Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange dropped sharply on Thursday. The market closed with 10 securities trading compared to 14 on Wednesday resulting in 180,027 units valued at $179,861 changing hands in contrast to Wednesday’s 361,588 shares valued at $3,622,735.
At the close 3 stocks advanced, 3 declined and 4 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index in gaining 0.36 point to 1,206.38 points. The All T & T Index lost 0.10 points to 1,834.42 points with its year to date loss at 5.85 percent and the Cross Listed Index advanced 0.12 points to 77.29 points with year to date gains of 56.11 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 11 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment gained 1 cent, closing at $22.61 with 7,462 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.64 after adding 1 cent with 13,000 shares being exchanged and Scotia Investments advanced 12 cents to close at $1.95 and 150,000 shares changing owners. The investment bank posted an 86 percent fourth quarter growth in net profit, over the similar quarter in 2015 and a strong of 32 percent for the year to October.
Losses| First Citizens Bank closed at $34.92 for a loss of 1 cent with only 32 shares changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings lost 3 cents, closing at $108.46 with 494 shares switching ownership and Trinidad & Tobago NGL was down 1 cent to $21.99 with an exchange of 584 shares.
Firm Trades| Massy Holdings traded firm at $51 with 564 shares changing owners, National Commercial Bank closed at $2.87 with an exchange of 7,000 shares, National Flour Mills, with 807 shares trading, closed at $2.52 and Prestige Holdings remained unchanged at $11 with 84 shares changing hands.
Trading drops sharply on TTSE
No trading in TCL that’s poised to rise
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday resulted in 14 securities trading compared to 13 on Tuesday. Trinidad Cement with a bid by Cemex to acquire majority of shares at $4.50 did not trade and ended with 12,432 units on the bid at $4.07 and 127,363 units being offered at $4.50. Trading ended with 3 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 361,588 shares trading with a value of $3,622,735 in contrast to Tuesday’s volume of 197,320 valued at $1,996,726.
The Composite Index declined 0.01 point to 1,206.02 points, the All T&T Index gained 0.14 points to 1,834.52 points, lowering its year to date loss to 5.85 percent. The Cross Listed Index lost 0.02 points to 77.17 points with year to date gains slipping to 55.87 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 10 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment gained 5 cents to close at $22.60 with 75,378 shares changing hands at a value of $1,703,450, National Enterprises closed at $10.66, adding 1 cent with 500 shares trading and Scotia Investments closed at $1.83, a gain of 2 cents with 222 shares changing owners.
Losses| Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40, a loss of 1 cent with 6,000 shares changing hands and Grace Kennedy was down 1 cent to $2.72 with 610 shares switching owners.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings held firm at $15.50 as 75,000 shares changed hands with a value of $1,162,500, First Citizens Bank, with 4,975 shares being exchanged, closed at $34.93, and JMMB Group closed at 90 cents with 191,407 shares changing hands. Massy Holdings remained at $51 with 1,930 shares changing owners, National Commercial Bank closed trading at $2.87 and an exchange of 95 shares, National Flour Mills, with 2,151 shares switching owners, closed at $2.52. Prestige Holdings closed at $11 with an exchange of 181 shares, Sagicor Financial at $7.63 had 775 shares changing hands and Trinidad & Tobacco NGL closed at $22 with 2,364 shares changing owners.
TCL climbs to hit $4
TCL closed closer to offer price of $4.50.
Trading ended with 13 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Monday as 3 stocks advanced, 2 declined and 8 remained unchanged. Volume traded amounted to 197,320 shares were traded with a value of $1,996,726 in contrast to Monday’s volume of 846,000 units valued at $6,385,564.
The Composite Index declined 1.29 points to 1,206.03 points, the All T&T Index gained 3.83 points to 1,834.38 points, reducing its year to date loss to 5.86 percent. The Cross Listed Index lost 0.88 points to 77.19 points with year to date gains falling to 55.91 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 10 with lower offers.
Gains| National Enterprises closed at $10.65 with gains of 5 cents and 1,900 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial crept up 1 cent, closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.63 with 6,000 shares changing hands. Trinidad Cement advanced 13 cents to close at $4.01 as 124,891 shares were exchanged for a value of $499,813.
Losses| National Commercial Bank closed at $2.87, with a loss of 13 cents as 6,817 shares changed hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL was down 35 cents to $22 with 2,700 shares switching owners.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings remained unchanged at $15.50 with 15 shares changing hands, Clico Investment, with 10,252 shares switching owners, closed at $22.55, and FirstCaribbean International Bank held firm at $8.50 with 24,784 shares changing hands. JMMB Group closed with 4,000 shares changing hands at 90 cents, Massy Holdings held at $51 with 3,924 shares changing owners, Prestige Holdings closed at $11 with an exchange of 16 shares, Scotiabank ended at $58.69 had 12,018 changing hands valued at $705,336 and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127 with only 3 shares changing hands.
CEMEX’s Trinidad Cement offer pushes stock
Trinidad Cement shares in play.
Market activity on Monday saw an increase in trading levels with volume and value rising strongly as 11 securities traded compared to 7 on Friday. At the close, 2 stocks advanced, 2 declined and 7 remained unchanged as 846,000 shares were traded with a value of $6,385,564 in contrast to Friday’s volume of 133,162 units valued at $610,132.
The Composite Index advanced 0.67 points to 1,207.32 points, the All T & T Index gained 1.27 points to 1,830.55 points, reducing its year to date loss to 6.05 percent. The Cross Listed Index was up 0.01 points to 78.07 points with year to date gains of 57.69 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Sagicor Financial added 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.62 with 1,000 shares changing hands while Trinidad Cement closed with gains of 49 cents to close at $3.88 as 608,138 shares changed hands for a value of $2,124,450.
Losses| National Flour Mills lost 4 cents to close at $2.52 with 1,010 shares changing hands and Scotiabank lost 1 cent, closing at $58.69 with 59,715 shares exchanged for a value of $3,504,673.
Firm Trades | Angostura Holdings traded firm at $15.50 with 62 shares changing hands, Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 with 73 shares changing hands, Clico Investment, with 4,187 shares switching owners, closed at $22.55, and FirstCaribbean International Bank held firm at $8.50 with 62,210 shares changing hands with a value of $528,785. JMMB Group closed with 109,385 shares changing hands at 90 cents, Massy Holdings remained unchanged at $51 with 120 shares changing owners and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127 with 100 shares changing hands.
TTSE down with 2 stocks rising
Trinidad Cement climbed 4% on Thursday & follows a $20 settlement agreement with workers to buy TCL shares.
The shares to be acquired would approximate to around 6 million units based on the current stock price.
Trading ended with 12 securities changing hands, the same in number as Wednesday with 2 advancing, 3 declining and 7 remaining unchanged as a mere 25,307 shares changed hands with a value of $525,554, in contrast to Wednesday’s volume of 184,035 valued at $4,500,237.
The Composite Index lost 0.36 points to 1,205.44 points, the All T&T Index was down 0.38 points to 1,827.89 points, down 6.19 percent year to date. The Cross Listed Index eased 0.04 points to 77.93 points with year to date gains of 57.40 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Trinidad Cement gained 14 cents to close at $3.39 with 1,000 shares being exchanged and West Indian Tobacco closed with a gain of 1 cents at $127 while exchanging 1,316 shares.
Losses| First Citizens lost 7 cents to close at $34.93 with 220 shares changing hands, FirstCaribbean International Bank lost 1 cent, closing at $8.49 with 306 shares changing hands and Guardian Holdings was down 34 cents to close at $12.54 while trading 10,378 shares.Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings held firm at $15.50 with 1,000 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings traded 1,498 shares at $51, National Enterprises, with 8,600 shares changing hands, closed at $10.60, Prestige Holdings closed at $11 with 41 shares trading. Republic Financial Holdings traded at $108.49 with 7 shares switching ownership, Scotiabank closed at $58.70 with 251 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.40 with 690 shares being active
Huge price gap in T&T cross listings
JMMB Group price on the TTSE is over 26% more than in Jamaica.
Grace Kennedy is trading at a 24 percent premium compared to the price in Jamaica, the premium for JMMB Group is over 26 percent, National Commercial Bank trades above the Jamaica listed price, by 14 percent and Scotia Investments by 22 percent. Tightness in the foreign exchange market may be causing the huge gap in prices.
Grace Kennedy trades at a 24% premium on the TTSE to the price on the JSE.
Trading ended with 12 securities changing hands compared to 9 on Tuesday with 3 advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged, with 184,035 shares changing hands with a value of $4,500,237. Trading on Tuesday resulted in 345,479 changing hands with a value of $16,556,172.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 with the highest gains on the market of $4.56 and with 4,183 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings gained 1 cent to close at $51 with 3,998 shares changing hands. National Commercial Bank closed at 52 weeks’ high of $3, up 13 cents with 44,900 shares changing hands and Scotiabank closed 20 cents higher at $58.70 with 38,415 shares changing hands valued at $2,253,392.
Losses| Angostura Holdings lost 50 cents to close at $15.50 with 2,000 shares changing hands, Guardian Holdings dropped 2 cents
to close at $12.88 with 13,523 shares changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.40 and lost 6 cents with 7,000 shares changing hands.Firm Trades | Clico Investment remained unchanged at $22.60 with 17,294 shares changing hands, valued at $390,844, First Citizens closed at $35 with 23,133 shares changing hands with a value of $808,078, Grace Kennedy, with 800 shares changing hands, closed at $2.73. JMMB Group closed at 90 cents with 11,111 shares changing hands and Trinidad Cement closed at $3.25 with 17,678 shares changing hands.
Investors pay up for Massy shares
Investors paid a slightly higher price on Tuesday, to acquire a relatively large block of Massy Holdings’ shares, worth $14.8 million. The block accounted for 84 percent of all stocks traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange.
Trading ended with just 9 securities changing hands compared to 10 on Monday with 3 advancing, 2 declining and 4 remaining unchanged. Market activity closed with 345,479 shares changing hands with a value of $16,556,172, in contrast to Monday’s volume of only 75,910 with a value of $5,054,214.
The Composite Index climbed higher by 1.21 points to 1,194.38 points, the All T & T Index advanced 2.40 points to 1,812.13 points, down 7 percent year to date. The Cross Listed Index remained firm at 77.07 points with year to date gains of 55.67 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 9 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings gained 50 cents to close at $16 with 2,400 shares changing hands, First Citizens closed at $35, up 10 cents, with 8,050 shares changing hands after it traded at a low for the day of $33.26 and the volume leader. 
Massy Holdings, closed at $50.99, a gain of 2 cents after trading at $51 with 291,086 shares changing hands valued at $14,844,290.
Losses|Grace Kennedy lost one cent to close at $2.73 with 1,500 shares changing hands and Republic Financial Holdings lost 51 cents to close at $108.49 with 91 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades | JMMB Group closed at 90 cents with 8,300 shares changing hands, National Commercial Bank closed at $2.87 with 12,362 shares changing hands, National Enterprises traded firm at $10.60 with 540 shares changing hands while Scotiabank closed at $58.50 with 23,400 shares changing hands with a value of $1,368,700.
Witco pulls in $7.5m on TTSE
Witco had the largest dollar trade on the TTSE on Tuesday.
Trading activity closed with 1,012,187 shares changing hands with a value of $20,846,037, in contrast to Monday’s volume of 453,888 with a value of $6,111,495.
The Composite Index gained 0.44 points to 1,190.82 points, the All T & T Index closed 0.87 points higher to 1,804.52 points, but down 7.39 percent year to date and the Cross Listed Index closed unchanged at 77.15 points and remained with the year to date gains of 55.83 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings gained 44 cents to close at $13 with 742,704 shares changing hands valued at $9,655,042.
< Strong> Losses|Massy Holdings lost 1 cent with 5,843 shares changing hands to close at $58.43, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.54, a loss of 7 cents with 13,202 shares changing hands and Trinidad Cement lost 15 cents to close at $3.25, with 4,500 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades | Angostura Holdings with 150,473 shares changing hands, closed at $15.50 with a value of $2,332,332, Clico Investment Fund closed at $22.60 with 20,800 shares changing hands, First Citizens closed at $33.01 with 605 shares changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 1,155 shares changing hands. Guardian Media closed at $19 with 6,443 shares changing hands, National Enterprises closed at $10.55 with 6,000 shares changing hands, Prestige Holdings, with 602 shares changing hands, closed at $11. Scotiabank closed at $58.72 with 500 shares changing hands and Witco closed at $126.80 with 59,360 shares changing hands valued at $7,526,848, Witco will make a dividend payout of $1.44 per share on November 24.
Witco & Angostura dominate trading
Angostura Holdings traded TT$2.6 million in shares.
Trading dipped marginally with prices for the majority of traded stocks remaining unchnaged. The market closed with 13 securities changing hands compared with 10 on Friday. At the close, 2 stock advanced, 3 declined, 8 traded unchanged and 2 stocks at a 52-week high.
Trading activity closed with 453,888 shares changing hands with a value of $6,111,495, in contrast to Friday’s volume of 300,540 with a value of $6,639,919.
The Composite Index declined 0.14 points to 1,190.38 points, the All T & T Index closed 0.28 points lower to 1,803.68 points, down 7.43 percent year to date and the Cross Listed Index was unchanged, closing at 77.15 points and holding ground at 55.83 percent for 2016.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 1 cent and closed at 91 cents with 213,540 shares changing hands and Massy Holdings, with only 10 shares changing hands, gained 1 cent to close at $51.
< Strong> Losses|Scotiabank lost 1 cent with 866 shares changing hands to close at $58.72, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 3 cents to close at $22.61 with 100 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at
$126.80, down 10 cents with 20,451 shares changing hands with a value of $2,593,187.Firm Trades | Angostura Holdings with 168,184 shares changing hands, closed at $15.50 with a value of $2,606,852, Clico Investment Fund closed at $22.60 with 10,100 shares changing hands, First Citizens closed at $33.01 with 940 shares changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 6,000 shares changing hands. National Enterprises closed at $10.55 with 29,290 shares changing hands with a value of $309,011, Prestige Holdings, with 1,339 shares changing hands, closed at $11, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $109 with 68 shares changing hands and Sagicor Financial held firm at $7.50 with 3,000 shares changing hands.
TTSE inch up with 3 stocks rising
Cross listed stocks on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange TTSE maintained their strong performance on Friday, despite lower share volume than on Thursday. The market closed with 10 securities changing hands compared with 14 on Thursday.
At the close, 3 stocks advanced, 1 declined and 6 traded unchanged as one stock closed at 52-week’s high. Trading activity closed with 300,540 shares changing hands with a value of $6,639,919, in contrast to Thursday’s volume of 1,008,039 with a value of $9,814,776.
The Composite Index advanced 0.20 points to 1,190.52 points, the All T & T Index gained 0.10 points to close at 1,803.93 points, down 7.42 percent year to date and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.05 points to close at 77.15 points and is up 55.83 percent for 2016.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens gained 1 cent to close at $33.01 with 250 shares changing hands, National Flour Mills advanced 6 cents to close at $2.56 with 92,443 shares changing hands and Sagicor Financial gained 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.50 with 800 shares changing hands.
Losses|Market activity resulted in JMMB Group slipping 1 cent, with 40,140 shares changing hands, closed at 90 cents.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings with 20,000 shares changing hands, closed at $15.50 with a value of $310,000, Clico Investment Fund closed at $22.60 with 30 shares changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 26,294 shares changing hands. Grace Kennedy closed at $2.74 with 5,994 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $50.99 with 113,284 shares changing hands with a value of $5,776,178 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL with 1,305 shares changing hands, closed at $22.64.