First Caribbean traded on TTSE at a 52 weeks’ high on Tuesday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with more stocks falling than rising as one stock closed at a 52 weeks’ high and two at 52 weeks’ lows.
At the end of trading 14 securities changed hands compared to 13 on Monday and ended with 3 rising, 5 falling and 6 closing with prices unchanged. Market activity resulted in 225,853 shares valued at $6,610,658 changing hands, compared to 123,223 shares valued at $2,237,281 on Monday.
At close, the Composite Index gained 0.78 points on Tuesday to 1,264.12, the All T&T Index shed 2.82 points to 1,698.98, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.18 points to close at 111.87.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Tuesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| First Caribbean International Bank concluded trading with a gain of 5 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ high of $9.35, after exchanging 47,794 shares, Scotiabank added 1 cent and ended at $62.56, after trading 641 shares and Unilever Caribbean jumped $1.64 to $32, with an exchange of 530 units.
Losses| JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.85, with 69,753 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings traded with a loss of 10 cents and settled at $47.30, with 618 stock units trading, National Flour fell 3 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.70, after exchanging 8,250 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a loss of 25 cents and completed trading at $27.75, with 497 shares traded and Trinidad Cement shed 40 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.60, with 550 stock units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments concluded trading at $20.50, with 15 units, First Citizens closed at $32.50, after exchanging 3,067 shares, NCB Financial Group completed trading at $6.40, exchanging 75,577 shares, One Caribbean Media settled at $12.44, with 57 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings concluded market activity at $101.55, with 130 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial ended trading at $7.75 while exchanging 18,374 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading resulted in an average of 706,540 shares valued at $7,804,030 for each security traded, compared to 250,826 shares valued at $5,575,103 on Friday. For the month to date, an average of 655,542 units with an average value at 21,921,023 traded, compared to 674,192 units with an average value at $23,762,597 changing hands on the previous trading day. In contrast, February closed with average of only 213,336 units valued at $3,392,475 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 5 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 with lower offers.
The rate for buying the US dollar dropped again on Monday against the Jamaican dollar by 41 cents on top of the 34 cents fall on Friday as the rate hits $126.45 and is down from $127.86 on the previous Monday. 
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 13 securities trading against 17 on Friday, 2 gained, 3 fell and 8 remained with prices unchanged. 
Firm Trades| Clico Investments completed trading at $20.50, with 7,890 units, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $9.30, after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $9.31 in exchanging 39,491 shares, 
The Jamaica Stock Exchange hit a new record within 1 minute of today’s opening with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumping 4,576.37 points to 327,071.44 and the JSE Index climbing 4,169.59 points to a record 297,999.05. 
that has languished just above the $30 level for months has broken into the $40 range and moved down to the second half of the list. The sharp price change follows an announcement that the company signed an agreement to buyback leased assets during this year. The buyback is set to save around $2 billion per annum before tax.
Revenues for the half year to December last year grew 11 percent to $493 million and profit rising 138 percent, continuing the normal annual growth. Revenues will hit the billion mark for the first time in the company’s history, for the current fiscal year and remain over that level going forward. The performance of the economy is critical to the future fortunes and to a lesser degree, the quality of films. Data shows that with tight economy, patronage in Kingston suffered badly with the fall in the economy from in 2008 onwards. At the same time strong growth said to be around 7 percent per annum in the Montego Bay economy, shows up in strong revenues gains there compared to Kingston. With the overall economy recovering, Palace is benefitting.
The group is expected to continue to enjoy increased earnings in 2018 and the focus on expansion of new projects will be beneficial to them going forward.
