LJSE stock ticker pre-formatting With PowerShell

ljse-pre-formatting

$file = "ljse.txt" 
$namefix = @(("NALOZBE", "NALOŽBE"), ("PORTOROZ","PORTOROŽ"), ("LASKO","LAŠKO"), ("CATEZ","ČATEŽ"), ("ZITO", "ŽITO"))
$ft = "{2}"
$eq = "{14}l{2}"
$lt = "{15}î{2}"
$gt = "{16}ì{2}"

Try
{
  $stockindex=invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://sourceserver/getStockIndexList" -Method Get 
	$stocklist=invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://sourceserver/getStockList" -Method Get
	foreach($i in $stocklist.stockPlanet9Response) {
		$i.lastChangePercentage = "{0:N2}" -f [System.Math]::Round($i.lastChangePercentage,2)
		$i.closePrice  = "{0:N2}" -f [System.Math]::Round($i.closePrice,2)
		foreach($j in $namefix) { 
			$i.description = $i.description -replace $j[0], $j[1] 
		}
	}
	$out = New-Object PSObject -Property @{
		description=$stockindex.stockIndexPlanet9Response.name; closePrice="{0:N2}" -f [System.Math]::Round($stockindex.stockIndexPlanet9Response.value,2); 
		lastchangePercentage="{0:N2}" -f [System.Math]::Round($stockindex.stockIndexPlanet9Response.changePercent,2);
		}
	
	$buff = ""
	foreach($i in $out)
	{
		$sym = ""
		if ([Double]$i.lastchangePercentage -eq 0) {$sym = $eq}
		 elseif ([Double]$i.lastchangePercentage -lt 0) {$sym = $lt}
		 elseif ([Double]$i.lastchangePercentage -gt 0) {$sym = $gt}
		$buff += $i.description + "    " + $i.closePrice + "    "+ $sym + "    " + $i.lastchangePercentage + "    //    `r`n"
	}
	$out = $stocklist.stockPlanet9Response | Sort-Object description | Select-Object description,closePrice,lastChangePercentage
	foreach($i in $out)
	{
		$sym = ""
		if ([Double]$i.lastchangePercentage -eq 0) {$sym = $eq}
		 elseif ([Double]$i.lastchangePercentage -lt 0) {$sym = $lt}
		 elseif ([Double]$i.lastchangePercentage -gt 0) {$sym = $gt}
		$buff += $i.description + "    " + $i.closePrice + "    "+ $sym + "    " + $i.lastchangePercentage + "    //    `r`n"
	}
	$buff | Out-File $file -encoding "unicode"
}
Catch  [system.exception]
{
	"system exception"
	$out = "" | Out-File $file -encoding "unicode"
}