Trading dropped on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday compared with Wednesday, with the market closing after a 47 percent drop in volume and a 30 percent drop in value compared to Wednesday. Trading resulted in 18 securities changing hands, similar to Wednesday. At the close, prices of five stocks advanced, five declined and eight ended firm.
The market closed with trading of 255,708 shares with a value of $2,179,481, down from 479,187 stock unis worth $3,131,046 on Wednesday.
The average trade for the day was 14,206 shares at $121,082, after dropping from 26,622 units at $173,947 on Wednesday, with trading month to date averaging 18,932 shares at $348,412 after sliding from 19,392 stock units at $370,531 on the preceeding day and an average for March of 32,004 shares at $251,725.
The Composite Index fell 4.55 points to close at 938.69, the All T&T Index dipped 4.45 points to 1,354.63, the SME Index remained at 83.07 and the Cross-Listed Index dipped 0.66 points to conclude trading at 69.09.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Agostini declined $1.85 to $60 after an exchange of 1,111 shares, Angostura Holdings lost 62 cents, finishing at a 52 weeks low of $10.25 with 94 units passing through the market, Ansa McAl increased $4.20 and ended at $43.70 after an exchange of 260 shares.
AS Bryden dipped 8 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of $1.27 with 15,083 stock units crossing the market, Endeavour Holdings remained at $15.65 after a transfer of 6 stocks, Eric Solis Marketing rallied 1 cent to $3.91 with 271 units crossing the exchange. First Citizens Group ended at $34.53 in trading 7,229 stocks, GraceKennedy sank by 5 cents to close at $3.35 after traders swapped 105,027 shares, Guardian Holdings ended at $15.05 with a transfer of 59 stock units. L.J. Williams B share rose 5 cents to $1 as investors exchanged 4,308 shares, Massy Holdings fell 5 cents to finish at $3.45 in switching ownership of 13,334 stock units, National Enterprises advanced 10 cents to close at $4 with 7,541 stocks clearing the market. National Flour Mills remained at $1.50, with investors trading 319 units,
Point Lisas ended at $7 with an exchange of 5,000 shares, Republic Financial ended at $106.50 with 1,534 stocks crossing the market. Scotiabank ended at $45.45 with investors dealing in 4,326 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL popped $1.60 and ended at $11.65 in trading 90,004 stock units and Trinidad Cement remained at $1.50 with 202 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 13,412,274 shares trading for $76,787,661, in tumbling from 15,472,970 stocks at $286,825,909 on Tuesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 19.9 . The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2026.
Mayberry Jamaican Equities skidded 81 cents to $6.58 with 58,876 shares crossing the exchange, NCB Financial sank 99 cents to close at $44.01 with traders dealing in 16,952 stock units. Proven Investments dropped 80 cents to end at $12.20 with 247 shares crossing the market, Seprod declined $4.99 and ended at $78 with investors trading 2,758 stocks, Supreme Ventures advanced 81 cents to finish at $15.30 with 358,323 units clearing the market and West Indies Petroleum dipped 48 cents and ended at $10.62 in trading 23,553 stock units.
National Enterprises delivered 285,035 stocks of the 479,187 shares traded, with an overall value of $3,131,046, after rising from 283,283 stock units worth $2,938,223 on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, Agostini ended at $61.85 with only three shares being traded, Ansa McAl ended at $39.50 with investors trading 2,025 stocks, AS Bryden remained at $1.35 with 6,666 shares crossing the exchange. CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $8.29 with investors swapping 5 stocks, First Citizens Group shed 11 cents to end at $34.53 following trading of 694 units, GraceKennedy skidded 17 cents to close at $3.40 with an exchange of 26,959 stocks. Guardian Holdings ended at $15.05 following trading of 46,851 units, JMMB Group sank 7 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of 75 cents after traders swapped 2,302 shares, L.J. Williams B share shed 1 cent and ended at 95 cents as investors exchanged 722 stock units. Massy Holdings rallied 10 cents in closing at $3.50 after a transfer of 12,160 shares, National Enterprises popped 19 cents to end at $3.90 in switching ownership of 285,035 units, National Flour Mills climbed 5 cents to finish at $1.50 with investors dealing in 21 stocks.
NCB Financial remained at $1.97 with a transfer of 1,750 stock units, Republic Financial ended at $106.50 with 1,285 shares changing hands, Scotiabank closed at $45.45 in trading 108 units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL sank 91 cents in closing at $10.05 after an exchange of 88,520 stocks, Trinidad Cement declined 12 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.50 with 3,720 stock units clearing the market and Unilever Caribbean ended at $14 with traders dealing in 361 shares.
The market closed with an exchange of 924,452 shares for US$39,397, compared to 778,828 stock units at US$41,701 on Monday.
The market closed with trading of 15,369,150 shares at $282,933,698 compared to 16,085,529 stock units at $134,655,483 on Monday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 20.6. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2026.
Massy Holdings sank $1.31 in closing at $70.59 after a transfer of 18,406 stock units, NCB Financial rose $1.65 to $45 with traders dealing in 59,603 stocks, Sagicor Group rallied 50 cents to close at $40 in an exchange of 5,784,164 units and Seprod gained $6.83 and ended at $82.99 with just 255 stocks passing through the market.
The market closed with trading of 283,283 shares worth $2,938,223 compared to 200,258 stock units at $3,080,789 on Monday.
At the close of trading, Ansa McAl advanced by $1.50 to $39.50 with investors dealing in only 5 shares, AS Bryden skidded 5 cents to close at $1.35 with 9,225 stock units passing through the market, Endeavour Holdings dipped $2.75 and ended at $15.65 in an exchange of 400 shares. First Citizens Group rose 44 cents to close at $34.64 with traders dealing in 873 stocks, GraceKennedy climbed 22 cents to finish at $3.57 in switching ownership of 18 units, Guardian Holdings remained at $15.05 with 165 shares changing hands. L.J. Williams B share popped 1 cent in closing at 96 cents after trading of 5,100 units, Massy Holdings dipped 3 cents to $3.40 after an exchange of 39,627 stocks, Medcorp ended at $37.40 with trading of 14 stock units. National Flour Mills fell 3 cents and ended at $1.45 with an exchange of 6,375 shares, Prestige Holdings shed 49 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of $10.51 with an exchange of 124 stocks,
Republic Financial popped 20 cents to finish at $106.50 with investors swapping 6,193 units. Scotiabank rallied 14 cents to $45.45 with a transfer of 69 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained $1.36 in closing at $10.96 as investors exchanged 212,387 shares, Unilever Caribbean remained at $14 after a transfer of 191 stocks and West Indian Tobacco popped 15 cents to close at $2.90 with investors trading 2,517 units.
The market closed with an exchange of 200,258 shares for $3,080,789, down from 707,050 stock units worth $4,871,825 on Friday.
First Citizens Group rose 20 cents and ended at $34.20 in an exchange of 1,779 stocks, Guardian Holdings rallied 3 cents in closing at $15.05 with 755 stock units being traded, Guardian Media closed at 68 cents with a transfer of 1,509 shares. JMMB Group slipped 2 cents in closing at 82 cents with just 5 stocks passing through the exchange, L.J. Williams B share dropped 5 cents to 95 cents with traders dealing in 3,000 units, Massy Holdings dipped 7 cents to close at $3.43 with 10,036 stock units changing hands. Medcorp sank $6.60 to end at $37.40 with investors swapping 75 shares, National Enterprises popped 1 cent to finish at $3.71 after an exchange of 9,758 units, National Flour Mills ended at $1.48 with investors trading 2,142 stocks. One Caribbean Media advanced 24 cents to $1.44 after an exchange of 275 stock units, Point Lisas declined 25 cents and ended at $7after traders swapped 502 shares, Prestige Holdings sank $1.39 to finish at $11 in an exchange of 1,916 stocks.
Republic Financial gained $1.05 to close at $106.30 with investors trading 10,987 units, Scotiabank popped 31 cents in closing at $45.31 with 5,789 stock units crossing the exchange, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rallied 41 cents to end at $9.60 after a transfer of 136,352 shares. Trinidad Cement skidded 1 cent to close at a 52 week low of $1.62 as investors exchanged a mere one stock unit, Unilever Caribbean lost 47 cents and ended at $14 in switching ownership of 11,564 stocks and West Indian Tobacco remained at $2.75 trading 3,761 units.
The market closed with 16,085,529 shares trading worth $134,655,483 compared with 21,818,167 stock units at $154,076,259 on Friday. Friday’s report which included a block trade of 2 million
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 20.4. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Mayberry Jamaican Equities increased 59 cents to $7.39, with investors dealing in 655 shares, NCB Financial lost 65 cents and ended at $43.35, after trading in 12,686 stocks, Sagicor Group slipped 50 cents to $39.50 with a transfer of 41,232 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund popped $2 to $10 with 182 stock units clearing the market, Seprod fell $1.94 to end at $76.16 after an exchange of 1,312 shares and Supreme Ventures gained 49 cents in closing at $14.49 with investors swapping 3,843,167 units.
The market closed with 23,804,492 shares trading worth $201,231,614 after jumping from 14,404,352 stock units at $116,400,565 on Thursday. Trading ended with an average of 417,623 shares at an average of $3,530,379, with an increase from 228,641 stock units at $1,847,628 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 366,596 stock units for $3,755,934 compared with 357,183 shares at an average of $3,797,541 on the previous day and March with an average of 244,194 stock units at $3,119,428. Lasco Manufacturing led trading with 8.19 million shares for 34.4 percent of total volume, followed by Transjamaican Highway which ended with 7.96 million stocks for 33.4 percent of the day’s trade, Wigton Energy closed with 3.21 million stock units for 13.5 percent of the volume traded and Jamaica Producers with 1.99 million units for 8.3 percent of market share. The All Jamaican Composite Index dived 4,794.25 points to 394,557.06, the JSE Main Index shed 2,646.24 points to close at 337,082.52 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.46 points to end at 62.46. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 23.5. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2026. At the close of trading, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund gained $3.99 to end at $44.49 after an exchange of 410 shares, First Rock Real Estate shed $2.28 to $8.72, after trading of 201 stock units, Guardian Holdings popped $10 to finish at $330 with 106 shares crossing the exchange. Jamaica Producers climbed $1.23 and ended at $23.74 with a transfer of 1,986,875 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange sank 85 cents in closing at $12 after an exchange of 9,422 stocks, JMMB Group shed $1 to end at $16 with 121,592 units changing hands. Margaritaville sank 57 cents to $11.14 after a transfer of 2,451 stocks, Massy Holdings increased $3.60 and ended at $74 in switching ownership of 320 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities dipped 66 cents in closing at $6.80 with traders dealing in 864 stock units.
NCB Financial advanced 75 cents to end at $44 in an exchange of 45,315 shares, Pan Jamaica lost $1.20 to close at $47 with investors trading 23,073 units, Proven Investments rose 77 cents to finish at $13.25 with an exchange of 169 stocks. Sagicor Real Estate Fund declined $1.50 and ended at $8 with 687 stock units crossing the market, Scotia Group fell 50 cents to $50 as investors exchanged 430,893 shares and Seprod dropped $5.35 to finish at $78.10 after traders swapped 4,594 units.
The market closed with an exchange of 1,391,099 shares for US$63,452 compared with 262,300 stock units at US$15,870 on Thursday. Trading ended with an average of 139,110 shares at US$6,345 after jumping from 18,736 stock units at US$1,134 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 77,681 units at US$4,608 compared with 66,305 stock units at US$4,286 on the previous day and March that ended with an average of 93,192 units for US$48,041. The US Denominated Equities Index increased 8.92 points to wrap up trading at 268.67. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows none ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer. The PE Ratio, one of the most used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 9.8. The PE ratio is derived by dividing the last traded price by earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the earnings per share used in this report for companies with their financial year ending around August 2026. At the close of trading, AS Bryden remained at 22.9 US cents with 46 shares passing through the market, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 3 US cents after trading of 132 stock units, Margaritaville ended at 7 US cents with 2,293 shares crossing the market.