Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with trading in 13 securities against 12 on Tuesday, with 4 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 184,131 shares valued at $2,768,851 trading, compared to 121,903 shares valued at $1,342,405 on Tuesday.
At close, the Composite Index rose 0.82 points to 1,266.92, the All T&T Index gained 0.82 points to 1,700.88, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.34 points to close at 112.38.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Tuesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens concluded trading with a rise of 14 cents at $32.30, after exchanging 8,838 shares, Sagicor Financial added 2 cents and completed trading at $7.82, with 6,613 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL jumped 61 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $28.75, after exchanging 24,650 shares and Trinidad Cement rose 1 cent and ended at $3, with 54,334 stock units changing hands.
Losses| LJ Williams B share fell 5 cents and ended at 70 cents, after exchanging 1,314 shares, Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 3 cents at $47.40, with 5,010 stock units changing hands and NCB Financial Group shed 5 cents and concluded trading at $6.45 with 40,000 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended at $15.70, with 30,000 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments completed trading at $20.11, with 6,678 units, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $9.30, after exchanging 200 shares, One Caribbean Media ended at $12.44, with 300 stock units trading, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $101.53, with 1,941 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank settled at $62.50, after trading 4,253 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Moderate trading on TTSE – Wednesday
Trinidad stocks inched higher – Tuesday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with trading in 19 securities with 4 trading 5 units or less, against 16 trading on Monday. The market closed with 3 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 15 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Tuesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers, an indication of a greater level of stability in the market.
Trading ended with 305,086 shares with a value of $4,018,435, compared to 74,204 shares with a value of $1,358,010, changing hands.
At close the Composite Index gained 0.33 points on Tuesday to 1,269.97, the All T&T Index rose 0.24 points to 1,701.21 while Cross Listed Index added 0.06 points to close at 113.18.
Gains|Agostini’s concluded trading and rose 1 cent to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $20.87, trading just 2 shares, Scotiabank added 1 cent to complete trading at $61.72, with 2,802 stock units changing hands and strong>Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 48 cents and finished at $27.50, with 6,833 units changing hands.
Losses| LJ Williams B share ended trading 5 cents lower at $0.70, trading 200 shares.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings concluded trading at $15.67, with 2,127 stock units changing hands Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with a mere 2 units trading, Ansa Merchant finished at $40, trading just 2 shares, Clico Investments concluded trading at $20, with 19,063 units, 
First Caribbean International Bank ended at $9.30, trading 946 shares. First Citizens finished at $32.10, trading 3,108 shares, Grace Kennedy closed trading at $3.40, with 161,520 units, Massy Holdings ended at $47, with 25,428 stock units changing hands. National Enterprises finished at $9.65, with only 5 units trading. National Flour completed trading at $1.90, trading 845 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $6.60, trading 22,620 shares, Point Lisas concluded trading at $3.81, with 29,514 units, Sagicor Financial traded 2,150 units at $7.82, Trinidad Cement closed at $3.50, trading 16,036 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished at $88.50, with 11,883 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trinidad stocks trade after Carnival
Trading resumed on the TTSE on Wednesday after braking for the Carnival celebration.
Market activity resumed on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday after closing for the Carnival celebration break, with trading in 18 securities, compared to 19 on Friday.
The market ended with, with 3 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 11 remaining unchanged leading to declines in all three market indices.
At close the Composite Index gained 0.14 points on Wednesday to 1,268.63, the All T&T Index rose 0.25 points to 1,702.09 while Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 112.69.
Market activity ended with 107,817 shares with a value of $2,343,695, traded, compared to 211,761 shares with a value of $2,131,516 on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s concluded trading with a gain of 10 cents to aa a 52 weeks ‘ high of $20.86, with 3,330 shares changing hands, NCB Financial Group gained 10 cents and finished at $6.60, trading 3,000 shares and Scotiabank advanced by 12 to end at $61.63, with 500 stock units changing hands.
Losses| National Enterprises lost 2 cents and concluded trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.65, with 250 units, LJ Williams B share closed with a fall of 1 cent at 76 cents, trading 35,000 shares, 
Sagicor Financial closing at $7.88 after slipping by 1 cent, with 27,774 units and Unilever Caribbean losing 9 cents to finish at $28.90, trading 50 shares.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings ended trading at $15.67, with 20,094 stock units changing hands, and Clico Investments concluded trading at $20 with 15,160 units, First Citizens concluded trading at $32.10, trading with 1,861 shares. Grace Kennedy ended trading at $3.40, with 46,868 units. Guardian Holdings to finish at $17 trading 100 shares. JMMB Group fell 5 cents to $1.80 with 19,348 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings concluded trading at $47.49, with 2,866 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media closed trading at $12.50, with 12,918 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading at $27 with 19,606 units, Trinidad Cement finished trading 2,454 shares at $3.50 and West Indian Tobacco closed at $88.50 with 582 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trinidad stocks down for second year
A lackluster year came to an end for Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday with trading in 14 securities against 11 on Thursday, with 4 stocks advancing, 3 declining with 7 closing unchanged.
The year closed with Composite Index rising 0.92 points on Friday to 1,266.35 with a rise of 4.7 percent for the year. The All T&T Index declined 1.16 points to 1,728.75, increasing the year’s fall to 5.75 percent while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.41 points higher to close at 108.38 for a gain of 38.12 percent for the full year. In 2016 Trinidad stocks lost 5.86 percent after ending 2015 with no change.
Market activity ended with a mere 109,529 shares with a value of $2,139,960 traded, rising above the 95,251 units changing hands on Thursday, valued at $1,845,641.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group ended trading increase by 10 cents with 20,860 stock units and closed at $1.65 Massy ended rose 2 cents to $48.02 with 681 stock units changing hands, National Flour finished 1 cent higher at $1.91 with 1,154 shares and Point Lisas traded 2,000 units with the price rising 4 cents to $3.94.
Losses| Angostura Holdings ended with a loss of 15 cents with 75 stock units, to close at $15.05, Guardian Holdings finished with a loss of 22 cents to end at $17.03 with 16,076 shares changing hands and Republic Financial ended with a loss of 7 cents at $101.51 with 178 stock units.
Firm Traded| First Citizens closed with 861 shares at $32, Grace Kennedy concluded trading with 350 units at $3, National Enterprises concluded trading with 399 units at $9.80, Sagicor Financial concluded trading with 1,600 units to close at $7.83. Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $26.50, trading 65,000 stock units valued at $1,722,500, Trinidad Cement traded 250 units and closed at $3.75 and Unilever Caribbean finished trading just 45 shares at $29.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
More securities trade with less volume
Agostini’s traded at a 52 weeks’ high on Tuesday.
The number of securities trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, climbed to 18, compared to 14 on Monday. Unlike Monday, when just 1 stock advanced, trading on Tuesday threw up 4 winners 3 losers and 11 trading unchanged, with 1 closing at 52 weeks’ high and 1 at a 52 weeks’ Low.
In spite of the rise in the number of securities trading market activity ended with a mere 556,707 shares trading at a value of $4,534,786, well down from the 1,413,505 shares trading at for $8,688,584 on Monday.
The Composite Index fell 0.76 points to 1,257.20, the All T&T Index declined 1.90 points to 1,721.95 while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.05 points to close at 106.81.
Trinidad Cement closed at a 52 weeks’ low on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| In trading Agostini’s exchanged 694 shares, gaining 21 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $20.75, Angostura Holdings closed trading with just 20 shares at $15.20 after rising by 20 cents, Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent to end at $7.97, trading 275,873 shares with a value of $2,206,084 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL recovered the 30 cents it lost on Monday to close at $26.50, with 9,502 shares changing hands.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining are Grace Kennedy with a loss of 1 cent, in closing at $2.99 in exchanging 217,463 shares at a value of $649,365, Guardian Holdings lost 27 cents in closing at $17.03 with 11,600 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement lost 20 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.75 with 1,085 stock units trading.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are Clico Investments closing unchanged at $21 with 700 units trading, First Citizens closed at $32 with 8,303 units changing hands,
First Caribbean International Bank trading 9,000 units at $9.30, National Enterprises exchanged 1,200 units at $9.80, Prestige Holdings closed at $10.70 with 1,453 shares trading, ReadyMix traded 500 shares at $11. Republic Financial Holdings traded a mere 5 units to settle at $100, Scotiabank closed at $60 in exchanging 1,766 units, Unilever Caribbean closed at $29, trading 500 shares, West Indian Tobacco closed at $100 with 6,948 shares with a value of $688,504 trading but traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $96.99, before the close and LJ Williams B share traded 10,095 units at 70 cents.
TTSE close in calmer waters – Wednesday
Republic Bank drops to 52 weeks’ low.
Price movements were calmer at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday with 2 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 9 unchanged as 15 securities traded for the third consecutive day.
The market closed as 750,792 shares traded at a value of $10,300,305 compared to Tuesday’s trades of 652,922 shares valued at $9,971,563.
The Composite Index gained 1.48 points to 1,280.88, the All T&T Index advanced by 3.27 points to 1,743.34 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.04 points to close at 110.35.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| At the close of trading on Wednesday, National Enterprises gained 25 cents to end at $10 trading 242,340 shares valued at $2,423,050 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 50 cents to close at $26.50 exchanging 24,334 shares valued at $641,925.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining are, First Citizens with a loss of 1 cent, in closing at $32 with 134,288 shares valued at $4,298,539, Guardian Holdings trading at $17.98, with a loss of 1 cent swapping 500 units, JMMB Group ending at $1.59, after losing 1 cent with 83,033 shares changing hands and Republic Financial Holdings that closed 25 cents lower to a new 52 weeks’ low of $100 with 549 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| The last prices of securities at the close on Wednesday unchanged are, Angostura Holdings that closed at $15 with 42,437 units valued at $636,555 trading, while Clico Investment remained at $21 with 10,400 shares and First Caribbean International Bank ending trading at $9.30, with 127,150 stock units valued at $1,182,495 being exchanged. Massy Holdings closed at $49 with a mere 10 units traded, NCB Financial Group held firm at $6.50, exchanging 12,561 shares while One Caribbean Media closed at $14 with 1,000 units. Sagicor Financial settled at $7.95 with 71,288 shares valued at $566,740, Scotiabank closed at $61 with 436 units trading and Unilever Caribbean remained flat at $30 with of 466 units trading
Unilever chopped by $4, WITCo by $4.90
West Indian Tobacco dropped $4.90 on Tuesday.
West Indian Tobacco (Witco) and Unilever Caribbean dropped sharply to close at a 52 weeks’ lows. Witco dropped $4.90 on Tuesday by, after falling $5.24 on Monday, to $102.85 following a long period of limited trading. Unilever another stock that was under pressure given very poor 2017 results, fell by $4 to a new low of $30.
The prices of these stocks are set to decline further, especially Unilever that could tumble below $20 based on poor results recently. Demand for Witco shares fell after the company posted third quarter results with lower profits of $276 million, down from $373 million in 2016, due to a huge decline in demand and sales of cigarettes after consumption tax was hiked earlier in the year.
In trading elsewhere, the market closed with 15 securities changing hands, the same as on Monday with 4 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 6 holding firm. A total of 652,922 shares traded at a value of $9,971,563 compared to Monday’s trades of 176,689 valued at $5,273,498.
The Composite Index gained 0.38 points to 1,279.40, the All T&T Index declined by 11.79 points to 1,740.07 and the Cross Listed Index added 1.73 points to close at 110.39.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of the securities rising are Clico Investment advanced 21 cents to close at $21, with 88,707 shares valued at $1,859,421, NCB Financial Group with gains of 35 cents, closed at $6.50 with 9,475 shares trading, Point Lisas ended at $3.90, gaining 1 cent with 8,500 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rising 25 cents higher to $26, having regained losses on the day prior with 126,355 shares valued at $3,268,793.
Price Movement of Unilever Caribbean
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining are Guardian Holdings lost 1 cent, closing at $17.99 with 4,923 units changing hands. JMMB Group traded 14 cents lower to $1.60 with 126,288 shares changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings closed 25 cents lower to a 52 weeks’ low of $100.25 exchanging 288 units. Unilever Caribbean declined by $4 to a new 52 weeks’ low of $30 with a mere 10 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco ended with a loss of $4.90 to a 52 weeks’ low of $102.85 with 5,016 shares valued at $515,950.
Firm Trades| The last prices of securities at the close on Tuesday unchanged are Angostura Holdings that closed at $15 with 238 units. First Citizens exchanged 1,163 shares at $32.01, Massy Holdings remained at $49 trading 35,365 shares valued at $1,732,885. One Caribbean Media closed at $14 with 50 units, Sagicor Financial settled at $7.95 with 243,245 shares valued at $1,933,696 and Scotiabank closing at $61 with 3,299 shares.
West Indian Tobacco drops $5.24
West Indian Tobacco dropped $5.24 on Monday.
West Indian Tobacco (Witco) dropped sharply by $5.24, to a 52 weeks’ low of $107.75 with 1,600 shares trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday as 15 securities changed hands compared to 11 on Friday.
Demand for Witco shares had fallen significantly since the company posted third quarter results with lower profits of $276 million down from $373 million in 2016, following a big drop in demand and sales of cigarettes after consumption tax was hiked earlier in the year.
The market closed with 2 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 9 remaining unchanged as 176,689 shares traded at a value of $5,273,498 compared to Friday’s trades of 165,628 units valued at $2,492,376.
NCB Financial rose 12 cents on the TTSE on Monday.
The Composite Index fell by 0.27 points to 1,279.02, the All T&T Index declined 5.55 points to 1,751.86 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.69 points to close at 108.66.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of the securities rising and volume changing hands are, Clico Investment rising 1 cent to close at $20.80 with 57,857 shares valued at $1,199,902 trading and NCB Financial Group traded 12 cents higher, ending at $6.15 with only 365 units being exchanged.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining with volume changing hands are, Angostura Holdings with a loss of 5 cents, closing at $15 with 1,800 shares trading while JMMB Group closed at $1.74, losing 4 cents with 9,025 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL retreated from its recent record high in falling 25 cents to $25.75 in exchanging 3,646 shares.
Firm Trades| The volume and last traded prices of securities trading unchanged at the close on Monday are, First 
Caribbean International Bankthat ended at $9.30 with 1,000 units, First Citizens exchanged 4,146 shares at $32.01, Guardian Holdings held firm at $18 with 23,277 shares valued at $418,986. Massy Holdings traded 44,470 shares at $49 valued at $2,179,030, National Enterprises closed at $9.75 with 346 units, Point Lisas ended at $3.89 trading 1,000 units. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $100.50 with 963 units changing hands, Sagicor Financial remained at $7.95, trading 13,976 shares and Scotiabank held at $61 with 13,218 shares valued at $806,303 changing hands.
NCB takeover bid pushes Guardian to $18
Guardian Holdings closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $18 on TTSE after NCB disclosed bid for 32% more shares..
Guardian Holdings’ share jumped $1.45 to $18, trading 69,236 shares on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, in response of a bid to acquire 74 million shares by NCB Financial Group at US$2.35 each.
Guardian was closing at the highest price in 52 weeks which is the equivalent of US$2.66 compared to US$2.35 that is offered by NCB. With a 29.99 percent equity interest acquired in 2016, the NCB Financial Group will most likely command a 62 percent stake in Guardian Holdings when the offer closes as data suggest that the deal is sown up long ago with Arthur Lock Jack almost sure to surrender the shares owned directly or indirectly by him along with a few others.
At the close of trading market activity resulted in 11 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Thursday with 3 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 6 holding firm as 165,628 shares traded at a value of $2,492,376 compared to Thursday’s trades of 221,067 valued at $3,013,733.
The Composite Index gained 5.26 points to 1,279.29, the All T&T Index advanced 13.84 points to 1,757.41 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.47 points to close at 107.97.
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| Securities rising at the close on Friday are Ansa McAL regained losses from the previous day, rising $3.02 to $63.02 with 10,000 shares valued at $630,200 trading, 
Guardian Holdings closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $18, after rising $1.45 and trading 69,236 shares valued at $1,192,342 and Sagicor Financial traded 4 cents higher to $7.95 in exchanging 13,000 shares.
Losses| Jamaican based JMMB Group fell 10 cents and closed at $1.78 trading 31,500 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped $1 to settle at $26 with 4,250 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| Securities trading unchanged are Angostura Holdings exchanged 9,513 shares at $15.05, Clico Investment remained at $20.79 with 7,610 shares trading, First Citizens traded 1,381 shares at $32.01. National Enterprises closed at $9.75 with 1,010 units, National Flour Mills ended with 17,932 stock units at $1.90 and Scotiabank held firm at $61 with 196 units.
Massy Holdings dominates TTSE
Massy traded 90% of the value of stocks trading on Wednesday.
Massy Holdings traded $13.9 million worth of shares, dominating trading with 90 percent of the value of the securities exchanged on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange at close on Wednesday, with 13 securities changing hands, the same as on Tuesday.
At the close, the price of 1 stock advanced, 4 declined and 8 remained unchanged as 482,160 shares traded at a value of $15,366,284 compared to Tuesday’s trades of 1,117,124 valued at $6,876,070.
The Composite Index lost 0.16 points to 1,280.31, the All T&T Index gained 1.73 points to 1,753.65 and the Cross Listed Index was down 0.28 points to close at 108.77.
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| The sole security with a rise in price is Massy Holdings with a gain of 5 cents, in closing at $49 trading 283,195 shares valued at $13,876,555.
Losses| The securities declining at the close on Wednesday are, Clico Investment declined by 30 cents to settle at $20.50, with 10,925 shares changing hands, JMMB Group closed 8 cents lower to $1.90, with 43,461 shares exchanged, 
Point Lisas lost 4 cents, ending at $3.90 with 3,000 shares and Scotiabank lost 1 cent and closed at $60 with 7,261 shares valued at $435,694 trading.
Firm Trades| Securities trading unchanged at the close based on the last traded price are, Angostura Holdings with 2,700 shares, closed at $15.05, First Citizens held firm at $32.01 with 1,189 shares, Grace Kennedy remained at $3 with 4,970 shares trading. National Flour Mills closed at $1.90 with 1,900 shares changing hands, One Caribbean Media exchanged 500 units at $14, Sagicor Financial traded 8,989 shares at $7.95, Trinidad Cement exchanged 109,000 shares at $3.95 valued at $430,553 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL held firm at $25.05 with 5,070 shares changing hands.
