Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday resulted in 12 securities changing hands, the same as on Monday.
The market closed with 3 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 3 unchanged as 325,975 shares traded at a value of $1,016,707 compared to Monday’s 101,230 shares valued at $1,806,077.
The Composite Index added 0.33 points to 1,222.74, the All T&T Index lost 0.16 points to 1,800.29 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.11 points to close at 86.52.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment closed at $22.51, with a 1 cent gain trading 2,880 shares, JMMB Group gained 4 cents to close at $1.25, with 254,917 shares changing hands valued at $318,426 and Point Lisas closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.87, with gains of 11 cents with 300 shares trading.
Losses| Guardian Holdings lost 1 cent to close at $15.59, with trades of 4,066 shares, NCB Financial Group was down 1 cent, closing at $4 with an exchange of 20,052 shares, One Caribbean Media closed 4 cents lower to $16.80 trading 180 shares. Prestige Holdings closed at $11, losing 1 cent with an exchange of 536 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.91, after falling 9 cents with an exchange of 1,600 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.49, with a loss of 1 cent in exchanging 207 shares.
Firm Trades| Massy Holdings held firm at $51.49 trading 4,075 shares, Scotia Investments traded 37,152 shares at $2.75 and Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 with of 10 shares.
6 stocks fall on TTSE 3 rise
JSE majors slipped slightly on Monday
Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 26 securities changing hands with 1 trading in the US dollar market. At the close, 10 stocks advanced and 8 declined with the main market ending in 2,884,030 units valued at $64,356,186 trading compared to 4,838,789 units valued at $105,278,278 at the close on Wednesday.
Trading in the US dollar market accounted for only 1,502 units valued at US$450. The All Jamaica Composite Index declined 144.74 points to close at 257,591.70, the JSE Market Index fell 131.87 points to finish at 234,695.22 and the JSE US dollar market index closed unchanged at 218.99 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
The main market ended trading with an average of 110,924 units valued at $2,475,238 per security traded, compared to an average of 256,060 units valued at $2,718,995 on Friday. The average volume for the month to date ended at 188,647 units with an average value of $3,859,708 versus 204,192 units with an average value of $4,136,602 on the prior trading day. The average volume and value for April ended at 382,748 units with an average value of $5,254,387.
In market activity, Berger Paints lost 5 cents to close at $16.85, in trading of 17,380 shares, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.34, with 353,181 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement traded $1 higher to close at $29 with an exchange of 13,220 units, Carreras closed at $77 exchanging 57,323 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $42.50, after gaining 25 cents and trading 800,378 units. Jamaica Broilers closed at $17.50, with gains of 50 cents trading 64,249 shares, Jamaica Producers closed $1 lower to $17.60 exchanging 223,675 shares and Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $7.75, with a loss of 25 cents, trading 12,138 shares, JMMB Group closed at $21.25, losing 25 cents with trades of 11,790 units, Kingston Wharves traded 90 cents lower to close at $30, with 11,511 shares changing hands. Mayberry Investments gained 5 cents to close at $4.55 with an exchange of 78,234 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $71, after exchanging 143,410 shares, 1834 Investments gained 6 cents to close at $1.50, trading 4,300 shares, 138 Student Living traded 100 units at $4.50,
PanJam Investment closed 19 cents higher to $35.20, in exchanging 7,317 shares, Portland JSX Fund closed at $10.60 trading 800 units. Pulse Investments closed trading at $9.10 in gaining $1.05 with 113,536 shares swapping owners, Radio Jamaica gained 2 cents and closed at $1.67, with 43,300 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $33.50, to record a gain of 45 cents in trading 29,153 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 5 cents to close at $10.35 while exchanging 8,200 units, coffee processors, Salada Foods traded 2,700 units at $8, Scotia Group closed 50 cents lower at $43, with 29,579 units changing hands, Seprod shed $3.50 to close at $36, trading 15,860 shares Sterling Investments lost 1 cent to close at $17 with an exchange of 500 units, Supreme Ventures closed at $6.38, with trades of 678,489 shares and Proven Investments exchanged 1,502 ordinary shares at 30 US cents.
2 stocks rise 3 fall on TTSE – Monday
Price movements at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday remained moderate, as 12 securities changed hands, compared to 16 on Friday. The results was for small changes in the market indices.
The market closed with 2 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 7 unchanged as 101,230 shares traded at a value of $1,806,077 in contrast to Friday’s 871,460 shares valued at $6,273,683.
The Composite Index added 0.15 points to 1,222.41, the All T&T Index lost 0.27 points to 1,800.45 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.08 points to close at 86.41.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| NCB Financial Group closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.01, with a 1 cent gain, while exchanging 10,000 shares and Scotiabank gained 6 cents to close at $58.06 trading 550 shares.
Losses| Grace Kennedy closed at $2.77, after falling 8 cents with an exchange of 5,550 shares, 
Sagicor Financial lost 8 cents to close at $9.02 exchanging 1,000 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed 10 cents lower to $126.40 with trades of 1,113 shares.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment traded 7,580 units at $22.50, First Citizens exchanged 186 units at $32, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.60 trading 23,481 units valued at $366,304 and Massy Holdings was unchanged at $51.49, with 291 shares changing hands. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.91 trading 6,024 units valued at $613,996, Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 with trades of 34,212 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 11,243 shares at $22.50.
10 stocks split by gains & losses
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday resulted in 16 securities changing hands compared to 19 on Thursday with trading levels rising above the prior day .
At the close, 6 stocks advanced, 5 declined and 5 were unchanged as 871,460 shares traded at a value of $6,273,683 compared to Thursday’s 603,478 shares valued at $3,215,253.
The Composite Index added 0.53 points to 1,222.26, the All T&T Index rose 0.16 points to 1,800.72 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.12 points to close at 86.33.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens closed at $32, with a 1 cent gain trading 1,971 shares, Guardian Holdings closed 9 cents higher to $15.60 in exchanging 12,555 shares, JMMB Group gained 1 cent, closing at $1.21 with an exchange of 233,679 shares. Massy Holdings closed at $51.49, gaining 4 cents in trading 2,003 shares, National Enterprises closed at $10.51 with a 1 cent gain while swapping 193 shares and Sagicor Financial traded 10 cents higher to close at $9.10, with trades of 12,522 shares.
Losses| Clico Investment lost 2 cents to close at $22.50 trading 34,831 shares valued at $753,698, National Flour closed 2 cents lower to $2.48 exchanging 366 shares, 
One Caribbean Media closed at $16.84, losing 1 cent while trading 40,000 shares valued at $673,600 Republic Financial Holdings traded 9 cents lower to close at $101.91, trading 1,588 units and Scotiabank closed at $58, losing 16 cents with an exchange of 20,000 units valued at $1,161,146.
Firm Trades| L.J. Williams B share traded 100 units at 85 cents, NCB Financial Group exchanged 468,496 units at $4 valued at $1,873,884, Trinidad Cement held firm at $4.20 exchanging 7,033 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL was unchanged at $22.50, with an exchange of 35,968 shares valued at $809,280 and West Indian Tobacco closed at $126.50 trading 155 units.
4 up 4 down on Thursday
Trading picked up all round on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday and resulted in a relatively large 19 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Wednesday. The market closed with 4 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 11 holding firm as 603,478 shares traded at a value of $3,215,253 compared to Wednesday’s 496,027 shares valued at $2,056,193.
The Composite Index added 0.90 points to 1,221.73, the All T&T Index lost 0.52 points to 1,800.56 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.32 points to close at 86.21.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| NCB Financial Group gained 10 cents to close at $4 with an exchange of 32,500 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $102, with a gain of 1 cent with 962 shares changing hands, Scotiabank advanced 10 cents to close at $58.16 with 2,482 units changing hands and Scotia Investments gained 5 cents and closed at $2.75 with 56,700 shares trading.
Losses| JMMB Group lost 8 cents to close at $1.20, with 326,521 units traded at a value of $391,825, Massy Holdings closed 4 cents lower to $51.45 exchanging 3,166 shares, Unilever Caribbean traded $3.50 lower to close at $53.50 with an exchange of 13 units and West Indian Tobacco closed at $126.50 after losing 50 cents trading 1,946 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 with trades of a mere 3 units, Calypso Macro Index Fund exchanged 2,325 shares at $21.50 and Clico Investment was unchanged at $22.52, with 2,346 shares changing owners. Grace Kennedy held firm at $2.76 with trades of 40,701 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.51 with an exchange of 38,421 units valued at $595,910, L.J. Williams B share traded 6,000 units at 85 cents, National Flour Mills exchanged 11,000 units at $2.50. Readymix closed at $11 trading 3,147 units, Sagicor Financial closed at $9, with 44,009 units changing hands at a value of $397,427, Trinidad Cement held firm at $4.20 exchanging 5,100 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL was unchanged at $22.50, with an exchange of 26,136 shares valued at $588,052.
Quiet day for Trinidad stocks
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange remains in a consolidation mode with little movement in process and the indices. On Wednesday in 11 securities changed hands compared to 13 on Tuesday with Grace Kennedy as the dominant trade.
At the close, 1 stock advanced, 1 declined and 9 were unchanged as 496,027 shares were exchanged at a value of $2,056,193 compared to Tuesday’s 316,137 shares valued at $2,505,928.
The Composite Index gained 0.03 points to 1,220.83, the All T&T Index advanced 0.13 points to 1,801.08 and the Cross Listed Index slipped 0.01 points to close at 85.89.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Massy Holdings gained 4 cents to close at $51.49 exchanging 3,536 units.
Losses| Sagicor Financial lost 1 cent to close at $9, with 45,000 units traded at a value of $405,018.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment closed at $22.52 with trades of 800 units, First Citizens exchanged 700 shares at $31.99, Grace Kennedy was unchanged at $2.76, with 377,719 shares changing owners valued at $1,042,504. Guardian Holdings closed at $15.51 with an exchange of 2,575 units, JMMB Group traded at $1.28, with 23,979 units, National Enterprises exchanged 23,110 units at $10.50. NCB Financial Group closed at $3.90 trading 17,987 units, Prestige Holdings closed at $11.01, with 20 units changing hands and Trinidad Cement held firm at $4.20 exchanging 601 units.
Jamaican stocks only winners on TTSE
JMMB Group 1 of 2 jamaican stocks to advance on the TTSE.
A mere 316,137 shares valued at $2,505,928 traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, versus 1,141,204 shares valued at $11,232,310 on Monday.
The market closed with 13 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Monday with 2 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 6 holding firm.
The Composite Index declined 1.22 points to 1,220.80, the All T&T Index fell 0.12 points to 1,800.95 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.32 points to close at 85.90.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| GraceKennedy gained 6 cents to close at $2.76, with an exchange of 137,900 units valued at $380,604 and JMMB Group closed at $1.28, with gains of 3 cents while trading 21,000 shares.
Losses| First Citizens lost 1 cent to close at $31.99, with 300 units changing hands, National Flour Mills closed at $2.50, losing 2 cents trading 5,125 shares, 
NCB Financial Group closed 9 cents lower to $3.90, with an exchange of 60,000 shares, Readymix closed at $11, with a loss of 6 cents exchanging 1,437 units and Republic Financial Holdings lost 1 cent to close at $101.99, with 10 units traded.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International closed at $8 with 4,088 units being exchanged, One Caribbean Media closed at $16.85, with trades of 37,113 shares valued at $625,354 and Scotiabank held firm at $58.06 trading 4,540 shares. Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 with 6,100 units changing owners, Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded at $22.50, with an exchange of 38,417 units valued at $864,348 and West Indian Tobacco exchanged 107 units at $127.
Sagicor dominates trading on TTSE
Sagicor dominated trading on the TTSE on Monday.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday saw increased volume over Friday’s level but with the value being lower. Sagicor Financial traded the largest volume of shares and 75 percent of the market value.
At the close, 4 stocks advanced, 2 declined and 8 were unchanged. A total of 1,141,204 shares were exchanged at a value of $11,232,310 compared to Friday’s 607,866 shares valued at $22,247,214.
The Composite Index fell 0.85 points to 1,222.02, the All T&T Index gained 0.16 points to 1,801.07 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.26 points to close at 86.22.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s gained 1 cent to close at $18.51 trading 800 units, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.51, with gains of 7 cents exchanging 23,881 shares valued at $370,158, Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent to close at $9.01 with trades of 941,250 shares valued at $8,480,663 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.50, gaining 1 cent, with 62,639 units changing hands valued at $1,408,546.
Losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund lost 38 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $21.50, exchanging 300 units, Scotia Investments traded 5 cents lower to close at $2.70, with 93,463 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40 with 856 units traded, Clico Investment closed at $22.52 with trades of 1,126 shares,First Caribbean International closed at $8, trading 1,000 shares, JMMB Group traded 1,000 shares at $1.25. National Flour Mills closed at $2.52, with an exchange of 1,000 shares, Prestige Holdings closed at $11.01 with 35 units changing owners, Scotiabank remained at $58.06 while trading 10,555 units valued at $612,823 and Trinidad Cement exchanged 3,299 units at $4.20.
Biggest 2017 trading day for TTSE
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed out April with the biggest trading day on Friday resulting the highest number of securities trading with the highest dollar for the year. A total of 19 securities changed hands, accounting for 607,866 shares valued at $22,247,214, compared to 13 on securities trading on Thursday.
Trading closed with Ansa McAL and Republic Financial Holdings accounting for 69 percent of traded value. Overall 3 stocks advanced, 6 declined and 10 holding firm. On Thursday trading resulted in 167,340 shares valued at $2,265,872.
The Composite Index declined 2.61 points to 1,222.87, the All T&T Index fell 1.87 points to 1,800.91 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.46 points to close at 86.48.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Massy Holdings gained 2 cents and closed at $51.45 with 185 units changing owners, Prestige Holdings closed at $11.01, with a 1 cent gain exchanging 15 shares and Republic Financial Holdings gained 10 cents, closing at $102 with 60,818 shares changing hands valued at $6,203,436.
Losses| First Caribbean International closed at $8, losing 10 cents trading 1,025 shares, Guardian Holdings lost 6 cents to close at $15.44, with an exchange of 29,948 shares valued at $463,471, JMMB Group traded 4 cents lower to close at $1.25 while exchanging 16,760 units. Readymix closed $1.44 lower at $11.06 trading 2,710 units, Sagicor Financial lost 5 cents, closing at $9 with trades of 65,254 shares valued at $588,173 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.49, losing 1 cent with an exchange of 196,575 shares valued at $4,417,061.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings closed at $15 with 10,000 units traded, Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 while trading of 138,271 shares valued at $9,195,022, Clico Investment traded 664 shares at $22.52, National Enterprises closed at $10.50 with trades of 550 units, National Flour Mills closed at $2.52 with 54,380 units changing hands,One Caribbean Media exchanged 1,637 units at $16.85. Scotia Investments traded 13,000 units at $2.75, Scotiabank exchanged 15,939 shares at $58.06 valued at $925,435, Unilever Caribbean closed at $57 trading 35 units, after trading at an 52 weeks’ intraday low of $53 and West Indian Tobacco rose 1 cent to $127 with 100 units changing hands.
NCB spawns big surge in JSE indices – Friday
NCB Financial jumped $3.75 on Friday to push marekt up sharply.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange had one of its biggest index movement in the main market on Friday as a big jump in the profit of NCB Financial Group pushed the stock sharply thus helping to spike the market.
At the closed on Friday 27 securities changed hands as 14 stocks advanced and 7 declined. There was no trading in the US dollar market
Trading levels in the main market ended at 6,987,999 units valued at $137,346,087 compared to 7,307,280 units valued at $263,394,539 at the close on Thursday.
The All Jamaica Composite Index jumped 7,046.25 points to close at 253,995.90 the JSE Market Index surged 6,419.93 points to finish at 231,419.04 and the JSE US dollar market index remained at 219 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 258,815 units valued at $5,086,892 per security that traded, compared to an average of 304,470 units valued at $10,974,772 on Thursday. 
The average volume for the month to date, ended at 382,748 units with an average value of $5,254,387 versus at 390,038 units with an average value of $5,264,239 on the prior trading day. The average volume and value for March ended at 549,909 units and $1,379,459.
In market activity, Berger Paints closed $2 higher to $16 trading 61,718 shares, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.31, with 65,000 shares changing hands, and Caribbean Cement traded $4 lower to $26 with trades of 36,720 units. Carreras gained $2.50 to close at $77.50 exchanging 2,221 shares, Grace Kennedy gained 10 cents to close at $44 trading 32,916 units, Jamaica Broilers closed at $16.50, gaining 1 cent with an exchange of 56,098 shares, Jamaica Producers closed $1.65 higher to $17.65 exchanging 60,114 shares and Jamaica Stock Exchange closed $1.37 higher to $8.40, with trades of 376,194 shares. JMMB Group closed at $22.88, gaining 38 cents trading 31,800 units, Kingston Properties closed at $16 Trading 500 units, Kingston Wharves closed at $30.75, with a loss of 25 cents exchanging 2,000 units,
Mayberry Investments closed 15 cents lower to $4.60 with an exchange of 19,050 shares, NCB Financial Group traded at $67.50, gaining $3.75 with 138,083 shares changing hands, 1834 Investments gained 1 cent to close at $1.81, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, PanJam Investment closed 85 cents higher to $35 with trades of 3,250 shares. Portland JSX lost 20 cents to close at $10 exchanging 11,500 shares, Pulse Investments closed at $8.05 with trades of 3,873 units, Radio Jamaica lost 2 cents to close at $1.68 exchanging 6,750 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $32.50, with a loss of $1.01 trading 15,000 shares, Sagicor Real Estate fund closed at $10.35 trading 8,689 units, Scotia Group closed at $42, gaining $1.50 with 2,685,790 units changing owners, Scotia Investments advanced $2.14 to close at $38.25 with an exchange of 34,747 shares, Sterling Investments traded at $17.01, losing 14 cents with 11,000 shares exchanged and Supreme Ventures closed at $6.38, with gains of 8 cents trading 68,278 shares. JMMB 7.5% preference share gained closed at $1.98 exchanging 2,900 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.10 with gains of 5 cents trading 3,200,000 units.
