The Junior Market ends Tuesday down 24.14 points to close at 2,397.40 as 31 securities changed hands with the prices of 12 securities rising, 13 declining and five remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The market closed with negative sentiments, with the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showing just one stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and seven with lower offers.
The day’s activities ended with, resulting in an exchange of 8,459,553 units valued at $18,358,764 compared to 3,914,568 units valued at $10,441,625 from 31 securities on Monday.
Trading closed with an average of 272,889 units at $592,218 for each security traded in contrast to 126,276 units for an average of $336,827 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 200,478 units valued at $455,751 and previously 165,404 units valued at $389,650. In contrast, April closed with an average of 44,863 units valued at $1,028,076 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $3.90 in trading 200 shares to settle at $22.10, AMG Packaging added 1 cent to close at $1.66 with 37,605 stock units exchanged, Blue Power declined by 55 cents in the swapping of 44,143 units to end at $3.20. Caribbean Cream rose 1 cent in exchanging 50,000 shares to close at $2.01, Caribbean Producers declined by 11 cents to settle at $2.40 in the swapping of 250,367 shares, Derrimon Trading fell 2 cents to $1.90 with an exchange of 115,538 units. Express Catering ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.34 with 6,229 stock units changing hands, Fontana closed 29 cents higher after trading 233,655 shares to end at $5.29, Fosrich lost 4 cents in the exchange of 1,500 shares to settle at $3.85. General Accident closed trading of 1,241,712 units and gained 27 cents to end at $4.43, Honey Bun finished 5 cents higher at $6 with 120,638 units changing hands, iCreate ended the day at 44 cents, after gaining 2 cents and exchanging 68,754 stock units. Indies Pharma closed trading of 25,051 units and gained 19 cents to end at $2.38, Iron Rock Insurance dropped 48 cents to $2.16 in the swapping of 7,966 shares, Jamaican Teas climbed 2 cents and exchanged 35,234 shares to settle at $4.18. Knutsford Express shed $1.78 in trading of 25,134 units to finish at $7.21, 
Lasco Distributors closed 5 cents higher at $3.05, with 146,146 stock units crossing the exchange, Lasco Financial picked up 30 cents, exchanging 1,000 shares to end at $2.70. Lasco Manufacturing slipped 1 cent to $3.99 with 33,640 stock units changing hands, Limners and Bards dipped 3 cents in trading of 55,556 units to end at $1.90, Lumber Depot shed 5 cents in the swapping of 385,452 units to close at $1.09. MailPac Group climbed 1 cent to $1.68 after an exchange of 5,104,090 shares, Main Event jumped by $1.02 to settle at $4.89 with 1,100 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading lost 2 cents in trading 135 units to close at $1.98 and SSL Venture declined by 19 cents to settle at 73 cents with 396,000 stock units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
