Investors continue to drive prices down as the trading week closed, with the index falling a further 72.45 points to settle at 2,425.86, bringing the loss for the last three days to 251 points and breaking thirteen consecutive days of increase of 593 points up to this Tuesday.
The Junior Market made a spirited move over thirteen days but hit resistance on Wednesday to pull back 251 points.
The market index close was down 20 percent since the start of the year on Tuesday, the fall over the last three days pushes the decline for the year to date to 27.3 percent.
Trading concluded on Friday with 32 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 5,311,793 units valued at $13,249,122 compared to 13,788,770 units valued at $32,683,414 from 34 securities on Thursday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 10 securities advanced, 15 declined and seven remained unchanged. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 9 based on 2020/21 earnings.
Trading ended with an average of 165,994 units at $414,035 for each security traded in contrast to 405,552 units for an average of $961,277 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 281,659 units valued at $672,061 and previously 293,715 units valued at $698,956. In comparison, 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 two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $3.50 and traded 100 stock units to end at $27.50, Blue Power climbed 5 cents higher to $3.85 and exchanged 5,751 shares, Cargo Handlers closed trading of 173 units and gained 49 cents to end at $6.50. Caribbean Cream declined 44 cents in trading of 2,000 units to close at $2.91, Caribbean Producers added 5 cents and exchanged 278,793 shares to finish at $3, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading of 7,800 units and gained 8 cents to end at $1.73. Derrimon Trading exchanged 83,275 shares after rising 30 cents to $2.10, Elite Diagnostic traded 29,362 shares to close at $3.75 after falling 11 cents, Everything Fresh lost 8 cents in the exchange of 405,728 units to settle at 67 cents. Express Catering shed 25 cents and swapped 900 units to close at $3.75, Fontana finished 3 cents higher at $5.60 with an exchange of 775,111 shares, General Accident lost 20 cents in trading of 22,503 units to finish at $4.80. Honey Bun fell 37 cents to $5.65 with 53,752 shares traded, iCreate shed 8 cents in the exchange of 334,179 units to close at 47 cents, Indies Pharma ended at $2.20 with 111,282 shares traded after rising 10 cents. 
Jamaican Teas fell 5 cents to $4 with 266,568 units changing hands, Lasco Financial slipped 3 cents in trading 3,486 units to end at $2.99, Lasco Manufacturing fell 33 cents to close at $3.27, with 132,125 units changing hands. Limners and Bards exchanged 176,440 shares to end at $1.75 after falling 26 cents, Lumber Depot lost 4 cents in trading of 175,873 units to settle at $1.14, MailPac Group ended 5 cents lower at $1.58, with 1,318,365 shares changing hands. Medical Disposables declined 50 cents trading of 110,822 units to finish at $6.50, Paramount Trading rose 4 cents and exchanged 750,740 shares to settle at $2.10 and Stationery and Office Supplies gained 8 cents to close at $7.10 with 6,858 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
