Stalemate for TTSE stocks on Tuesday

January 7, 2020 by

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange bounced at the close trading on Tuesday to continue its mild bullish trend since late 2019 but with an equal number of rising and declining stocks.
Trading ended, with five stocks rising, five declining while five closed with prices unchanged, with one stock ending at 52 weeks’ high. The Composite Index gained 3.52 points to 1,474.92. The All T&T Index shed 2.18 points to 1,872.71, while the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.66 points to 145.92.
For the second consecutive day, the market ended with 15 securities changing hands with an exchange of 385,720 shares for $1,884,774 compared to 127,724 units amounting to $881,569, on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of four stocks higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank rose 10 cents to end at $44.60, in trading 2,619 stock units, JMMB Group closed with a gain of 5 cents at $2.65, with 25,008 stock units changing hands, L.J Williams finished trading with a rise of 14 cents and ended at $1.69, with investors exchanging 290,400 shares. Massy Holdings rose 49 cents and completed trading of 150 units at a 52 weeks’ high of $62 and NCB Financial increased by 14 cents to close at $11, with 9,594 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investments fell 30 cents and completed trading of 1,000 units, at $27.95, Angostura Holdings closed with a loss of 18 cents at $16.02, with investors exchanging 8,500 shares, Prestige Holdings declined by 10 cents to end at $8.90, in swapping of 1,653 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 9 cents and closed trading of 7,565 shares at $23.66 and West Indian Tobacco fell 2 cents to $41.20, with 4,165 units crossing the exchange.
Firm Trades| Ansa Mcal concluded trading 1,184 stock units at $55.20, First Caribbean closed at $8, after exchanging 500 shares, Grace Kennedy completed trading of 27,020 shares at $3.95, Republic Financial closed at $132, with investors trading 50 stock units and Scotiabank ended at $61, with 6,312 units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.

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Gains continue for TTSE stocks

January 3, 2020 by

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continues to move higher in the two trading days in 2020 after closing 2019 with the first year of gains after five years of losses. Indicators are pointing to another year of growth for the market.
Trading ended, with three stocks rising, three declining while ten closed with prices unchanged, leading the Composite Index gaining 1.36 points to close at 1,472.05. The All T&T Index rose 2.71 points to 1,871.82, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 145.26 points.
Trading ended with just 16 securities changing hands as 368,007 shares traded at $5,109,209 compared to 187,409 units for $2,716,885 from 13 securities changing hands on Thursday. The market closed with three stocks hitting 52 weeks’ highs.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of three stocks higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank gained 50 cents trading 1,948 shares at a 52 weeks’ high of $45, Massy Holdings rose 51 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $61.51, with 63,103 units changing hands and MPC Caribbean Energy rose by 8 cents and completed trading at a record high of $1.08, after exchanging 1,000 shares.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund closed with a loss of 25 cents and settled at $28.25, with 6,605 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 25 cents to close trading 2,096 shares at $243.75 and L.J Williams shed 14 cents to end at $1.55, with investors exchanging 50,000 stock units.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings concluded trading with 4,555 units at $16.20, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8, with 12,700 stock units trading. Guardian Holdings closed at $22, with 415 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises 12,603 units at $5.76, National Flour ended at $1.35, in swapping of 200,417 shares. NCB Financial completed trading of 949 stock units at $10.86, investors exchanging 3,800 shares of Point Lisas at $3.55, Scotiabank closed activities at $61, with 3,500 units crossing the exchange. West Indian Tobacco settled at $41.24, with 1,153 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement ended at $2, with investors exchanging 3,163 shares.

Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.

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TTSE stocks gain 9.6% for 2019

December 31, 2019 by

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed 2019 with gains for the three leading indices with the All T&T Index gaining nearly 10 percent for the year and reversing five consecutive years’ of decline.
At the close of trading on Tuesday, the Composite Index lost 10.11 points to end at 1,468.41, on the last day of the year but gained 12.73 percent for 2019. The All T&T Index rose 3.67 points, but ended the year up 9.61 percent for the year at 1,868.97, while the Cross Listed Index declined 3.28 points to close at 144.65 and end out the year with a rise of 19 percent. The Small and Medium Enterprise index dropped over 32 percent for the year at 67.76 points.
Trading ended with just 13 securities changing hands, similar to the number trading on Monday, with seven rising, four declining and two closed with prices unchanged, as 229,238 shares traded at a value of $3,637,335 compared to 169,650 shares trading at $2,829,522 on Tuesday. The market had two stocks hitting 52 weeks’ high at the close of trading.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of five stocks higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s concluded trading of 500 units with a gain of $1 to close at 52 weeks’ high of $25, Guardian Holdings closed with a gain of 15 cents at $21.65, with 5,331 stock units changing hands, National Flour gained 4 cents to end at $1.35, with 27,346 stock units trading. Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 75 cents in trading 18,298 shares at $24 and West Indian Tobacco added 25 cents and concluded at $41.25, with investors exchanging 1,633 shares.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank lost 10 cents to end at 52 weeks’ low of $7.90, with 210 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 5 cents at $3.95, after swapping of 1,000 shares and NCB Financial lost 43 cents to end at $10.86, with 100,000 stock units trading.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund closed at $28.50, exchanging 45,937 units, First Citizens settled at $44.50, with 550 units crossing the exchange, National Enterprises ended at $5.76, trading 25,300 units, Republic Financial closed at $131.10, with 2,898 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank settled at $61, after trading with 250 units.

Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.

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Trading picks upon TTSE

December 30, 2019 by

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed trading with mixed indices movement on Monday, as rising stocks outnumbered declining ones as trading picked up from Friday’s levels.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 2.99 points to end at 1,478.52. The All T&T Index rose 1.22 points to 1,865.30 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.99 points to close at 147.93.
Trading ended with just 13 securities changing hands, against 10 on Friday, with seven rising, four declining and two closed with prices unchanged, as 169,650 shares traded at $2,829,522, compared to 80,428 shares traded at $1,196,495 on Friday. The market had two stocks hitting 52 weeks’ high at the close of trading.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of four stocks higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund concluded trading of 17,026 units with a gain of $1.25 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $28.50, Ansa McAl rose 20 cents and closed at $55.20, with 1,753 units crossing the exchange. CinemaOne gained 5 cents in closing at $6.55, with 503 units changing hands, Point Lisas added 5 cents and completed trading of 2,000 shares at $3.60, Republic Financial rose 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $131.10, after exchanging 3,953 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 25 cents trading 5,323 shares at $23.25 and Trinidad Cement rose 5 cents to end at $2, with 1,837 stock units changing hands.
Losses| First Citizens Bank closed 25 cents down at $44.50, with 2,495 units clearing the exchange, JMMB Group declined 25 cents and settled at $2.50, with investors exchanging 33,000 shares, Prestige Holdings closed 25 cents lower at $9, with 50 units crossing the exchange and West Indian Tobacco shed 60 cents t $o end at $41, trading 10,195 units.
Firm Traded| National Enterprises ended at $5.76, with 83,955 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank settled at $61 trading 8,063 units.

Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.

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Witco drops to 1 year low

December 15, 2017 by

West Indian Tobacco hit another 52 weeks’ low on Friday.

Trading levels on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Friday down on Thursday’s levels as 13 securities changed hands compared to 16 on Thursday. The market closed with a weak West Indian Tobacco closing at a 52 weeks’ low.
The market closed with 321,584 shares traded at a value of $4,433,970 compared to Thursday’s trades of 513,696 units valued at $5,023,038 as the prices of 4 securities rose, 3 declining and 6 remained unchanged.
The Composite Index declined by 10.91 points to 1,259.04, the All T&T Index fell 4.19 points to 1,726.51 while the Cross Listed Index was down 2.41 points to close at 106.69.
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 last traded prices of the securities rising at the close of the market are,Guardian Holdings with gains of 30 cents, to close at $17.30 while trading 44,762 shares valued at $762,473, JMMB Group gaining 9 cents to settle at $1.59 with 95,509 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial closed at $7.96, gaining 1 cent with 47,404 shares valued at $376,984 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded at $26.50, rising 30 cents in exchanging 38,959 shares valued at $1,032,542.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining at the close of the market are, NCB Financial Group ending at $6, with a loss of 30 cents in trading 40,150 shares, Scotiabank lost 1 cent to close at $60.09 with 760 units and West Indian Tobacco declined by $1.80 to a 52 weeks’ low of $100 with 293 units changing hands and remains weak at the close with the stock being offered below the closing price and no buying showing at the close.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are, Clico Investment that closed at $21 with 22,800 shares valued at $478,800 trading, Massy Holdings traded 26,060 shares at $48 valued at $1,251,492, National Flour Mills closed at $1.90 with 2,300 shares trading. Republic Financial Holdings remained at $100 with 197 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement closed at $3.95 with 950 units and Unilever Caribbean held firm at $30 with 1,440 shares exchanged.

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9 TTSE stock down in weak market

December 14, 2017 by

After a long drawn out period when investors were felling out each other to try and get the best price for stocks, finally, patience seems to have worn thin, as the prices of several stocks were finally allowed to trade lower than the asking prices a month or two ago.
By the look of trading and market quotes the downward correction is not yet over and with the Trinidad Economy still in deep recession the decline in market prices could go well into 2018 as the downward price adjustments take time to be fully reflected in trading.
Trading levels on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday, fell below Wednesday’s volumes and values, and ended with 9 stocks declining, 7 holding firm and none gaining at the close.
At the end the Composite Index declined by 10.93 points to 1,269.95, the All T&T Index shed 12.64 points to 1,730.70 and the Cross Listed Index was down 1.25 points to close at 109.10.
The market closed with 16 securities changing hands compared to 15 on Wednesday leading to 513,696 shares trading, valued at $5,023,038 compared to Wednesday’s trades of 750,792 valued at $10,300,305.
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.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining at the close of the market are, Ansa McAL losing 2 cents to close at $63 trading 12,000 shares valued at $756,000, Guardian Holdings closed 98 cents lower to $17, with 2,000 shares exchanged and JMMB Group ended at $1.50, losing 9 cents exchanging 273,754 shares valued at $410,631. Massy Holdings declined by $1, closing at $48 with 1,146 units, National Enterprises ended with a loss of 20 cents at $9.80 with a mere 25 units trading, NCB Financial Group settled at $6.30, losing 20 cents, exchanging 40,850 shares, but only after it traded at a new high of $6.75 befoe pulling back by the close. Scotiabank traded 90 cents lower to $60.10 with 100 units changing hands, West Indian Tobacco fell by $1.05 to a new 52 weeks’ low of $101.80 trading 13,000 shares valued at $1,323,400 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped 30 cents, in closing at $26.20 with 5,462 shares changing hands.

West Indian Tobacco hit another 52 weeks’ low on Thursday.

Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are, Clico Investment closing at $21 with 17,680 shares valued at $371,280, First Citizens remaining at $32 with 1,100 units changing hands, National Flour Mills closing at $1.90 with 1,747 shares. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $100 trading 5,657 shares valued at $565,700, Sagicor Financial remained at $7.95 with 123,670 shares valued at $982,164, Trinidad Cement closed at $3.95 with trades of 15,005 shares and Unilever Caribbean traded 500 units at $30.

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TTSE close in calmer waters – Wednesday

December 13, 2017 by

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

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Unilever chopped by $4, WITCo by $4.90

December 12, 2017 by

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.

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West Indian Tobacco drops $5.24

December 11, 2017 by

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.

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NCB takeover bid pushes Guardian to $18

December 8, 2017 by

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.

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