Trading activity climbed on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 24 percent and the value up 43 percent over Friday. First Citizens Group ended as the market leader, accounting for 36 percent of the value traded and Medcorp dropped $11.20 to the lowest price since listing. Trading resulted in an exchange of 26 securities, up from 22 on Friday and ending with prices of four rising, eight declining, including and 14 ending firm.
The market closed with trading of 552,933 shares worth $2,906,156, after increasing from 445,689 stock units at $2,038,885 on Friday.
An average of 21,267 shares were traded at $111,775, up from 20,259 units at $92,677 on Friday. Trading month to date averages 17,129 shares at $139,634, compares well with 16,800 units at $141,850 on the previous day and is well above the average for July for 11,573 shares at $105,485.
The Composite Index slipped 4.76 points to end at 1,012.62, the All T&T Index skidded 12.02 points to 1,428.27, the SME Index lost 4.08 points to end at 71.89 and the Cross-Listed Index popped 0.44 points to 79.62.
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At the close of trading, Agostini dipped $1.90 and ended at $53 with 49 stock units crossing the market, Angostura Holdings gained 30 cents to $10.80 with investors trading 28,320 shares, Ansa McAl remained at $45 with 1,144 units clearing the market. 
Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $28.30 after a transfer of 3 stocks, AS Bryden remained at $1.50 with 1,002 shares crossing the exchange, CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $7.55 with 15 stocks being traded. CinemaOne closed at $3.38, following the swapping of 563 stock units, Endeavour Holdings ended at $14.60 after an exchange of 3 stock units, Eric Solis Marketing remained at $4.17 with investors trading 623 shares. First Citizens Group ended at $39.32 with an exchange of 26,542 units, GraceKennedy fell 15 cents to finish at $4.15 after trading of 10,000 stocks, Guardian Holdings shed 5 cents to close at $16.30 in an exchange of 7,746 stock units. JMMB Group remained at 84 cents with 2,437 shares passing through the market, Massy Holdings declined 5 cents to finish at a 52 weeks low of $3.39 with an exchange of 22,263 stock units, Medcorp lost $11.20 and ended at a record low of $32.50 with 202 stocks crossing the market. National Enterprises ended at $4.60 in an exchange of 2,753 units, National Flour Mills skidded 3 cents to end at $1.53 with investors dealing in 8,754 stocks, NCB Financial ended at $3.43 with 16,215 shares crossing the market. 
One Caribbean Media remained at $1.55 with a transfer of 400,000 shares, Point Lisas advanced 30 cents to end at a 52 weeks high of $7.50 an after an exchange of 35 stocks, Prestige Holdings ended at $12 in trading 3 shares. Republic Financial dropped 44 cents to close at $110.18 with a transfer of 2,116 units, Scotiabank rose $1 and ended at $47 with investors swapping 2,324 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 44 cents and ended at $10.50 with 19,187 shares changing hands. Unilever Caribbean ended at $16.12 after trading 37 shares and West Indian Tobacco remained at $4.20 after a transfer of 597 units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with 17,802,017 shares trading worth $126,875,104 after a fall from 332,532,212 stocks at $3,115,456,830 on Thursday.
The Main Market closed with an average PE of 15.2. ICInsider.com compiles the JSE Main Market PE ratios based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts for the fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Pan Jamaica skidded $5.98 to close at $40.02 after an exchange of 11,065 stock units, Quantas Advantage jumped $1.55 to $16.55 with a transfer of 101 stocks, Sagicor Group slipped 90 cents to end at $40.10 with 23,476 shares changing hands. Scotia Group climbed 51 cents and ended at $57.50 with 132,796 stocks crossing the market and Supreme Ventures dropped 69 cents to $17.20 with investors dealing in 154,772 units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of 7,485,925 shares for $12,587,165, after decreasing from 13,478,113 units at $49,815,825 on Thursday.
At the close of trading, Access Financial popped 36 cents to finish at $17.18 following an exchange of 10,724 units, AMG Packaging rallied 16 cents to end at $1.85 after an exchange of 4,835 stocks, Blue Power increased by 33 cents to $3.58 with a transfer of 12,271 shares. Cargo Handlers climbed $2.04 to $16.49 after an exchange of 45,260 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined by 13 cents to close at $1.10 after a transfer of 1,244 shares, Caribbean Cream slipped by 5 cents to end at $2.10 with 42 stock units crossing the market. Caribbean Flavours lost 14 cents in closing at $1.05 with an exchange of 2,421 units, Dolla Financial rose 10 cents to $3.35 with investors swapping 539,189 stocks, Dolphin Cove dropped $2.15 to close at $10 after an exchange of 34,728 units. Elite Diagnostic advanced 13 cents and ended at $1.34 with 8,225 stocks clearing the market, Express Catering gained 13 cents to finish at $2 with investors dealing in 2,304 shares, Honey Bun shed 20 cents to end at $6 with 4,881 stock units passing through the market. 
Indies Pharma declined 8 cents in settling at $2.65 after trading of 100 shares, ISP Finance popped $2.99 to $9.99 in an exchange of 35 units, Jamaican Teas dipped by 8 cents to $2.10 with investors swapping 2,528,279 stocks. Jetcon Corporation increased 25 cents and ended at $3.95 with 36,637 stock units changing hands, Knutsford Express skidded 84 cents to $7.15 with 581 shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Financial fell 19 cents to $1.60 in trading of 20,046 stock units. Mailpac Group slipped 21 cents to $2.37, with 51,209 units crossing the market, Paramount Trading lost 9 cents to end at 91 cents in an exchange of 18,299 stocks and Spur Tree Spices climbed 10 cents in closing at a 52 weeks high of $1.50 with investors trading 518,103 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
At the end of the market activity, the JSE Combined Market Index fell 1,251.71 points to 377,139.93, with the All Jamaican Composite Index slipping by 593.47 points to finish at 445,118.87, the JSE Main Index dipped by 1,212.13 points to 372,791.94, as the Junior Market Index declined by 12.92 points to 2,883.75 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied 3.91 points to finish at 317.09.
The ordinary shares of the Main Market closed after, Caribbean Cement increased $7.43 to end at $114.43, Quantas Advantage popped $1.55 to close at $16.55, Jamaica Broilers rallied by 75 cents to close at $13, Kingston Properties rose 69 cents to finish at $11.99 and Scotia Group rose by 51 cents and ended at $57.50. Among the top losers, Guardian Holdings lost $25 to close at $340, Pan Jamaica dipped $5.98 to $40.02, Jamaica Producers fell $2.90 to end at $18.60, Barita Investments slipped $2 in closing at $64.00 and Carreras skidded $1.10 to finish at $33.90.
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The market closed with trading of 445,689 shares for $2,038,885 after sliding from 593,969 stock units at $4,934,632 on Thursday.
AS Bryden ended trading at $1.50 with an exchange of four stocks, CIBC Caribbean Bank remained at $7.55 in an exchange of 3,557 shares, CinemaOne fell by 60 cents to close at $3.38 with an exchange of a mere two stocks. Endeavour Holdings ended at $14.60 with a transfer of 658 units, First Citizens Group gained 32 cents to $39.32 with 8,105 stock units crossing the market, GraceKennedy climbed 30 cents to end at $4.30 with investors dealing in 5,057 shares. Guardian Holdings rose 5 cents and settled at $16.35 with 358 units clearing the market, Massy Holdings advanced 2 cents to finish at $3.44 with investors trading 234,413 stocks, National Enterprises declined 10 cents to close at $4.60 with 855 stock units crossing the market. National Flour Mills lost 2 cents to close at $1.56 as investors exchanged 33,255 shares, NCB Financial shed 13 cents and ended at $3.30 after trading of 250 units, One Caribbean Media dropped 1 cent in closing at $1.55 with 3,410 stocks passing through the market. Prestige Holdings skidded 10 cents to finish at $12 in an exchange of 654 stock units, 
Republic Financial dipped $1.38 to end at $110.62 in trading 116 shares, Scotiabank ended at $46.00 with investors trading 4,374 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 57 cents to $10.94 in switching ownership of 25,578 units, Trinidad Cement rallied 13 cents in closing at $1.90 after an exchange of 123,573 stocks, West Indian Tobacco ended at $4.20 with an exchange of 96 units and West Indian Traders rose 2 cents and ended at $2.15 after an exchange of a mere one share.
The market closed with 332,532,212 shares trading for $3,115,456,830, after soaring from 16,125,027 stock units, with a value of $178,956,658 on Wednesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.7. ICInsider.com compiles the JSE Main Market PE ratios based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts for companies with the fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Pan Jamaica advanced by $2 and ended at $46 after a transfer of 1,866 stock units, Sagicor Group gained 90 cents to close at $41 with investors trading 28,579 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 75 cents and settled at $8.75 with a transfer of 845 shares. Supreme Ventures rallied by 44 cents to $17.89 with 14,724 shares passing through the market and West Indies Petroleum increased 79 cents to finish at $9.93 in an exchange of 320,026,211 stock units.
At the end of the market activity, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 2,580.93 points to finish at 378,391.64, with the All Jamaican Composite Index rising 3,631.95 points to close at 445,712.34, the JSE Main Index rallied 2,822.41 points to close at 374,004.07, the Junior Market Index declined by 16.40 points to end at 2,896.67 and the JSE USD Market Index shed 6.25 points to 313.18.
Among the top losers, First Rock Real Estate slipped by $1.48 and ended at $5.52, GraceKennedy fell $1.20 to $75.00, Berger Paints dropped 95 cents to close at $5.45, Jamaica Broilers declined by 60 cents to close at $12.25, Proven Investments dropped by 30 cents to $9.25 and Lasco Distributors declined 30 cents to end at $3.12.
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The market closed with trading of 593,969 shares for $4,934,632 after climbing from 88,862 stock units at $1,198,896 on Wednesday.
Ansa Merchant Bank remained at $28.30 after an exchange of 101 stock units, AS Bryden popped 1 cent to $1.50 with trading of just a share, after CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $7.55 after an exchange of 505,566 stock units. CinemaOne remained at $3.98 after trading of 213 stocks, Endeavour Holdings ended at $14.60 after the switching of ownership of 499 stock units, Eric Solis Marketing remained at $4.17 with investors dealing in 3 shares. First Citizens Group ended at $39 after an exchange of 2,779 stocks, GraceKennedy dropped 40 cents to $4 with investors trading 12,820 units, Guardian Holdings lost 5 cents to finish at $16.30 with an exchange of 2,421 stock units. JMMB Group ended at 84 cents with 21 shares passing through the market, Massy Holdings rallied 2 cents in closing at $3.42 in trading 45,773 units, Medcorp jumped $7.20 to finish at $43.70 with one stock changing hands. National Enterprises remained at $4.70 as investors exchanged 10 stock units, National Flour Mills skidded 1 cent to close at $1.58 with a transfer of 812 shares, NCB Financial climbed 13 cents to end at $3.43 with 10 stocks crossing the market. One Caribbean Media fell 7 cents in closing at $1.56 after a transfer of 600 units, Point Lisas rose 20 cents to $7.20 with 9,432 stock units crossing the exchange, 
Prestige Holdings advanced by $1.10 to close at $12.10 with a transfer of 2 shares. Republic Financial rose $2 to finish at $112 with 3,204 stocks passing through the market, Scotiabank gained 24 cents and ended at $45.75 in an exchange of 6,522 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 12 cents to end at $10.37 with investors trading 1,463 stock units. Trinidad Cement rose 2 cents and ended at $1.77 with investors transferring 1,000 shares, Unilever Caribbean increased 62 cents and ended at $16.12 with 30 units crossing the market and West Indian Tobacco ended at $4.20 as investors exchanged 559 stocks.
The market closed with trading of 13,478,113 shares at $49,815,825, an increase from 9,747,481 units at $10,809,958 on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging lost 8 cents to close at $1.69 after a transfer of 121,940 units, Blue Power declined 40 cents to $3.25 with 1,150 stocks changing hands, Cargo Handlers shed $2.54 and ended at $14.45 in switching ownership of 21,656 shares. Caribbean Cream rallied 34 cents to $2.15 with investors exchanging 92,600 stock units, Caribbean Flavours climbed by 10 cents to $1.19 after transferring 3,906 shares, while Consolidated Bakeries dropped 19 cents to finish at $1.26 as investors exchanged 250 stock units. Derrimon Trading popped 5 cents and ended at 90 cents with a transfer of 18,240 shares, Dolla Financial fell 25 cents in closing at $3.25 in an exchange of 4,753,881 units, Dolphin Cove climbed $1.25 and ended at $12.15 with investors trading 57,022 shares. Elite Diagnostic slipped 13 cents to finish at $1.21 in an exchange of 21,555 stock units, Express Catering skidded 13 cents to $1.87 with 11,517 units passing through the market, Fontana dipped 10 cents to close at $6.10 with 4,483,716 stocks crossing the exchange. Future Energy lost 15 cents to end at $3.53 with investors swapping 283,553 shares, 
Honey Bun increased 7 cents to finish at $6.20 with 2,020 stocks crossing the market, Indies Pharma gained 20 cents and ended at $2.73 after an exchange of 6,872 stock units. Iron Rock Insurance advanced 20 cents in closing at $2.20 with investors dealing in 243,125 stock units, Jetcon Corporation declined 6 cents to close at $3.70 after an exchange of 20,200 shares, JFP shed 8 cents to settle at 45 cents with 73,106 stocks crossing the market. Knutsford Express rose 34 cents to $7.99 in trading 303 units, Lasco Financial climbed 25 cents to finish at $1.79 after trading of 694,771 stock units, Limners and Bards increased 6 cents and ended at $1.07 with an exchange of 203 shares. Main Event rose 23 cents and finished at $4.23, after trading of 532 shares, Omni Industries rallied 8 cents to end at 88 cents after a transfer of 180,554 stocks and Paramount Trading advanced 9 cents to close at $1 with investors dealing in 25,000 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of 9,747,481 shares for $10,809,958, in slipping from 10,567,865 units at $12,183,386 on Tuesday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 11.2. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios, which are derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Lasco Financial declined 5 cents to $1.54 with 981 units changing hands, Mailpac Group gained 9 cents to end at $2.59 with an exchange of 11,499 stock units, MFS Capital Partners rallied 8 cents to close at 58 cents with 383,425 shares crossing the market. Omni Industries fell 13 cents in closing at 80 cents after hitting a 52 weeks low of 65 cents, with an exchange of 808,827 stock units, Paramount Trading skidded 11 cents to end at 91 cents with 48,319 shares changing hands and Spur Tree Spices increased 10 cents to finish at a 52 weeks high of $1.38 with an exchange of 222,065 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.