More funds chased fewer stocks on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with a 578 percent surge in the money that entered the market, with the volume declining 13 percent from that on Tuesday, resulting in 19 securities trading, down from 25 on Tuesday and ending with prices of six stocks rising, four declining and nine ending firm.
The market closed with trading of 138,886 shares worth $5,166,474 compared to 159,604 stock units at $762,164 on Tuesday.
An average of 7,310 shares was traded at $271,920 up from 6,384 units at $30,487 on Tuesday, with trading month to date averaging 44,014 shares at an average of $342,874 compared with 45,840 units at $346,402 on the previous day and November averaging 14,324 shares at $180,106.
The Composite Index advanced 0.52 points to 948.39, the All T&T Index gained 1.39 points to settle at 1,373.13, the SME Index remained at 94.24 and the Cross-Listed Index slipped 0.06 points to end at 69.11.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and three with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini gained 25 cents in ending at $63.25 after a transfer of 1,012 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $12.75 following the trading of 85 stocks, Ansa McAl slipped 5 cents to $43.70 after an exchange of 16 shares.
AS Bryden remained at $1.90 with investors trading 3,600 stock units, First Citizens Group rose 10 cents and ended at $34.35 in an exchange of 540 stock units, GraceKennedy shed 2 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of $3.47 with investors trading 585 shares. Guardian Media ended at 62 cents with an exchange of 5,200 stock units, JMMB Group remained at 79 cents following trading of 1,540 stocks, Massy Holdings remained at $3.69 as investors exchanged 2,885 units. Medcorp ended at $48 with a transfer of 31 shares, National Enterprises rallied 4 cents in closing at $1.74, with 22,500 stock units changing hands, National Flour Mills remained at $1.61 with traders dealing in 20,010 stocks. NCB Financial increased 1 cent to $1.93 after an exchange of 42 units, Prestige Holdings ended at $13.15, with 9,877 shares crossing the market,
Republic Financial popped $1.27 and ended at $105 in switching ownership of 37,468 units. Scotiabank fell $1.44 in closing at $46.46, with 16,952 stocks crossing the exchange, Trinidad & Tobago NGL inched 1 cent up, to $2.65 with investors dealing in 9,974 units, Unilever Caribbean dipped 1 cent to close at $14.23, after 6,418 shares passed through the market and West Indian Tobacco remained at $2.64 and closed with an exchange of 151 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 6,387,421 shares trading for $69,616,031, down sharply from 48,215,187 stock units at $679,567,514 on Monday.
The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2026.
Sagicor Real Estate Fund declined $1.04 in closing at $6.86 with an exchange of 18,285 units, Scotia Group popped 74 cents to finish at $55.10 passed through the market 13,072 shares. Stanley Motta fell 94 cents to $6.20 closed at 9,862 stock units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance rallied $2.29 in closing at $12.79 with investors dealing in 4,101 shares and Wisynco Group gained 48 cents to end at $19.68, trading 22,957 stocks.
The market closed, with trading of 10,088,668 shares for $11,319,606, down from 11,293,436 stock units at $14,486,739 on Monday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.2, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
ISP Finance lost $1.11 to end at $15.89 after an exchange of a mere 7 shares, Jetcon Corporation gained 6 cents in closing at $1.51 with an exchange of 296,808 stock units, KLE Group popped 24 cents to finish at $1.05 after a transfer of 2,000 stocks. Knutsford Express declined 12 cents to $11.83 with traders dealing in 107 stock units, Mailpac Group sank 13 cents to $2.07 in switching ownership of 6,035 shares, Main Event jumped $1.50 and ended at $8 with investors trading a mere 100 units. Omni Industries rallied 7 cents to finish at 98 cents, with 107,120 stocks changing hands, Paramount Trading rose 13 cents to close at $1.28 in an exchange of 500 stock units and Regency Petroleum skidded 19 cents to end at $3.86, with investors trading 263,974 shares.
The market closed with trading of 159,604 shares for $762,164 compared to 184,740 stocks at $4,210,227 on Monday.
Ansa Merchant Bank remained at $29 after an exchange of 3 shares, AS Bryden rallied 2 cents to finish at $1.90 after it closed with 2,472 stock units changing hands, CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $8.25 with an exchange of 1,485 shares. Endeavour Holdings remained at $18.45, with 10 units crossing the market, Eric Solis Marketing rose 25 cents to finish at $4 with investors trading 5 stocks, First Citizens Group dipped 1 cent and ended at $34.25 after a transfer of 4,790 stock units. GraceKennedy ended at $3.49 in trading 180 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $14.50, with 143 stock units passing through the market, Guardian Media remained at 62 cents in an exchange of 5 stocks. Massy Holdings fell 3 cents to $3.69, with 3,163 units clearing the market National Enterprises skidded 2 cents to finish at $1.70, after trading of 37,056 shares, National Flour Mills popped 1 cent higher and ended at $1.61, with 60,000 units changing hands. NCB Financial remained at $1.92 with investors swapping 2,520 stocks, One Caribbean Media ended at $1.33 in switching ownership of 35,917 stock units,
Point Lisas slipped 11 cents to close at $5, with 60 shares crossing the exchange. Prestige Holdings remained at $13.15 with investors trading 58 stock units, Republic Financial dropped 77 cents and ended at $103.73 after an exchange of 936 stocks, Scotiabank gained $1.40 to end at $47.90 with investors dealing in 3,189 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 1 cent in closing at $2.64 in an exchange of 2,606 shares, Trinidad Cement ended at $1.90 with investors trading 1,505 units, Unilever Caribbean popped 16 cents to finish at $14.24 in switching ownership of 1,257 stocks and West Indian Tobacco ended at $2.64 in trading 917 stock units.
Transjamaican Highway accounted for 59 percent of the 48,215,187 shares trading on Monday stocks, valued at $679,567,514, compared with 42,067,995 stock units at $816,837,694 on Friday, with Seprod contributing $333 million of the value traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index lost 4,403.53 points to close at 356,209.86, the JSE Main Index skidded 2,628.98 points to 310,863.89 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 1.01 points to settle at 62.64.
Jamaica Producers popped 50 cents to finish at $23.50, with 446,949 stocks clearing the market, JMMB Group shed 79 cents to end at $17 after an exchange of 627,902 units. Margaritaville advanced $3.39 in closing at $14.93 after 1,000 stocks crossed the market, Massy Holdings sank $1 to $75 with traders dealing in 106,345 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities dipped $1.37 to end at $7.42 in an exchange of 2,153 stock units. NCB Financial fell $1.50 to finish at $41.50 with investors dealing in 2,372,593 shares, Sagicor Group dropped $1.24 and ended at $38.80, after 294,500 stock units passed through the market, Scotia Group rallied $2.96 to close at $54.36 in an exchange of 5,728 stocks, Seprod sank $2.99 to $84, with 3,898,667 units crossing the market and Wisynco Group declined by 35 cents to $19 after trading of 8,998 shares.
Trading ended with an exchange of 11,293,436 shares worth $14,486,739, ahead of 7,013,935 units at $7,728,227 on Friday.
At the close, Access Financial climbed $1.07 and ended at $18.97 with traders dealing in 586 shares, Atlantic Hardware rose 11 cents to $1.61, with trading of 3,890,638 units, Blue Power rallied 49 cents to $4.05 in an exchange of 76,651 stock units. Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 19 cents to close at $1.46, with 943 units changing hands, Caribbean Flavours shed 34 cents in closing at $1.55, with investors swapping 5,489 stocks, Dolla Financial rallied 10 cents to end at $2.40 in an exchange of 122,103 units. Dolphin Cove sank $1.19 to $10.81 with investors dealing in 5,740 stocks, Fontana increased 20 cents to close at $8 after an exchange of 22,362 shares, Honey Bun slipped 68 cents and ended at $6.81 in trading 3,825 stock units following the release of full year results that were less than half of the 2024 profit at 23 cents per share.
Indies Pharma lost 12 cents to finish at $2.60, with 18,775 shares crossing the exchange, Jamaican Teas advanced by 6 cents in closing at $2.29, with investors trading 1,138 stock units, Lumber Depot rose 10 cents to end at $2.95, with 802,073 units clearing the market. Mailpac Group skidded 27 cents to $2.20 with a transfer of 4,559 stocks, Main Event rallied 61 cents to finish at $6.50 after an exchange of 85,160 shares, Omni Industries fell 11 cents and ended at 91 cents after closing with an exchange of 143,285 units and ONE on ONE Educational shed 9 cents to end at 76 cents after a transfer of 155,712 stocks.
The market closed with trading of 184,740 shares worth $4,210,227 compared to 872,128 stock units at $2,151,352 on Friday.
CIBC Caribbean Bank remained at $8.25, after 1,742 stock units passed through the market, Endeavour Holdings remained at $18.45 with traders dealing in 71 shares. Eric Solis Marketing slipped 25 cents in closing at $3.75, with trading of 31 units, First Citizens Group fell 9 cents to $34.26 after an exchange of 9,703 stocks, GraceKennedy dipped 1 cent to end at $3.49, with an exchange of 10,593 stock units. Guardian Holdings rallied 2 cents to close at $14.50 after 7,573 shares changed hands, Guardian Media ended at 62 cents with 100 units clearing the market, JMMB Group rose 3 cents to finish at 79 cents after an exchange of 3,166 stocks. L.J. Williams B share fell 5 cents to $1.10 with a transfer of 295 stock units, Massy Holdings climbed 2 cents to finish at $3.72 as investors exchanged 13,318 shares, Medcorp ended at $48 after a transfer of 25 stock units. National Enterprises remained at $1.72 in trading 623 stocks, National Flour Mills slipped 1 cent in closing at $1.60 after 16,016 units passed through the exchange, NCB Financial remained at $1.92 with investors trading 39,712 shares.
Prestige Holdings ended at $13.15 in an exchange of 200 units, Republic Financial increased $1.50 to finish at $104.50 after the trading of 30,827 stocks, Scotiabank sank $1.39 and ended at $46.50 in switching ownership of 182 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL popped 1 cent to end at $2.65 with investors trading 6,208 shares, Trinidad Cement ended at $1.90 with investors dealing in 8,200 stock units, Unilever Caribbean advanced 33 cents to close at $14.08, with 9,100 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco remained at $2.64 in trading 45 stocks.
The market closed with 42,067,995 shares trading worth $816,837,694 after surging from just 11,535,147 stock units at $180,404,058 on Thursday.
The Main Market closed trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.1. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending around August 2026.
Mayberry Jamaican Equities popped 79 cents to finish at $8.79 with 1,100 units crossing the exchange, NCB Financial declined $1 and ended at $43 with investors swapping 17,533,530 shares, valued at $684 million. Proven Investments rallied $1.22 to close at $15.07 in an exchange of 562 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose $1.09 to $7.99 with 803 stocks crossing the market, Scotia Group sank $3.59 to end at $51.40 in an exchange of 15,889 stocks. Seprod dipped $1.89 in closing at $86.99 with investors trading 1,453 units, Supreme Ventures rose 55 cents to $16 after an exchange of 2,144,003 stocks and Sygnus Credit Investments sank 59 cents to end at $11.40, with 135,835 units clearing the market.
The market closed with trading of 7,013,935 shares for $7,728,227 after falling from 8,241,131 units at $9,318,536 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with financial year ending around August 2026.
Iron Rock Insurance rallied 50 cents to $3 with 82 stocks passing through the market, ISP Finance increased by 50 cents in closing at $17 as investors traded 113 units. Kintyre Holdings rose 6 cents to close at 48 cents, after ownership of 2,486,467 shares was switched, KLE Group sank 13 cents to close at 81 cents with investors swapping 25,107 stock units, Knutsford Express rose $1.49 to $11.99 in an exchange of 16 shares. ONE on ONE Educational rallied 7 cents to 85 cents with investors trading 15,856 stock units and Spur Tree Spices increased 6 cents to finish at $1.11 with 104,927 shares crossing the market.
The market closed with trading of 872,128 shares for $2,151,352 compared to 240,510 stock units at $3,718,979 on Thursday.
CinemaOne fell 5 cents to $4.55 after closing with an exchange of just 5 units, Endeavour Holdings ended at $18.45 in an exchange of one share, Eric Solis Marketing popped 10 cents and ended at $4 with investors swapping 3 stocks. First Citizens Group rallied by 35 cents to $34.35 with an exchange of 733 shares, GraceKennedy closed at $3.50, after 230 stocks were traded, Guardian Holdings ended at $14.48 in an exchange of 3,163 units. Guardian Media remained at 62 cents after trading of 100 stock units, JMMB Group dipped 3 cents to end at 76 cents, with 100,200 shares changing hands, L.J. Williams B share rallied 5 cents in closing at $1.15 after a transfer of 100 stock units. Massy Holdings increased 10 cents to finish at $3.70, with 28,549 stocks clearing the market, Medcorp advanced $1.82 and ended at $48 after an exchange of 501 units, National Enterprises remained at $1.72, with 65,908 stocks crossing the market. National Flour Mills ended at $1.61 with investors dealing in 670 shares, NCB Financial ended at $1.92 in switching ownership of 583,050 stock units, One Caribbean Media remained at $1.33 with traders dealing in 50 units.
Point Lisas popped 51 cents to finish at $5.11 as investors exchanged 5 stocks, Prestige Holdings closed at $13.15 after trading 30 units, Republic Financial sank $1.50 to $103 in switching ownership of 646 shares. Scotiabank ended at $47.89 with investors trading 1,341 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $2.64, after an exchange of 48,498 shares, Trinidad Cement gained 9 cents and ended at $1.90 after an exchange of 149 stocks. Unilever Caribbean rose 50 cents in closing at $13.75, with investors swapping 23,877 units and West Indian Tobacco remained at $2.64, with 203 stock units crossing the market.