Investors continue to drive prices down as the trading week closed, with the index falling a further 72.45 points to settle at 2,425.86, bringing the loss for the last three days to 251 points and breaking thirteen consecutive days of increase of 593 points up to this Tuesday.
The Junior Market made a spirited move over thirteen days but hit resistance on Wednesday to pull back 251 points.
The market index close was down 20 percent since the start of the year on Tuesday, the fall over the last three days pushes the decline for the year to date to 27.3 percent.
Trading concluded on Friday with 32 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 5,311,793 units valued at $13,249,122 compared to 13,788,770 units valued at $32,683,414 from 34 securities on Thursday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 10 securities advanced, 15 declined and seven remained unchanged. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 9 based on 2020/21 earnings.
Trading ended with an average of 165,994 units at $414,035 for each security traded in contrast to 405,552 units for an average of $961,277 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 281,659 units valued at $672,061 and previously 293,715 units valued at $698,956. In comparison, March closed with an average of 226,230 units, valued at $542,563 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $3.50 and traded 100 stock units to end at $27.50, Blue Power climbed 5 cents higher to $3.85 and exchanged 5,751 shares, Cargo Handlers closed trading of 173 units and gained 49 cents to end at $6.50. Caribbean Cream declined 44 cents in trading of 2,000 units to close at $2.91, Caribbean Producers added 5 cents and exchanged 278,793 shares to finish at $3, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading of 7,800 units and gained 8 cents to end at $1.73. Derrimon Trading exchanged 83,275 shares after rising 30 cents to $2.10, Elite Diagnostic traded 29,362 shares to close at $3.75 after falling 11 cents, Everything Fresh lost 8 cents in the exchange of 405,728 units to settle at 67 cents. Express Catering shed 25 cents and swapped 900 units to close at $3.75, Fontana finished 3 cents higher at $5.60 with an exchange of 775,111 shares, General Accident lost 20 cents in trading of 22,503 units to finish at $4.80. Honey Bun fell 37 cents to $5.65 with 53,752 shares traded, iCreate shed 8 cents in the exchange of 334,179 units to close at 47 cents, Indies Pharma ended at $2.20 with 111,282 shares traded after rising 10 cents. 
Jamaican Teas fell 5 cents to $4 with 266,568 units changing hands, Lasco Financial slipped 3 cents in trading 3,486 units to end at $2.99, Lasco Manufacturing fell 33 cents to close at $3.27, with 132,125 units changing hands. Limners and Bards exchanged 176,440 shares to end at $1.75 after falling 26 cents, Lumber Depot lost 4 cents in trading of 175,873 units to settle at $1.14, MailPac Group ended 5 cents lower at $1.58, with 1,318,365 shares changing hands. Medical Disposables declined 50 cents trading of 110,822 units to finish at $6.50, Paramount Trading rose 4 cents and exchanged 750,740 shares to settle at $2.10 and Stationery and Office Supplies gained 8 cents to close at $7.10 with 6,858 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging fell 5 cents to $1.80 with 6,784 units traded, Blue Power shed 38 cents and exchanged 13,110 shares to settle at $3.80, CAC 2000 finished $1 lower at $9 with 8,128 shares changing hands. Caribbean Assurance Brokers picked up 4 cents to settle at an all-time closing high of $2.54 with 436,727 shares traded, Caribbean Producers ended the day with 216,602 units crossing the exchange after sliding 55 cents to $2.95, Derrimon Trading closed with 10,010,575 units changing hands and slipped 10 cents to $1.80. Elite Diagnostic lost 1 cent to end at $3.86 with 83,939 shares traded, Everything Fresh exchanged 16,200 shares and gained 5 cents to finish at 75 cents, Express Catering dipped 1 cent to $4 with 3,725 units changing hands. Fontana shed 23 cents to close at $5.57 after 1,117,583 units traded, Fosrich fell 15 cents and exchanged 12,409 shares to settle at $3.10, GWest Corporation lost 2 cents trading of 3,000 units to close at 88 cents. Honey Bun ended 1 cent higher at $6.02 with 21,511 stock units changing hands, iCreate slipped 3 cents and exchanged 110 shares to close at 55 cents, Indies Pharma advanced 10 cents in trading of 326,312 units at $2.10.
Jamaican Teas dropped 20 cents to finish at $4.05 with an exchange of 278,892 shares, Knutsford Express lost 20 cents and swapped 14,232 units to close at $8.04, Lasco Distributors climbed 10 cents to $3 with 5,763 shares. Lasco Financial added 2 cents in the trading of 14,100 units to settle at $3.02, Lasco Manufacturing declined by 15 cents to close at $3.60 with 72,792 stock units exchanged, Limners and Bards traded 37,413 shares and gained 1 cent to settle at $2.01. MailPac Group dropped 6 cents in the trading of 694,575 units to close at $1.63, Medical Disposables shed 50 cents in exchanging 4,689 units to settle at $7 and Stationery and Office Supplies finished 2 cents higher at $7.02 with 3,900 shares crossing the exchange.
Wednesday ended, with 35 securities trading with the prices of a mere three advancing, an overwhelming 25 declining, with the prices of six closing unchanged.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dipped $4 in the trading of 7,986 units to close at $24, Blue Power ended at $4.18 after slipping 4 cents with an exchange of 3,300 units, Cargo Handlers shed 99 cents in swapping 147 units at $6.01. Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 9 cents to end at a record closing high of $2.50 after trading at a high of $2.80 during the day in exchanging 87,069 stock units, Caribbean Producers declined by 40 cents with 475,281 units changing hands to settle at $3.50, Consolidated Bakeries lost 14 cents in trading 11,617 shares to close at $1.65. Derrimon Trading finished 23 cents higher at $1.90 with 6,669 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic closed the day at $3.87, after falling 85 cents with 49,575 units changing hands, Everything Fresh declined by 25 cents to settle at 70 cents with 50,798 units crossing through the exchange. Express Catering slipped 1 cent to $4.01 with 182,147 stock units traded, Fontana declined by 40 cents in the exchange of 449,814 units at $5.80, Fosrich finished at $3.25 after falling 22 cents and swapping 6,933 shares. General Accident lost 22 cents and traded 193,037 shares to close at $5, Honey Bun shed $1.24 and closed at $6.01 after an exchanging 9,355 shares, iCreate fell 4 cents in trading of 95,250 units at 58 cents, Indies Pharma ended 55 cents lower at $2 with 609,289 units being exchanged. Iron Rock Insurance dropped 43 cents in trading of 900 units at $2.57, Jamaican Teas ended market activity exchanging 169,377 shares to close at $4.25 after falling 15 cents, Knutsford Express closed trading of 6,814 units and gained 19 cents to settle at $8.24. 
Lasco Financial lost 24 cents in trading of 6,941 units at $3, Lasco Manufacturing shed 27 cents in the exchange of 92,976 units at $3.75, Limners and Bards fell 10 cents to $2 with 366,544 units traded. Lumber Depot ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.18 with 80,593 stock units changing hands, MailPac Group dropped 5 cents in trading 3,441,553 units at $1.69, Main Event fell 99 cents in swapping 7,855 units at $4.01. Medical Disposables closed trading of 500 units and gained 60 cents to end at $7.50, Paramount Trading lost 19 cents and exchanged 13,235 shares to close at $2.06, Stationery and Office Supplies slipped 5 cents in trading of 55,520 units at $7 and tTech slipped 5 cents to $4.20 with 1,909 units crossing the exchange.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell 55 cents in trading 15,911 units at $28, with increased interest in the stock in the low to mid-$20 range. AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 3 cents at $1.85 with an exchange of 29,423 shares, Cargo Handlers finished $1 higher at $7 with 2,915 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Assurance gained 16 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.41 with 93,035 units traded. Caribbean Cream advanced 51 cents to $3.35 in the swapping of a mere 59 shares, Caribbean Producers added 90 cents in exchanging 367,829 units to settle at $3.90. Derrimon Trading finished 6 cents higher at $1.67 with 6,528 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic slipped 3 cents in swapping 15,185 units at $4.72, Express Catering finished with a loss of 48 cents at $4.02 with 23,037 shares changing hands. Fontana traded 653,532 shares after rising 17 cents to end at $6.20, Fosrich closed trading of 25,065 units and dipped 2 cents to finish at $3.47, General Accident gained 2 cents to settle at $5.22, trading 153,000 stock units. GWest Corporation declined 1 cent in trading of 2,500 units at 90 cents, Honey Bun jumped 62 cents to $7.25 with 34,078 shares traded, iCreate closed 4 cents higher at 62 cents after swapping 39,253 shares. Indies Pharma lost 5 cents with 32,113 shares changing hands to settle at $2.55, Jamaican Teas climbed 40 cents to end at $4.40 with the swapping of 725,857 shares, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 2,582 shares to close at $1 after slipping 9 cents.
Knutsford Express fell 25 cents to $8.05 with 4,832 shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Distributors concluded trading of 84,402 units and lost 15 cents to finish at $2.90, Lasco Manufacturing slipped to $4.02 after exchanging 101,875 shares and dropping 26 cents. Limners and Bards traded 206,694 units after rising 10 cents to close at $2.10, Lumber Depot slipped 1 cent to $1.19 with 478,200 units changing hands, MailPac fell 4 cents to $1.74 with 363,353 units traded. Main Event gained 19 cents to settle at $5 with an exchange of 4,489 shares, Medical Disposables lost 60 cents to close at $6.90 with 16,297 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading added 1 cent and swapped 10,580 units to end at $2.25. SSL Venture closed at $1.01 after rising 3 cents after trading 204 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies picked up 5 cents to settle $7.05 with 6,401 stock units crossing the exchange.
In contrast, March closed with an average of 226,230 units, valued at $542,563 for each security traded.
iCreate closed trading of 8,975 units and gained 2 cents to end at 58 cents, Indies Pharma lost 28 cents in trading 39,989 stock units to settle at $2.60, Iron Rock Insurance exchanged 55,000 shares and added 1 cent to end at $3. Jetcon Corporation dipped 7 cents in trading 3,031 units at $1.09, Knutsford Express lost 70 cents in trading 1,002 shares to close at $8.30. Lasco Manufacturing climbed 5 cents and exchanged 208,750 shares at $4.28, Limners and Bards fell 11 cents to $2 with 81,159 units crossing the market, MailPac closed trading of 5,207,096 units and gained 3 cents to end at $1.78 and Main Event closed with a loss of 19 cents at $4.81 with 51,109 shares crossing the exchange.
At the close of the market, Blue Power exchanged 25,109 shares after rising 15 cents to end at $4.33, Caribbean Assurance Brokers traded 20,300 shares and rose 28 cents to close at $2.19, Caribbean Cream dipped 24 cents in swapping 9,542 units at $2.50. Caribbean Producers closed trading of 510,860 units and gained 20 cents to end at $2.90, Consolidated Bakeries added 7 cents to end at $1.79 with 102,400 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove closed trading of 8,821 units and gained 3 cents to settle at $7.80, Elite Diagnostic shed 2 cents in trading of 42,386 units at $4.97. Everything Fresh ended at 95 cents after shedding1 cent and exchanging 10,191 shares, Express Catering jumped 50 cents and traded 25,350 shares at $3.70, Fontana closed 35 cents higher at $6.35 with 1,555,291 units changing hands. Fosrich gained14 cents and exchanged 1,250 shares at $3.49, General Accident declined by 46 cents to settle at $5.20 with 12,000 units traded, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at 89cents with 1,800 stock units changing hands. iCreate dipped 2 cents in trading 24,065 units at 56 cents, Indies Pharma closed trading of 61,924 units and gained 8 cents to end at $2.88, Iron Rock Insurance fell 1 cent to $2.99 with 9,500 stock units crossing the exchange. Jamaican Teas closed trading of 371,802 units and added 1 cent to finish at $4, KLE Group climbed 25 cents after exchanging 3,000 shares at $1.70, Knutsford Express dipped 15 cents to $9 with 3,332 units traded. 
Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.24 with 45,675 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing closed 3 cents higher at $4.23, with 228,919 shares trading, Limners and Bards shed 5 cents in trading of 16,950 units at $2.11. Lumber Depot fell 3 cents in trading of 235,061 units at $1.20, Medical Disposables climbed 12 cents and exchanged 5,849 shares at $7.50, Paramount Trading exchanged 28,788 units and gained 19 cents to end at $2.24. SSL Venture slipped 7 cents to 98 cents in the trading 1,450 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 15 cents swapping 16,100 units to settle at $7 and tTech closed 75 cents higher at $4.25, with 500 stock units crossing the exchange.
Market activity closed with 34 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 3,831,781 units valued at $12,509,279 compared to 8,266,110 units valued at $19,972,528 from 33 securities on Monday.
At the close of the market, Access Financial surged $5.55 to finish at $28.55 with 9,214 units traded, AMG Packaging fell 4 cents to $1.64 with an exchange of 150,243 shares, Blue Power swapped 51,780 stock units and gained 16 cents to settle at $4.18. Cargo Handlers climbed 47 cents in trading 123,064 shares to close at $6, Caribbean Assurance rose 26 cents higher at $2.17 with 23,097 shares traded, Caribbean Cream exchanged just 900 units and lost 8 cents to settle at $2.74. Caribbean Producers climbed 30 cents to $2.70 with 725,027 shares changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries rose 27 cents exchanging 463 shares to close at $1.72, Dolphin Cove slipped 3 cents to $7.77 with 2,007 units traded. Elite Diagnostic exchanged 153,500 shares and gained 48 cents to finish at $4.99, Everything Fresh slipped 1 cent to 96 cents with 70,752 units changing hands, Express Catering moved 7 cents higher to $3.20 after swapping 134,026 shares. Fontana closed trading of 418,060 units and shed 30 cents to end at $6, Fosrich slipped 5 cents to $3.35 in exchanging 48,782 units, General Accident finished 5 cents lower at $5.66 with 11,000 units crossing the market. Honey Bun ended with an exchange of 206,570 shares, with a fall of 55 cents to end at $5.95, Indies Pharma shed 9 cents in swapping 114,227 units at $2.80, Jamaican Teas lost 1 cent and traded 17,050 shares to end at $3.99. 
Jetcon finished 14 cents higher at $1.16 with 57,632 units changing hands, Key Insurance exchanged 114,796 units to end at $3.85 after adding 35 cents, Lasco Distributors gained 6 cents in trading 37,750 shares to finish at $3.05. Lasco Financial picked up 2 cents and swapped 400 units to close at $3.25, Lasco Manufacturing jumped 69 cents to $4.20 with 98,285 shares traded, Limners and Bards ended 6 cents higher at $2.16 with 32,350 units changing hands. Lumber Depot rose 10 cents to $1.23 with an exchange of 97,133 stock units, MailPac closed trading of 452,052 units and gained 5 cents to end at $1.75, Medical Disposables shed 58 cents in the exchanging of 49,030 shares to close at $7.38. Paramount Trading declined by 15 cents with 495,040 shares crossing the exchange to settle at $2.05 and Stationery and Office Supplies jumped $1.14 to close at $7.15 with 5,000 stock units changing hands.
At the close of the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers exchanged 26,087 shares and climbed 23 cents to close at $2.17, Caribbean Cream finished 1 cent higher at $2.82 with 5,350 units changing hands, Caribbean Producers swapped 696,817 shares, after slipping 10 cents to end at $2.40. Consolidated Bakeries shed 20 cents exchanging 12,701 stock units at $1.45, Dolphin Cove added 1 cent to close at $7.80 with 1,000 shares crossing the exchange, Elite Diagnostic traded 98,336 shares, after rising 41 cents to end at $4.51. Everything Fresh closed 5 cents higher at 95 cents, with 353,495 stock units changing hands, Express Catering gained 13 cents in trading of 256,472 units at $3.13, Fontana closed trading of 571,861 units and jumped 40 cents to end at $6.30. FosRich picked up 5 cents in exchanging 13,178 shares at $3.40, GWest finished 10 cents higher at 90 cents with an exchange of 10,000 units, Honey Bun gained 50 cents after trading 513,160 shares to settle at $6.50. iCreate finished 8 cents higher at 58 cents with the transfer of 737,372 stock units, Indies Pharma closed trading of 129,871 units and lost 1 cent to end at $2.89, ISP Finance fell 10 cents to $15.90 with the trading of a mere 6 units. Jetcon Corporation exchanged 19,078 shares and added 3 cents to close at $1.02, Key Insurance closed 50 cents higher at $3.50, with 170,430 stock units trading, Lasco Distributors climbed 4 cents to settle at $2.99 in trading 182,893.
Lasco Financial closed trading of 71,211 units and slipped 1 cent to end at $3.23, Lasco Manufacturing dropped 14 cents to $3.51, with 80,623 stock units trading, Limners and Bards closed at $2.10, having lost 10 cents with 6,000 units changing hands. Lumber Depot gained 8 cents to end at $1.13, with 1,697,016 shares changing hands, MailPac gained 10 cents in exchanging a volume leading 2,056,859 shares to close at $1.70, Medical Disposables slipped 28 cents to settle at $7.96 with 34,418 shares changing hands. Paramount Trading exchanged 12,688 shares to close at $2.20 after rising 5 cents, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 99 cents to $6.01 with 50,500 shares traded and tTech closed 75 cents lower at $3.50, with 42,063 stock units crossing the exchange.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Lasco Financial closed trading of 116,341 units and gained 2 cents to end at $3.24, Lasco Manufacturing closed 5 cents higher at $3.65, with 149,773 stock units trading, Limners and Bards closed with 6,055 units changing hands and gained 2 cents to end at $2.20. Lumber Depot gained 1 cent to end at $1.21, trading 171,387 shares, MailPac lost 30 cents in exchanging 22,001,550 shares to close at $1.60. Medical Disposables climbed $1.74 to settle at $8.24 with 511,971 shares changing hands. Paramount Trading rose 27 cents and exchanged 616,305 shares at $2.25, the stock closed trading with 1,735,965 units on the bid at $2 with only two offers to sell, on the board amounting to 35,000 shares at $2.50 and $3. SSL Venture closed 21 cents higher at $1.06, with 9,500 stock units trading and Stationery and Office Supplies closed 11 cents higher at $7, with 62,074 stock units trading.
Thursday gains reduced the market losses for the year, from a high of 39.3 percent in March to 26.5 percent presently. At the close of market activities, prices of 16 securities advanced, eight declined and ten remained unchanged with 34 securities changing hands. Trading resulted in an exchange of 13,283,703 units for $24,888,541 compared to 7,297,716 units at $17,298,654 on Wednesday. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market ended at 9.1 based on 2020/21 earnings.
Caribbean Assurance Brokers rose 1 cent in trading 196,792 shares to close at $2.01, Caribbean Flavours shed 50 cents trading of 139 units at $10, Consolidated Bakeries ended with an exchange of 10,000 shares, after rising 6 cents to end at $1.38. Derrimon Trading closed 7 cents higher at $1.90, exchanging 10,100 stock units, Elite Diagnostic climbed 57 cents and closed at $3.87, with 27,924 stock units changing hands, Everything Fresh ended trading with 6,009 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at 84 cents. Fontana gained 20 cents to end at $5.50 with 163,657 shares crossing the exchange, Fosrich traded of 6,000 shares, after rising 32 cents to end at $2.90, General Accident ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.71 with 2,100 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma ended market activity after 22,547 shares changed hands to close at $2.40 after falling 5 cents. Iron Rock Insurance closed 50 cents higher at $3, trading 18,308 stock units, Jetcon Corporation fell 11 cents in trading of 187,000 units at 99 cents, Knutsford Express closed with 5,874 shares crossing the market after rising 55 cents to end at $9.20. Lasco Distributors close with a loss of 2 cents at $2.98, swapping of 26,344 shares, Lasco Financial closed with 5,700 units crossing the market to gain 22 cents and end at $3.22, Lasco Manufacturing ended 10 cents higher at $3.60, in trading 80,700 stock units. 
Limners and Bards climbed 28 cents and exchanged 61,233 shares at $2.18, Lumber Depot added 1 cent and swapped 3,106,285 shares at $1.20, MailPac rose 14 cents in trading 8,397,683 shares to close at $1.90. Main Event closed 90 cents higher at $5, with 9,729 stock units trading, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 5 cents at $6.50, after swapping 157,053 shares. Paramount Trading closed 8 cents higher at $1.98, with 85,812 stock units trading, SSL Venture fell 19 cents in trading of 1,000 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of 85 cents and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with a loss of 11 cents at $6.89 after 7,200 shares changed hands.
