Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 15 securities trading against 15 on Tuesday, with 3 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 8.91 points to 1,400.44. The All T&T Index declined 3.24 points to close at 1,755.85, while the Cross Listed Index shed 2.01 points to close at 141.60.
Trading ended with 375,891 shares valued $4,147,273, compared to 195,765 shares valued $3,121,985 shares on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank closed with an increase of 29 cents and settled at $40.80, with 2,520 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial ended trading of 1,052 stock units with a rise of 3 cents to close at $10.68 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 1 cent in exchanging 3,143 units to close at $25.69.
Losses| Calypso Micro Index Fund lost I cent in trading 200 shares and closed at $15.75, Clico Investment Fund fell 4 cents to end at $24.06, with investors exchanging 29,967 stock units, First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 45 cents and completed trading at $8.55, after exchanging 27,361 shares. 
Guardian Holdings shed 7 cents and completed trading at $18.35, with 200 units crossing the exchange and Republic Financial dropped $1.19 and ended at $122.06, with 235 shares crossing the exchange.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $35.75, with 26 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $3.40, trading 57,991 units, National Flour completed trading at $1.49, with investors exchanging 20,000 shares. NCB Financial settled at $10.65, after exchanging 230,437 stock units, Scotiabank settled at $59.47, with just 5 units changing hands, Unilever Caribbean closed at $24.50, after exchanging 112 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $105, with investors exchanging 2,642 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange continued its negative move with 7 straight days of falling market index as the market posted modest losses on Tuesday on lower volume but higher value traded.
PanJam Investment gained 50 cents to settle at $100 with 1,199,725 shares trading, Proven Investments traded 2,281 shares in falling $1.40 to end at $41, Pulse Investments closed 53 cents higher to $4.78, with 79,211 shares changing hands. Sagicor Group closed at $67, after gaining 75 cents with an exchange of 46,273 shares, Seprod advanced by $1.56, settling at $52.06, trading 13,584 units, Supreme Ventures closed at $25.99 as the price rose 84 cents, after exchanging 937,485 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments closed 60 cents higher, ending at $22 trading 43,447 shares.
The more than 11,000 points sharp decline of the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market indices last week continued on Monday, as volume and value dropped compared to that on Friday.
Kingston Wharves dived $2.59 to $57.41, after trading 2,412 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy jumped $19.99 in trading 100 shares to end at a record high of $220, Portland JSX climbed 50 cents to $8.50, in swapping 4,500 shares. Proven Investments traded 1,564 shares, gaining $1.40 to end at $42.40, Sagicor Group closed 25 cents higher at $66.25 with an exchange of 160,664 shares, Salada Foods advanced by $3.25 to close at $29.30 with 2,550 shares changing hands. Scotia Group lost 42.10 to close at $53 while trading 590,136 shares, Seprod lost $2 to settle at $50.50 with 936 units crossing the exchange, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 60 cents, in ending at $21.40 with an exchange of 104,628 shares and VM Investments lost 24 cents and closed $7.75, after trading 199,482 shares.
The main market slipped on each trading day, this past week with the market index dropping more than 11,000 points and has corrected nearly 8 percent from the peak in August while the Junior Market fell 65 points but the TOP 10 stocks had one change. 
The main market closed the week with the overall PE of 17.2 and the Junior Market at 11.8 based on current year’s earnings. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks average is at 7.8 and the main market PE fell to 10.8 from 11.1 for the previous week.
Projected earnings, along with the PE ratio for each company’s current fiscal year are used in determining potential gains with the likely gains ranked in descending order with highest ranked being the most attractive. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined for the fourth day on Friday, with The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index plummeting 5,571.87 points to close at 539,958.77, down 7.7 percent from the peak on August 8, this year.
Carreras dominated trading with 30.1 million shares for 47 percent of total volume, followed by Wisynco with 10.6 million units accounting for 17 percent of the day’s trade and Grace Kennedy with 7.7 million shares for 12 percent of the market’s trade. Also chipping in, with sizable volume are Sagicor Select Fund with 5.6 million shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange with 3,575,105 shares, Caribbean Cement with 2.4 million units and Wigton Windfarm with 2 million shares.
Kingston Wharves closed $2 lower at $60, after trading 3,078 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy advanced $10.01 trading 1,054 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $200.01. NCB Financial dropped $5 lower to $200, in swapping 255,476 shares, Seprod gained 98 cents to settle at $52.50 with 10,510 units changing hands, Supreme Ventures lost 85 cents and ending at $25.15 with 31,644 shares crossing the exchange and Sygnus Credit Investments gained 45 cents, after trading 8,792 shares to close at $22.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 894,072 units valued at $13,071,739 and previously an average of 907,175 units valued at $13,714,670 for each security traded. The market closed out September with an average of 1,585,081 units valued at $14,071,562 for each security traded.
Proven Investments closed at $41, with gains of 50 cents trading 6,351 shares. Sagicor Group lost $1 to close at $66, with 46,361 shares changing hands, Salada Foods fell by $1.95 to settle at $26.05 with 24,374 shares traded. Scotia Group closed $1 lower to $55 with trades of 24,800 shares, Seprod declined by $2.30 to settle at $51.52 with 15,580 units changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 45 cents, after trading 14,600 to close at $21.55.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 15 securities trading against 16 on Wednesday, with 4 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged. 
National Flour fell 3 cents and ended at $1.47, after swapping 107,000 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 6 cents in exchanging 2,019 units to close at $25.71 and Unilever Caribbean fell 1 cent and completed trading of 830 shares at $24.50.
Advancing Jamaica Stock Exchange stocks doubled declining ones but that did not stop the market indices from falling for the second day of trading with the All Jamaican Composite Index losing 1,445.53 points to close at 547,619.84 and the JSE Index dipping 1,377.67 points to 498,535.38.
Sagicor Group gained 45 cents to close at $67, with 51,000 shares changing hands. Salada Foods advanced by $3 to $28, in exchanging 1,000 shares, Scotia Group slipped by $1, in ending at $56 with 30,862 shares trading, Seprod closed $2.80 higher at $53.82 in exchanging 10,666 shares. Supreme Ventures gained 85 cents, after closing at $26 with 7,832 shares changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 30 cents to settle at $22 with 61,665 shares crossing the exchange.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 8 cents in exchanging 1,531 units to close at $25.77 and West Indian Tobacco dropped $1.49 and ended at $104.51, with 1,344 stock units trading.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market declined as the prices of 26 stocks tumbled and just 4 rose on Tuesday and just 7 closed with the prices unchanged as 37 securities changed hands in both the main and US dollar markets. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 924,647 shares at a value of $14,346,378 for each security traded and previously 929,723 shares at $15,239,838 for each stock traded. The market closed September with an average of 1,585,081 units valued at $14,071,562 for each security traded.
Kingston Wharves lost 39 cents to settle at $60 trading 629 shares, NCB Financial closed $4 lower to $201 with an exchange of 51,820 shares, Portland JSX fell by 97 cents to $8, after trading 3,600 shares, Sagicor Group settled at $66.55, after losing 95 cents with 21,890 shares changing hands. Salada Foods closed $3 lower to $25, in swapping 1,198 shares, Scotia Group dropped $3 and ended at $57 in exchanging 2,650 shares, Seprod lost $1.98 to close at $51.02 after exchanging 7,454 shares and Supreme Ventures closed $1.60 lower to $25.15 with 15,953 shares changing hands.
