Stocks ended with losers outnumbering winners by a wide margin on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, as investors held back participation in trading, resulting in the volume of stocks traded declining by 28 percent, valued 15 percent less than on Wednesday. The day closed with 18 securities changing owners, down from 22 on Wednesday and ending with prices of two stocks rising, seven declining and nine ended firm.
The market closed with trading of 820,809 shares for $2,881,614 in dropping from 1,132,874 stock units at $3,390,814 on Wednesday.
An average of 45,601 shares were traded at $160,090 compared to 51,494 stock units at $154,128 on Wednesday, with trading month to date averaging 29,065 shares at $216,766, decreasing slightly from 24,873 units at $231,139 on the previous day and higher than the average for November of 14,324 shares at $180,106.
The Composite Index fell 0.10 points to 942.24, the All T&T Index fell 0.19 points to 1,358.25, the SME Index remained at 94.31 and the Cross-Listed Index ended unchanged at 69.56.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Agostini ended at $62.40 in trading 40 shares, Angostura Holdings gained 50 cents to $13 after closing with an exchange of 78 stocks, AS Bryden remained at $1.96 with an exchange of 582 units.
CIBC Caribbean Bank remained at $8.30 with 150 shares crossing the market, First Citizens Group slipped 10 cents to finish at a 52 weeks low of $34 after an exchange of 165 stock units, GraceKennedy ended at $3.60 with 205 shares trading. JMMB Group ended at 75 cents after an exchange of 588,522 stocks, Massy Holdings lost 1 cent to end at $3.79 with 458 units crossing the market, Medcorp remained at $48 with investors trading 200 stock units. National Flour Mills sank 6 cents to finish at $1.49 after 306 shares passed through the exchange, One Caribbean Media remained at $1.33 with a transfer of 10,150 stock units, Prestige Holdings ended at $13.15 with 60 stocks crossing the exchange. Republic Financial skidded $2 to $102 after trading of 14,754 units,
Scotiabank rose 15 cents to close at $45 as investors exchanged 6,831 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $2.65 after 152,514 shares were traded. Trinidad Cement sank 2 cents to end at $1.80 with traders dealing in 1,350 units, Unilever Caribbean dropped 5 cents and ended at $13.45 in an exchange of 4,872 units and West Indian Tobacco fell 16 cents to finish at a 52 weeks low of $2.74 with investors dealing in 39,572 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 14,609,258 shares trading for $137,596,723, after soaring from 8,548,957 stock units at $68,511,970 on Tuesday.
Pan Jamaica climbed $6.90 in closing at $53 in an exchange of 239 units, Sagicor Group shed 50 cents to close at $39.50 with 3,281 stock units clearing the market, Scotia Group increased 50 cents to finish at $52.50 after a transfer of 258,678 shares. Seprod dropped $1.10 and ended at $82 with traders dealing in 38,240 stocks, Stanley Motta skidded $1.38 to $6 with 50,000 stock units crossing the exchange, Sygnus Credit Investments popped 45 cents to finish at $12.90 with investors trading 259 stock units. Sygnus Real Estate Finance advanced $1.25 to end at $9.25 with an exchange of 23 shares and Wisynco Group lost $1.25 in closing at $19.30 as investors exchanged 18,705 units.
Trading closed after an exchange of 28,706,823 shares with a value of $44,130,983 after a climb from 8,925,358 units at $6,328,557 on Tuesday.
The Junior Market finished trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3, which is calculated by dividing the last traded price of a stock by its earnings per share. The PE ratios in this report are computed by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending around August 2026.
The market closed with trading of 1,132,874 shares for $3,390,814 after a rise from 503,889 stock units, with the value lower than the $11,563,334 on Tuesday.
AS Bryden ended at $1.96 after closing with the trading of 1,583 stocks, CinemaOne remained at $4.68 with traders dealing in 10 units, Endeavour Holdings closed at $18.50 after trading of 5 stocks. Eric Solis Marketing advanced 1 cent to a 52 weeks high of $4 with a transfer of 1,520 units, First Citizens Group sank 16 cents in closing at a 52 weeks low of $34.10 after 552 stocks were exchanged, GraceKennedy ended at $3.60 with investors trading 31 stock units. Guardian Holdings ended at $14.44 in an exchange of 340 shares, Massy Holdings rose 9 cents to close at $3.80 with 1,076 units clearing the market, Medcorp remained at $48 after an exchange of 503 stocks. National Enterprises slipped 17 cents to a 52 weeks low of $1.53 with 2,170 stock units crossing the market, National Flour Mills remained at $1.55 after the trading of 50 shares, NCB Financial ended at $1.93 in an exchange of 59 units. One Caribbean Media remained at $1.33 with 2,600 stocks crossing the market,
Prestige Holdings sank 85 cents in closing at $13.15 as investors exchanged 14,318 stock units, Republic Financial gained $2 to close at $104 after a transfer of 1,627 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL skidded 30 cents to a 52 weeks low of $2.65 with 1,097,027 stock units changing hands, Trinidad Cement lost 6 cents in closing at $1.82 with investors trading 50 units, Unilever Caribbean popped $1.23 and ended at $13.50 with an exchange of 2,030 stocks and West Indian Tobacco increased 15 cents to close at $2.90 with investors swapping 7,300 units.
The market closed with trading of 8,925,358 shares for $6,328,557 after tumbling from 83,305,717 units at $171,261,070 on Monday.
The Junior Market ended with an average PE Ratio of 13.5, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. The PE in this report are compiled by ICInsider.com for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Fontana dropped 35 cents to close at $8.04 after an exchange of 174,725 units, Future Energy advanced 10 cents and ended at $2.90 with investors trading 47,959 stock units. ISP Finance rose $1 to finish at $17 in an exchange of just 16 shares, Jamaican Teas climbed 11 cents to end at $2.32 after swapping 177,302 stock units, Knutsford Express sank 50 cents in closing at $11.50 after an exchange of 980 stocks. Mailpac Group increased 9 cents to $2.50 with 74,172 stock units passing through the market and Regency Petroleum lost 6 cents to close at $4.34 after trading of 148,448 shares.
The market closed with trading of 503,889 shares for $11,563,334 after jumping from 129,199 stock units at $1,456,424 on Monday.
Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $30, following an exchange of 10 stock units, AS Bryden fell 4 cents and ended at $1.96 with 1,110 units passing through the market, CIBC Caribbean Bank remained at $8.30 as investors traded 112 shares. CinemaOne ended at $4.68 after 295 units crossed the market, Eric Solis Marketing remained at $3.99 with an exchange of 50 stocks, First Citizens Group dropped 74 cents to finish at a 52 weeks low of $34.26 with 1,465 stock units changing hands. GraceKennedy ended at $3.60 after an exchange of 646 shares, Guardian Holdings remained at $14.44 with 36,354 units cleabeing traded, Guardian Media ended at 68 cents after a transfer of 200 stocks. JMMB Group sank 5 cents to 75 cents with 119,828 stock units crossing the exchange, L.J. Williams B share shed 18 cents and ended at a 52 weeks low of $1 with a transfer of 105 shares, Massy Holdings rose 11 cents in closing at $3.71 with investors swapping 121,980 units. Medcorp remained at $48 in an exchange of 5 stocks, National Enterprises sank 5 cents to close at $1.70 with 5,977 stock units crossing the market, National Flour Mills lost 1 cent to finish at $1.55 with investors trading 58,712 shares. NCB Financial ended at $1.93after traders switched ownership of 425 stock units,
One Caribbean Media advanced 4 cents to $1.33, after the trading of 9,176 units, Point Lisas remained at $4 after an exchange of 14,549 stocks. Prestige Holdings popped 98 cents in closing at a 52 weeks high of $14 after trading of 181 shares, Republic Financial ended at $102 with dealings in 92,876 stocks, Scotiabank skidded 38 cents to finish at $44.85 with 6,926 units clearing the market. Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 5 cents and ended at $2.95 with investors trading 9,299 stock units, Trinidad Cement climbed 8 cents to $1.88 as market participants passed 2,700 shares through the exchange, Unilever Caribbean declined $1.11 to end at a 52 weeks low of $12.27 with investors trading 14,391 units and West Indian Tobacco remained at $2.75 with an exchange of 1,776 stocks.
The market closed out the period with just 6 stocks rising and 14 declining. The Composite index rose 1.29 points or 0.14 percent, the All Trinidad and Tobago Index popped 3.26 points or 0.24 percent and the SME Index lost just 0.17 percent.
The market closed with trading of 83,305,717 shares with a value of $171,261,070, up from 20,092,856 units at $34,826,417 on Friday. An average of 1,937,342 shares were traded at $3,982,816, up from a mere 528,759 stocks at $916,485 on Friday, compared to November, with an average of 224,300 shares at $353,285. Dolla Financial led trading with 78.09 million shares for 93.7 percent of total volume, followed by RA Williams, with 1.39 million stock units for 1.7 percent of the day’s trade and Express Catering with 758,200 stocks for 0.9 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial slipped $3.21 to $15.76 with 1,474 shares being traded, Cargo Handlers increased $2.10 to close at a 52 weeks high of $19 after 3,739 units passed through the exchange, Caribbean Cream rose 38 cents to end at $2.37 in an exchange of 86,251 stock units. Consolidated Bakeries advanced 21 cents in closing at $1.61 with 2,548 shares crossing the market, Derrimon Trading sank 15 cents to finish at $1.70 in an exchange of 84,065 stock units, Dolla Financial shed 36 cents and ended at $2.12 with investors swapping 78,094,372 shares. Dolphin Cove rose 64 cents to $12.59 after a transfer of 11,151 units, Elite Diagnostic dropped 6 cents to $1.50 with 453,194 stocks switching owners, Fosrich lost 19 cents in closing at $2.15 after an exchange of 14,801 stock units. Future Energy declined 18 cents to finish at $2.80 after closing with an exchange of 148,474 shares, Honey Bun fell 25 cents and ended at $7.50 after swapping 252 stocks, ISP Finance skidded $1.98 to close at $16 with investors trading just 31 units.
The market closed with trading of only 129,199 shares for $1,456,424 in tumbling from 1,281,385 stock units at $17,318,841 on Friday.
Ansa Merchant Bank slipped 1 cent and ended at a 52 weeks low of $102 of $30 with 238 units crossing the market, AS Bryden rallied 2 cents to end at $2 with a transfer of 14,130 stocks, CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $8.30 with the trading of 17,263 stock units. CinemaOne ended at $4.68 with 50 shares passing through the market, First Citizens Group skidded 10 cents to finish at $35 after an exchange of 498 stocks, Guardian Holdings lost 1 cent and ended at $14.44 in trading 131 stock units. Guardian Media declined 2 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of 68 cents with 930 shares changing hands, JMMB Group rose 4 cents to close at 80 cents with investors switching ownership of 130 units, Massy Holdings sank 2 cents to $3.60 with 5,090 stocks changing hands. National Enterprises rallied 5 cents to $1.75 with investors trading 51 stock units, National Flour Mills added 1 cent to finish at $1.56 after a transfer of 25,092 shares, NCB Financial remained at $1.93 with investors trading 10,010 stock units. Republic Financial fell 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of $102 after an exchange of 3,831 units, Scotiabank slipped 2 cents in closing at $45.23 after trading of 13,518 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL advanced 4 cents to end at $3 as investors exchanged 16,987 shares. Trinidad Cement remained at $1.80 with 14,464 stock units passing through the market, Unilever Caribbean dropped $1.92 to a 52 weeks low of $102 of $13.38 with traders dealing in 3,136 units and West Indian Tobacco ended at $2.75 with 1,168 stocks crossing the exchange.
The All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,549.61 points to 363,894.47, the JSE Main Index spiked 2,813.30 points to settle at 318,658.37 and the Financial Index popped 0.09 points to 64.42.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Margaritaville sank $2.20 and ended at $12.44 with an exchange of 10 units, Mayberry Group gained 57 cents to $7.13 with a mere 4 stocks passing through the market, 138 Student Living shed 41 cents to end at $3.48 with investors dealing in 1,224 units. Pan Jamaica rose $3.30 in closing at $52.20 in an exchange of 152,815 shares, Sagicor Group rallied $3.47 to close at $41.48, after trading of 117,060 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund dropped $1.20 to finish at $6.30 after an exchange of 282,057 shares. Seprod increased by $2 and ended at $84 with a transfer of 11,270 stocks, Stanley Motta climbed 52 cents to $6.79 with 38,043 units clearing the market, Supreme Ventures advanced 36 cents to finish at $16.16 in an exchange of 581,887 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments popped 75 cents to end at $13.15 with 72,380 shares crossing the market.