The market index surged sharply on Monday, but the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange could not build on those gains in Tuesday activity and slipped 13.24 points to 2,578.31, with more stocks rising than falling as investors exchanged 74 percent fewer shares than on Monday.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands compared to 38 on Monday and concluded with the prices of 14 stocks rising, 11 declining and nine finishing unchanged. At the close, the average PE Ratio ended at 13.7 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with 3,559,517 shares trading for $10,255,036 compared to 13,471,646 units at $33,806,568 on Monday as Mailpac Group led trading with 26.4 percent of total volume for an exchange of 939,501 shares. Limners and Bards chipped in with 14.1 percent of the day’s trade resulting in a transfer of 501,415 units and Caribbean Flavours closed with 8.5 percent market share or 303,996 stocks.
Trading averaged 104,692 units at $301,619 in contrast to 354,517 at $889,647 on Monday. Trading month to date averaged 301,073 units at $692,446, compared to 320,769 units at $731,644 on 
Monday. November averaged 193,331 units at $566,885.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Blue Power climbed 36 cents to $3.36 with 30,050 shares changing hands, Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 16 cents to $1.74 with an exchange of 2,579 stock units, Caribbean Cream rose 10 cents to $4.10 with 54,939 stocks passing through the market. Caribbean Flavours traded 303,996 units and fell by 2 cents to $1.68, Caribbean Producers slipped 5 cents to $2.90 in transferring 64,780 shares, Dolphin Cove gained 20 cents to end at $7 with investors swapping 36,500 stock units. Elite Diagnostic lost 9 cents to end at $2.96 with 26,650 stocks changing hands, Express Catering advanced 16 cents to $3.65 with an exchange of 20,900 shares, Fontana fell 13 cents to $5.30 with 288,680 stock units crossing the market. Fosrich jumped 57 cents and traded 15,127 stocks to finish at $4, General Accident rose 14 cents to $6.10 trading 17,625 units, Honey Bun gained 20 cents to close at $6 with switching ownership of 123,002 shares. iCreate dropped 10 cents to 60 cents with 49,106 stock units changing hands, Jamaican Teas ended 1 cent higher at $1.91 with an exchange of 265,431 stocks, Knutsford Express slipped 2 cents to $5.98 with 55,732 units passing through the market. Lasco Distributors fell 25 cents to $3.20 in trading 34,191 shares. Lasco Financial lost 10 cents to settle at $2.68 with investors switching ownership of 5,000 units, Lasco Manufacturing advanced 19 cents to $3.89 with 14,118 stocks changing hands. 
Limners and Bards exchanged 501,415 stock units and rose 15 cents to finish at $3, Lumber Depot gained 10 cents to close at $1.60 with 117,993 shares passing through the market, Mailpac Group traded 939,501 units and lost 10 cents to close at $2.63. Main Event rose 6 cents to $3.05 with a transfer of 127,073 stocks, Medical Disposables gained 10 cents to end at $4 with the trading of 2,000 stock units, SSL Venture climbed 10 cents to 55 cents with 39,100 units changing hands and tTech dropped 21 cents to $4.09 with 6,731 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
