First Citizens. the sole rising stock on TTSE on Monday
The Composite Index gained 0.28 points to close at 1,107.90, the All T&T Index advanced by 0.54 points to close at 1,759.01 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 60.73.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with offers that were lower. The indicator has been showing improving market sentiments recently but it may not mean the end of declining stocks.
Gains| First Citizens Bank rose 50 cents to close at $30 as 39,065 units valued at $1,161,312 changed hands.
Losses| Ansa McAL lost 1 cent in trading 250 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $62.48, Clico Investment Fund traded 3,000 shares to close 1 cent down at $22.60. Massy Holdings lost 1 cent in trading 13,000 shares valued
at $623,740, at a 52 weeks’ low of $47.98 and Scotiabank traded 2,000 shares and lost 5 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $53.86.Firm Trades| Firstcaribbean International Bank traded 4,535 shares to end at $6.56, Grace Kennedy closed with 60,431 shares for a value of $317,263 changing hands at $5.25, National Enterprises closed with 28,364 shares valued at $317,652 changing hands at $11.22. National Flour ended with 486 shares changing hands to close at $2.20, Republic Financial Holdings traded 27,964 units valued at $3,017,093 to close at $107.90 and Sagicor Financial closed with 100 units changing hands at $7.17.
Losses|$47.99 and Republic Financial Holdings lost 9 cents in trading 4,600 units valued at $496,340 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $107.90.
Scotiabank closed with 55 shares changing hands with a loss of 4 cents, to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $53.91 and Unilever Caribbean lost 1 cent in trading 88 shares, to close to at a 52 week’ low of $64.94.
Firm Trades| Guardian Holdings closed with 140,400 shares changing hands for a value of $1,826,604 to end at $13.01. JMMB Group closed at 65 cents, with 5,358 shares changing hands, National Commercial Bank traded 19,172 shares at $2.35, National Flour closed at $2.20 with 500 shares changing hands, Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 22,590 units valued at $451,869 to close at $20 and Trinidad Cement contributed 50,000 shares with a value of $175,030 to close at $3.50.
Prices mostly slipped in trading on Tuesday as more securities were active in trading than on Monday. The market closed with 14 active securities changing hands and ended with 1 stock rising, 4 declining while 9 remaining unchanged, as 405,952 shares valued at $3,302,930 changed hands. The market ended with 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ lows.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund traded 18,217 shares valued at $411,755 to close at $22.60, Firstcaribbean International Bank closed at $6.51 with 475 shares traded, JMMB Group closed at 65 cents, with 64,427 shares changing hands, National Commercial Bank traded 80,828 shares to end at $2.35. National flour closed at $2.20 as 10,357 shares changed hands, Sagicor Financial closed with 8,760 units changing hands at $7.15, Praetorian Property Mutual Fund traded 50,000 units at $2.70, Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 20,222 units valued at $404,440 to close at $20 and West Indian Tobacco traded 445 shares to close at $126.36.
Gains| Grace Kennedy rose 5 cents and closed with 2,000 shares trading at $5.20, JMMB Group rose 5 cents to close at 52 weeks’ high of 65 cents, with 105,324 shares changing hands. Sagicor Financial closed with 32,000 units changing hands at $7.15, after rising 2 cents and Trinidad Cement traded at $3.50 with 600 units changing hands to gain 15 cents.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund traded 63,571 shares valued at $1,436,883 to close 5 cents down at $22.60 and Prestige Holdings fell 13 cents and closed with 8,656 shares changing hands, to end at $11.27.
National Commercial Bank traded 500 shares at $2.39 to shed 1 cent, National Enterprises closed with 100 shares changing hands at $11.23 after slipping by 1 cent. One Caribbean Media traded 184,000 shares valued at $3,952,020 and fell 1 cent to end at $21.47 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 23,645 units with a value of $474,730 to close at $20 with a loss of 50 cents.
Massy Holdings fell by 96 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $49, to close with 16,285 shares valued at $807,411 changing hands and Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 15,636 units with a value of $320,538 to close at $20.50 with a loss of 49 cents.
changing hands, ended with a fall of 93 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $54 and West Indian Tobacco fell 8 cents in trading 2,000 shares to close at $126.28.