Trading levels remained low on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday despite 11 securities changing hands compared to 8 on Monday. The market closed with 4 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 6 unchanged. Market activity resulted in 31,912 units valued at $644,182 changing hands compared to Monday’s 46,969 units valued at $702,598.
The Composite Index gained 0.43 points to 1,205.82 points, the All T & T Index advanced 0.80 points to 1,833.98 points with its year to date loss at 5.88 percent. The Cross Listed Index rose 0.01 point to 77.19 points with year to date gains of 55.91 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa Merchant Bank, advanced 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $40.10 but with a mere 24 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments added 1 cent, closing trading at $1.98 with 888 shares changing owners. Scotiabank closed at $58.76, up 7 cents with only 14 shares being exchanged while Trinidad Cement advanced 7 cents to $4.08 with 7,637 changing hands.
< Strong> Losses| Guardian Holdings closed at $12.65, down 5 cents with 2,000 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades | Ansa McAL was unchanged at $66.50 with 177 shares changing owners, Clico Investments closed at $22.61 with an exchange of 130 shares and JMMB Group traded firm at 88 cents with 15,000 shares changing hands. Massy Holdings remained unchanged at $51 with 1,395 shares changing owners, Trinidad & Tobago NGL at $21.99 with 1,000 shares switching owners and West Indian Tobacco held firm at $127 with 3,647 shares changing hands, valued at $463,151.
Trading levels rise
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.
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.
Moderate trading on TTSE
Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Exchange closed on Monday with 10 securities changing hands, down from 13 on Friday, 1 of which advanced, 2 declined and 7 traded unchanged.
Market activity resulted in 1 stock closing at 52-weeks’ highs and one at a 52 weeks’ low.
Trading activity closed with 87,638 shares changing hands with a value of $556,559 compared to Friday’s volume of 510,441 with a value of $8,337,500.
The Composite Index advanced 0.08 points to 1,181.51 points, the All T & T Index lost 0.15 points to close at 1,804.46 points, 7.39 percent down year to date and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.04 points to close at 74.88 points to be up 51.24 percent for the year to date.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bid higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Sagicor Financial gained 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks high of $7.25 with 3,000 shares changing hands.
Losses|One Caribbean Media lost one cent to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $19.99 with 250 shares changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 15 cents to close at $22.55 with 10,549 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades | Clico Investment Fund closed at $22.60 with 885 shares changing hands, Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40.01 with 2,054 shares changing hands, First Citizens Bank with 1,652 changing hands, closed at $33, Grace Kennedy with 100 shares changing hands, closed at $2.55. JMMB Group ended with 4,048 shares changing hands and closed at 91 cents, Scotia Investments closed at $1.81 with 65,000 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at $126.95 with 100 shares changing hands.
First Citizens trades $6.7M on TTSE
First Citizens had the largest value traded on TTSE on Friday.
Trading activity closed with 510,441 shares changing hands with a value of $$8,337,500, in contrast to Thursday’s volume of 168,658 units valued at $4,011,086.
The Composite Index advanced 1.01 points to 1,182.43 points, the All T & T Index gained 2.12 points to close at 1,804.61 points to be down 7.38 percent year to date and the Cross Listed Index dipped 0.01 points to close at 74.84 points and is up 51.16 percent for 2016.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bid higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings gained 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.01 with 2,000 shares changing hands and Guardian Holdings gained 45 cents to close at $13 with 3,994 shares changing hands.
< Strong> Losses| Grace Kennedy traded 192,759 shares valued at $491,577 but lost 2 cents in closing at $2.55 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 1 cent to close at $22.70 with 500 shares trading.
Firm Trades | Ansa McAl closed at $62 with 2,000 shares changing hands, Ansa Merchant Bank ended with 46 shares changing hands at $40.01, Clico Investment Fund closed at $22.60 with just 45 shares changing hands with a value of $896,994, First Citizens traded 201,792 shares valued at $6,659,136 to close at $33. First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 95,736 shares with a value of $813,754 changing hands, JMMB Group closed at 91 cents with 1,841 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $50.99 with 1,310 shares trading, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed at $7.20 with 7,995 shares changing hands and Scotiabank closed at $58.74 with 423 shares changing hands.
First Citizens recovers some ground – Friday
First Citizens Bank was the largest mover on Trinidad and Tobago Exchange when trading ended on Friday, with the price that dropped $3.93 on Thursday, recovering 50 cents with 200 units trading to end at $31.50. Elsewhere trading ended with 9 securities changing hands, down from 11 on Thursday.
Trading activity closed with 4 stocks rising while 3 declined and 2 remained unchanged as 522,024 shares valued at $1,246,175 changed hands, compared to 1,593,090 shares valued at $2,604,191 on Thursday as 2 stocks closed at new 52 weeks’ high.
The market closed with sharp movements in the indices. The the Composite Index advanced by 2.95 points to close at 1,167.20. The All T&T Index closed with a gain of 4.59 points to 1,802.05, down 7.52 percent for 2016 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.18 points to 71.03 points and is up 43.47 percent year to date.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 4 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of 84 cents with 413,232 units for a value of $ 339,850, switching ownership. Grace Kennedy contributed 1,420 shares and rose 3 cents in trading, to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.60 and Trinidad Cement gained 20 cents with 81,777 shares valued at $326,537 changing hands to close at $4.
Losses| Guardian Holdings lost 1 cent in trading 1,447 shares, the price closed at $12.60, National Commercial Bank ended with 290 shares changing hands with the price closing with a loss of 2 cents at $2.58 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL lost 3 cents in trading 16,200 shares with a value of $381,495 changing hands at $23.55.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund closed with 7,430 shares changing hands at $22.60 and Massy Holdings ended with 325 shares changing hands at $51.50.
5 rise 3 fall on TTSE – Friday
FirstCaribbean traded at a new 52 weeks’ high on Friday.
The market closed with modest movements in the indices and ended with 5 stocks gaining, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged as 14 securities traded.
The Composite Index rose 6.44 points to close at 1,171.59, the All T&T Index gained 1.68 points to close at 1,819.56 and the Cross Listed Index grew by 1.53 points to 69.82 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 200,000 units for a value of $8,002,000 and gained 1 cent to end at $40.01, Firstcaribbean International Bank ended trading 5,000 shares and closed with a rise of 31 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.65. JMMB Group gained 2 cents to end with 100,000 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ high of 73 cents, Praetorian Property Mutual Fund ended with 87,800 shares changing hands to close at $2.65 after rising 5 cents and Trinidad Cement had 7,300 shares changing hands and rose 25 cents to close at $3.50.
Losses| Asna McAl traded 15,000 shares valued at $940,200 and lost 2 cents to end at $62.68,
Calypso Macro Index Fund dropped 1 cent while trading 20,000 units valued at $439,725 to end at 52 weeks’ low of $21.99 and Guardian Holdings traded 13,540 shares with the price closing at $12.60 after falling 2 cents.Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded just 70,556 shares valued at $1,220,619 to end at $17.30, Clico Investment Fund closed with 4,955 shares changing hands to end at $22.60, Massy Holdings ended with 7,668 shares with a value of $398,733 changing hands to end at $52. National Commercial Bank ended with 175,370 shares being traded for $457,800 with the price closing at $2.60, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.65 with 20,925 units changing hands and Unilever traded 10,775 shares valued at $646,500 at $60.
4 rise 3 fall on TTSE – Thursday
Keith Duncan, Group Chief Executive Officer of JMMB that closed at a new high on the TTSE.
The market closed with modest movements in the indices and ended with 4 stocks gaining, 3 declining and 8 remaining unchanged as 15 securities traded.
The Composite Index rose 1.23 points to close at 1,165.13, the All T&T Index gained 2.11 points to close at 1,817.88 and the Cross Listed Index inched 0.05 points to 68.29 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Gains| Angostura Holdings ended with 110 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $14.56 after rising 1 cent, JMMB Group gained 1 cents to end with 780,541 shares with a value of $554,178 changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ high of 71 cents. National Enterprises closed with 127 shares changing hands at $10.16 after gaining by 1 cent and Scotiabank climbed 26 cents and closed with 1,100 shares changing hands at $58.25.
Losses| Guardian Holdings traded 3,290 shares with the price closing at $12.62 after falling 8 cents and Massy Holdings lost 3 cents and ended with 39,836 shares value of $2,071,472 changing hands to end at $52 and 60 and West Indian Tobacco traded 50 shares but lost 2 cents to close at $127.05.Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 1,056 units to end at $40, Clico Investment Fund closed with 10,666 shares changing hands to end at $22.60, National Flour ended with 45,643 shares changing hands at $2.58, Republic Financial Holdings traded 1,000 units to end at $111. Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 300 shares changing hands at $7.01, Scotia Investments had 52,330 shares changing hands and rose 5 cents to close at $1.80, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.65 with 422 units changing hands and Trinidad Cement had 150,142 shares changing hands to close at $3.25.
4 TTSE stocks fall 3 rose Monday
Trading activity remained extremely low on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market on Monday compared with the levels of trading on Friday. Only 45,867 shares valued at $599,742 changed hands, compared to 122,386 shares valued at $1,499,056 on Friday.
The market closed with modest movements in the indices and ended with 3 stocks gaining, 4 declining and 6 remaining unchanged as 13 securities traded.
The Composite Index declined 0.82 points to close at 1,156.01, the All T&T Index fell 2.28 points to close at 1,814.85 and the Cross Listed Index inched up 0.09 to 66.20 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 1 cent to end with 17,208 shares changing hands to close at 65 cents, National Flour ended with 533 shares changing hands to close 1 cents higher at $2.56 and Scotia Investments had 4,639 shares changing hands and rose 5 cents to close at $1.80
Losses| First Citizens Bank traded 500 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $34.99, Guardian Holdings ended with a loss of 1 cent while trading 500 shares to close at $12.74,
Massy Holdings lost $1 cent in trading 17 units to end at $53 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL declined by 1 cent and closed at $23.65 with 20,768 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded just 12 shares to end at $17.30, Asna McAl traded 200 shares to end at $62.70, Clico Investment Fund closed with 875 shares changing hands to end at $22.60, Prestige Holdings with 150 units changing hands ended at $11. Scotiabank closed with 440 shares being traded at $57.99 and West Indian Tobacco traded 25 shares to close at $127.05.
Trading picks up on TTSE – Wednesday
Trading activity picks up on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market improved on Wednesday over the levels of trading on Tuesday. Market activity resulted in only 204,982 shares valued at $2,918,765 changing hands compared to 30,059 shares valued at $790,965 on Tuesday.
The market closed with modest movements in the indices and ended with 4 stocks gaining, 3 declining and 5 remaining unchanged as 12 securities traded.
The Composite Index rose 1.06 points to close at 1,156.21, the All T&T Index gained 1.10 points to close at 1,816.95 and the Cross Listed Index inched up 0.14 to 65.97 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Ansa McAl rose 1 cent in trading 5,000 units to end at $62.71, National Commercial Bank ended with 32,432 shares changing hands to close at $2.60, with a gain of 2 cents, National Flour rose 2 cents and ended with 10,000 shares changing hands at $2.55 and Unilever Caribbean gained $2 with 1,328 shares trading at $60.
Losses| Ansa Merchant Bank lost 5 cents in trading 556 units to end at $40, Calypso Macro Index Fund dropped $1 while trading 17,592 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $22 and Republic Financial Holdings fell 1 cent and ended with 5,000 shares changing hands at $109.99.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund closed with 54,913 shares changing hands at $22.60, Grace Kennedy ended with 1,321 shares to close at $2.55, JMMB Group trading at and ended with 70,144 shares changing hands at 61 cents, Scotiabank closed with 336 shares at $58 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.65 with 6,000 units changing hands.
