Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday resulted in a turnaround in the fortunes of the exchange with the market indices breaking the 6 days losing streak as 12 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Thursday with 6 stocks rising and no declines.
The market closed with 761,387 shares exchanged at a value of $3,029,637 up from Thursday’s 128,271 units valued at $1,640,227.
The Composite Index rose 0.47 points to 1,214.11, the All T&T Index gained 0.36 points to 1,793.40 and the Cross Listed Index was up 0.08 points to close at 85.09.
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| Grace Kennedy gained 4 cents to close at $2.85 exchanging 19,137 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $16.02, with gains of 2 cents trading 4,302 shares, Point Lisas closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.05,
gaining 5 cents with 480 shares changing hands. Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent to close at $8.99, with an exchange of 5,000 shares, Scotiabank traded 1 cent higher, closing at $58.01 with trades of 3,921 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 14 cents and closed at $20.75, with 3,346 shares trading.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings held firm at $15 trading 5,000 shares, Ansa Merchant Bank exchanged 8,000 shares at $40 valued at $320,000, Clico Investment closed at $22.51 exchanging 2,583 shares. First Caribbean International traded 21,000 shares at $7.75, JMMB Group closed at $1.27, with an exchange of 288,168 shares valued at $366,549 and NCB Financial Group traded 400,000 shares valued at $1,580,000 at $3.95.
TTSE turns positive on Friday
13% of Readymix shares traded on TTSE
Trinidadian listed Readymix, traded 13 percent of its issued shares, amounting to 1,530,386 units valued at $16,834,246 at a price of $11 and accounted for 75 percent of the total value of shares traded on the market, on Monday.
Elsewhere, prices were relatively stable at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange with just 1 stock advancing, 2 declining and 10 remaining unchanged, as 13 securities changed hands compared to 17 on Friday.
At the close, with 2,083,671 shares changing hands at a value of $22,380,356 compared to Friday’s 255,656 shares valued at $5,727,353.
The Composite Index lost 0.04 points to 1,218.73, the All T&T Index fell 0.11 points to 1,798.52 and the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 85.65.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy gained 1 cent to close at $2.81, trading 8,000 shares.
Losses| First Caribbean International closed at $7.75, after losing 1 cent with 1,000 shares trading and Sagicor Financial traded 1 cent lower to close at $9, with an exchange of 525,504 shares valued at $4,727,636,
Firm Trades| Agostini’s closed at $18.51, with in exchanging 225 shares, 
Angostura Holdings closed at $15.01 with 164 shares, changing hands, Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40, while trading 7,023 shares, Berger Paints traded 175 shares at $4.05, Clico Investment traded 6,990 shares at $22.50, First Citizens closed at $31.85 with 1,550 shares being exchanged. Guardian Holdings closed at $16, trading 2,424 shares, Massy Holdings remained at $51.48, with an exchange of 1,051 shares and Scotiabank held firm at $58, with trades of 6,169 shares valued at $357,802.
TTSE trading up prices mostly down
Trading levels rose on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday with 18 securities changing hands but with 3 trading 3 shares or less. Trading levels on Thursday compares to 11 securities on Wednesday.
Ansa McAL and NCB Financial Group were the leading trades as 2 stocks advanced, 6 declined and 10 were unchanged. Trading closed with 687,180 shares trading at a value of $7,029,562 in contrast to Wednesday’s 40,355 shares valued at $222,744.
The Composite Index fell 2.13 points to 1,221.34, the All T&T Index declined 4.17 points to 1,798.56 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.01 points to close at 86.36.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| NCB Financial Group gained 5 cents to close at $4 trading 537,154 shares valued at $2,123,908 and Prestige Holdings closed at $10.90, with gains of 9 cents in exchanging 1,400 shares.
Losses| Ansa McAL traded $1 lower to close at $66.50, with 50,493 shares valued at $3,357,787, changing owners, Clico Investment traded 1 cent lower to close at $22.50 exchanging 1,800 shares and First Citizens lost 1 cent, closing at $31.99 with only 3 shares traded. National Flour Mills closed at $2.40, losing 7 cents with trades of 18,210 shares, Scotia Investments was down 1 cent to close at $2.69, with an exchange of 350 shares, and Unilever Caribbean closed at $53, with a loss of 51 cents trading 479 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 8,000 shares at $40, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.80, with an exchange of 34,915 shares valued at $551,048 and JMMB Group exchanged 11,489 shares at $1.30. Massy Holdings traded 5,102 shares at $51.48, National Enterprises closed at $10.50 trading 350 shares, Point Lisas remained at $4, with an exchange of 6,954 shares, Readymix closed at $11, with trades of 7,794 shares. Republic Financial Holdings traded a mere 2 shares at $101.85, Scotiabank held firm at $58 exchanging 2,682 shares and West Indian Tobacco exchange only 3 shares at $126.49.
Republic dominates TTSE
Republic Financial Holdings had the largest value of trading on Thursday on the TTSE.
Market activity resulted in 12 securities changing hands with 3 rising, 2 declining and 7 remaining unchanged compared to 14 securities trading on Wednesday.
The Composite Index rose 0.82 points to 1,231.59, the All T&T Index gained 0.18 points to 1,793.56 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.20 points to close at 89.87.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy gained 1 cent, closing at $2.70 with 25,667 units changing hands, Scotia Investments closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.70, with gains of 20 cents trading
13,045 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL advanced 60 cents to close at $22, with an exchange of a mere 70 units.Losses| Guardian Holdings closed at $15, with a loss of 25 cents exchanging 4,754 shares, and Massy Holdings lost 3 cents to close at $51.45, with 38 shares changing owners.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s closed at $18.50 trading 5,995 units, Ansa Merchant Bank exchanged 1,000 shares at $40, First Citizens traded 200 shares at $32, National Enterprises closed at $10.01 with an exchange of 312 units. NCB Financial Group closed at $3.99 with trades of 5,000 shares, Republic Financial Holdings exchanged 13,356 shares at $101.90, valued at $1,360,982 and Scotiabank held firm at $58 with 1,500 shares changing hands.
Readymix jumps on takeover offer
TCL made an offer to buy out the minority shares in Reaymix at TT$11.
Trading closed with 12 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Wednesday, with the market having been closed on Thursday. The prices of 3 stocks gained 7 fell and 2 remained unchanged.
Trading volume fell to a low of 67,974 shares valued at $1,375,038 compared to Wednesday’s 90,080 shares valued at $621,874 as the prices of 3 stocks rose, 7 declined and 2 traded with the price unchanged.
The Composite Index fell 0.72 points to 1,233.79, the All T&T Index declined 1.09 points to 1,811.54 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.05 points to 87.98.
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| Clico Investment rose 1 cent in exchanging 4,327 units at $22.51, Readymix gained 71 cents in trading 1,400 shares to close at a 52 weeks high of $11.51 after the parent company made an offer $11 for the minority shares and Trinidad Cement closed with 5,000 shares trading at $4.21 after rising by 4 cents.
Losses| Angostura Holdings lost 1 cent and closed at $15 with 10 shares traded, First Citizens closed with a loss of 35 cents to end at $31.65 trading 3,335 shares, Guardian Holdings lost 2 cents in trading 2,365 units at $15.98, JMMB Group fell 2 cents and exchanged 5,455 shares at $1.20, National Enterprises lost 6 cents to close at $10.82 trading 2,110 shares, Republic Financial Holdings dropped $3.49 in exchanging 17 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $101.99 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped $1.21 to close at $21.50 with an exchange of 42,739 units valued at $918,889.Firm Trades| Massy closed at $53 with 100 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127.01 with trading in 1,116 units.
1 stock falls in a day for gains
At the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange all three indices recorded modest gains as 5 stocks advanced, 1 declined and 12 were unchanged.
Market activity resulted in 18 securities changing hands compared to 17 on Wednesday, leading to 610,096 units valued at $3,541,855 changing ownership, compared to Wednesday’s 193,335 shares valued at $2,067,973.
The Composite Index rose 1.17 points to 1,242.99, the All T&T Index gained 1.01 points to 1,829.32 and the Cross Listed Index was up 0.18 points to 88.05.
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| Agostini’s added 1 cent to close at $18.51 with trades of 6,805 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $16.05 with gains of 4 cents trading 5,405 units, NCB Financial Group gained 2 cents to close at $3.80 with an exchange of 95,364 shares valued at $362,282, Scotia Investments rose 5 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $2.30 with 83,320 units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL advanced 60 cents, closing at $23.50 with 6,794 shares traded.
Losses| National Flour Mills lost 4 cents to close at $2.60 exchanging 330,107 shares valued at $858,278.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings traded 1,500 units at $15.01,
Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40 with 25,765 shares traded at a value of $1,030,608, Clico Investment closed at $22.51 with an exchange of 17,588 shares valued at $395,997 and First Caribbean International closed at $8.85 trading 1,200 units. JMMB Group held firm at $1.22 trading 21,959 units, Massy traded 200 shares at $53, One Caribbean Media closed at $16.48 trading 300 shares. Republic Financial Holdings exchanged just 20 units at $105.48, Sagicor Financial remained at $9.01 trading 10,000 units, Scotiabank closed at $59 with 2,616 shares changing hands, Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 trading 1,103 units and West Indian Tobacco exchanged 50 shares at $127.
Only 4 price changes on Wednesday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 18 securities changing hands up from 13 on Tuesday, with 193,335 shares valued at $2,067,973 in contrast to Tuesday’s 103,351 shares valued at $982,037, leading to 2 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 14 holding firm.
The Composite Index fell 1.10 points to 1,241.82, the All T&T Index declined 1.69 points to 1,828.31 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.07 points to 87.87.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Point Lisas gained 15 cents to close at $3.65 trading 1,300 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL advanced 26 cents, closing at $22.90 with 7,461 shares changing hands.
Losses| NCB Financial Group lost 1 cent to close at $3.78 with an exchange of 7,984 shares and Republic Financial Holdings closed at $105.48, for a loss of 51 cents with trades of 1,000 units.
Firm Trades| Stock trading with the last traded price unchanged are, Agostini’s trading 350 units at $18.50,
Ansa Merchant Bank closing at $40 with 308 shares traded, Clico Investment that closed at $22.51 with an exchange of 13,800 shares valued at $310,652, First Citizens ended at $32 trading 184 units. Grace Kennedy traded 11,183 units at $2.66, Guardian Holdings was unchanged at $16.01 with 19,889 shares exchanged at a value of $318,429, JMMB Group held firm at $1.22 trading 78,729 units, Massy traded 1,800 shares at $53, National Enterprises closed at $10.88 with 8,931 shares changing owners. National Flour Mills traded 150 units at $2.64, Sagicor Financial held firm at $9.01 with an exchange of 30,000 units, Scotiabank exchanged 2,025 shares at $59, Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 with trades of 5,307 units and West Indian Tobacco traded 2,934 shares valued at $372,618 at $127.
Volumes dip prices rise on TTSE
Trading activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday saw the volume and value of securities traded falling below Monday’s levels as the shares of less companies traded.
At the close, 13 securities changed hands compared to 16 on Monday with 5 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 5 unchanged. The number of securities traded was 103,351 valued at $982,037 in contrast to Monday’s 199,103 shares valued at $2,253,341.
The Composite Index dropped 0.64 points to 1,242.92, the All T&T Index gained 1.11 points to 1,830.00, with the 2017 loss to date virtually wiped out and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.33 points to 87.94.
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| L.J. Williams B closed at 86 cents, gaining 6 cents trading 23,150 shares, National Enterprises gained 3 cents to close at $10.88 with just 100 units being exchanged, NCB Financial Group closed at $3.79, for gains of 4 cents with 11,000 shares changing hands. Trinidad Cement traded at $4.20, up 3 cents with an exchange of 20,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 2 cents to close at $22.64 with 2,945 shares traded.
Losses| Ansa Merchant Bank lost 2 cents to close at $40 trading 1,764 shares, First Caribbean International Bank closed 9 cents lower to $8.85, with trades of 7,939 units and Point Lisas closed at $3.50, for a loss of 15 cents with 8,369 units changing owners.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment closed at $22.51 with an exchange of 21,640 shares valued at $487,140, JMMB Group held firm at $1.22 trading 4,479 units, Massy Holdings traded 200 shares at $53, Sagicor Financial closed at $9.01 with 200 units traded and Scotiabank exchanged 1,565 shares at $59 after trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $59.16.
Unilever jump $1.25
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday saw 11 securities changing hands compared to 16 on Thursday. Unilever Caribbean reaped a $1.25 gain to rise to $58.25 trading 4,260 units.
The market closed with 3 stocks advancing, 5 unchanged and 3 declining as 157,407 shares were exchanged at a value of $3,220,448 compared to Thursday’s 337,591 shares valued at $2,989,250.
The Composite Index lost 0.19 points to 1,242.51, the All T&T Index dropped 0.37 points to 1,822.77 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 88.80 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments added 1 cent, closing at $22.51 trading 36,976 shares valued at $831,996, L.J. Williams B gained 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of 80 cents with 10,000 units changing hands.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank lost 1 cent to close at $9.15, with trades of 17,062 units, 
Grace Kennedy fell 1 cent to $2.63 trading 300 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.65, losing 35 cents with an exchange of 1,000 units.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank closed at $32.25 trading 2,353 units, Massy Holdings traded 25,000 shares at $53 valued at $1,325,092 and National Commercial Bank was unchanged at $3.70 with only 128 units traded. Sagicor Financial traded 60,161 shares with a value of $541,449 at $9 and Scotiabank closed at $58.75 trading 167 shares.
Unilever in big fall
Unilever products
All three market indices declined as falling prices overwhelmed advancing ones. At the close, 17 securities were traded compared to 16 on Tuesday with 4 stocks advancing, 8 declining and 5 were left unchanged as 963,376 shares traded at a value of $19,028,454 in contrast to Tuesday’s 115,087 shares valued at $1,075,427.
The Composite Index declined 4.99 points to 1,243.33, the All T&T Index lost 2.16 points to 1,820.10 and the Cross Listed Index was down 1.07 points to 89.39.
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| First Caribbean International Bank gained 11 cents, closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.16 with trades of 49,125 shares valued at $449,985, Grace Kennedy added 1 cent to close at $2.64 with 1,920 units changing hands. Sagicor Financial closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.41, adding 1 cent with an exchange of 46,310 shares, valued at $435,777, while Praetorian Property closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.01, rising 1 cent with 20,000 units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investment closed trading at $22.51 with loss of 8 cents and an exchange of 3,252 units, Ansa Merchant Bank lost 1 cent to close at $40.01 with trades of 4,030 shares, First Citizens closed 25 cents lower at $32.25, with 23,743 units changing hands, valued at $765,712. Guardian Holdings slipped 25 cents to $16.50 trading 133,238 shares valued at $2,170,445, National Commercial Bank closed 37 cents lower at $3.60 with an exchange of 518,125 shares valued at $1,940,337.
Prestige Holdings closed at $10.86, losing 14 cents with 4,744 units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 1 cent trading to close at $23.65 with 13,188 units valued at $311,900 and Unilever Caribbean declined $7 to a 52 weeks’ low of $51 with 2,120 shares changing owners.Firm Trades| Massy Holdings closed at $53 trading 27,464 units valued at $1,455,833, One Caribbean Media was unchanged at $17 with 15,940 shares changing hands, Scotiabank traded at $57.50 with 23,252 units valued at $1,363,747, Trinidad Cement closed at $4.40 with 2,980 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco held at $127 with an exchange of 73,945 shares valued at $9,390,348.