares, Jamaican Teas sank 9 cents and ended at $2.17 with 5,020,424 stocks passing through the market, Jetcon Corporation rallied 20 cents to $1.88 in switching ownership of 25,368 units. Knutsford Express dropped $1.58 to $12 as investors exchanged 9,905 stock units, Medical Disposables popped 8 cents to $1.50, with 584 shares passing through the market, Paramount Trading gained 19 cents to close at 87 cents with investors swapping 1,310 stocks. RA Williams lost 6 cents and ended at 36 cents with an exchange of 1,395,086 units and Regency Petroleum slipped 7 cents to end at $4.30 with 62,378 stock units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.