Cargo Handlers traded at a new high of $46.
At the end of trading, Cargo Handlers traded 1,855 shares and gained $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $46, Caribbean Cream rose 1 cent to close with 183,568 shares changing hands at $4.47,
Caribbean Producers traded 6,500 units at $4.55, Consolidated Bakeries traded 16,000 units to close with a loss of 10 cents at $1.50. Honey Bun closed with a gain of 45 cents at $21.95, while 3,500 shares traded, Iron Rock traded 3,000 shares at $3.75, Jetcon Corporation traded 900 shares and gained 2 cents to close at $2.83, KLE Group lost 7 cents in closing with 121,998 shares trading at $1.61. Lasco Distributors gained 30 cents and closed with 1,277,830 units trading with the price closing at $7.50. Lasco Financial closed at $3.30 with 391,866 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing lost 40 cents and closed at $4.20 with 123,963 shares changing hands and tTech fell 20 cents and ended with 8,203 units changing hands at $4.30.
Losses| Scotiabank had 1,000 shares changing hands, with a loss of 6 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low, of $53.80, Trinidad Cement fell 1 cent to close at $3.50, with 250 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean dipped 11 cents with 9,526 shares trading, valued at $617,571, to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $64.83.
Trading resulted in activity in 28 securities, accounting for a mere 603,583 units as 17 stocks gained and 5 declined. The average number of shares traded is just 21,557 units compared to an average of 40,087 units on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 17 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Margaritaville Turks traded 49,500 to end at 20 US cents, National Commercial Bank traded 82,360 shares, to close with a rise of 45 cents at $40.25. Pan Jamaican Investment fell back $1.70 to close trading at $121 but with 14,738 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica rose 2 cents in trading 12,525 shares at $1.32, Sagicor Group ended with 963,187 shares changing hands, to end at $22.30. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 9,981 shares but ended with a loss of 15 cents at $10, Scotia Group closed at $30 while 249,275 units changed hands, Supreme Ventures closed at $5.24 with 19,300 shares changing hands, after gaining 24 cents and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded with 20,000 shares at $1.04 with a loss of 1 cent.
Bank of Jamaica intervened for the second consecutive day in the foreign exchange market on Tuesday allowing the local dollar remain steady against the United States dollar, as dealers bought over $8 million more than they sold. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate rose 83 cents to end at $92.59 with dealers buying C$1,737,564 and selling C$1,127,018, at an average rate that climbed by 17 cents to $96.05. The rate for buying the British Pound rose 8 cents to $178.67 for the purchase of £2,408,311, while £1,085,269 was sold, with the rate falling 61 cents to $180.89. At the end of trading, the selling rate for Euro, rose 21 cents to close at J$140.64, from Friday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$138.04, for a rise 65 cents on Friday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded amounts to US$177,430 being bought, while US$57,166 was sold.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates the Jamaican dollar traded at in the foreign exchange market on Tuesday, include, a fall of $1.38 in the lowest selling rate of the US dollar to end at $101.74, an increase in the highest buying rate of $1 to $96.50 for the Canadian dollar , a rise of $1 in the highest selling rate to $99.50, a rise of $11.05 in the lowest selling rate to end at $90, a fall of 86 cents in the highest selling rate for the British Pound to $187.92. 
Trinidad Cement gained 1 cents to close at $3.51 with 300 shares changing hands.
Key Insurance closed with a gain of 19 cents at $2.69 with 100 shares trading, 
Jamaica is not the only country in the Caribbean undergoing exchange rate adjustment. Trinidad and Tobago that has had a long period of steady exchange rate versus the US dollar is now seeing its currency lose value. 
at $623,740, at a 52 weeks’ low of $47.98 and Scotiabank traded 2,000 shares and lost 5 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $53.86.
