Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Tuesday with more stocks declining than rising for the second day leading to another fall in the market index of 10.21 points to 3,109.61.
At the close of market activities 28 securities changed hands, compared with 29 securities trading on Monday and ending with the prices of 6 securities advancing, 13 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 3,968,653 units valued at $16,061,548 trading, compared to 6,546,471 units valued at $26,108,684 exchanged on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 141,738 units for an average of $573,627 in contrast to 225,740 units for an average of $900,299 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 170,040 shares valued at $701,594 compared to 184,448 units valued at $766,741 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $53, with 642 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended at $2.31, trading 35,650 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 19,040 units, with a loss of 35 cents to close at $4.50, Cargo Handlers settled at $12.90 with a loss of 10 cents, exchanging 3,900 shares. Caribbean Flavours traded 8,119 stock units with a leap of $2.01 to close at $20.50, Caribbean Producers finished trading 63,841 units at $4.50, Derrimon Trading ended 23 cents higher at $2.93, with 36,758 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh finished 13 cents higher at $1.65, with 4,402 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.30, with 10,100 units changing hands. Express Catering ended trading with 12,020 shares, for 10 cents higher to $7.95, FosRich Group traded 29,900 shares, for 5 cents higher at $3.85, Fontana finished trading 45,952 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.96, General Accident closed at $4.50, with an exchange of 486,619 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.75, trading 104,195 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 53,158 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, investors dumped 257,234 ICreate shares to close at a record low of 90 cents, having fallen 11 cents. Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.96, with 
9,200 shares trading, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, exchanging 4,832 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 74,106 units with a loss of 15 cents at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents to end at $2.95, with the swapping of 27,400 shares. KLE Group ended with a loss of 30 cents at $2.80, with 550 shares changing owners, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 4,311 stock units at $12, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, in exchanging 210,500 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.80, trading 2,260,678 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3, with 182,048 shares changing hands, Main Event traded 16,400 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $5.35, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.95, trading 4,298 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 2,800 shares with a loss of 20 cents to close at $8.20.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
