Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with the market indices and ending with more declines even as advancing stocks were more than declining ones.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined 877.61 points to 409,723.94 and the JSE Index lost 798.74 points to 373,309.38.
The main and US markets traded a total of 35 securities, compared to 34 securities trading on Tuesday, with the prices of 11 rising, 9 declining and 15 remaining unchanged. JMMB Group 7% NC preference share closed at a 52 weeks’ low $1.98.
Main market activity ended with, 9,650,019 valued at $141,880,042, compared to 9,605,896 units valued at $71,284,670 changing hands, on Tuesday.
Wisynco Group led trading with 3.3 million shares for 34 percent of the day’s volume, Radio Jamaica was next with 2,093,021 shares and accounting for 22 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and Jamaica Broilers with 1,959,403 shares, for 20 percent of the day’s volume and Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 1.16 million units.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
An average of 292,425 units valued at an average of $4,299,395 compared to 300,184 units valued at an average of $2,227,646 for each security traded, on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 318,056 shares with a value of $9,511,657 and previously, 321,224 shares with a value of $10,240,490. Trading for January resulted in an average of 101,980 units, valued at $3,042,494, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Grace Kennedy traded 35,455 stock units and climbed $1.84 to end at $59.50, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 1,959,403 shares and rose 30 cents to end at $33.80, Kingston Wharves rose $1 to close at $71, with 1,192 units changing hands, 183 Student Living rose 99 cents and finished trading 5,000 shares at $5. PanJam Investment dropped $2.99 in closing at $75.01, trading 1,500 units, Sagicor Group fell $1.40 and ended trading 23,200 stock units at $37.10, Salada Foods traded just 18,495 shares, but lost $5.50 to close at $32.50. 
Stanley Motta fell 50 cents to end at $4.50, with an exchange of 1,616 shares, Supreme Ventures rose 45 cents and finished trading of 129,583 units at $19.80. Sygnus Credit Investments rose 75 cents to end at $11 with an exchange of 16,550 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments rose 35 cents to settle at $4.05, with 30,867 shares changing hands and Wisynco Group rose 40 cents and concluded trading of 3,318,014 shares $10.90.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 41,480 units valued at $7,059 changing hands. Proven Investments traded 30,000 units at 22 US cents and Sterling Investments rose 2 cents in exchanging of 11,480 shares at 4 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 5.09 points to close at 175.84.
AMG in big Junior Market trade – Wednesday
AMG Packaging dominated trading with more than 60m shares.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped sharply on Wednesday as 60.67 million shares of AMG Packaging, passed through the exchange, pushing the overall trade for the day to an exchange of 62,035,877 units valued at $128,041,203.
Market activity on Tuesday resulted in just 3,645,419 units valued at $11,521,269.
Trading ended with another big fall the market index of 49.68 points following the 45.69 points drop on Tuesday, to close at 3,059.15. a total of 30 securities changed hands, compared to 28 on Tuesday, resulting in the prices of 9 securities advancing, 10 declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
Trading closed with an average of 2,067,863 units for an average of $4,268,040 in contrast to 130,194 units for an average of $411,474 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 351,444 shares valued $853,828 and previously 96,530 shares valued $346,767. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed at $47, with an exchange of 1,021 shares, AMG Packaging closed with a loss of 15 cents at $2.20, in exchanging 60,673,553 shares, with the bulk of the trade, taking place at $2. Blue Power ended at $5, trading 1,200 stock units, Cargo Handlers closed at $14.70, with 40,556 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream settled with a loss of 48 cents at $5.37, in the trading of 4,040 shares. Caribbean Flavours ended trading with 1,704 shares with a rise of 15 cents to close at $16.15, Caribbean Producers traded 173,500 stock units, at $4.70, Consolidated Bakeries gained 39 cents to end at $2.09, with 239 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 10 cents at $2.50, with an exchange of 6,393 shares. Everything Fresh concluded trading with 18,226 shares with a rise of 25 cents to $1.85, Elite Diagnostic finished 9 cents higher at $3.09, with an exchange of 58,350 stock units, Express Catering settled with a loss of 49 cents at $7, trading 31,584 units, FosRich Group ended trading 4,474 shares and rose 30 cents to close at $4. Fontana traded 20 cents higher at $3.90, with 487,017 shares changing hands, General Accident finished trading 57,162 shares, at $3.99, GWest Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $1.36, in exchanging 40,406 stock units, Honey Bun gained 10 cents to close at $3.80, with an exchange of 11,980 units, Indies Pharma concluded trading of 93,909 shares at $2.90. Jamaican Teas ended trading with 300 
stock units at $4, Jetcon Corporation traded 14,500 units with a loss of 7 cents at $3.18, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 20 cents at $12.50, with an exchange of 103,076 shares, Lasco Distributors ended trading of 73,727 stock units at $3.75. Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 15 cents at $4.35, with 35,401 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing settled 2 cents higher at $3.29, trading 35,900 shares, Main Event ended trading 4,452 shares, with a loss of 20 cents at $5.80, Medical Disposables traded 18,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents to close at $5.50. Paramount Trading finished trading 6,500 stock units at $2.40 and Stationery and Office ended with a loss of 40 cents at $8, trading 27,474 shares. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% ended at $1, with 6,400 stock units trading and Derrimon Trading 9% concluded trading at $2.10, with 4,833 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Gains for TTSE stocks – Wednesday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with trading in 13 securities against 15 on Tuesday, with 5 advancing, 2 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index gained 0.31 points to end at 1,309.60. The All T&T Index rose 1.66 points to close at 1,710.07, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.15 points to close at 122.83.
Trading ended with 382,241 shares at a value of $9,662,035, compared to 255,808 shares on Tuesday valued at $2,783,173.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains | Agostini’s gained 10 cents to close at $23.30, after exchanging 337 shares, First Citizens finished trading 33,612 shares, with a rise of 10 cents to settle at $34.20, Massy Holdings rose 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $48.01, after exchanging 55,682 shares. Republic Financial Holdings ended trading of 3,071 shares, with a gain of 21 cents to $108.01 and West Indian Tobacco finished 6 cents higher at $95.56, with 20,000 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| Sagicor Financial closed with a loss of 1 cent at $9.99, after exchanging 8,500 
shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 11 cents and completed trading of 68,154 units at $29.50.
Stocks closing firm| Clico Investments ended at $20.16, with 7,412 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group closed at $1.75, after exchanging 20,164 shares, National Enterprises ended at $8, with 151,037 stock units changing hands. Prestige Holdings completed trading of 4,600 units at $7.35, Scotiabank ended at $63.64, with 625 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement settled at $2.50, after exchanging 9,047 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
2 days of strong JSE main market gains end
Radio Jamaica traded more than 4 million shares as the compnay posted strong gains in profit in the December quarter.
Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with the market snapping two days of solid gains in the market indices and ending with big declines even as advancing stocks were more than declining ones.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped by 2,837.49 points to 410,601.55 and the JSE Index dived by 2,582.48 points to 374,108.12.
The main and US markets traded a total of 34 securities, compared to 33 securities trading on Monday, with the prices of 16 rising, 11 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. Three stocks traded at new highs during the trading session but only two ended at a new closing high and one closed at a 52 weeks’ low.
Main market activity ended with, 9,605,896 units valued at $71,284,670 compared to 3,396,161 units valued at $104,302,598 changing hands, on Monday.
Radio Jamaica led trading with 4,707,436 shares for 49 percent of the day’s volume, after the company posted strong 
gains in profit in the December quarter of $168 million versus $79 million in the similar period in 2017. JMMB Group 6% preference share was next with 1,799,538 shares and accounting for 18.7 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and 1834 Investments with 705,080 shares, for 7 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 15 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
An average of 300,184 units valued at an average of $2,227,646 compared to 106,130 units valued at an average of $3,259,456 for each security traded, on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 321,224 shares with a value of $10,240,490 and previously, 324,089 shares with a value of $11,497,407. Trading for January resulted in an average of 101,980 units, valued at $3,042,494, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Berger Paints lost 50 cents and ended at $19.50, with an exchange of 6,803 stock units, Grace Kennedy traded with 88,962 stock units and lost 34 cents to end at $57.66, Jamaica Producers regained 50 cents to close at $23 in trading 6,008 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained $1 and closed trading with 36,189 units changing hands, at a record close of $16, JMMB Group rose 65 cents and concluded trading 18,827 shares at $32.75, 
Kingston Wharves dropped $2 and settled at $70, with 44,616 units changing hands, 138 Student Living rose 49 cents and finished trading 1,199 shares at $4.01. PanJam Investment jumped $2.99 and ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $78, trading 6,262 units, Sagicor Group lost 35 cents and ended trading at $38.50, with 39,275 stock units, Salada Foods traded just 700 units, but lost 50 cents to close at $38, Scotia Group dropped $1.89 to finish trading 195,910 shares at $51.11. Seprod climbed $2.50 to finish trading of 695,712 shares at $39, Stanley Motta rose 30 cents to end at $5, with an exchange of 5,000 shares, Supreme Ventures rose 35 cents and finished trading of 12,668 units at $19.35. Sygnus Credit Investments rose 75 cents to end at $11 with an exchange of 16,550 shares and Victoria Mutual Investments lost 30 cents to settle at $3.70, with 236,520 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 99,033 units valued at over $11,543 changing hands. Proven Investments traded 6,633 units to close at 22 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments rose by 2 cents in exchanging of 92,400 shares at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 6.87 points to close at 170.75.
Big fall for Junior Market – Tuesday
Indies Pharma traded 2m shares on Tuesday.
Trading saw 28 securities changing hands compared to 27 on Monday, resulting in an exchange of 3,645,419 units valued at $11,521,269, compared to 3,202,720 units valued at $12,121,438 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 130,194 units for an average of $411,474 in contrast to 118,619 units for an average of $448,942 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 96,530 shares valued $346,767 and previously 91,113 shares valued $336,354. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
t the close of the day’s activities, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 15 cents at $2.35, with 120,000 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 15,300 units, with a loss of 80 cents at $5, CAC 2000 finished 20 cents higher at $12.60, trading just 100 shares. Caribbean Cream ended trading of 2,000 shares, with a loss of 10 cents to close at $5.85, Caribbean Producers finished trading of 17,450 units with a loss of 5 cents at $4.70, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 35 cents at $2.60, with 41,010 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 10,200 shares with a rise of 60 cents to $15.40, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 1 cent at $1.60, with an exchange of 72,397 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 19 cents at $3, in trading 53,414 units. Express Catering ended trading 17,236 shares, with a loss of 1 cent at $7.49, FosRich Group traded 67,552 shares with a loss of 29 cents at $3.70, Fontana finished trading at $3.70, with 557,982 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 1 cent at $3.99, with an exchange of 271,129 stock units. GWest Corporation ended 20 cents higher at $1.31, with 29,675 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading of 20,520 shares, at $3.70, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 5 cents at $2.90, in exchanging 2,013,889 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 17,000 units at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 6 cents higher at $3.25, in exchanging
25,475 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 996 stock units, with a rise of 20 cents to $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed 5 cents higher at $3.75, with 26,427 units trading, Lasco Financial settled at $4.50, with an exchange of 47,259 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 400 shares and rose 9 cents higher to $3.27. Main Event traded 21,655 shares at $6, Medical Disposables finished trading 300 stock units with a loss of 90 cents to $5.60, Paramount Trading closed at $2.40, in an exchange of 25,500 units, SSL Venture Capital ended 1 cent higher at $1.95, with 1,000 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 22,617 shares at $8.40. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1, with the trading of 146,936 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
More gains for TTSE stocks – Tuesday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with trading in 15 securities against 15 on Monday, with 4 advancing, 2 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index gained 0.47 points to end at 1,309.29. The All T&T Index rose 0.86 points to 1,708.41, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.01 points higher to close at 122.98.
Trading ended with 255,808 shares at a value of $2,783,173, compared to 299,658 shares on Monday valued at $4,351,193.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains | Ansa Mcal increased 20 cents and ended at $55.20, with an exchange of 60 units, First Citizens rose 5 cents to close at $34.10, after exchanging 500 shares, Sagicor Financial closed with a gain of 26 cents at $10, in exchanging 168,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 11 cents and ended at $29.61, with 3,928 units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses | JMMB Group share fell 1 cent and settled at $1.75, after trading 7,749 shares and Point Lisas shed 15 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.45, with 750 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing firm | Clico Investments concluded trading of 5,370 stock units at $20.16, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8.50, with 1,078 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings ended at $18, trading 2,094 units, National Enterprises closed at $8, with an exchange of 2,000 stock units, Prestige Holdings ended at $7.35, with an exchange of 1,000 units. Republic Financial Holdings completed trading 1,437 shares at $107.80, Scotiabank concluded market activity at $63.64, with 615 stock units changing hands, Trinidad Cement completed trading at $2.50, after exchanging 56,654 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $95.50, with 4,573 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Everything Fresh picks up Meat company
Everything Fresh traded at $1.61 on Monday.
The company expects to spend an additional $30 million for upgrades, the release stated. “Meat Experts is a widely integrated manufacturing operation located in Bog Walk, St. Catherine. It has its own abattoir, cutting, processing, packaging and cold storage facilities and logistics network. This acquisition will add several new products to the Everything Fresh lineup, promote the support of local livestock and produce farmers and reduce costs. Everything Fresh will be serving both its bulk and retail clients with additional products that will be launched under the Meat Experts and Everything Fresh brands. Everything Fresh continues to pursue other salient opportunities which exist,” the company stated.
The acquisition provides diversification for Everything Fresh that was previously a purely a distributor of edible goods including fruits and meats.
Everything Fresh two major owners and directors, Mr. & Mrs. Pullen.
Everything Fresh is listed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with the stock closing at $1.61 on Monday.
The suffered a reduction in revenues in the September 2018 quarter from $450 million to $422 million but the nine months period enjoyed a rise from $1.365 billion to $1.39 billion. A loss of $17.5 million was realized in the September quarter versus a profit of $11 before tax in 2017 and for the nine months, profit declined to $27 million before tax from $35 million in 2017. The acquisition could add between $20 to $30 million in profit for the group, based on the capital involved in acquisition and the upgrade to take place.
More gains for JSE main market – Monday
Barita Investments dominated trading with 1.1 milliobn shares changing hands.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday with a second day of strong gains in the market indices with the prices of 16 rising, 13 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,028.23 points to close at 413,439.04 and the JSE Index climbed 2,756.09 points to close at 376,690.60 after both rose by more than 2,944 points on Friday.
Importantly, NCB financial that played a big role in many of the big movements in recent months had little impact in Mondays move and suggesting that investors’ interest is more broad-based now than a few weeks ago.
The main and US markets traded a total of 33 securities, compared to 31 securities trading on Friday.
Main market activity ended with, 3,396,161 units valued at $104,302,598 changing hands, in contrast to 7,016,682 units valued at $207,252,597, on Friday.
Barita Investments led trading with 1,113,243 units for 33 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Wisynco Group with 628,630 shares and accounting for 19 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and Seprod with 443,979 stock units for 13 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
An average of 106,130 units valued at an average of $3,259,456 for each security traded, in contrast to 241,955 units valued at an average of $7,146,641 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 324,089 shares with a value of $11,497,407 and previously, 358,447 units valued $13,030,049. Trading for January resulted in an average of 101,980 units, valued at $3,042,494, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments surprisingly, added 51 cents to close at $50.01, with the trading a large volume of 1,113,243 shares up to $52. Berger Paints gained 50 cents and ended at $20, with an exchange of a mere 100 stock units, Caribbean Cement rose 90 cents in trading 1,500 shares at $43, Jamaica Broilers climbed 50 cents in trading of 51,600 units, to close at 52 weeks’ closing high of $33.50. Jamaica Producers lost 50 cents to close at 
$22.50 and trading 6,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained $1 and closed trading with 34,786 units changing hands, at a record close of $15, JMMB Group fell 70 cents concluded trading at $32.10, with 57,512 shares. Kingston Wharves rose $3.48 cents and settled at $72, with 6,449 units changing hands, Pulse Investments traded 2,000 units and lost 50 cents to close at $2.70, Salada Foods traded 10,860 units, but lost 50 cents to close at $38.50. Seprod rose $1.65 to finish trading of 443,979 shares at $36.50, Supreme Ventures lost 80 cents and finished trading 42,611 units at $19 and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 90 cents to end at $10.25 with an exchange of 49,018 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 54,933 units valued at $57,130 changing hands as the sole stock trading, JMMB Group 6% preference share, lost 2 cents and concluded trading with 54,933 units at US$1.04. The JSE USD Equities Index closed at 163.88.
Junior Market trading rises – Monday
Fontana Waterloo branch under construction in Kingston
Trading was dominated by Fontana with 75 percent of the total volume traded in the Junior Market.
At the close, 27 securities changed hands versus 22 changing hands on Friday leading to the prices of 12 securities advancing, 9 declining and 6 remaining unchanged and a rise of 25.69 points in the market index to close at 3,154.52.
Trading ended with an average of 118,619 units for an average of $448,942 in contrast to 68,235 units for an average of $260,022 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 91,113 shares valued $336,354 and previously 86,061 shares valued $315,674. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed at $47, in trading 5,515 shares, AMG Packaging ended 10 cents higher at $2.50, with an exchange of 31,162 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 10,218 units after rising 80 cents to $5.80, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 10 cents at $12.40, in exchanging 3,200 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 5 cents higher at $2.95, with 53,000 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh lost 22 cents to end at $1.61, with 63,050 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.19, with an exchange 26,852 units, Express Catering ended trading of 21,766 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $7.50. FosRich Group traded just 103 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.99, Fontana finished trading 10 cents higher at $3.70, with 2,408,200 shares trading, General Accident closed with 80,376 stock units trading, with the price rising 10 cents higher to $4, GWest Corporation fell 19 cents to an all-time low of $1.11, with an exchange of 98,080 units. Honey Bun concluded trading of 36,070 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.70, Indies Pharma lost 19 cents at $2.95, in trading 36,151 shares,
Jamaican Teas traded 1,140 units at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 5,100 shares, with a rise of 4 cents to $3.19. Knutsford Express fell 20 cents to end at $12.50, in exchanging 45,925 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 30 cents at $3.70, trading 89,999 units, Lasco Financial settled 30 cents higher at $4.50, with an exchange of 14,610 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 133,307 shares 8 cents higher at $3.18. Main Event traded 20,196 shares and moved 30 cents higher to $6, Medical Disposables finished trading at $6.50, with an exchange of 2,000 stock units, Paramount Trading ended swapping 7,000 units for 35 cents higher at $2.40, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.94, with an exchange of 700 shares. Stationery and Office concluded trading of 1,000 shares and jumped 90 cents higher to $8.40 and tTech settled 4 cents higher at $5.84, with 2,000 stock units changing hands. In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.10, with the trading of 6,000 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
7 TTSE stocks gain 2 fell on Monday
Massy traded at a 52 weeks’ high on Monday.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with trading in 15 securities against 20 on Friday, with 7 advancing, 2 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index gained 0.98 points to close at 1,308.82. The All T&T Index rose 1.77 points to 1,707.55, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.02 points to close at 122.97.
Trading ended with 302,158 shares at a value of $4,351,193, compared to 240,095 shares on Friday valued at $9,611,692.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Clico Investments rose 4 cents and closed at $20.16, with 16,875 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings gained 34 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $48, after exchanging 3,326 shares, One Caribbean Media finished 5 cents higher and settled at $10.40, after exchanging 50 shares. Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading of 195 shares after rising 14 cents to $107.80, after, Sagicor Financial added 63 cents and settled at $9.74, after exchanging 167,608 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 20 cents and ended at $29.50, with 24,155 units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean rose 44 cents and settled at $25.50, after exchanging 104 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Prestige Holdings fell 5 cents to $7.35, with an exchange of 44,293 units and Scotiabank fell 1 cent concluded trading 11,209 stock units at $63.64.
Stocks closing firm | Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 2,500 shares to close at $14, First Citizens completed trading at $34.05, after exchanging 1,513 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.10, with 1,585 stock units changing hands. Guardian Holdings ended at $18, trading 10,835 units, JMMB Group settled at $1.76, after exchanging 5,207 shares and NCB Financial Group completed trading at $8.45, with an exchange of 12,703 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
