Main market volume contracts.
The market index slipped 7.23 points to 3,121.21 as the prices of 9 stocks rose, 7 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 69,332 units for an average of $296,654 in contrast to 169,387 units for an average of $643,709 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 124,264 valued at $487,194. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $45.50, with an exchange of 7,807 shares, AMG Packaging ended 1 cent higher at $2.16, with 5,000 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 72,817 units, with a loss of 20 cents in closing at $4.30, Cargo Handlers settled at $11, in trading 1,500 shares. Caribbean Producers finished trading of 41,150 units with a rise of 19 cents to end $4.99, Consolidated Bakeries closed 4 cents higher at $2.09, with an exchange of 2,448 shares, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.65, with an exchange of 16,113 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.40, trading 244,900 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled with a rise of 16 cents at $3.16, in trading 1,000 units, Express Catering swapped 33,377 shares after rising 20 cents higher at $8, FosRich Group traded 4,777 shares, in rising 65 cents higher to $4.40, Fontana finished 
trading at $4.05, with 770,452 shares, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4, with 34,550 shares. iCreate rose 1 cent to close at $1.01, with an exchange of 6,590 shares. Iron Rock settled with a loss of 1 cent at $3.98, trading 5,000 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 12,224 units and rose 10 cents higher to $4, Jetcon Corporation traded 17,185 shares, at $2.80, Key Insurance closed at $3.15, with 1,000 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 19 cents at $3.70, with an exchange of 61,905 units, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 16,413 shares and closed 10 cents higher at $3.65, Main Event traded with a loss of 6 cents at $5.45, with 650 shares crossing through the exchange. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.65, with an exchange of 2,670 shares and Stationery and Office lost 5 cents to close at $6.75, with 235,105 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
