Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday closed with more stocks falling than rising, leaving the market indices with losses.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 6.72 points to close at 1,503.29. The All T&T Index shed 9.37 points to end at 1,918.85, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a decline of 0.55 points to end at 147.34.
The market ended with just three stocks rising, six declining while seven remained unchanged.
Trading resulted in 16 securities changing hands with an exchange of 638,454 shares valued $7,493,916, compared to 318,961 shares valued $14,710,897, with 16 securities trading on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of three stocks higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gainers| Clico Investment added 1 cent and closed trading with 18,926 units at a 52 weeks’ high of $28.61 and Massy Holdings gained 48 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $62.99 with an exchange of 42,832 shares and Prestige Holdings added 1 cent in exchanging 16,275 stock units at $9.
Losers| Ansa McAl exchanged 245 shares and fell 5 cents to end at $55.50, First Citizens Bank fell 85 cents and transferred 2,307 stock units to settle at $48.15, JMMB Group shed 11 cents to end at $2.49, with 308,876 stock units crossing the market. 
Trinidad & Tobago NGL transferred 11,677 shares and fell 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.10. Trinidad Cement lost 4 cents and closed trading of 36,438 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.81 and West Indian Tobacco lost 25 cents to close at $39 while trading 17,465 stock units.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International Bank traded 1,000 to close at $7.89. Guardian Holdings exchanged 10,000 stock units to end at $22.29, NCB Financial traded 170,818 shares at $11.35, Point Lisas traded 515 units at $3.75. Scotiabank traded 900 units to end at $62.50, Republic Financial Holdings exchanged 100 shares to close at $145 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 80 stock units changing hands unchanged at $20.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Main Market stock suffering significant declines include NCB Financial $1.55, Caribbean Cement $2, PanJam Investments $2.01, Scotia Group $2, Sygnus Credit $3.30 and Wisynco off $2.45.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 5,335.20 points to close at 505,830.27, the JSE Market Index dropped 4,832.90 points to 460,484.22 and the JSE Financial Index lost 1.47 points to 124.12.
Trading in February resulted in an average of 624,731 units valued at $3,239,665 for each security.
Sagicor Group dropped $3.90 to end at $61.10, with an exchange of 1,136,646 shares, Salada Foods closed at $34, with a loss of $1 trading 1,592 shares. Scotia Group ended at $52.50, after losing $1.51 transferring 179,479 shares, Seprod declined by $4.34 after exchanging 24,220 units and closed at $47.07, Supreme Ventures lost $1.35 to end at $21, in swapping 58,263 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments closed at $23.80, with a loss of 70 cents trading 43,363 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments lost 50 cents to end at $8, with 669,559 shares changing hands and Wisynco Group shed 45 cents to settle at $22.45, in transferring 2,114,845 shares.
Wednesday decline takes the market back to January 2017 levels as investors push the prices of some stocks well below average market value on relatively small volumes.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging lost 10 cents in trading of 14,576 units at $1.80, Blue Power gained 6 cents exchanging 21,873 shares at $4.56, Caribbean Cream settled at $3.30 after dropping 7 cents trading of 478,546 units. Caribbean Producers dipped 65 cents in the swapping of 150,530 units at $4, Derrimon Trading fell 2 cents with 33,836 units crossing the exchange at $1.96, Dolphin Cove ended market activity exchanging 1,350 shares at $11 after falling 25 cents. Elite Diagnostic shed 30 cents to close at $4.10 with 21,336 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh lost 10 cents in trading 125,575 shares to close at 85 cents, Express Catering finished with a loss of 15 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $4.85, in swapping 47,640 shares. Fontana fell 30 cents in trading of 177,543 units at $5.80, Fosrich closed with a loss of 6 cents at $3.34, swapping 37,378 shares, General Accident ended market activity exchanging 44,529 shares at $6.05 after falling 34 cents. Honey Bun added 50 cents to close at $6.50, with 8,523 stock units trading, iCreate dropped 5 cents in the exchange of 34,369 units at 64 cents, Indies Pharma declined by 17 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.38 with 88,260 units crossing the market. Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $6.29 with 21,534 stock units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation closed trading of 161,335 units and gained 7 cents to end at $1.25, Knutsford Express lost 35 cents to settle at $10.85 with 917 stock units traded. 
Lasco Distributors ended market activity exchanging 8,230 shares to close at $2.98 after falling 2 cents, Lasco Financial finished 20 cents higher at $3.20 with 75,804 stock units trading, after the price hit a 52 weeks’ low of $2.80, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 163,856 shares changing hands at $3.30 after falling 35 cents. Limners and Bards shed 11 cents in trading 86,934 units at $2.51, Main Event ended with 21,779 units crossing the exchange and gained 2 cents to close at $5.62, Medical Disposables exchanged 8,816 shares to close at $6.15 after falling 15 cents. Stationery and Office Supplies lost 70 cents in trading 1,100 stock units to close at $9.25, SSL Venture shed 5 cents in after transferring ownership of 20,696 units at $1.23. tTech closed 18 cents higher at $4.18, with 7,000 stock units crossing the exchange and CAC 2000 preference shares rose 20 cents to $1 after 11,547 units changed hands.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 0.13 points to close at 1,510.01. The All T&T Index added 1.72 points to end at 1,928.22, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a decline of 0.27 points to end at 147.48.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL transferred 38,051 shares and fell 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.25.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 3.32 points to close at 1,510.14. The All T&T Index dropped 9.81 points to end at 1,926.50, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a rise of 0.44 points to end at 148.16.
Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 1,840 shares at $16, Clico Investment closed trading with 228,730 units at $28.60, Grace Kennedy traded 1,000 units to close at $3.85. Guardian Holdings traded 18,187 shares to end at $22.25, National Enterprises traded 765 shares to end at $5.51.,NCB Financial traded 5,081 shares at $11.35, Point Lisas traded 194,126 shares at $3.75. Prestige Holdings exchanged 275 at $8.99, Scotiabank traded 10,180 units to end at $62.50, One Caribbean Media close at $7.75 while exchanging 1,100 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed at $39 while trading 300 stock units.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index plunged 14,424.69 points to close at 511,165.47. The previous biggest fall in the JSE Composite index was 12,616.74 points on October 18, 2018. The JSE Market Index nose-dived 13,201.50 points to 465,317.12 and the JSE Financial Index dropped 3.55 points to 125.59.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eleven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 18.1, while the Main Market ended at 17.4 times the 2019 earnings.
Scotia Group ended at $54.01, after losing 49 cents and transferring 92,235 shares, Sterling Investments ended at $3, with a loss of 60 cents as 71,000 shares crossed the exchange. Supreme Ventures climbed $1.35 to settle at $22.35, in swapping 153,799 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 50 cents to finish at $24.50, after trading 30,562 units and Victoria Mutual Investments gained 45 cents to end the day’s trade a $8.50, with 188,051 shares changing hands.
A significant drop of $7.08 in the price of Access Financial, 68 cents fall in Honey Bun and a 90 cents decline for Medical Disposables were stocks that had a major impact on the sharp decline of the market index on the second trading day in March.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price and five with lower offers.
Jamaican Teas jumped 50 cents in trading 189,940 shares to settle at $6.30, Jetcon Corporation lost 13 cents in trading 161,616 shares to close at 52 weeks’ low of $1.18, Key Insurance lost 15 cents and ended market activity exchanging 30,820 shares to close at $3. Knutsford Express closed trading of 300 units and gained 20 cents to end at $11.20, Lasco Distributors swapped 13,185 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $3, Lasco Manufacturing added 5 cents and exchanged 63,222 shares at $3.65. Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 75,712 shares to close at $2.62 after falling 28 cents, Lumber Depot lost 3 cents in trading 105,531 shares to close at $1.40, Main Event fell 19 cents to close at $5.60 with 176,837 shares traded. Medical Disposables declined 90 cents in swapping 21,619 units at $6.30, Paramount Trading dipped 9 cents in trading of 651,246 units at $1.90, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed to $9.95 after rising $1.09 with 3,401 shares changing hands and tTech declined by 27 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ low of $4 with 6,806 units crossing the exchange.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index plummeted 4,132.06 points to close at 525,590.16, the JSE Market Index tumbled 3,791.47 points to 478,518.62 and the JSE Financial Index lost 1.47 points to 129.14.
In the prime market, Barita Investments lost 50 cents in closing at $66, with an exchange of 10,807 shares, Berger Paints ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.75, after losing $1.25 in transferring 1,238 stock units, Caribbean Cement dropped $6.49 to settle at $71.50, in swapping 19,413 units. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund slid $4 to $42 trading 1,699 shares, First Rock Capital fell $2.10 to a 52 weeks’ low of $9.90, with 102,462 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy slipped $2.01 to $65.99, exchanging 44,838 units. Jamaica Broilers shed $3.70 to end at $36 in transferring 66,313 stock units, Jamaica Producers gained $1 to close at $22 after trading 54,510 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange dived $4.10 to $27.50, after swapping 601,102 stock units. JMMB Group ended at $40.75, with a loss of $3.80 in exchanging 234,108 shares, Kingston Wharves closed $2.03 lower to $51, in transferring 27,387 units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 59 cents to end at $10.85, in swapping 10,000 stock units, NCB Financial shed $2 to end at $182 trading 56,333 units, 138 Student Living gained of 62 cents to $6.85, with and 8,056 stock units changing hands. PanJam Investment closed 49 cents higher to $99.99, with 125,859 shares traded, Portland JSX lost $1.30 to finish at $9.70, after exchanging 9,139 units, Proven Investments lost $1 to settle at $48, in trading 6,763 stock units. Pulse Investments gained 35 cents to close at $11.45, in swapping 66,358 shares, Sagicor Group lost 50 cents to end at $66.50, with an exchange of 42,533 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $9.50, with a loss of 35 cents after trading 120,731 shares. Salada Foods finished 75 cents higher after swapping 100 units and closed at $35. 
Scotia Group ended at $54.50, with gains of 50 cents in transferring 7,975 shares, Seprod declined by $2.59 to $51.41, with 38,386 shares changing hands, Stanley Motta lost 74 cents to close at $4.86 in trading 17,700 shares, Sterling Investments jumped 69 cents and ended at $3.60, after exchanging 556,975 shares. Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to settle at $21, in swapping 100,761 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments shed 94 cents to finish at $25, after transferring 36,384 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments dropped $1.20 to $8.05, trading 221,309 shares and Wisynco Group lost 43 cents to end the day’s trade of 1,334,069 shares at $22.67.
Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 16 cents at $1.98, with 88,200 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove finished at $11.38 with 8,177 shares traded after climbing 88 cents, Everything Fresh exchanged 52,137 shares at $1 after rising 1 cent, Express Catering lost 49 cents in trading 12,661 shares to close at $4.51. Fontana ended with 957,645 stock units changing hands after jumping 24 cents to end at $6.45, Fosrich swapped 16000 shares and declined 70 cents to settle at $3.21, General Accident lost 90 cents in trading of 4,216 units at $5.60. GWest Corporation dipped 4 cents to $1 with 25,416 units swapped, Honey Bun ended market activity, exchanging 10,144 shares to settle at $6.68 after falling by 47 cents, iCreate closed 4 cents higher at 60 cents, with 58,216 stock units trading. Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 44 cents at $2.50 with 29,618 shares changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance slipped 10 cents to $2.90 with an exchange of 550 units, Jamaican Teas shed 37 cents in trading of 5,645 stock units at $5.80. Jetcon Corporation fell 23 cents to $1.31 in the swapping of 100,865 shares, Key Insurance climbed 15 cents and exchanged 300 units at $3.15, KLE Group shed 20 cents in trading of 22,902 units at $2.30. Lasco Distributors closed 1 cent higher at $2.70, with 111,097 stock units trading, Lasco Financial lost 30 cents and exchanged 12,935 shares to close at $3, Lasco Manufacturing fell 37 cents trading of 88,600 units at $3.60.
Limners and Bards ended with 651,375 shares crossing the exchange after gaining 1 cent to end at $2.90, Lumber Depot lost 7 cents in trading of 68,227 units at $1.43, MailPac fell 9 cents in the exchange of 1,540,746 units at $1.80. Main Event dropped 11 cents to close at $5.79 with 670 units traded, Medical Disposables climbed $1.47 to settle at $7.20 with 4,970 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading ended at $1.99 with 16,600 stock units changing hands, after losing 1 cent. Stationery and Office Supplies closed 16 cents higher at $8.86, with 1,400 stock units crossing the exchange and CAC 2000 9.5% preference share closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 20 cents to end at $1.
