The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange bounced at the close trading on Tuesday to continue its mild bullish trend since late 2019 but with an equal number of rising and declining stocks.
Trading ended, with five stocks rising, five declining while five closed with prices unchanged, with one stock ending at 52 weeks’ high. The Composite Index gained 3.52 points to 1,474.92. The All T&T Index shed 2.18 points to 1,872.71, while the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.66 points to 145.92.
For the second consecutive day, the market ended with 15 securities changing hands with an exchange of 385,720 shares for $1,884,774 compared to 127,724 units amounting to $881,569, on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of four stocks higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank rose 10 cents to end at $44.60, in trading 2,619 stock units, JMMB Group closed with a gain of 5 cents at $2.65, with 25,008 stock units changing hands, L.J Williams finished trading with a rise of 14 cents and ended at $1.69, with investors exchanging 290,400 shares. Massy Holdings rose 49 cents and completed trading of 150 units at a 52 weeks’ high of $62 and NCB Financial increased by 14 cents to close at $11, with 9,594 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investments fell 30 cents and completed trading of 1,000 units, at $27.95, Angostura Holdings closed with a loss of 18 cents at $16.02, with investors exchanging 8,500 shares, Prestige Holdings declined by 10 cents to end at $8.90, in swapping of 1,653 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 9 cents and closed trading of 7,565 shares at $23.66 and West Indian Tobacco fell 2 cents to $41.20, with 4,165 units crossing the exchange.
Firm Trades| Ansa Mcal concluded trading 1,184 stock units at $55.20, First Caribbean closed at $8, after exchanging 500 shares, Grace Kennedy completed trading of 27,020 shares at $3.95, Republic Financial closed at $132, with investors trading 50 stock units and Scotiabank ended at $61, with 6,312 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Declines in primary indices of the JSE Main Market continues at the close on Monday, with a greater fall than that suffered on Friday as trading volume and value fell sharply. 
Trading in December, resulted in an average of 595,143 units for $9,344,514 for each security changing hands.
Proven Investments rose by 50 cents in trading 3,227 units to close at $46.50, Sagicor Group added $1.30 to close at $70 with 8,597 units crossing the exchange, Scotia Group fell $2 to close at $57 with an exchange of 23,956 stock units, Supreme exchanged 43,790 shares and gained 40 cents to close at $25.40 and Wisynco Group fell 85 cents to $23.10, with 37,212 shares changing hands.
The JSE Main Market ended the week, with an overall PE of 21.2 and the Junior Market 14.6, based on current 2019 earnings. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks averages 9.4 with the Main Market 10.2.
The average projected gain for the IC TOP 10 stocks is 177 percent for the Junior Market and 132 percent for JSE Main Market based mostly on 2019 earnings.
IC TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns to March next year. Forecasted earnings and PE ratio for the current fiscal year are in determining potential gains. The projected increase for each stock is ranked, with highest-ranked being the most attractive. Expected 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.
More stocks declined than rose at the end of trading on the JSE Main Market on Friday, leading to a modest fall in the primary indices of the market.
The market closed, with an average of 247,622 units valued at $2,097,532 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,153,677 units valued at an average of $3,371,058 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 658,367 units for $2,674,864 for each security changing hands. Trading in December resulted in an average of 595,143 units for $9,344,514 for each security traded.
Proven Investments dropped $3.89 in exchanging 28,052 units to close at $46, Pulse Investments declined $1.30 with 323,031 shares changing hands, to end at $6.20. Sagicor Group dived $9.25 trading 37,462 stock units at $68.70, Salada Foods jumped $2.50 to close at $37.50 with 3,260 changing hands, Scotia Group rose $3 to close at $59 with an exchange of 601,925 stock units. Seprod lost $1.50 to end at $50 with a transfer of 6,883 shares and Wisynco Group gained 45 cents to $23.95, with 133,187 shares changing hands.
PanJam Investment gained $1 to end at $102, with 239,379 units crossing the exchange. Proven Investments gained $1.89 in exchanging 4,211 units to close at $49.89, Pulse Investments climbed $2.25 with 65,000 shares changing hands, to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.50, after trading at an all-time high of $6.20. Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 25 cents in trading 3,150 shares at $10.25 and Scotia Group rose 50 cents to close at $56 with an exchange of 185,416 stock units.
Financial fell 9 cents to close at $131.01, with investors exchanging 640 shares and West Indian Tobacco lost just 1 cent to finish at $41.24, with ten units changing hands.
Prices of several stocks bounced sharply on the JSE Main Market as the year came to an end with 43 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar market
Scotia Group rose 49 cents to close at $55.50 with an exchange of 90,476 stock units, Seprod recovered $1.50 previously lost to end at $51.50 with a transfer of 12,116 shares and Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to end at $25, after exchanging 2,916,863 shares.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 75 cents in trading 18,298 shares at $24 and West Indian Tobacco added 25 cents and concluded at $41.25, with investors exchanging 1,633 shares.
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange recovered sharply on Monday’s from a sharp fall on Friday, with lower volume, valued 70 percent less than on Friday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 585,624 units for $9,023,435 and previously, an average of 596,352 units for $9,410,939 for each security changing hands. The market closed out November, with an average of 653,621 units valued at $8,699,916 for each security traded.
Pulse Investments climbed 87 cents to end the day at $4.97, with 2,364,988 shares changing hands, Scotia Group dropped 49 to close at $55.01 with an exchange of 6,888 shares, Seprod lost $1.50 to end at $50 with a transfer of 125,952 shares, Supreme Ventures gained 50 cents to end at $25.50, after exchanging 51,287 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments rose by 86 to end at $26 with 52,067 stock units trading.
With the final days of 2019 draws to a close, investors looking back must ponder how the JSE Main Market stocks outperformed the Junior Stocks by a considerable margin, by growth in the market indices and the number of shares with triple-digit gains.
Still, they were replaced this week, by Honey Bun and tTech, in at number 9 and 10 positions, respectively. There were no changes to the TOP 10 listing for Main Market stocks.
Forecasted earnings and PE ratio for the current fiscal year are in determining potential gains. Possible gains for each stock are ranked in descending order, with the highest-ranked being the most attractive. Expected 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.