The Junior Market recovered nearly 45 of 77 points fall suffered at the close on Monday, with investors pushing the prices of 15 securities higher against eight that declined, leaving 12 stocks trading unchanged.
The Junior Market Index gained 44.93 points to close at 3,348.97, just holding on to a moderate 3.1 percent gain for the year, well off the 18.8 percent rise in 2018. Trading ended with the average PE of the market falling to 14.4.
Market activity ended with 35 securities trading, resulting in 3,973,357 units valued at $16,004,427 compared to 23,350,277 units changing hands, valued at $88,019,533 from 29 securities on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 113,524 units for an average of $457,269 for each stock traded, in contrast to 805,182 units at $3,035,156 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 521,319 shares at $1,344,719 compared to an average of 546,686 shares at $1,400,086 for each security traded. November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
By the close of trading, activity picked sharply for Access Financial, with 117,884 stock units changing hands with the price rising by 44 to end at $36. AMG Packaging added 4 cents to settle at $2.09 with 11,682 shares changing hands, Blue Power traded 14,000 units and lost 50 cents to close at $4.50, Cargo Handlers ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.95 with a fall of 55 cents while exchanging 7,161 shares. Caribbean Cream lost 20 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.60, trading 23,160 stock units. Caribbean Producers rose 42 cents to end at $5.30 with 34,704 stock units crossing the exchange, Dolphin Cove increased 11 cents to settle at $11.11 with 4,100 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh added 12 cents to end at $1.22 in trading 297,735 stock units. Express Catering rose 6 cents to close at $6.66, with an exchange of 6,820 stock units, Fontana added 70 cents to end at $7.30, trading 117,826 shares. 
FosRich swapped 55,290 stock units and rose 2 cents to close at $4.32, GWest Corporation fell 1 cent to end at $1, with 14,464 units crossing the market, Honey Bun jumped $1.90 to settle at $7.90, after trading 21,220 shares. Iron Rock Insurance gained 7 cents to close at $3.52 with 31,434 shares changing hands, Indies Pharma gained 30 cents and closed at $3.50 with 361,999 stock units crossing the exchange. Jamaican Teas exchanged 30,265 shares and rose 20 cents to end at $6.30, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents trading 55,060 shares to end at $1.65, Lasco Financial gained 9 cents to end at $4.49, with 387,091 stock units changing hands Lasco Manufacturing jumped 54 cents to settle at $4.69 with 8,731 shares changing hands, Lumber Depot lost 7 cents to end at $1.61 with a transfer of 1,212,706 stock units. MailPac slipped 1 cent trading 281,140 shares to settle at $2.11, Medical Disposables lost 10 cents to end at $6.80 with 92,777 stock units trading and Paramount Trading rose 10 cents to end at $2.10, in transferring 104,000 shares and tTech climbed $1.02 to close at $6.52 with 46,414 shares trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
