The Junior Market made another spirited run on Tuesday in adding 83.07 points to close at 2,604.36 in continuation of a strong recovering after the market bottomed on March 18 with a loss of 880 points or 30 percent since the end of February.
Market activity closed with 34 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 3,831,781 units valued at $12,509,279 compared to 8,266,110 units valued at $19,972,528 from 33 securities on Monday.
At the close of trading, the prices of 18 securities advanced, 12 declined and four remained unchanged. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 9.6 based on 2020/21 earnings.
Trading ended with an average of 112,699 units at $367,920 for each security traded, in contrast to 250,488 units, for an average of $605,228 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 379,483 units valued at $787,171 and previously 543,166 units valued at 816,817. In contrast, March closed with an average of 226,230 units, valued at $542,563 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial surged $5.55 to finish at $28.55 with 9,214 units traded, AMG Packaging fell 4 cents to $1.64 with an exchange of 150,243 shares, Blue Power swapped 51,780 stock units and gained 16 cents to settle at $4.18. Cargo Handlers climbed 47 cents in trading 123,064 shares to close at $6, Caribbean Assurance rose 26 cents higher at $2.17 with 23,097 shares traded, Caribbean Cream exchanged just 900 units and lost 8 cents to settle at $2.74. Caribbean Producers climbed 30 cents to $2.70 with 725,027 shares changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries rose 27 cents exchanging 463 shares to close at $1.72, Dolphin Cove slipped 3 cents to $7.77 with 2,007 units traded. Elite Diagnostic exchanged 153,500 shares and gained 48 cents to finish at $4.99, Everything Fresh slipped 1 cent to 96 cents with 70,752 units changing hands, Express Catering moved 7 cents higher to $3.20 after swapping 134,026 shares. Fontana closed trading of 418,060 units and shed 30 cents to end at $6, Fosrich slipped 5 cents to $3.35 in exchanging 48,782 units, General Accident finished 5 cents lower at $5.66 with 11,000 units crossing the market. Honey Bun ended with an exchange of 206,570 shares, with a fall of 55 cents to end at $5.95, Indies Pharma shed 9 cents in swapping 114,227 units at $2.80, Jamaican Teas lost 1 cent and traded 17,050 shares to end at $3.99. 
Jetcon finished 14 cents higher at $1.16 with 57,632 units changing hands, Key Insurance exchanged 114,796 units to end at $3.85 after adding 35 cents, Lasco Distributors gained 6 cents in trading 37,750 shares to finish at $3.05. Lasco Financial picked up 2 cents and swapped 400 units to close at $3.25, Lasco Manufacturing jumped 69 cents to $4.20 with 98,285 shares traded, Limners and Bards ended 6 cents higher at $2.16 with 32,350 units changing hands. Lumber Depot rose 10 cents to $1.23 with an exchange of 97,133 stock units, MailPac closed trading of 452,052 units and gained 5 cents to end at $1.75, Medical Disposables shed 58 cents in the exchanging of 49,030 shares to close at $7.38. Paramount Trading declined by 15 cents with 495,040 shares crossing the exchange to settle at $2.05 and Stationery and Office Supplies jumped $1.14 to close at $7.15 with 5,000 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the day’s last transaction unless otherwise stated.
