Big premium for 2 Jamaican stocks on TTSE

Scotia Investments traded at a new high on Friday at $2 (J$38)

Scotia Investments traded at a new high on Friday at $2 (J$38)

Grace Kennedy and Scotia Investments are trading in Trinidad at a huge premium to the prices in Jamaica. Trading activity ended on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday with 267,977 shares valued at $1,725,012 trading, with the market indices mostly falling. The market ended with 14 active securities of which, 3 rose, 7 fell and 4 remained unchanged. Two stocks ended at 52 weeks’ highs and two at a low.
The Composite Index lost 1.84 points to close at 1,167.02, the All T&T Index dropped 4.10 points to close at 1,892.59 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.06 points to close at 58.50.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with 5 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 11 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.01 or the equivalent of J$94 compared to $83 the stock traded at in Kingston on Friday as 60,000 units changed hands at 1 cent higher. National Flour with 25,000 shares changing closed with a gain of 2 cents at $1.83 and Scotia Investments climbed 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2 while trading 44,176 shares. The price the stock closed at is the equivalent of J$38 and compares with $30 it traded at in Kingston on Friday.
Losses| ANSA McAL contributed a mere 9,852 shares but lost 76 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $63.98, First Citizens traded 100 shares at $34.99 but lost 1 cent at the close, Guardian Holdings closed with 3,619 units changing hands at $13.66 after losing 4 cents. TTSE 04-03-16Scotiabank closed with 1,977 shares changing hands with a 1 cent loss to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.74, Trinidad and Tobago NGL lost 5 cents and closed at $18.94 with 4,700 units trading. Trinidad Cement traded 20,421 shares and lost 15 cents to end at $3.75 and West Indian Tobacco lost 3 cents in trading 1,319 shares to close at $126.25.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments traded 580 shares to close at $22.50, Massy Holdings traded 4 shares to close at $57.98, National Commercial Bank with 55,181 shares changing hand to close at $2.45 and L.J. Williams $0.10 A share had 41,048 units trading at 22 cents after losing 3 cents for a 52 weeks’ low.

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