Modest gains recorded at the start of trading on Tuesday and lasting for most of the day dissipated in the fading minutes of the Junior Market activity, with the index closing flat after more stocks fell than rose as 45 percent more shares traded than on Monday.
Trading ended with 39 securities changing hands compared to 38 on Monday and concluded with the prices of 12 stocks rising, 16 declining and 11 unchanged.
The Junior Market index was unchanged at 2,636.45 points. The average PE Ratio ends at 13.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 4,103,575 shares for $9,392,768 compared to 2,824,415 units at $7,700,599 on Monday. Mailpac Group led trading with 34.4 percent of total volume with a transfer of 1.41 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot with 17.2 percent after an exchange of 706,081 units and Derrimon Trading with 12.7 percent market share or 522,336 units.
Trading averaged 105,220 units at $240,840 compared to 74,327 at $202,647 on Monday. Trading month to date, averaged 274,968 units at $665,002, versus 284,894 units at $689,804 on Monday. November closed with an average of 193,331 units at $566,885.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed 25 cents to $23.94 with 84 shares traded, AMG Packaging fell 5 cents to $1.60 with 109,342 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream slipped 1 cent to $4.19 with 35 stocks changing hands. Caribbean Flavours rose 3 cents to $1.70 with an exchange of 142,855 stock units, Caribbean Producers gained 6 cents to close at $2.85 with a transfer of 119,500 shares, Consolidated Bakeries increased by 4 cents to $1.39 with 10,000 stocks traded. Elite Diagnostic lost 9 cents to finish at $2.86 with 545 units passing through the market, Everything Fresh rose 4 cents to 73 cents with 84,260 stock units changing hands, Fontana rose 10 cents to $5.60 with 44,901 shares exchanged. Fosrich gained 6 cents to settle at $4.16 with a transfer of 4,501 units, General Accident lost 6 cents to close at $5.99 with 7,673 stocks traded, Honey Bun dropped 10 cents to $5.70 with a transfer of 80,495 stock units. iCreate finished 1 cent higher at 60 cents with investors switching ownership of 17,664 shares, Indies Pharma fell 6 cents to $2.66 with 7,434 units passing through the market, Jamaican Teas declined by 2 cents and traded 324,771 stock units to end at $1.97. Jetcon Corporation dropped 14 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of 56 cents, with 132,806 stocks changing hands, Knutsford Express rose by 10 cents to $6.80 with an exchange of 8,157 shares, Lasco Distributors fell 14 cents to $3.08 with a transfer of 5,500 units. Lasco Financial slipped 6 cents to $2.70 with 2,614 stocks passing through the market, Lasco Manufacturing slipped 1 cent to $3.88 with 1,152 stock units traded, Limners and Bards advanced 11 cents to $3.14 trading 52,754 shares. 
Mailpac Group exchanged 1,412,146 stocks and gained 1 cent to settle at $2.79, Main Event climbed 40 cents to $3.39 with a transfer of 4,613 units, SSL Venture declined by 2 cents to 55 cents with 12,202 stock units changing hands. Stationery and Office Supplies shed 20 cents to finish at $4.30 with 1,760 stocks traded and Tropical Battery slipped 4 cents to $1.12 with 160,687 shares crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% declined by 1 cent to end at $1.11 with a transfer of 608 stock units and Derrimon Trading preference share fell 10 cents to $2 with 19,163 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
