Buying interest in Woodcats International, collapsed, with the stocks ending trading on Tuesday at the issue price of 90 cents, after hitting an intraday low of 80 cents, following trading of 5.4 million shares. Unfilled buy orders total 7.8 million shares, with selling of 36 million shares, with prices ranging from 91 cents and up including 8.8 million shares at $1.01 and lower.
Elsewhere trading jumped on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the value and volume of stocks traded rising 25 percent and 36 percent, respectively, compared with Monday. Trading closed with an exchange of 47 securities, up from 44 on Monday after ending, with the prices of 15 rising, 21 falling and 11 closing unchanged.
The market closed with with an increase of 13,247,341 shares for $17,559,717, after climbing from 10,605,060 units at $12,956,913 on Monday.
Trading averaged 281,858 shares at $373,611, compared with 241,024 stock units at $294,475 on Monday with the month to date, averaging 431,621 units at $534,278 after sliding from 441,577 stock units at $544,959 on the previous day and February, with an average of 301,118 shares at $408,514.
Woodcats International led trading with 5.43 million shares for 41 percent of total volume followed by Kintyre Holdings which ended with 2.60 million stocks for 19.6 percent of the day’s trade and Indies Pharma with 1.52 million units for 11.5 percent of the day’s trade.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index lost 23.33 points to end trading at 3,306.77. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.5, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compilesthe PE ratios in this report for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, Access Financial dropped $1.51 and ended at $16.10 with investors trading 105 shares, AMG Packaging sank 9 cents to $2.12 after a transfer of 3,744 stock units, Blue Power advanced 22 cents to close at $4.10 with 2,227 shares passing through the market. Derrimon Trading popped 5 cents to $1.72 with 4,489 units changing hands, Dolla Financial shed 11 cents to finish at $2.54 with investors trading 61,517 stocks, Elite Diagnostic rallied 29 cents to end at $1.54 after an exchange of 200 units. Fontana rose 15 cents to $7.50 with 22,779 stocks crossing the market, 
Fosrich declined 13 cents to finish at $2.05 with a transfer of 427,831 shares, Future Energy sank 20 cents and ended at $3.56 with 883,145 stock units crossing the exchange. ISP Finance climbed $2.16 to $12.49 in trading 3,189 shares, JFP skidded 8 cents to end at a 52 weeks low of 41 cents after an exchange of 647,832 stock units, KLE Group increased 7 cents to close at 96 cents with 300 stocks clearing the market. Knutsford Express gained 45 cents to $10 in an exchange of 925 units, Medical Disposables popped 12 cents and ended at $1.22 with traders dealing in 200 stocks, Regency Petroleum lost 8 cents to end at $4.51 in switching ownership of 17,490 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 8 cents in closing at $1.53 as investors exchanged 342,840 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.