Stationery & Office Supplies traded at new record high on Tuesday.
At the close of Junior Market activities, 20 securities changed hands compared 24 securities on Monday leading to declines in the prices of 7, with 6 rising, while 7 remained unchanged and leading to the Junior Market Index declining 1.38 points to 2,904.57.
Trading ended with an exchange of 1,074,280 units valued at $4,821,468 compared with 1,793,298 units valued at $7,093,168.
Market activity ended with an average of 53,714 units for an average of $241,073 compared to an average of 74,721 units for an average of $295,549 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 139,096 units at $564,194 compared to 147,346 units at $595,413 on the prior trading day. March closed with an average of 149,999 units valued at $623,819, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 9 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 22,875 stock units changing hands, 
Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 48 cents at $9.55, with 4,340 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of $1.30 to $4.50, with 17,648 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours traded at $11, with 4,000 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $5, with 1,420 units. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 24 cents at $3.19, with 97,662 units, Express Catering traded with a loss of 5 cents at $5.25, with 92,624 shares, FosRich Group finished trading 15 cents higher at $2.55, with 17,000 units, General Accident closed 5 cents higher at $3, with 167,500 stock units. Honey Bun concluded trading 2 cents higher at $4.42, with 5,895 shares, ISP Finance settled with a loss of 1 cent at $14.99, exchanging 933 shares, 
Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5, with 80,444 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4.15, with 35,793 units. Knutsford Express ended $1.52 higher at $14, with 4,907 shares, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 8 cents at $5.20, trading 136,497 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 1 cent higher at $4, with 137,622 shares, Main Event ended trading 5 cents higher at $6.05, with 11,963 shares. Paramount Trading ended at $3.10, with 47,094 stock units changing hands and Stationery and Office closed at $6, after trading at an intraday record high of $6.20 with 177,063 units. In the Junior Market preference segment, Eppley ended with a loss of 25 cents at $6, trading 11,000 stock shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
