The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday with winners edging out losers after investors traded 39 securities, up from 38 on Thursday, resulting in prices of 15 rising, 11 declining and 13 closing unchanged. The volume of stocks traded fell 60 percent, with 40 percent lower value than on Thursday.
The market closed with trading of 6,298,384 shares for $6,299,459, in a decline from 15,877,153 units at $10,450,188 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 161,497 shares at $161,525, after slipping from 417,820 stock units at $275,005 on Thursday, with the month to date average of 529,232 units at $506,823, declining from 551,502 stock units at $527,734 on the previous day and in March, with an average of 410,874 shares at $527,130.
Kintyre Holdings was again the leading traded stock with 2.0 million shares for 31.7 percent of total volume, followed by Derrimon Trading with 1.0 million units for 15.9 percent of the day’s trade and Woodcats International with 977,473 stocks for 15.5 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index shed 7.29 points to end at 3,172.88.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
The Junior Market closed trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.3, 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 trading, CAC 2000 dropped 5 cents to $1.65 with 55 shares passing through the market, Cargo Handlers popped 40 cents to finish at $20.90 after a transfer of 2,601 stocks, Caribbean Cream gained 12 cents and ended at $1.77 with traders dealing in 1,889 units. Caribbean Flavours fell 14 cents in closing at $1.41 after an exchange of 11,732 shares, Derrimon Trading rose 6 cents to $1.65 with 1,002,567 stock units crossing the market, 
EduFocal advanced by 5 cents to 24 cents with investors dealing in 155,605 shares. Elite Diagnostic declined by 17 cents to $1.15 with 32,025 units changing hands, Everything Fresh declined 20 cents and ended at $2.10 after an exchange of 53,625 stocks, Future Energy sank 7 cents to finish at $3.25 with 50,384 stock units clearing the market. Jetcon Corporation slipped 48 cents in closing at $2.15 with an exchange of 30,000 shares, Limners and Bards climbed 13 cents to end at 87 cents with 7,337 stock units crossing the market, Main Event increased 20 cents to close at $6.67 in switching ownership of 7,325 stocks and Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 11 cents to $1.67 with 534,130 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities traded are for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated3