Only one stock gained on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with prices of four falling and nine ending firm, resulting from trading in 14 securities, down from 19 on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining by 58 percent, with a 54 percent lower value than on Tuesday.
The market closed with trading of 135,700 shares for $856,763, down from 320,897 stock units at $1,843,193 on Tuesday.
An average of 9,693 shares were traded at $61,197 down from 16,889 units at $97,010 on Tuesday, with trading month to date averaging 15,094 shares at $119,345 compared to 15,502 stock units at $123,745 on the previous day and an average for March of 16,679 shares at $130,461.
The Composite Index rose 0.82 points to end at 1,044.95, the All T&T Index popped 2.34 points to finish at 1,528.79, the SME Index remained unchanged at 91.85 and the Cross-Listed Index dropped 0.11 points to 73.78.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Agostini’s shed $1.15 and closed at $67.04 with an exchange of 63 shares, CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $8.15 after an exchange of 1,466 stock units, First Citizens Group remained at $41.50 with investors swapping 677 shares. GraceKennedy ended at $3.69 following an exchange of 5,663 units, Guardian Holdings lost 49 cents to end at $16.50 after 30 stocks passed through the market, 
JMMB Group dipped 8 cents to finish at $1.06 with investors exchanging 72,740 shares. Massy Holdings remained at $3.89 with a transfer of 38,473 stocks, National Enterprises remained at $2.61 after closing with an exchange of 1,438 units, NCB Financial ended at $2.30 in trading just 6 stocks. Prestige Holdings climbed by 49 cents in closing at $10.99 after an exchange of 1,125 shares, Republic Financial rose $110.63 with investors trading 2,358 stocks, Scotiabank ended at $52 with 4,723 units being traded. Unilever Caribbean ended at $12.60 with traders dealing in 470 stock units and West Indian Tobacco fell 1 cent to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.43 in an exchange of 6,468 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Market activity led to Image Plus and ISP Finance trading at 52 weeks’ lows and One Great Studio trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of 39 cents.
At the close of the market, Access Financial increased 21 cents and ended at $16.96, with 134 shares crossing the market, AMG Packaging skidded 32 cents to $2.77 after trading 50 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 24 cents in closing at $2.74 with just 1,513 stocks crossing the market. Caribbean Cream lost 9 cents in finishing trading at $2.20 after an exchange of 23,896 shares, Derrimon Trading rose 7 cents to close at $1.77 with investors exchanging 30 stock units, Dolphin Cove rose 73 cents to end at $14.70 with traders exchanging 2,257 shares. Express Catering gained 7 cents in closing at $2.95 with a transfer of 21,842 stocks, following posting of solid nine months results that beat 2023 by 58 percent, Fontana climbed 35 cents to $9.75 after trading 18,037 stock units, Honey Bun shed 11 cents to end at $7.94 after an exchange of 8,279 stock units. Image Plus declined 11 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.01 with investors trading 11,800 shares, Indies Pharma sank 8 cents and ended at $3.35 after traders exchange 158,436 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance slipped 30 cents to finish at $3.40 with 15 stocks passing through the market. 
ISP Finance sank $3.50 to a 52 weeks’ closing low of $11 with an exchange of 10,163 units, Jamaican Teas dipped 5 cents to finish at $2.40 with 49,760 stocks clearing the market, Jetcon Corporation fell 17 cents and ended at 93 cents after a transfer of 5,854 shares. Knutsford Express dropped $2 to close at $12 with traders dealing in 140,001 units, Lumber Depot advanced 6 cents in closing at $3.04 with shareholders exchanging 1,040,506 stock units, Mailpac Group sank 10 cents to end at $2.30 with investors dealing in 100,653 shares. Main Event popped $1.53 to $10.97 with 631 stocks crossing the exchange, Medical Disposables climbed 36 cents to finish at $1.69 with investors swapping 12 units, RA Williams declined 7 cents and ended at 60 cents with 102,000 stock units switching owners. 
Regency Petroleum shed 14 cents in closing at $3.25 after investors exchanged 4,159 shares and Tropical Battery rose 13 cents to end at $2.12 with investors trading 89,588 stock units.
The market closed with 13,296,040 shares trading for $59,268,535, up from only 8,172,827 stock units at $48,080,512 on Monday.
The Main Market ended with an average PE Ratio of 13. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings that are forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
Pan Jamaica climbed $3 to close at $57 with investors dealing in 101,816 shares, Proven Investments declined 48 cents to finish at $17 with 8,357 stocks passing through the market, Sagicor Group skidded $2.47 and ended at $39.51 with an exchange of 59,908 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell 65 cents to $8 with sellers crossing the market with 1,036 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 90 cents to finish at $11.90 in an exchange of 88,338 shares and Wisynco Group lost $1 and ended at $20 with 10,846 stock units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 320,897 shares worth $1,843,193, dipping to 327,613 stock units at $1,991,391 on Monday.
At the close of trading, Agostini’s rose 19 cents to $68.19 in switching ownership of 9 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $14.05 with 10,709 units clearing the market, Ansa McAl slipped 45 cents in closing at $51.55 with investors trading 210 shares. Calypso Macro Investment Fund remained at $25 with 343 stock units crossing the market, First Citizens Group fell 5 cents and ended at $41.50 as investors exchanged 2,340 stocks, GraceKennedy remained at $3.69 with investors trading 3,756 shares. Guardian Holdings ended at $16.99 after an exchange of 112 stocks, JMMB Group lost 1 cent in closing at $1.14 with investors dealing in 202 units, Massy Holdings climbed 9 cents to close at $3.89 after the trading of 267,656 stock units. National Enterprises increased 6 cents to end at $2.61 with an exchange of 3,085 shares, National Flour Mills remained at $1.60 with 2,261 units changing hands, One Caribbean Media ended at $2.69 with investors trading 5 stocks. 
Point Lisas popped 52 cents to $4.02 in an exchange of 330 stock units, Prestige Holdings skidded 49 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $10.50 with traders dealing in 38 shares, Republic Financial sank $1.37 and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $110.63 in an exchange of 2,621 stock units. Scotiabank dipped 15 cents to finish at $52 after closing with an exchange of 800 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL sank 49 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.41 after an exchange of 16,571 stocks, Unilever Caribbean advanced 6 cents to end at $12.60 with investors swapping 9,585 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $5.44 after a transfer of 264 stock units.
The market closed with 8,172,827 shares trading for $48,080,512, much lower than the 12,317,187 stocks at $78,954,503 on Friday.
At the close of the market, AS Bryden gained $1.95 to end at $29.95 as investors exchanged 1,505 shares, after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $24.31, Berger Paints popped 78 cents to $7.89 with traders clearing the market with 10 units, Caribbean Cement advanced $1.50 to close at $82.50 in an exchange of 5,427 shares. Carreras rose 80 cents in closing at $15.80 with traders dealing in 214,188 stock units, First Rock Real Estate rallied 95 cents and ended at $9.45 after investors exchanged 5,776 stocks, Guardian Holdings increased $2 to finish at $306 with 2,755 shares being exchanged by the close. Lasco Manufacturing climbed 52 cents to $7.58 after a transfer of 79,091 stocks, Massy Holdings popped $1.45 to close at $80 with traders swapping 203 units, Mayberry Group dipped 49 cents in closing at $6.98 after shareholders exchanged 1,000 stock units. 138 Student Living fell 68 cents and ended at $3.12 with 7,932 shares passing through the market, 
Sagicor Group sank 52 cents to finish at $41.98 with an exchange of 50,811 stock units, Scotia Group increased $1.32 to end at $53.82 with 112,213 units changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 76 cents to $11 with 107,082 stocks crossing the exchange and Sygnus Real Estate Finance climbed $1.07 to end at $9.50 in trading 29 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 4,098,615 shares at $8,619,179, noticeably above the 3,774,007 units at $6,476,930 on Friday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.3, based on the last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Indies Pharma dropped 6 cents to close at $3.43 with an exchange of 26,275 stocks, ISP Finance fell 47 cents in closing at $14.50 after trading in 10 shares. Knutsford Express popped $1.97 to end at $14 in an exchange of 108 units, Lumber Depot slipped 7 cents to close at $2.98 with investors trading 907,941 stocks, Main Event sank $1.54 to finish at $9.44 with shareholders switching ownership of 3,900 shares. Medical Disposables skidded 11 cents to $1.33 with traders dealing in 18,799 stock units and Tropical Battery gained 8 cents to close at $1.99 after an exchange of 295,403 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Jamaica stock market struggled last week, even as interest rates on BOJ certificate of deposits have fallen since last year and seem poised to decline further, with Bank of Jamaica CD rates now under 6 percent currently. The total take from the money market dropped to $83 billion from $160 billion a year ago, and more than $100 billion a few eeks ago, The NIR is at a record high of US$5.79 billion and the price of oil on the world market has delined to just over US$60 per barrel and set to keep pressure on inflation. Profit results, of course, released by several companies are not inspiring enough to evoke increased buying interest across the market. 
During the past week, in the Junior Marlet TOP10, Kintyre Holdings climbed 8 percent to close at 27 cents and Caribbean Flavours gained 5 percent to close at $1.25. Dolphin Cove lost 15 percent to end at $13.99, Caribbean Assurance fell 13 percent to $2.50, as investors await the long delaid 2024 full year results. AMG Packaging declined by 10 percent to $2.50, Dolla Financial lost 9 percent to close at $2.40, Limners and Bards dipped by 7 percent to $1.10 and Express Catering and Elite Diagnostic fell 4 percent to $2.76 and and $1.54 43 spectively.
Based on 2024 earnings estimates, the Main Market ICTOP10 is projected to gain an average of 281 percent by May 2025, providing better values than the Junior Market, that is projected to achieve a 212 percent increase for the same period.
The market closed with trading of 327,613 shares worth $1,991,391, down from 385,160 stock units at $4,190,818 on Friday. An average of 19,271 shares were traded at $117,141, compared to 19,258 units at $209,541 on Friday, with trading for the month to date averaging 15,343 shares valued at $126,811 versus 14,895 units at $127,914 on the previous day and an average for March that ended at 16,679 shares at $130,461. The Composite Index gained 3.47 points to close at 1,049.47, the All T&T Index advanced 6.71 points to conclude trading at 1,533.80, the SME Index remained at 91.85 and the Cross-Listed Index closed firmly at 74.33. Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers. At the close of the day’s activities, Agostini’s dipped 19 cents in closing at $68 after 6 shares passed through the market, 
Angostura Holdings fell 45 cents to $14.05 with investors swapping 7,368 units, CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $8.15 after an exchange of 99 shares. First Citizens Group rose 5 cents to finish at $41.55 with 1,053 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings ended trading at $16.99 as investors exchanged 1,115 stock units, Massy Holdings closed at $3.80 with 295,568 shares being traded. National Enterprises ended at $2.55 with 313 units clearing the market, National Flour Mills rose 2 cents to close at $1.60 after a transfer of 1,250 stocks, NCB Financial remained at $2.30 in trading 68 stock units. One Caribbean Media slipped 1 cent in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.69 with 4 shares crossing the exchange, Prestige Holdings climbed just 9 cents to finish at $10.99 with traders dealing in 776 stocks, 
Republic Financial ended at $112 with 4,501 units crossing the market. Scotiabank popped 15 cents to $52.15 with an exchange of 780 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL sank 10 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.90 with 5,645 shares crossing the market, Trinidad Cement ended at $2.15 with investors trading 660 units. Unilever Caribbean shed 1 cent in closing at $12.54 after an exchange of 8,041 stocks and West Indian Tobacco remained at $5.44 with a transfer of 366 stock units.
The market closed with 12,317,187 shares being traded at $78,954,503 compared with 1,228,240,349 units at $4,388,967,714 on Thursday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending around August 2025.
Proven Investments popped 49 cents in closing at $17.49 after investors exchanged 8,960 stock units. Sagicor Group climbed 50 cents to finish at $42.50 in switching ownership of 23,153 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund increased 65 cents and ended at $8.65 with investors swapping 205 stock units, Scotia Group dipped 50 cents to close at $52.50 in an exchange of 75,741 units and Seprod slipped $1.29 to $84.20 with 11,112 stocks changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 3,774,007 shares for $6,476,930 compared with 3,462,954 units at $7,488,462 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
JFP Ltd dropped 5 cents to end at 61 cents with 21,995 shares clearing the market, Knutsford Express sank $1.34 to finish at $12.03 after trading of 5,482 stocks, Lumber Depot gained 6 cents and ended at $3.05 in switching ownership of 500 units. Mailpac Group rallied 9 cents to $2.40 after an exchange of 33,182 stock units, Medical Disposables skidded 26 cents to finish at $1.44 with a transfer of 401 shares, MFS Capital Partners lost 7 cents and ended at 36 cents with investors swapping 10,200 units. One Great Studio increased 6 cents to end at 48 cents with 200 stocks crossing the exchange and Tropical Battery slipped 14 cents in closing at $1.91 with 212,937 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.