Big fall for juniors on Tuesday

The junior market dropped lower at the close on Tuesday, with 1,770,629 shares valued at $9,957,555 changing hands. The market index lost 41.79 points to end at 2,138.64 as a total of 19 securities traded, with 6 advancing and 8 declining. The junior market ended with bids for 4 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 1 ending with a lower offer.
At the end of trading, CAC 2000 closed while trading 1,000 shares to end at $6.41 after losing 1 cent, Caribbean Cream lost 44 cents with 220,634 shares changing hands at $4.50, Caribbean Flavours traded 120,000 shares with a fall of $1.30 to end at $7.20, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.60 with 67,535 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove lost 24 cents while trading 1,160 units to close at $12.51, General Accident fell by 55 cents to $2 with 16,037 shares trading, Honey Bun closed with a loss of $5.45 to $16.50, with 16,302 shares trading. Iron Rock Insurance gained 10 cents in trading 386,468 shares to close at $3.50, Jamaican Teas traded 50,000 shares and rose by 35 cents to end at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation traded 7,000 units to close with a loss of 10 cents at $2.80. Key Insurance traded firm at $2.50 as 15,129 units changed hands, KLE Group rose 8 cents in trading 20,000 shares and closed at $1.68, Knutsford Express closed with 8,366 shares trading at $18, Lasco Distributors closed with 718,998 units trading with the price declining 21 cents to close at $7.30, but the stock traded down to $6.51 during the trading session. Lasco Financial closed at $3.20 with 39,926 shares changing hands for a fall of 29 cents. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.75 with 52,632 shares trading, but rose by 7 cents and Medical Disposables closed with a rise of 2 cents as 7,900 units changed hands at $3.42, tTech traded 20,000 units at $4.50 and Derrimon Trading 11.75% preference shares traded 1,542 units at $2.13.