Trading activity shot up on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 606 percent, with a 134 percent greater value than Friday as Kintyre Holdings captured 52.5 million of all the shares exchanged. Trading resulted from 45 securities, down from 47 on Friday and ending, with prices of 12 rising, 25 declining and eight closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 72,570,090 shares for $31,204,395, up from 10,277,494 stock units at $13,353,151 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 1,612,669 shares at $693,431, after increasing from 218,670 stock units at $284,110 on Friday. Trading for the month to date, ended with an average of 622,057 stock units for $523,600 compared with 556,016 shares at $512,278 on the previous trading day and April, that ended with an average of 504,653 shares at $502,169.
Kintyre Holdings led trading with 52.48 million shares for 72.3 percent of total volume followed by ONE on ONE Educational which ended with 12.41 million stocks for 17.1 percent of the day’s trade, Woodcats International closed with 2.47 million stock units for 3.4 percent of the volume traded and Limners and Bards with 1.09 million units for 1.5 percent of market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index dipped 22.97 points to settle at 3,089.75. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 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 12.4. ICInsider.com computes the PEs which are derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, Access Financial lost 20 cents to finish at $16.95 after investors exchanged 1,251 shares, AMG Packaging advanced 36 cents and ended at $1.98, following trading of 32,696 stocks, Blue Power popped 5 cents to $3.89 with 4,007 shares crossing the exchange. Cargo Handlers declined by 15 cents to close at $16.80 after a transfer of 457 stocks, Caribbean Flavours rallied 7 cents to end at $1.25 with 122,593 units clearing the market, Dolla Financial increased 7 cents in closing at $2.50 after an exchange of 148,406 shares. Elite Diagnostic sank 36 cents to a 52 weeks low of $1.02 with 6,461 stock units changing hands, Everything Fresh rallied 9 cents in closing at $2.19 in an exchange of 593 stocks, Express Catering skidded 11 cents to end at $1.76 after traders swapped 32,424 units. Fontana slipped 6 cents to close at $6.94 in switching ownership of 113,887 stocks, Future Energy dipped 16 cents to finish at $3.55 with 569,164 units passing through the market, Image Plus fell 10 cents and ended at 70 cents in an exchange of 429,136 shares. 
Jetcon Corporation dropped 16 cents to $2.99 with traders dealing in 7,002 stock units, Knutsford Express rose $1.04 to end at $9 with 17,226 shares crossing the market, Lasco Financial shed 10 cents in closing at $1.50 with investors trading 3,207 stock units. Limners and Bards gained 7 cents and ended at 80 cents after an exchange of 1,086,545 stock units, Lumber Depot dipped 31 cents to finish at $2.38 in trading 12,909 units, Main Event popped $1.29 to close at $6.70 with 6,548 stocks crossing the market. MFS Capital Partners sank 10 cents to 41 cents with a transfer of 189,462 shares, ONE on ONE Educational shed 5 cents to close at 77 cents with investors dealing in 12,408,938 stock units, Paramount Trading declined 24 cents to finish at $1.01 with investors trading 131,727 units. RA Williams slipped 9 cents and ended at a 52 weeks low of 27 cents with an exchange of 47,806 shares and Regency Petroleum dropped 5 cents to end at $4.25 with investors swapping 190,575 units.
Prices of traded securities are for the last transaction unless otherwise stated.