Trading picked up all round on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday and resulted in a relatively large 19 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Wednesday. The market closed with 4 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 11 holding firm as 603,478 shares traded at a value of $3,215,253 compared to Wednesday’s 496,027 shares valued at $2,056,193.
The Composite Index added 0.90 points to 1,221.73, the All T&T Index lost 0.52 points to 1,800.56 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.32 points to close at 86.21.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| NCB Financial Group gained 10 cents to close at $4 with an exchange of 32,500 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $102, with a gain of 1 cent with 962 shares changing hands, Scotiabank advanced 10 cents to close at $58.16 with 2,482 units changing hands and Scotia Investments gained 5 cents and closed at $2.75 with 56,700 shares trading.
Losses| JMMB Group lost 8 cents to close at $1.20, with 326,521 units traded at a value of $391,825, Massy Holdings closed 4 cents lower to $51.45 exchanging 3,166 shares, Unilever Caribbean traded $3.50 lower to close at $53.50 with an exchange of 13 units and West Indian Tobacco closed at $126.50 after losing 50 cents trading 1,946 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 with trades of a mere 3 units, Calypso Macro Index Fund exchanged 2,325 shares at $21.50 and Clico Investment was unchanged at $22.52, with 2,346 shares changing owners. Grace Kennedy held firm at $2.76 with trades of 40,701 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.51 with an exchange of 38,421 units valued at $595,910, L.J. Williams B share traded 6,000 units at 85 cents, National Flour Mills exchanged 11,000 units at $2.50. Readymix closed at $11 trading 3,147 units, Sagicor Financial closed at $9, with 44,009 units changing hands at a value of $397,427, Trinidad Cement held firm at $4.20 exchanging 5,100 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL was unchanged at $22.50, with an exchange of 26,136 shares valued at $588,052.
4 up 4 down on Thursday
3 New juniors market highs
Access Financial Services traded at a new high of $46.90 on Thursday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with the market index falling 17.32 points and three securities hit new records during the day. At the close 19 securities changed hands versus 21 on Wednesday, the market index ended at 3,245.83.
Advancing stocks ended at 6 versus 9 declining stocks. Overall, 1,453,103 units valued at $8,762,028 changed hands compared to 1,708,218 units valued at $12,344,346 on Wednesday. Trading ended with 10 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 2 with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 76,479 units for an average value of $461,159 traded, compared to 81,344 units for an average value of $587,826 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 99,447 units and $705,342 while at the close of the prior day it was 107,103 units and $786,736. 
The average volume and value for April ended at 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services jumped $1.90 to close at an all-time high of $46.90 in trading 12,127 shares, AMG Packaging climbed 4 cents and closed at $4.99 with just 3,050 units changing hands, CAC 2000 closed at $7.30 with 420 shares trading, Cargo Handlers lost 15 cents in trading 14,900 shares at $20. Caribbean Cream closed trading with 101,009 units and lost 35 cents to end at $7.50, Consolidated Bakeries lost 10 cents in trading 15,580 shares to close at $2.90, Dolphin Cove fell 80 cents to end at $20 with 16,031 shares trading, Honey Bun shed 30 cents with 16,000 shares changing hands, to close at $7.40, ISP Finance squeezed 1 cent more unto the previous price to end at a record high of $18.01 with 20,000 units changing hands.
Jamaican Teas dropped 63 cents in trading 989,868 shares, to close at $4.22, Jetcon Corporation ended at $13.25 with 4,700 shares trading. KLE Group traded 4,000 units to close at $2.85, Knutsford Express traded 4,800 shares at $46,Lasco Distributors ended with 197,800 units trading with a gain of 20 cents at $7.40, Lasco Financial fell 55 cents and ended with 4,075 shares changing hands at $4, Lasco Manufacturing fell 3 cents and closed at $5.45 while trading 12,771 shares, Main Event fell 2 cents and ended trading of 9,659 shares at $6.29, after trading at an all-time high of $6.75, Paramount Trading ended with 15,000 shares changing hands and rose 5 cents to $3.45 and tTech ended with 11,313 units changing hands at $7.50 after rising 1 cent.
New highs as juniors market rises
Knutsford Express jumped $4.99 to a new record high of $46.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with the market index rising and two securities hit new records. At the close 21 securities changed hands versus 19 on Tuesday and the market index rising 32.28 points to end at 3,263.15 with slightly less stocks closing higher than lower.
Advancing stocks were just less than declining stocks 8 to 10, with 1,708,218 units valued at $12,344,346 changing hands compared to 2,359,315 units valued at $15,986,987 on Tuesday. Trading ended with 11 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 3 with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 81,344 units for an average value of $587,826 traded, compared to 124,174 units for an average value of $841,420 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 107,103 units and $786,736 while at the close of the prior day it was 119,982 units and $886,191.
The average volume and value for April ended at 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services jumped $3.25 to close at an all-time high of $45 in trading traded 450 units, at the there was a block of 680,727 units offered for sales at$45 each. AMG Packaging climbed 5 cents and closed at $4.95 with just 3,353 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers lost 15 cents in trading 2,140 shares at $20.15, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 6,275 units and lost 15 cents to end at $7.85, Caribbean Flavours loss $2.40 in trading 8,725 units to end at $8.60. Caribbean Producers lost 3 cents trading 143,060 shares changing hands, to close at $3.72, General Accident lost 18 cents and closed trading with 30,045 shares at $3.32, Honey Bun gained 15 cents with 3,500 shares changing hands, to close at $7.70, ISP Finance ended at $18 with 24,471 units. Jamaican Teasrose 5 cents in trading 24,430 shares, to close at $4.85, Jetcon Corporation rose 20 cents and ended at $13.25 with 326,608 shares trading. 
Key Insurance lost 1 cent in trading 37,910 units to close at $3.89, Knutsford Express jumped $4.99 and traded 200 shares at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $46,Lasco Distributors ended with 500,029 units trading with a fall of 5 cents at $7.20, Lasco Financial fell 5 cents and ended with 199,629 shares changing hands at $4.55, Lasco Manufacturing fell 2 cents and closed at $5.48 while trading 77,707 shares, Main Event rose 31 cents and ended trading 9,400 shares, to end at $6.31, Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 16,700 units trading, Paramount Trading ended with 156,063 shares changing hands and lost 5 cents to $3.40, tTech ended with 4,405 units changing hands at $7.49 after rising 35 cents to $7.49 and Eppley 10% preference share, ended with 133,118 units changing hands at $6.50 after falling 30 cents.
Quiet day for Trinidad stocks
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange remains in a consolidation mode with little movement in process and the indices. On Wednesday in 11 securities changed hands compared to 13 on Tuesday with Grace Kennedy as the dominant trade.
At the close, 1 stock advanced, 1 declined and 9 were unchanged as 496,027 shares were exchanged at a value of $2,056,193 compared to Tuesday’s 316,137 shares valued at $2,505,928.
The Composite Index gained 0.03 points to 1,220.83, the All T&T Index advanced 0.13 points to 1,801.08 and the Cross Listed Index slipped 0.01 points to close at 85.89.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Massy Holdings gained 4 cents to close at $51.49 exchanging 3,536 units.
Losses| Sagicor Financial lost 1 cent to close at $9, with 45,000 units traded at a value of $405,018.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment closed at $22.52 with trades of 800 units, First Citizens exchanged 700 shares at $31.99, Grace Kennedy was unchanged at $2.76, with 377,719 shares changing owners valued at $1,042,504. Guardian Holdings closed at $15.51 with an exchange of 2,575 units, JMMB Group traded at $1.28, with 23,979 units, National Enterprises exchanged 23,110 units at $10.50. NCB Financial Group closed at $3.90 trading 17,987 units, Prestige Holdings closed at $11.01, with 20 units changing hands and Trinidad Cement held firm at $4.20 exchanging 601 units.
Juniors down on second day of May
I$P hits a new high of $18 on Tuesday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with 19 securities changing hands versus 15 on Monday and the market index falling 37.80 points to end at 3,230.87 but with nearly twice the number of stocks closing higher than lower.
At the close, advancing stocks were ahead of declining stocks 11 to 6 with 2,359,315 units valued at $15,986,987 changing hands compared to 1,736,843 valued at $13,964,419 on Monday. Trading ended with 10 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and none with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 124,174 units for an average value of $841,420 traded, compared to 115,790 units for an average value of $930,961 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 119,982 units and $886,191. The average volume and value for April ended at 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging climbed 87 cents and closed at $4.90 with just 2,655 units changing hands, 
CAC 2000 rose 10 cents in trading 300 shares at $7.30, Cargo Handlers lost 10 cents in trading 1,000 shares at $20.30, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 22,650 units and gained 40 cents to end at $8, Caribbean Flavours loss $1.50 in trading 7,400 units to end at $11. Caribbean Producers traded 102,302 shares changing hands, to close at $3.75, Derrimon Trading had 2,851 units changing hands to close with a gain of 630 cents at $8.50, Dolphin Cove lost 20 cents and closed trading with 5,100 shares at $20.80, Honey Bun gained 5 cents with 9,711 shares changing hands, to close at $7.55, ISP Finance climbed $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $18 with 55,529 units. Jamaican Teas rose 5 cents in trading 137,555 shares, to close at $4.80, 
Jetcon Corporation rose 10 cents and ended at $13 with 20,675 shares trading, the stock closed with a bid of $13.20 following the release of the company’s annual report, that stated that revenue for the first quarter of 2017 is up 75 percent, with profit more than doubling that of the first quarter of 2016. Key Insurance lost 1 cent in trading 6,031 units to close at $3.89, Knutsford Express rose just 1 cent trading with 559 shares at $41.01, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,020,270 units trading with a rise of 5 cents at $7.25, Lasco Financial ended with 3,000 shares changing hands at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents and closed at $5.50 while trading 260,000 shares, Main Event fell 50 cents and ended trading 664,863 shares, to end at $6, Medical Disposables jumped 40 cents and ended at $6 with 36,864 units trading.
Jamaican stocks only winners on TTSE
JMMB Group 1 of 2 jamaican stocks to advance on the TTSE.
A mere 316,137 shares valued at $2,505,928 traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, versus 1,141,204 shares valued at $11,232,310 on Monday.
The market closed with 13 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Monday with 2 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 6 holding firm.
The Composite Index declined 1.22 points to 1,220.80, the All T&T Index fell 0.12 points to 1,800.95 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.32 points to close at 85.90.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| GraceKennedy gained 6 cents to close at $2.76, with an exchange of 137,900 units valued at $380,604 and JMMB Group closed at $1.28, with gains of 3 cents while trading 21,000 shares.
Losses| First Citizens lost 1 cent to close at $31.99, with 300 units changing hands, National Flour Mills closed at $2.50, losing 2 cents trading 5,125 shares, 
NCB Financial Group closed 9 cents lower to $3.90, with an exchange of 60,000 shares, Readymix closed at $11, with a loss of 6 cents exchanging 1,437 units and Republic Financial Holdings lost 1 cent to close at $101.99, with 10 units traded.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International closed at $8 with 4,088 units being exchanged, One Caribbean Media closed at $16.85, with trades of 37,113 shares valued at $625,354 and Scotiabank held firm at $58.06 trading 4,540 shares. Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 with 6,100 units changing owners, Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded at $22.50, with an exchange of 38,417 units valued at $864,348 and West Indian Tobacco exchanged 107 units at $127.
Juniors start May with new high
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with only 15 securities changing hands versus 22 on Friday, the market ended at a record close of 3,256.31 points with gains of 12.36 points.
At the close, advancing stocks just edged out declining stocks 7 to 6 with 1,736,843 valued at $13,964,419 changing hands compared to 1,069,397 valued at $6,595,548 on Friday. Trading ended with 12 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 115,790 units for an average value of $930,961 traded, compared to 48,609 units for an average value of $299,798 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for April was 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging dropped 96 cents and closed at $4.03 with 12,214 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers rose 30 cents in trading 1,035 shares at $20.40, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 71,347 units and gained 4 cents to end at $7.60, Consolidated Bakeries lost 20 cents and traded 29,255 shares changing hands, to close at $3. C2W Music had 4,000 units changing hands to close with a gain of 6 cents at 43 cents. General Accident gained 20 cents and closed trading with 9,500 shares at $3.50, 
Honey Bun fell 5 cents with just 700 shares changing hands, to close at $7.50, Jamaican Teas traded 140,445 shares, to close at $4.75, Jetcon Corporation rose 20 cents and ended at $12.90 with 347,000 shares trading, Key Insurance lost 5 cents in trading 1,000 units to close at $3.90 Lasco Distributors ended with 1,079,130 units trading at with a loss of 30 cents at $7.20, Lasco Financial ended with 6,300 shares changing hands at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing rose 10 cents and closed at $5.70 while trading 7,550 shares, Main Event rose 50 cents and ended trading 17,445 shares, to end at a closing 52 weeks’ high of $6.50, Paramount Trading jumped 45 cents and ended at $3.45 with 1,300 units trading and tTech ended with 12,622 units changing hands at $7.10 after falling 35 cents.
Sagicor dominates trading on TTSE
Sagicor dominated trading on the TTSE on Monday.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday saw increased volume over Friday’s level but with the value being lower. Sagicor Financial traded the largest volume of shares and 75 percent of the market value.
At the close, 4 stocks advanced, 2 declined and 8 were unchanged. A total of 1,141,204 shares were exchanged at a value of $11,232,310 compared to Friday’s 607,866 shares valued at $22,247,214.
The Composite Index fell 0.85 points to 1,222.02, the All T&T Index gained 0.16 points to 1,801.07 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.26 points to close at 86.22.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s gained 1 cent to close at $18.51 trading 800 units, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.51, with gains of 7 cents exchanging 23,881 shares valued at $370,158, Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent to close at $9.01 with trades of 941,250 shares valued at $8,480,663 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.50, gaining 1 cent, with 62,639 units changing hands valued at $1,408,546.
Losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund lost 38 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $21.50, exchanging 300 units, Scotia Investments traded 5 cents lower to close at $2.70, with 93,463 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40 with 856 units traded, Clico Investment closed at $22.52 with trades of 1,126 shares,First Caribbean International closed at $8, trading 1,000 shares, JMMB Group traded 1,000 shares at $1.25. National Flour Mills closed at $2.52, with an exchange of 1,000 shares, Prestige Holdings closed at $11.01 with 35 units changing owners, Scotiabank remained at $58.06 while trading 10,555 units valued at $612,823 and Trinidad Cement exchanged 3,299 units at $4.20.
Junior market ends April on high
Dolphin Cove closed at a new high on Friday.
Volume on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained low but the market ended trading with a gain of 33.08 points, to a record close of 3,256.31 points on Friday and gains of 25.5 percent for the year to date.
At the close, 22 securities traded versus 18 on Thursday with declining stocks outnumbered advancing stocks 7 to 9 with 1,069,397 valued at $6,595,548 changing hands compared to 299,565 valued at $1,802,981 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of a mere 48,609 units for an average value of $299,798 traded, compared to 16,643 units for an average value of $100,166 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 502,597 units and $2,768,003. The average volume and value for the month to the previous trading day ended at 527,819 units and $2,905,125. The average volume and value for March was 137,459 units and $1,313,411.
Trading ended with 11 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 1 ending with a lower offer.
At the close of the market on Friday, AMG Packaging closed with a loss of 1 cent at $4.99 with 43,224 units changing hands, Blue Power jumped $2 to close at $37 with 3,240 units changing hands, CAC 2000 traded 5,000 shares to close with a loss of 70 cents at $7.20, Cargo Handlers traded 1,100 shares to close at $20.10, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 330,000 units and gained 2 cents to end at $7.56, Caribbean Producers ended at $3.75 with 260,414 shares trading, Consolidated Bakeries rose 21 cents with 40,000 shares changing hands, to close at $3.20. C2W Music had 4,000 units changing hands to close with a gain of 6 cents at 43 cents, Dolphin Cove jumped 92 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $21 with 1,000 shares trading, Honey Bun rose 5 cents with just 100 shares changing hands, to close at $7.55, Jamaican Teas traded 141,771 shares, to close at $4.75, Jetcon Corporation lost 30 cents and ended at $12.70 with 18,700 shares trading, 
KLE Group slipped 20 cents to end at $2.80 with 17,105 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express closed trading with 12,238 shares at $41, Lasco Distributors rose 50 cents and ended with 33,787 units trading at $7.50, Lasco Financial lost 15 cents and ended with 25,810 shares changing hands at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing lost 65 cents to close at $5.60 while trading 3,678 shares, Main Event ended trading 70,943 shares, to close at $6, Medical Disposables traded 41,788 shares, lost 40 cents to close at $5.60, Paramount Trading dropped 45 cents to end at $3 with 14,500 units trading and tTech ended with 1,000 units changing hands at $7.45 after falling by 5 cents.
Biggest 2017 trading day for TTSE
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed out April with the biggest trading day on Friday resulting the highest number of securities trading with the highest dollar for the year. A total of 19 securities changed hands, accounting for 607,866 shares valued at $22,247,214, compared to 13 on securities trading on Thursday.
Trading closed with Ansa McAL and Republic Financial Holdings accounting for 69 percent of traded value. Overall 3 stocks advanced, 6 declined and 10 holding firm. On Thursday trading resulted in 167,340 shares valued at $2,265,872.
The Composite Index declined 2.61 points to 1,222.87, the All T&T Index fell 1.87 points to 1,800.91 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.46 points to close at 86.48.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Massy Holdings gained 2 cents and closed at $51.45 with 185 units changing owners, Prestige Holdings closed at $11.01, with a 1 cent gain exchanging 15 shares and Republic Financial Holdings gained 10 cents, closing at $102 with 60,818 shares changing hands valued at $6,203,436.
Losses| First Caribbean International closed at $8, losing 10 cents trading 1,025 shares, Guardian Holdings lost 6 cents to close at $15.44, with an exchange of 29,948 shares valued at $463,471, JMMB Group traded 4 cents lower to close at $1.25 while exchanging 16,760 units. Readymix closed $1.44 lower at $11.06 trading 2,710 units, Sagicor Financial lost 5 cents, closing at $9 with trades of 65,254 shares valued at $588,173 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.49, losing 1 cent with an exchange of 196,575 shares valued at $4,417,061.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings closed at $15 with 10,000 units traded, Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 while trading of 138,271 shares valued at $9,195,022, Clico Investment traded 664 shares at $22.52, National Enterprises closed at $10.50 with trades of 550 units, National Flour Mills closed at $2.52 with 54,380 units changing hands,One Caribbean Media exchanged 1,637 units at $16.85. Scotia Investments traded 13,000 units at $2.75, Scotiabank exchanged 15,939 shares at $58.06 valued at $925,435, Unilever Caribbean closed at $57 trading 35 units, after trading at an 52 weeks’ intraday low of $53 and West Indian Tobacco rose 1 cent to $127 with 100 units changing hands.
