Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Trading volume and value rose on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday with an increase in the number of active securities over Monday levels resulting in declines in the indices.
The market closed with 20 securities trading, of which four stocks rose in price; seven declined while nine closed unchanged after Republic Financial Holdings ended at a 52 weeks’ high and CinemaOne and Unilever Caribbean closed at 52 weeks’ lows.
The Composite Index lost 2.35 points on Tuesday to 1,487.73. The All T&T Index declined 2.16 points to 1,897.69, while the Cross Listed Index eased 0.34 points to close at 145.99.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 471,647 units, with a value of $6,460,607, compared to 181,718, with valued at $1,600,095, from 14 securities on Monday.
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 one with a lower offer.
Gains| Guardian Holdings rose 1 cent and ended at $21.50, with 18,518 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial gained 45 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $135.50, with 5,404 units crossing the exchange. Scotiabank finished trading 50 shares, with a gain of 1 cent at $61.01 and West Indian Tobacco rose 1 cent to $41.20, with 2,324 units crossing the exchange.
Losses| Angostura Holdings declined 5 cents to end at $16.15, with 11,923 units crossing the exchange, CinemaOne dropped 80 cents to close at a record low of $5.75, in swapping of 500 shares, Grace Kennedy fell 5 cents and concluded trading with 990 units at $3.90. 
JMMB Group shed 5 cents after exchanging 206,915 stock units and ended at $2.65, Massy Holdings dropped 45 cents to $61.55, with 6,741 units changing hands. National Enterprises closed with a loss of 26 cents at $5.50, with investors exchanging 23,400 shares and Unilever Caribbean closed with a loss of 75 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ low of $22.25, with 500 units traded.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments ended at $27.90, with 2,375 units crossing the exchange, First Citizens Bank settled at $45.10, with the trading of 7,469 units, National Flour settled at $1.36, with an exchange of 1,152 units. NCB Financial finished, with 14,800 stock units changing hands at $11, One Caribbean Media ended at $8.40, with investors exchanging 2,340 shares, Point Lisas completed trading 20,000 shares at $3.55. Prestige Holdings settled at $8.90, with 30 units trading, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed trading of 138,003 shares at $23.61 and Trinidad Cement settled at $2, with investors exchanging 8,713 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
The Market closed with an average of 301,469 units valued at an average of $2,665,982 for each security traded, in contrast to 750,376 units valued at an average of $3,766,627 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 439,042 units valued at 2,218,333 for each security changing hands, compared to 457,502 units valued at $2,149,464 for each security traded. Trading in December resulted in an average of 595,143 units valued at $9,344,514 for each security.
NCB Financial Group declined $3.50 to $195, after falling $3.50 transferring 44,755 shares, Pulse Investments added 44 cents to close at $6.89, with 361,956 units changing hands, Sagicor Group lost 40 cents to end at $69.60 in swapping 68,386 shares. Salada Foods gained $2 to close at $32, with an exchange of 10,716 units, Scotia Group rose $3.94 to $55, after trading 17,152 shares, Seprod lost 90 cents to close at $50, with 26,085 units changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 50 cents to settle at $26.50 in swapping 49,904 shares, Wisynco Group ended 50 cents higher at $22.50, with an exchange of 281,294 shares and in the preference sector, 138 Student Living lost 50 cents in trading 100 stock units to close at $5.50.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Monday with 34 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 2,705,269 units valued at $10,296,689 compared to 13,086,482 units amounting to $78,746,137 from 30 companies on Friday. 
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed 50 cents higher at $30.50, with 1,100 stock units crossing the exchange, Blue Power declined 50 cents in trading of 21,110 units at $4.50, Cargo Handlers fell $1.50 trading of 23,803 units at $8. Caribbean Producers ended market activity exchanging 199,750 shares to close at $4.80 after falling 20 cents, Consolidated Bakeries traded 20,000 units and gained 11 cents to end at $1.80, Dolphin Cove gained $1 to end at $11.80 with 10,388 stock units trading. Derrimon Trading fell 3 cents with 9,565 units changing hands at $2.55, Everything Fresh climbed 3 cents in exchanging 6,914 shares at $1.07, Fontana rose 40 cents trading 34,132 stock units at $7, Fosrich gained 9 cents and exchanged 134,721 shares at $4.46. General Accident closed with a loss of 25 cents at $6.20, after swapping of 36,453 shares, GWest shed 18 cents in trading of 35,310 units at $1.07, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 80 cents at $7.30, after swapping of 121,550 shares, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 74 cents with 48,160 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma declined 19 cents to settle at $3 with 53,342 units crossing the exchange, Jamaican Teas ended trading with 219,731 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $7.90. Jetcon Corporation fell 20 cents with an exchange of 15,000 units at $1.50, Key Insurance closed 10 cents higher at $3.60, with 37,170 stock units trading, Knutsford Express declined 61 cents to settle at $9.99 after trading 19,746 shares. 
Lasco Distributors closed with 62,097 units hanging hands and rose 7 cents to end at $3.13, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.26 with 18,327 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing closed 10 cents higher at $4.60, with 218,213 stock units trading. Lumber Depot closed with an exchange of 531,327 units and gained 2 cents to end at $1.52, Mailpac Group fell 9 cents to end at $2.05, after swapping of 310,503 shares, Main Event closed 84 cents higher at $6.04, with 5,000 stock units trading. Medical Disposables ended trading of 200 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $7, Paramount Trading closed with 8,600 units changing hands, after rising 15 cents to end at $1.90 and SSL Venture traded 11,500 stock units and rose 3 cents to end at $1.34.
Losses|Clico Investments closed with a loss of 5 cents at $27.90, after exchanging 2,618 shares, One Caribbean Media fell 10 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.40, with 175 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco shed 1 cent to close at $41.19, with 570 stock units crossing the exchange.
Trading in December resulted in an average of 595,143 units valued at $9,344,514 for each security.
PanJam Investments fell by $1 in settling at $100 and trading 126,030 shares, Pulse Investments closed 80 cents lower at $6.45, with 179,044 units changing hands. Sagicor Group dropped $2.90 to end at $70 in swapping 63,645 shares, Salada Foods dropped to $30, with a loss of $5 in exchanging a mere 365 shares, Scotia Group dived $7.64 to $51.06 with 1,033,100 shares changing hands, Seprod gained 40 cents to close the day’s trade at $50.90, with 7,100 units changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments ended 60 cents higher to settle at $27 after transferring 740 shares and Wisynco Group lost 75 cents to close at $22, with an exchange of 1,144,580 shares.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday with 30 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 13,086,482 units valued at $78,746,137 compared to 1,796,789 units valued at $5,251,681 from 36 stocks on Thursday. 
In contrast, December closed with an average of 521,319 shares at $1,344,719 for each security traded.
Jetcon Corporation fell 5 cents to end at $1.70, in swapping 15,716 shares. KLE Group closed trading of 203,552 units and gained 30 cents to end at $2, Lasco Distributors lost 19 cents with 34,425 shares changing hands to close at $3.06, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 13 cents at $4.27, after swapping of 74,300 shares. Lasco Manufacturing fell 16 cents trading of 9,790 units at $4.50, Limners and Bards ended trading of 91,316 shares, after rising 10 cents to $3, Mailpac Group exchanged 630,031 units and gained 9 cents to end at $2.14, Paramount Trading shed 4 cents in transferring 82,000 units at $1.75. SSL Venture closed trading of 97,949 units and gained 6 cents to end at $1.31 and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 45 cents with 15,690 units trading at $10.50.
Scotiabank gained $1 and settled at $61, with 58,468 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco rose 20 cents and concluded trading with 130,039 units at $41.20.
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Thursday with the major indices rebounding from the previous day’s losses with two stocks closing at 52 weeks’ highs. 
PanJam Investments lost $1, ending at $101 after trading 19,804 units, Proven Investments climbed $3 to $50, with 9,931 units changing hands, Sagicor Group gained $2.40 to settle at $72.90 in trading 23,684 shares. Salada Foods closed $1.20 lower at $35, after swapping 3,252 shares, Scotia Group gained $3.70 to end at $58.70 with 22,814 shares changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 40 cents to settle at $26.40 in trading 92,554 shares and Victoria Mutual Investments gained 95 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $10, with an exchange of 161,614 shares. Trading in the US dollar market ended with 255,781 units valued at over US$45,167. The market index advanced 7.59 points to close at 235.96.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 36 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,796,789 units valued at $5,251,681 compared to 12,466,951 units valued at $49,798,922 on Wednesday. 
Key Insurance closed 20 cents higher at $3.50, with 187 stock units trading. KLE Group closed trading with a loss of 5 cents at $1.70, in swapping 15,500 shares, Knutsford Express closed trading of 6,500 units and gained 1 cent to end at $10.60, Lasco Distributors finished 19 cents higher at $3.25, with 2,565 stock units crossing the exchange. Lasco Financial ended trading with 3,400 shares, after rising 12 cents to close at $4.40, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 21 cents and exchanged 27,178 shares at $4.66, MailPac Group fell 4 cents trading 264,314 units at $2.05. Main Event rose 19 cents and exchanged 11,053 shares at $5.20, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 1 cent at $6.70 with 13,500 stock units changing hands, SSL Venture lost 13 cents in trading 285,000 shares to close at $1.25 and Stationery and Office ended exchanging 2,110 shares, after rising 45 cents to end at $10.95.
Guardian Holdings settled at $21.50, after exchanging 125 shares, National Enterprises ended at $5.76, with 2,000 units crossing the exchange, NCB Financial ended trading at $11, with investors exchanging 14,226 shares. One Caribbean Media closed at $8.50, after exchanging 3,000 shares, Point Lisas settled at $3.55, with an exchange of 123,601 units, Prestige Holdings finished market activity at $8.90, with 3,058 units crossing the exchange. Republic Financial ended at $135, with the swapping of 350 units, West Indian Tobacco completed trading of 1,125 shares at $41 and Trinidad Cement concluded at $2, with 92,739 stock units changing hands.
