Trading on the Junior Market ended on Tuesday with prices of 10 securities rising, 15 declining and 3 remaining unchanged as the market Index slipped 8.19 points to close at 3,226.88.
The market closed with 28 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 3,722,598 units valued at $11,406,185 compared to 3,592,718 units valued at $9,412,656 from 32 securities on Monday. The average PE Ratio of the market ended at 14 based on earnings for 2019.
Trading ended with an average of 132,950 units for an average of $407,364 in contrast to 112,272 units for an average of $294,146 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 162,137 units valued at $628,523 and previously 164,155 units valued at $643,813. In contrast, December closed with an average of 521,319 shares at $1,344,719 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power ended with a loss of 40 cents, in swapping 94,349 shares to close at $4, Caribbean Producers lost 8 cents in trading of 20,500 units at $4.80, Dolphin Cove declined 20 cents in exchanging 10,000 stock units at $11.40. Derrimon Trading closed 26 cents higher at $2.56, with 54,048 stock shares changing hands, Everything Fresh dipped 2 cents with 44,000 units crossing the exchange to end the day at $1.03, Elite Diagnostic fell 12 cents in trading of 105,109 units at $4.38. Fontana lost 7 cents trading 99,210 shares to close at $7.03, Fosrich shed 5 cents in swapping 12,700 units at $4.20, GWest Corporation closed 7 cents higher at $1.18, with 1,600 stock units trading. Honey Bun closed trading of 213,302 units and gained 30 cents to end at $8.50, iCreate closed 10 cents higher at 85 cents, with 207,261 stock units trading, Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 6 cents at $3 in the swapping of 6,964 shares, Jamaican Teas dipped 19 cents, trading 142,152 units at $6.50. 
Jetcon Corporation declined by 15 cents to settle at $1.50 with 11,497 shares crossing the exchange, Key Insurance ended trading with 512,969 shares, after rising 8 cents to end at $3.78, Knutsford Express closed trading of 987 units and gained 5 cents to end at $9.16. Lasco Distributors closed 1 cent higher at $3.17, with 36,799 stock units trading, Lasco Financial shed 28 cents in trading of 2,734 units at $4.02, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 17 cents and exchanged 101,737 shares at $4.48, Limners and Bards fell 14 cents in trading 29,418 units at $2.85. Lumber Depot declined 10 cents to settle at $1.70 while exchanging 491,831 units, MailPac closed trading of 740,424 units and gained 3 cents to end at $2.10. Main Event lost 10 cents in trading 49,160 shares to close at $6.40, Medical Disposables fell 89 cents in trading of 19,000 units at $6.70 and tTech ended exchanging 9,400 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $5.60.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
