The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed Tuesday with only 6 securities trading. One stock traded higher and the rest remained unchanged as a total of 168,975 units, valued at $3,420,935 changed hands.
At the close all the indices remained unchanged with the Composite Index ending at 1,148.12, the All T&T Index at 1,951.90 and the Cross Listed Index at 45.17.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund closed with a volume of 127,046 shares valued at $2,859,805 changing hands 1 cents higher at $22.51.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank had 2,250 shares changing hands at $35, 
One Caribbean Media traded 150 shares at $22. Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 31,647 shares changing hands at $6, Trinidad Cement had 5,720 shares changing hands and ended at $3.15 and West Indian Tobacco traded 2,162 shares valued at $271,180 to close at $125.43.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 7 stocks with offers that were lower.
Only 6 TTSE’s stocks trade on Tuesday
4 junior stocks gain on Tuesday
The junior market ended on Tuesday with the index falling marginally by 0.60 points to close at 950.33. A total of 4 stocks advanced, none declined with a total of 9 securities trading. The market ended with 772,681 units, valued at $1,436,470 changing hands.
The market ended with 4 securities with no bids to buy, while 7 had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 7 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, Caribbean Cream ended with 185,000 shares changing hands at $1.71, as the price rose 6 cents, Caribbean Producers traded 23,000 units to close at $2.35, General Accident trading 26,621 sharesCargo Handlers with 550 shares changing hands ended at $31, 
to end at $1.46 with a 1 cent rise. Honey Bun had 10,000 shares trading with an increase of 28 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.28, Knutsford Express had 8,000 shares changing hands at $6.10, Lasco Distributors with 115,800 shares trading, closed at $1.84 after rising by 2 cents. Lasco Financial ended with 174,000 shares changing hands for a decline of at $1.55, Lasco Manufacturing with 229,630 shares trading closed at $1.90.
TTSE slightly up on Monday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed Monday with in 12 securities trading, the same as on Friday. The price of 3 stocks rose, 2 declined and 7 traded with prices remaining unchanged as a total of 308,927 units traded, valued at $5,170,074.
At the close the Composite Index was up 0.44 points to 1,148.12, the All T&T Index added 0.21 points at 1,951.90 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.09 to 45.17.
Gains| Agostini’s traded 600 shares and added 20 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $18.20, Guardian Holdings with 525 shares changing hands and closed 1 cent higher at $13.02 and FirstCaribbean International Bank traded 22,763 shares and gained 2 cents to close at $5.02.
Losses| Prestige Holdings with 488 units changing hands and ended 1 cent down at $9.90 and Scotiabank traded just 50 shares and lost 2 cents to close at $62.50.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings with 30,270 shares with a value of $423,780 changing hands to close at $14, 
Clico Investment Fund closed with 201,706 shares valued at $4,540,309 changing hands at $22.50, First Citizens Bank had 38 shares changing hands to end at $35, Guardian Media traded 500 shares with the price remaining at $19.77. JMMB Group closed at 43 cents while trading 43,350 shares, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 3,137 shares changing hands at $6 and Trinidad Cement had 5,500 shares changing hands and ended at $3.15.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 2 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 7 stocks with offers that were lower.
Carib Producers dominates juniors – Friday
CPJ dominates junior market trading
At the close, there are signs that the supply of junior market stocks is on the decline with demand slowly rising, indicators that prices should be rising for a number of stocks while those declining should be less. The market ended with 4 securities with no bids to buy, while 8 had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 6 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial with 1,545 shares changing hands at $12.50 while gaining 30 cents, Caribbean Cream ending with 60,000 shares changing hands at $1.67 to gain
2 cents, Caribbean Producers trading 2,169,800 units to close at $2.35, Consolidated Bakeries traded 2,000 shares at $1.20 Derrimon Trading ended with 32,000 shares changing hands, to end at $2.30. Dolphin Cove trading 6,556 units at $11.50. General Accident trading 38,054 shares to end at $1.45, Jamaican Teas with 46,241 shares trading, to close at $3.50, Lasco Financial ended with 990,914 shares changing hands for a decline of 10 cents to $1.60, Lasco Manufacturing fell 4 cents with 80,726 shares trading at $1.96 and Paramount Trading gained 25 cents in trading 200 units in ending at $6.
Another up day for TTSE
New high for TCL on Friday
At the close the Composite Index was up 0.46 points to 1,147.68, the All T&T Index added 0.58 points at 1,951.69 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.04 to 45.08.
Gains| Guardian Holdings with 631 shares changing hands and closed 1 cent higher at $13.01, JMMB Group gained 1 cent to close at 43 cents while trading 2,170 shares and Trinidad Cement had 388,347 shares changing hands, valued at $1,222,757 and ended at $3.15 with a 5 cents rise, for a 52 weeks’ high.
Losses| Massy Holdings closed at $62.50 after shedding 1 cent while trading 24,970 shares valued at $1,560,625.
Firm Trades| ANSA McAL contributed 2,000 shares to trading, at $67.25,
Clico Investment Fund closed with just 69,139 shares valued at $1,556,089 changing hands at $22.50, First Citizens Bank had 20,542 shares changing hands valued at $718,970 to end at $35, Guardian Media traded 102 shares with the price remaining at $19.77. National Commercial Bank traded 29,808 shares at $1.63, Point Lisas traded 100 shares at $4.06, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 60,601 shares valued $363,606 changing hands at $6 and Scotiabank traded 207,000 shares valued at $12,941,640 and closed at $62.52.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 7 stocks with offers that were lower.
J$ value slips slightly on Thursday
On Thursday, foreign currencies trading ended with the equivalent of US$26,978,758 bought by dealers, compared with US$28,936,806 on Wednesday, while they sold the equivalent of US$26,028,106, versus US$30,128,813 previously.
In US dollar trading , dealers bought US$24,942,235 compared to US$26,540,452 on Wednesday. The buying rate for the US dollar added 23 cents to $118.19 and US$24,919,250 was sold versus US$29,051,112 on Wednesday, the selling rate rose 1 cent to close at $118.76. The Canadian dollar buying rate fell 35 cents to $86.88, with dealers buying C$597,553 and selling C$435,435, at an average rate that rose 2 cents to $89.14. 
The rate for buying the British Pound climbed 53 cents to $180.43 for the purchase of £916,625, while £316,922 was sold, at an average rate that rose 12 cents to end at $182.97. At the end of trading, it took J$134.14 to purchase the Euro, a rise of 26 cents on Wednesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$131.24, for a fall of 33 cents from Wednesday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$197,967 being bought, while US$293,765 was sold.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar rose 35 cents to $119.30 on Thursday. The lowest buying, the highest and the lowest selling rates remained at $97.19, $124.55 and $97.19 respectively. 
The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar gained $1.20 to $91.20, the lowest buying rate added 16 cents to $71.21, the highest selling rate rose 50 cents to end at $92.50 and the lowest selling rate lost 50 cents to end at $85.50. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, rose 60 cents to $184.50, the lowest buying rate gained 83 cents to $147.49, the highest selling rate climbed $2.31 to $190.14 and the lowest selling rate fell $1 to $176.
7 stocks rise 2 fall on TTSE
TCL hits a new high on Thursday
At the close the Composite Index was up 0.62 points to 1,147.22, the All T&T Index added 1.10 points at 1,951.11 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.02 to 45.04.
Gains| Grace Kennedy had 1,000 units changing hands at $3.51 for a 1 cent gain, Guardian Holdings with 14,545 shares changing hands for a value of $446,688, closed 6 cents higher at $13, Massy Holdings gained 1 cent, to close at $62.50 while trading 30,835 shares valued at $1,927,138. Prestige Holdings with 26,000 units valued at $257,660 changing hands ended at $9.91 with a cent rise, Scotiabank contributed 1,125 shares in trading, to close at $62.52 with a 1 cent rise. Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 2,330 shares changing hands, 1 cent higher at $6 and Trinidad Cement had 98,056 shares changing hands, valued at $303,963 and ended at $3.10 with a 10 cents rise, for a 52 weeks; high.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund closed with just 7,781 shares changing hands, 1 cent lower at $22.50 and JMMB Group loss 1 cents to close at 42 cents while trading 2,170 shares.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded 5,651 shares at $18, Angostura Holdings with 3,984 shares changing hands, closed at $14, ANSA McAL contributed 259,750 shares valued at $17,468,188 in trading, to close at $67.25 with the loss of 1 cent, traded 1,000 units at $38.94. First Citizens Bank had 2,836 shares changing hands to end at $35, National Commercial Bank traded 60,192 shares at $1.63, National Flour with 12,46 shares trading at $2.06, One Caribbean Media traded 4,625 shares at $22, Scotia Investments traded 80,000 shares at $1.60 and West Indian Tobacco traded 3,863 shares valued at $484,536 to close unchanged at $125.43.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
5 junior stocks rose 1 fell
The junior market ended on Wednesday with the market index rising 13.81 points to close at 957.25 as the prices of 5 stocks advanced and 1 declined with a total of 7 securities trading. The market ended with 471,580 units, valued at $669,146 changing hands.
At the close, there are signs that the supply of junior market stocks is on the decline with demand slowly rising, indicators that prices should be rising for a number of stocks while those declining should be less. The market ended with 4 securities with no bids to buy, while 10 had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 6 stocks closed with bids 
higher than the last traded prices and 4 closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, Caribbean Producers trading 700 units to close at $2.35 with an increase of 7 cents. Dolphin Cove trading 4,400 units at $11.50 while losing 50 cents. Honey Bun traded just 6,230 shares to end at $4.08, KLE Group traded 200,000 shares at 50 cents, Lasco Distributors rose 25 cents with 64,305 units changing hands, to close at $1.95, Lasco Financial ended with 36,795 shares changing hands for a rise of 6 cents to $1.70 and Lasco Manufacturing gained 11 cents with 159,150 shares trading at $2.
FX flows normalise on Wednesday
On Wednesday, foreign currencies trading returned to normalise levels with the equivalent of US$28,936,806 bought by dealers, up sharply from US$84,319,871 on Tuesday, while they sold the equivalent of US$30,128,813, well up on the US$76,815,510 previously.
In US dollar trading , dealers bought US$26,540,452 compared to US$81,554,806 on Tuesday. The buying rate for the US dollar fell 51 cents to $117.96 and US$29,051,112 was sold versus US$74,978,636 on Tuesday, the selling rate rose 1 cent to close at $118.75. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate gained 12 cents to $87.23, with dealers buying C$892,891and selling C$551,153, at an average rate that fell 15 cents to $89.12. The rate for buying the British Pound climbed 50 cents to $179.90 for the purchase of £1,080,602, while £410,197 was sold, at an average rate that rose $1.35 to end at $182.85. At the end of trading, it took J$133.88 to purchase the Euro, a fall of 19 cents from Tuesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$131.57, for a rise from Tuesday’s rate of 33 cents. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$88,035 being bought, while US$32,489 was sold.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar dropped 10 cents to $118.95 on Wednesday. 
The lowest buying and the highest selling rates remained at $97.19, and $124.55 respectively, while the lowest selling rose 41 cents to $97.19. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar rose 50 cents to $90, the lowest buying rate remained at $71.05, the highest selling rate loss 50 cents to end at $92 and the lowest selling rate gained 40 cents to end at $86. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, rose $1.90 to $183.90, the lowest buying rate remained at $146.66, the highest selling rate climbed $2.29 to $187.83 and the lowest selling rate rose 70 cents to $177.
Supply falling for junior stocks
Bottle heating machine at Lasco Manufacturing. The company traded 2.16m shares on Wednesday.
At the close, there are signs that the supply of junior market stocks is on the decline with demand slowly rising, indicators that prices should be rising for a number of stocks while those declining should be less. The market ended with 3 securities with no bids to buy, while 9 had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 8 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 1 closed with a lower offer.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial closing with a rise of 20 cents to end at $12.20 with 255 units changing hands, AMG Packaging closing with a gain of 15 cents at $3.80 with 33,300 units changing hands, Caribbean Producers trading 1,397,823 units to close at $2.28 with a loss of 10 cents.
The stock traded as high as $2.47 in the morning session. Dolphin Cove traded 85,333 units at $12 while gaining 80 cents, General Accident traded just 38,580 shares to end at $1.45, Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents with 486,695 units changing hands at $1.70, Lasco Financial ended with 718,305 shares changing hands for a fall of 6 cents at $1.64 and Lasco Manufacturing had 2,167,110 shares trading at $1.89 after trading at $2 earlier in the day.
