The Junior Market index closed on Tuesday with a fall of 31.49 points to 3,380.94 with 28 securities changing hands, resulting in gains of 8 stocks with 15 declining and 5 remaining unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.4.
Investors exchanged 7,297,442 units valued at $19,020,024, compared to 35,927,004 units valued at $93,505,697 from 29 securities changing hands on Monday
Trading ended with an average of 260,623 units at $679,287 for each stock traded, in contrast to 1,238,862 units for an average of $3,224,334 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 447,752 shares at $1,052,673 compared to an average of 464,764 shares at $1,086,617 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator remains negative, with four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost $1 in trading of 3,016 units at $32.50, AMG Packaging lost 20 cents to end at $1.90 while trading 55,500 shares, Blue Power exchanged 20,785 stock units, after shedding 52 cents to end at $5.60, Cargo Handlers rose 11 cents in trading 1,162 units at $10.05. Caribbean Producers traded 73,984 shares and declined by 10 cents, to close at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries fell 9 cents with 15,000 units changing hands at $1.71, Derrimon Trading exchanged 10,000 shares and rose 8 cents to close at $2.58. Dolphin Cove lost 20 cents with 4,386 units changing hands at $10.90, Elite Diagnostic traded 5,100 units but lost 21 cents to end at $5.09, Everything Fresh added 1 cent to close at $1.06 with 2,600 stock units changing hands. Express Catering slipped 2 cents in exchanging 13,950 shares to close at $6.30. Fontana traded 170,786 shares but lost 15 cents to end at $7.25, FosRich fell 10 cents to settle at $4.10 in trading 121,437 stock units, GWest Corporation exchanged 12,851 shares with a rise of 5 cents to end at $1. Honey Bun rose 31 cents in exchanging 3,647 units at $7.80,
iCreate shed 1 cent to end at 70 cents in exchanging 222,318 shares, Indies Pharma slipped 10 cents trading 15,111 units at $3.10. Jamaican Teas added 1 cent with 12,111 units changing hands at $6, Lasco Distributors fell 13 cents with 61,190 shares crossing the exchange at $3.20, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 22,339 shares and fell 42 cents to close at $4.83, Limners and Bards rose 22 cents to close at $3 with 499,296 units changing hands. Lumber Depot pulled back 21 cents with 3,855,904 shares changing to close at $2.15, MailPac lost 20 cents to settle at $2.20 while exchanging 2,000,618 units and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 99 cents to $10.99 with 10,638 shares trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
