Juniors drop again on Tuesday

The Junior Market lost further ground on Tuesday with the market index slipping 19.51 points, to end at 3,176.44, as advancing stocks just edged out declining ones 7 to 6. Volume traded recovered somewhat from Monday’s low level, to just over 1 million units.
The junior Market closed with 18 securities versus the same number on Monday leading to only 1,057,031 units valued at $6,029,750 trading, compared with 500,614 units valued at $2,920,659 on Monday.
Trading closed with 4 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 6 closing with lower offers as the short term desire to sell dominates the market currently.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of just 58,724 units for an average value of $334,986 compared to 28,812 units for an average value of $162,259 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to just 43,268 units valued at $248,622 compared with 162,259 units valued at $162,259, previously. In contrast, June closed with averages of 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, stocks trading and their last traded price are: Blue Power closed at $50 with a mere 800 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers dropped $1.40 in trading 500 shares to end at $14.50, Caribbean Cream dropped 56 cents in trading 168,533 units to end at $7.45, Caribbean Flavours gained 10 cents in trading 560 units to end at $12.10, Caribbean Producers ended trading with 25,160 shares to close at $3.69, C2W Music lost 1 cents in trading 17,385 shares to close at 42 cents, Dolphin Cove recovered the $3 it dropped on Monday and ended at $20 with 5,037 shares trading, Honey Bun gained 27 cents and closed with 5,000 units, changing hands at $5.87, Jamaican Teas traded 24.400 shares, to end at $4.20, Jetcon Corporation rose 13 cents and ended at $5.48 with 713,635 shares trading, Key Insurance traded 1,035 shares to end at $3.05. Knutsford Express traded 4,570 shares and rose 80 cents to end at $15.80, Lasco Distributors fell 2 cents and closed at $6.98 after trading 24,253 units, Lasco Financial ended with 1,622 shares changing hands at $3.80, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 4,925 shares trading closed at $4.88 after falling 12 cents. Main Event dropped 70 cents and ended trading 26,572 shares at $5.30, Medical Disposables rose 0 cents and ended at $6 with 30,544 units trading and Paramount Trading rose 2 cents to end at $3.02 with 100 units trading.