The Junior Market ended trading on Thursday with a 5.97 points decline in the market index to 2,893.64 with 23 securities changing hands compared to the same number trading on Wednesday and with just 1 stock rising.
Market activity also resulted in 10 securities declining and 12 remaining unchanged, with an exchange of 1,983,814 units valued at $13,150,229. On Wednesday, trading ended with 7,801,377 units valued at $30,185,618 changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 86,253 units for an average of $571,749 compared to an average of 339,190 units for an average of $1,312,418 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 119,263 units at $495,598, compared to an average of 122,453 units at $488,239 on the previous trading day. February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 4 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $2.05, with 47,600 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $33, with 7,000 units, CAC 2000 finished at $9, with 7,300 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $6.97, with 608 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded at $10.90, with 3,000 stock units. Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 22 cents at $4.40, with 142,819 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2, with 1,100 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled 4 cents higher at $3.06, with 147,535 units, Eppley ended trading with a loss of 15 cents at $10, with 23,700 shares. Express Catering traded with a loss of 20 cents at $4.50, with 11,000 shares, FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 18 cents at $2.50, with 10,284 shares,
GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 14 cents at $2.75, with 56,984 units, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.80, with 12,065 shares. Jetcon Corporation traded at $4.15, with 5,630 units, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of $2 at $12, with 631,245 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $4, with 34,450 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5, with 800 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 665,342 shares, Main Event ended trading at $6, with 30,800 shares, Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 10 cents at $4.80, with 900 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.20, with 123,652 stock units and Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 9 cents at $5.51, with 5,000 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading closed at $2, with 15,000 shares, changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
20 securities trade on TTSE – Wednesday

First Citizens closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with trading in 20 securities against 16 on Tuesday, with 6 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 588,538 shares valued at $15,214,861 trading, compared to 443,163 shares valued at $9,904,481 on Tuesday.
At close, the Composite Index rose 1.85 points to 1,270.21, the All T&T Index closed with a gain of 3.51 points to 1,701.19, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.01 points to close at 113.43. At the close 2 securities closed at a 52 weeks’ high and 3 at a 52 weeks’ low.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Wednesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s finished trading with a rise of 46 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $21.01, after exchanging 2,457 shares, Angostura Holdings increased 1 cent and settled at $15.71, with 205,260 stock units changing hands, First Citizens ended trading with 31 cents gain at a 52 weeks’ high of $32.50, after exchanging 12,493 shares, Prestige Holdings finished 4 cents higher at $10.05, after 35,783 shares were traded, Scotiabank rose by 50 cents and ended at $62.50, after exchanging 88,670 shares and Unilever Caribbean added 5 cents and concluded trading at $30.35, with 2,523 units changing hands.
Losses| Ansa Mcal closed with a loss of 1 cent at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.99, after trading 2,460 units, Guardian Holdings fell 1 cent and ended at $16, after exchanging 7,590 shares, Massy Holdings shed 5 cents to settle at $47.44, with 1,793 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media lost 2 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.45, with 5,995 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement ended trading 1 cent lower at a 52 weeks’ low of $3, with 11,725 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant Bank ended trading at $40, after exchanging 17,930 shares, Clico Investments concluded at $20.10, with 5,743 units, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $9.30, after exchanging 88,598 shares, JMMB Group settled at $1.97, with 3,352 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group completed trading at $6.53, after exchanging 21,000 shares. Republic Financial Holdings settled at $101.52, with 13,819 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial concluded at $7.82, with 20,629 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL completed trading at $28, after exchanging 30,965 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $88.50, after exchanging 9,753 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
8 securities fall on TTSE – Tuesday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange activity on the on Tuesday with 16 securities trading compared to 10 on Monday as the market closed with 443,163 shares valued at $9,904,481 trading, versus 403,022 units valued at $11,039,167 on Monday.
The market closed with the prices of 3 stocks rising, 8 declining and 5 remaining unchanged. At close, the Composite Index slipped 0.47 points on Tuesday to 1,268.36, the All T&T Index closed with a gain of 0.22 points to 1,697.48, while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.16 points to close at 113.26.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Tuesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens gained 2 cents rise and closed at $32.19, after exchanging 2,830 shares, Guardian Holdings added 1 cent and settled at $16.01, after exchanging 12,719 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 25 cents and concluded trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $28, after 18,222 shares changed hands.
Losses| Ansa Mcal traded with a loss of 5 cents at $60, with 74,476 units, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 1 cent and completed trading at $3.34, with 1,000 units, JMMB Group fell 1 cent and ended at $1.97, with 62,448 stock units changing hands, LJ Williams A Share shed 2 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ low of 20 cents, after exchanging 41,000 shares, Massy Holdings lost 1 cent and ended at $47.49, with 15,756 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group ended trading 4 cents lower at $6.53, after exchanging 76,228 shares, Sagicor Financial concluded trading with a loss of 3 cents and completed trading at $7.82, with 3,146 units and Scotiabank traded with a loss of 1 cent and settled at $62, in an exchange of 28,028 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments completed trading at $20.10, with 16,760 units, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $9.30, after exchanging 86,000 shares, Point Lisas completed trading at $3.81, with 100 units, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $101.52, with 3,400 stock units changing hands, Trinidad Cement ended at $3.01, with 1,000 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco settled at $88.50, after exchanging 50 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Wednesday as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,227.13 points to 324,208.73 and the JSE Index advanced by 1,118.05 points to 295,390.81 with 5 stocks rising to 1 falling.
Trading results in an average of 366,575 shares valued at $6,045,010 for each security traded, compared to 402,678 shares valued at $29,505,369 on Tuesday. For the month to date an average of 684,251 units with an average value at 11,503,301 traded, compared to 715,033 units with an average value at $12,094,025 traded on the previous trading day. In contrast, February closed with average of 213,336 units valued at $3,392,475 for each security traded.
Palace Amusement jumped $540 to end at a all-time record high of $1,100, with 200 stock units changing hands, PanJam Investment ended 11 cents higher at $41.21, with 111,830 units, Pulse Investments finished at $1.85, with 15,756 shares, Radio Jamaica settled 2 cents higher at $1.08, with 12,300 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading 40 cents higher at $36.50, with 159,923 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $15.10, with 150,000 shares, Scotia Group finished trading 50 cents higher at $56, with 158,557 shares, Seprod closed 24 cents higher at $30.25, with 300 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 1 cent higher at $12, with 348,266 stock units. Victoria Mutual Investments finished 7 cents higher at $4.57, with 285,741 units and Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 25 cents at $10.50, with 2,127,214 shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 1 stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 7 with lower offers.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 8 with lower offers.
Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 48 cents at $3.70, with 273,277 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 20 cents higher at $5, with 19,260 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 20 cents at $4, with 40,700 units, Main Event settled 14 cents higher at $5.95, with 8,044 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading at $4.90, with 1,500 shares, Paramount Trading traded at $3.20, with 1,500 shares. Stationery and Office finished trading at $5.50, with 12,376 stock units and tTech ended 20 cents higher at $5.20, with 6,700 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Dolphin Cove ended $18 higher at $18, with 9,642 stock units, Eppley 8.75% settled $5.75 higher at $5.75, with 50,000 shares changing hands.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed down on Tuesday after ending at a record closing high on Monday after Scotia Group and NCB Financial prices fell and helped to pull back the index.
Jamaica Broilers finished trading 50 cents higher at $19.50, with 6,339 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 20 cents at $6.30, with 3,200 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading at $26.50, with 258,232 shares, Kingston Wharves settled at $39.50, with 2,082 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 15 cents higher at $5.15, with 11,043 shares. NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of $1.30 at $98.20, with 6,813,889 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading 3 cents higher at $1.18, with 31,000 shares, PanJam Investment ended 10 cents higher at $41.10, with 3,122 units, Pulse Investments finished 5 cents higher at $1.85, with 2,655 shares. Radio Jamaica settled at $1.06, with 14,401 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $36.10, with 126,997 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $15.10, with 70,864 shares,
Salada Foods traded at $12.05, with 25,000 units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $1.50 at $55.50, with 33,156 shares. Seprod closed at $30.01, with 745 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 51 cents at $11.99, with 482,227 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.50, with 1,464,709 units and Wisynco Group settled 5 cents higher at $10.75, with 77,913 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.25% ended trading at $2.55, with 11,031 shares, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, with 95,802 stock units changing hands.
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading at record close on Monday with Scotia Group climbing to $57 being the main factor behind the rally along with several others that rose. 
For the month to date an average of 747,070 units with an average value at $10,075,319 traded, compared to 796,886 units with an average value at $10,718,888 traded on the previous trading day.In contrast, February closed with average of 213,336 units valued at $3,392,475 for each security traded.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange index closed trading on Monday with a 40.83 points rise to close at 2,956.96 with the prices of 6 securities advancing, 10 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 7 with lower offers.
Lasco Distributors concluded trading 3 cents higher at $4.18, with 38,811 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 20 cents at $4.80, with 34,940 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 5 cents at $4.20, with 79,450 shares. Main Event ended trading with a loss of 39 cents at $5.81, with 21,909 shares, Medical Disposables traded at $4.90, with 2,500 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading 1 cent higher at $3.20, with 4,452 stock units and Stationery and Office closed at $5.50, with 83,972 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 15 cents at $2, with 1,000 shares changed hands.