At the end of market activity on Tuesday, more stocks declined than rose resulting in the market declining after trading modestly more shares than was traded on Monday on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
Sixteen securities traded on Tuesday, down from 18 on Monday, with two stocks rising, six declining and eight remaining unchanged. The Composite Index dipped 0.59 points to 1,426.86, the All T&T Index declined 2.73 points to 1,922.38 and the Cross-Listed Index popped 0.24 points to settle at 125.67.
A total of, 270,850 shares traded for $4,829,771 compared to 254,435 units at $5,069,075 on Monday. An average of 16,928 units traded at $301,861, up from 14,135 at $281,615 on Monday, with month to date trading averaging 11,293 units at $200,846 versus 10,137 units at $180,124. The average trade for August amounted to 16,186 units at $226,311.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s remained at $24.40, with 700 shares changing hands, Angostura Holdings declined 45 cents to $16.55 in trading 1,500 stocks, Ansa McAl stayed at $57 trading 1,000 stock units. Clico Investment Fund fell $1.29 to $25.51 with the swapping of 108,124 units, First Citizens Bank traded 2,254 stock units at $50.26, GraceKennedy hung on at $6.29, with 2,300 units crossing the market. Guardian Holdings remained at $33 after trading 11,018 shares, 
Guardian Media rallied 7 cents to $3.10 after trading 65,846 units, JMMB Group shed 2 cents to close at $2.13 in exchanging 10,051 stock units. Massy Holdings popped 8 cents to $82.10 after exchanging 121 stocks, One Caribbean Media finished at $4.86 while exchanging 10,115 units, Point Lisas ended trading 25 shares at $3.20. Republic Financial Holdings fell 5 cents to $135.45 in switching ownership of 5,912 stocks, Scotiabank slipped 2 cents to $59, with 1,867 stock units crossing the market, Trinidad Cement fell 10 cents to $3.90 after 49,517 units changed hands and Unilever Caribbean remained at $16.40, with 500 shares clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
A total 24,034,258 shares traded for $209,918,283 compared to 15,882,164 units at $73,938,627 on Friday.
Trading averages 500,714 units at $4,373,298 compared to 324,126 shares at $1,508,952 on Friday and month to date, an average of 292,789 units at $2,102,896, compared to 228,400 units at $1,399,804 on Friday. August closed with an average of 480,039 units at $8,561,549.
NCB Financial spiked $2 to $130 in trading 1,002,106 shares, PanJam Investment lost $1 to close at $62 in an exchange of 18,348 stocks, Pulse Investments popped advanced 27 cents to $3.80 after exchanging 2,998,236 units. Radio Jamaica jumped 68 cents to $3.85, trading 670,770 units, Sagicor Group popped $2.39 to $57.39 after trading 52,177 stocks, Scotia Group gained 50 cents in ending at $40, with 665,109 shares crossing the exchange. Seprod rallied $1.26 to $64.75, trading 11,304 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments declined 64 cents to $15.66, trading 74,497 shares.
A total of 6,820,741 shares traded for $15,123,760, from 4,053,642 units at $10,381,943 on Friday. Future Energy Source led trading with 69.9 percent of total volume after 4.77 million of the company’s shares traded, followed by Jetcon Corporation 7.3 percent, with 500,253 units and Lumber Depot with 5.4 percent after an exchange of 371,598 units.
At the close, Access Financial dropped 55 cents to $20 with 10,445 shares changing hands, Blue Power shed 25 cents to $3.05 with a transfer of 25,100 stock units, Cargo Handlers fell 54 cents to $7.61 with an exchange of 98 stocks. Caribbean Cream rallied 45 cents to $6.15, in the switching of 42,983 units, Derrimon Trading rose 5 cents to $2.35 with 127,987 shares passing through the market, Dolphin Cove fell 90 cents to $11.10 with 88 stocks traded. Elite Diagnostic rallied 7 cents to $3.09 with 98,460 stock units changing hands, Everything Fresh added 8 cents to end at 98 cents with a transfer of 23,976 units, Fontana rose 11 cents to $6 with an exchange of 92,136 shares. General Accident slipped 5 cents to $5.35 with 63,000 stock units passing through the market, GWest Corporation lost 5 cents to close at 85 cents with 13,679 stocks traded, Honey Bun dropped 69 cents to $8.56 with 15,421 units changing hands. Jamaican Teas rose 15 cents to $3.73 in trading 95,954 shares, Jetcon Corporation climbed 9 cents to $1 with an exchange of 500,253 stock units, Knutsford Express declined 14 cents to close at $6.86 with 300 stocks passing through the market. 
Lasco Distributors rallied 26 cents to $3.96 with 3,171 units traded, Lasco Manufacturing fell 15 cents to $4.85 with 15,400 shares changing hands, Mailpac Group lost 11 cents to end at $3.64 with a transfer of 36,322 stock units. Medical Disposables jumped 50 cents to $5.10 with investors switching ownership of 10,786 stocks, SSL Venture gained 12 cents to close at 74 cents with 13,762 units passing through the market and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 54 cents to $7 with 69 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading ended with eight securities changing hands, compared to three on Friday, with prices of three stocks rising, two declining and three remained unchanged.
Proven Investments popped 0.22 of a cent to 23.7 US cents with a transfer of 541 stock units. Sterling Investments settled at 2 US cents with 9,962 stocks traded, Sygnus Credit Investments USD stock finished at 12.5 US cents with investors swapping 9,536 shares and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.12 of a cent to 0.93 US cents with 5 units crossing the exchange.
At the close, 18 securities traded compared to 19 on Friday, with eight stocks rising, four falling, leaving six unchanged. The Composite Index rose 0.64 points to 1,427.45, the All T&T Index increased 1.85 points to 1,925.11 and the Cross-Listed Index fell 0.09 points to 125.43.
Massy Holdings added 2 cents to end at $82.02, with 18,716 shares changing hands, National Enterprises remained at $3.41 trading 50 units, National Flour Mills popped 8 cents to $1.90 with an exchange of 10,898 stocks. One Caribbean Media slipped 2 cents to $4.86 while exchanging 155,667 shares, Republic Financial Holdings rallied 5 cents to $135.50, after trading 100 units, Scotiabank gained 2 cents to $59.02 after exchanging 329 stocks. Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 25 cents to $17.30, with 1,220 stock units crossing the exchange, Trinidad Cement rose 8 cents to $4 with the swapping of 1,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean finished trading 250 stock units at $16.40.
Elsewhere, 
This past week the average gains projected for the Junior Market rose from 191 percent to 198 percent and Main Market stocks from 168 percent to 173 percent.
The JSE Main Market ended the week with an overall PE of 15.6, a little distance from the 19 the market ended at in March, suggesting a 22 percent rise at a PE of 19 and 28 percent at a PE of 20 from now to March 2022. The Main Market TOP 10 trades at a PE of 7.6, with a 51 percent discount to the PE of that market, well off the potential of 20.
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Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has ten stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four stocks with lower offers.
Sagicor Group fell $1 to $55 with the swapping of 64,105 shares, Salada Foods lost 24 cents in closing at $7.01 after 49,882 stock units crossed the market, Seprod shed $1.50 to settle at $63.49 with 13,866 stocks changing hands, Supreme Ventures lost 28 cents to close at $17.77 in trading 23,689 shares and Wigton Windfarm lost 3 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of 50 cents, trading 6,607,371 stocks, as investors continue to desert the stock.
At the close of the market on Friday, stocks closed out the week with just three trading, down from five on Thursday and ended with none gaining, two declining and one left unchanged, with the volume of shares changing hands dropping 76 percent from Thursday’s level, on the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange
August ended with an average of 210,413 units for US$12,959.
Market activity led to 37 securities trading from 38 on Thursday and ended with eight rising, 19 declining and 10, closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index dropped 30.04 points to 3,287.09.
At the close, AMG Packaging rose 5 cents to finish the day at $1.65 with an exchange of 2,136 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers slipped 5 cents to $1.75 with 13,539 stocks traded, Caribbean Cream shed 30 cents to end at $5.70 with investors switching ownership of 42 stock units. Consolidated Bakeries fell 8 cents to end trading at $1.72 with 1,750 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic gained 5 cents to close at $3.02 with a transfer of 5,199 units, Everything Fresh lost 7 cents to settle at 90 cents with an exchange of 6,800 stock units. Fontana slipped 6 cents to $5.89 with 126,320 stocks traded, Future Energy Source dropped 15 cents to $2.05 with 2,193,526 shares passing through the market, General Accident fell 16 cents to $5.40 with 30,000 stock units changing hands. Honey Bun rose 5 cents to $9.25 with a transfer of 2,887 stocks, Jetcon Corporation dropped 8 cents to 91 cents with an exchange of 244,099 shares, KLE Group gained 11 cents to end at $1.13 with 5,833 units traded. 
Knutsford Express shed 98 cents to close at $7 with investors switching ownership of 12,032 stock units, Lasco Distributors declined by 13 cents to $3.70 with 243,244 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards fell 18 cents to $3.32 with a transfer of 104,501 units. Mailpac Group spiked 15 cents to $3.75 with 130,587 stocks traded, Medical Disposables slipped 5 cents to $4.60 with 332 stock units passing through the market, SSL Venture dropped 15 cents to 62 cents with 20,300 units changing hands and tTech advanced 33 cents to $4.70 with 17,151 shares crossing the exchange.
Guardian Holdings rallied 15 cents to $33 with an exchange of 28,567 shares, JMMB Group remained at $2.15 with the swapping of 13,671 stocks, Massy Holdings shed 90 cents to $82 in trading 8,455 units. National Enterprises added 1 cent in closing at $3.41 and exchanging 100 shares, National Flour Mills popped 1 cent to end at $1.82 in switching ownership of 7,198 stock units, Republic Financial Holdings shed 3 cents ending at $135.45, with 1,500 units crossing the market. Scotiabank fell 49 cents to $59 after exchanging 921 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 5 cents to end at $17.55 with the swapping of 1,050 shares, Trinidad Cement dipped 7 cents to $3.92 in trading 3,135 stock units and West Indian Tobacco declined 50 cents to $31 in exchanging 346 units.
