The JSE market indices declined marginally for the third consecutive day on Friday even as more stock rose than fall as investors continue to search for a longer-term direction for stocks.
The All Jamaican Composite Index declined 528.54 points to close at 550,491.91, while the JSE Index lost 478.93 points to 501,326.97 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.19 points to close at 136.36.
The market closed with 38 securities changing hands in the main and US dollar markets with the prices of 15 stocks advancing, 11 declining and prices of 12 stocks trading unchanged. Main market activity ended with 35 securities accounting for 16,239,630 units valued at $138,772,724, in contrast to 36,435,491 units valued at $481,608,400 on Thursday from 36 securities.
Sagicor Select Funds dominated trading with 8 million shares for 49.5 percent of the day’s trade, Wigton Windfarm with 4.3 million shares for 26.3 percent of total volume and QWI Investments with 919,163 shares with 5.7 percent of total volume.
The market closed with an average of 463,989 units valued at an average of $3,964,935 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,012,097 units for an average of $13,378,011 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 655,062 units valued at $9,766,801 and previously, an average of 666,940 units valued at $10,151,395 for each security changing hands. The market closed October with an average of 957,488 units valued at $13,947,047 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 17.3 with the primary market ending at 18.8 times 2019 current year’s earnings.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed 70 cents higher to $16.70, with 17,737 shares traded, Carreras gained 50 cents to settle at $8.55, with 47,337 units changing hands, Grace Kennedy lost 30 cents to end at $64, in swapping 17,728 shares. Jamaica Producers closed $1 higher to $24 trading 101,198 shares, JMMB Group rose $1.05 to $46 exchanging 616,089 shares, Kingston Wharves climbed $1.53 to $58.78, with 315 units traded, Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed at $12.20, after losing 80 cents trading 198,974 units. 
NCB Financial Group dropped $5 to close at $205, in exchanging 49,914 units, 138 Student Living gained 38 cents, ending the day at $3.88, in transferring 43,183 shares. Proven Investments climbed 50 cents to $47.50, after trading 17,142 units, Scotia Group lost 55 cents to settle at $55, in swapping 82,307 shares, Stanley Motta closed 30 cents lower to $5.15, with 27,800 units exchanged and Sygnus Credit Investments gained 30 cents trading 100 units, ending the day’s trade at $22.30.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 16,990 units valued at US$8,483 with the market index adding 0.34 points to close at 215.88. Proven Investments closed 1 US cents higher to 32 US cents trading 14,185 shares, JMMB Group 6% preference share settled at US$1.02 exchanging 1,700 units and JMMB Group 5.75% preference share ended the day’s trade at US$2 with 1,150 units changing hands.
Main TTSE indices rise on Friday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Trading fell sharply on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, just 88,426 shares changing hands for $2,654,241, from an exchange of 10 securities against 11 on Thursday, when 497,052 shares changed hands for $5,397,435.
At the close of the market, the prices of 3 stocks rose, 3 declined while 4 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to rise 5.35 points to end at 1,414.50. The All T&T Index rose 13.07 points to 1,777.49, while the Cross Listed Index slipped 0.34 points to close at 142.48.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 7 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank rose 6 cents and ended at $42, with 1,036 stock units trading, Republic Financial concluded trading with a gain of $4.39 to close at 52 weeks’ high of $130, with 16,000 stock units trading and Scotiabank rose 15 cents and ended at $59.50, after exchanging 228 shares.
Losses| Calypso Micro Index Fund lost 15 cents in trading 400 shares to close at $15.75, National Enterprises fell 16 cents to close at $5.60, after exchanging 17,026 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $21.50 with an exchange of 5,020 shares.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund settled at $24.26, swapping of 4,236 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $18.50, with 2,213 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial ended at $10.69, in swapping 1,000 shares and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $102.30, after exchanging 500 shares
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading drops on TTSE – Thursday
Trading fell sharply on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, just 497,052 shares changing hands for $5,397,435, from exchanging 11 securities against 17 on Wednesday, when 1,505,311 shares changing hands at a value of $16,484,194.
At the close of the market, the prices of one stock rose, 3 declined while 7 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to lose 2.57 points to close at 1,409.15. The All T&T Index shed 2.09 points to 1,764.42, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.42 points to close at 142.82.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund rose 1 cent and concluded trading of 4,200 shares at $24.26.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 2 cents and settled at $41.94, with investors exchanging 6,351 shares JMMB Group lost 15 cents and settled at $2.20, with 219,079 units crossing the exchange and Unilever Caribbean closed with a loss of 25 cents and completed trading 100 shares at $23.75.
Firm Trades| Grace Kennedy settled at $3.44, in trading 1,000 shares, Guardian Holdings ended at $18.50, with 157 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial settled at $10.85 with 116,500 stock units changing hand. Sagicor Financial closed at $10.69, in trading 7,570 stock units, Scotiabank completed trading at $59.35, after exchanging 162 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22 with an exchange of 141,470 shares and West Indian Tobacco settled at $102.30, after swapping of 463 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market slips
Main market indices declined again on Thursday, with the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 893.74 points to close at 551,020.45, while the JSE Index lost 809.86 points to 501,805.90 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.26 points to close at 136.55.
The market closed with 39 securities changing hands in the main and US dollar markets with 15 advancing, 17 declining and 7 trading firm. Main market activity ended with 36 securities accounting for 36,435,491 units valued at $481,608,400, in contrast to 70,895,481 units valued at $2,991,514,213 on Wednesday from 39 securities.
Sagicor Select Funds dominated trading with 13.4 million shares for 37 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 7.7 million units accounting for 21 percent of the day’s trade and JMMB Group with 3.9 million shares and 10.6 percent. Other stocks trading more than 1 million shares were Jamaica Broilers, QWI Investments and Scotia Group.
The market closed with an average of 1,012,097 units valued at an average of $13,378,011 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,916,094 units for an average of $80,851,735 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 665,757 units valued at $10,132,205 and previously, an average of 642,143 units valued at $9,895,189 for each security changing hands. 
The market closed out October with an average of 957,488 units valued at $13,947,047 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 17.1, with the main market ending at 18.6 times 2019 current year’s earnings.
In main market activity, Berger Paints slipped $1 to $16 with 78,509 shares crossing the exchange, Caribbean Cement gained $1.04 to end at $75.04 after trading 51,100 stock units, Carreras lost 45 cents to settle at $8.05 in transferring 53,360 units. Grace Kennedy closed at $64.30 after rising $1.79 in swapping 254,917 shares, Jamaica Broilers climbed $3 to $38, with 3,020,762 units traded. Jamaica Producers closed $1 lower to $23 trading 3,079 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose $1.75 to close at $30.25, with 36,759 shares changing hands, JMMB Group lost 55 cents to close at $44.95 in exchanging 3,860,966 stock units, Kingston Wharves slid $3.25 to $57.25, while trading 3,998 units. Mayberry Investments gained $1.22 to settle at $8.50, in swapping 114,397 shares, 
Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed at $13, after climbing $1.29 and trading 247,379 units. 138 Student Living rose to $3.50, gaining 45 cents while exchanging 1,843 units, PanJam Investment slid $2 to $102, with 97,750 shares crossing the exchange, Proven Investments gained $2 to end at $47, trading 16,199 units. Sagicor Group gained 47 cents to close at $64.99, after transferring 31,573 shares, Salada Foods lost 50 cents to settle at $31.50, with 100 units changing hands. Scotia Group rose $2.55 to end at $55.55, in swapping 1,515,643 shares, Seprod lost 95 cents, ending the day at $51.05 with an exchange of 14,998 units and Wisynco Group closed 99 cents lower to settle at $24 after trading 164,160 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 33,767 units valued at US$9,544, with the market index rising 5.33 points to close at 215.54. Proven Investments closed 0.5 US cents higher to 31 US cents trading 19,102 shares, Sygnus Investments exchanged 13,915 units at 14 US cents and JMMB Group 5.75% preference shares lost 2 US cents to end the day’s trade at US$2 with 750 units changing hands.
JSE main market slips
Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange rebounded on Tuesday with all major indices slipping from the revised close on Tuesday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index declined 188.29 points to close at 551,914.19, while the JSE Index slid 126.26 points to 502,615.76 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.37 points to close at 136.29.
The market closed with 39 securities changing hands in the main and US dollar markets with 12 advancing, 16 declining and 11 trading firm. Main market activity ended with 37 securities accounting for 70,895,481 units valued at $2,991,514,213, in contrast to 23,890,869 units valued at $153,275,236 on Tuesday from 33 securities.
Jamaica Broilers dominated trading with 37.7 million shares for 53 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 16.3 million units accounting for 23 percent of the day’s trade and NCB Financial Group with 7.5 million shares and 11 percent.
The market closed with an average of 1,916,094 units valued at an average of $80,851,735 for each security traded, in contrast to 723,966 units for an average of $4,644,704 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 642,143 units valued at $9,895,189 and previously, an average of 546,143 units valued at $4,137,949 for each security changing hands. The market closed out October with an average of 957,488 units valued at $13,947,047 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 17.5, with the primary market ending at 18.4 times 2019 current year’s earnings.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed $1 higher at $70 after exchanging 3,366 shares, Caribbean Cement slid $4 to end at $74, in swapping 24,973 shares, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund gained $1.95 to settle at $38 trading 100 units, Grace Kennedy ended at $62.51, after losing $1.49 transferring 10,572 shares. Jamaica Broilers closed $2 lower at $35, with 37,716,100 shares crossing the exchange. Jamaica Producers gained $1.94 to end at $24 after 2,535 shares changed hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange slumped to $28.50, with a loss of $2.95 after exchanging 119,284 shares, 
JMMB Group gained $2.50 to close at $45.50 with 26,911 shares changing hands. Kingston Wharves closed $2.50 higher at $60.50 with an exchange of 8,765 units, Mayberry Investments lost $1.12 to settle at $7.28, with 300 units traded. NCB Financial rose $4.94 to $209.94, after trading 7,493,008 shares, Proven Investments tumbled to $45, after losing $5 in exchanging 19,185 units. Sagicor Group lost 48 cents to end at $64.52, after transferring 46,008 shares, Salada Foods advanced $3 to $32 in trading 600 units, Scotia Group slid $2 to settle at $53, in swapping 12,614 shares. Seprod added $1 to close at $52, with 20,373 units changing hands and Wisynco added 99 cents to settle at $24.99 with 106,904 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 121,809 units valued at US$19,012, with the market index falling 0.38 points to close at 210.21. Proven Investments gained 0.5 US cents to close at 0.305 US cents trading 11,871 shares and Sygnus Investments exchanged 109,938 units at 14 US cents.
Increased volume on TTSE – Wednesday
Angostura Holdings hits a 52 weeks’ high in trading on Wednesday.
Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended with 1,505,311 shares changing hands at a value of $16,484,194, from exchanging 17 securities against 14 on Tuesday, when 515,411 shares changed hands at a value of $3,304,366.
At the close of the market, the prices of 4 stocks rose, 4 declined while 9 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to lose 1.55 points to 1,411.72. The All T&T Index gained 2.20 points to 1,766.51, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.73 points to close at 143.24. At the close, one stock closed at a 52 weeks’ low and two at 52 weeks’ high.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 7 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings finished trading with 18 cents and concluded at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.20, with 210 units, Clico Investment Fund closed with a gain of 1 cent and settled at $24.25, with 4,200 stock units trading, Scotiabank rose 10 cents to end at $59.35 after exchanging 1,810 shares and LJ Williams closed with an increase of 5 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.15, after swapping of 5,000 shares.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 4 cents and completed trading at $41.96, after exchanging 3,143 shares, Massy Holdings shed 2 cents and closed at $58, with 140 units changing hands, National Enterprises dropped 4 cents and settled at $5.76, after exchanging 1,000 shares and National Flour declined 5 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ of $1.40, after swapping of 2,000 shares.
Firm Trades| Grace Kennedy settled at $3.44, in trading 91,000 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $18.50, with 128,008 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group settled at $2.35, with 123,935 units crossing the exchange. NCB Financial settled at $10.85 with 1,128,167 stock units changing hands, Point Lisas completed trading at $3.60, with investors exchanging 4,000 shares, Prestige Holdings settled at $8.40, after trading 20 shares. Republic Financial ended at $125.61, with 5,328 units crossing the exchange, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $23 with an exchange of 6,550 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $102.30, with 800 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market climbs – Tuesday
Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange rebounded on Tuesday with all primary indices enjoying robust gains with trading resulted in just less than half the value that traded on Monday.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 5,093.96 points to close at 552,708.44, while the JSE Index gained 4,615.69 points to 503,291.09 and the JSE Financial Index added 1.83 points to close at 136.75.
The market closed with 34 securities changing hands in the main and US dollar markets with 14 advancing, 12 declining and 8 trading firm. Main market activity ended with 33 securities accounting for 23,890,869 units valued at $153,275,236 in contrast to 26,997,864 units valued at $314,531,311 on Monday from 37 securities.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 14.1 million shares for 59 percent of total volume, followed by Sagicor Select Funds with 5.2 million units accounting for 22 percent of the day’s trade and QWI Investments with 2.5 million shares and 10 percent.
The market closed with an average of 723,966 units at $4,644,704 for each security traded, in contrast to 729,672 units for an average of $8,500,846 on Monday.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 546,143 units valued at $4,137,949 and previously, an average of 533,330 units valued at $4,098,200 for each security changing hands. The market closed out October with an average of 957,488 units valued at $13,947,047 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 17.4, with the main market ending at 18.3 times 2019 current year’s earnings.
In main market activity, Barita Investments dropped $1.30 to end at $69 after trading 39,757 shares, Caribbean Cement advanced $3 to close at $78, in exchanging 15,689 shares, Eppley gained $1.79 to settle at $ 15.95, with 9,998 units crossing the exchange. Grace Kennedy ended at $64, after rising $1 and trading of 19,561 shares, Jamaica Broilers closed $4 higher to $37 with a transfer of 24,991 shares, Jamaica Producers lost $1.74 to end at $22.06, after swapping 6,028 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange rose by $3.25 to $31.45, in exchanging 22,916 shares, Kingston Wharves closed $2 lower to $58 with 2,237 units changing hands, Mayberry Investments gained 40 cents to close at $8.40, with 1,100 units trading, Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed at $12, after climbing 75 cents with 145,216 units changing hands.
NCB Financial tumbled to $205, after losing $5 trading 472,382 units, PanJam Investment closed $1 higher to $104, in swapping only 854 units, Portland JSX lost 40 cents to settle at $8.10 with 2,036 shares changing hands. Proven Investments jumped $5 to close at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $50, after trading a mere 600 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 50 cents to end at $10.80, in exchanging 655,288 shares. Seprod gained 50 cents to close at $51, with 7,451 units changing hands, Sygnus Investments ended at $22 with a loss of $1 and trading 55,300 shares and Wisynco closed $1 higher at $24 with 115,573 shares crossing the exchange.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 124,001 units valued at US$37,941, with the market index rising 1.89 points to close at 210.59. Proven Investments, the only stock traded, lost 3 US cents to end the day’s trade at 30 US cents.
Rising stocks dominate TTSE market again
Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended with 515,411 shares changing hands at a value of $3,304,366, from exchanging 14 securities against 16 on Monday, when 466,784 shares changed hands valued at $4,100,222.
At the close of the market, the prices of 5 stocks rose, one declined while 8 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to gain 0.35 points to 1,413.27. The All T&T Index rose 1.69 points to 1,764.31, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.14 points to close at 143.97.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund added 1 cent and settled at $24.24, with investors exchanging 12,337 shares, Massy Holdings advanced $3 and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $60, with 715 units changing hands, National Enterprises increased 4 cents and closed at $5.80, after exchanging 10 shares. Republic Financial advanced by 11 cents and settled at $125.61, with 2,528 units crossing the exchange and Scotiabank rose 6 cents and completed trading of 2,048 stock units at $59.25.
Losses| JMMB Group declined 15 cents and closed at $2.35, with 258,958 units crossing the exchange.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank completed trading at $42, with investors exchanging 3,349 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.44, in swapping 106,738 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $18.50, with 2,445 units crossing the exchange. NCB Financial ended at $10.85, with 42,922 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media ended at $9.96, with investors exchanging 5,000 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $23 with an exchange of 119 shares, West Indian Tobacco settled at $102.30, with 1,400 units changing hands and LJ Williams concluded trading 50,000 units at $1.10.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market drop
The major indices on the Jamaica Stock Exchange lost more ground on Monday following Friday’s 5,000 points fall as trading resulted in lower volumes and higher value passing through the market, with investors having some new stock offers in which to invest.
At the close of trading, the All Jamaican Composite Index shedding 3,914.87 points to close at 547,614.48, while the JSE Index dropped 3,497.38 points to 498,675.40 and the JSE Financial Index lost 1.38 points to close at 134.92.
The market closed with 40 securities changing hands in the main and US dollar markets with 7 rising, 21 declining and 12 closing unchanged. Main market activity ended with 37 securities accounting for 26,997,864 units valued at $314,531,311 in contrast to 43,823,390 units for $226,040,673 on Friday, from 33 securities.
Sagicor Select Funds dominated trading with 12.4 million shares for 46 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 7 million units accounting for 25.8 percent of the day’s trade and Jamaica Broilers with 2.3 million shares and 8.4 percent. QWI Investments traded 1.2 million shares and Sagicor Group 1 million units to be the other entities trading more than a million shares.
The market closed with an average of 729,672 units valued at an average of $8,500,846 for each security traded. In contrast to 1,327,982 units for an average of 6,849,717 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 533,330 units valued at $4,098,200 and previously, an average of 516,075 units valued at $3,676,184 for each security changing hands. The market closed out October with an average of 957,488 units valued at $13,947,047 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 17.3, with the main market stocks ending at 18 times 2019 current year’s earnings.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed 70 cents lower to $70.30 in trading 3,527 shares, Berger Paints dropped $1 to settle at $17, after exchanging 57,618 units, Caribbean Cement lost 50 cents swapping 180,833 shares, to end at $75. Carreras gained 44 cents to close at $8.74, with 51,623 shares changing hands, Eppley closed $1.84 lower to $14.16 with 1,310 units crossing the exchange, Grace Kennedy dropped $2 in ending at $63 and trading 38,275 shares, Jamaica Broilers slid $2 and closing at $33 with of 2,264,273 shares changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped $4.80 to settle at $28.20, after swapping 329,832 shares, following the release of nine results last week, showing the stock price to be overly extended, at a PE ratio of well over 30. Kingston Wharves fell 50 cents to $60 with 2,974 units changing hands, Mayberry Investments lost $2 to close at $8, with 300,000 units traded, Mayberry Jamaican Equities ended the day’s trade at $11.25, after losing 75 cents with an exchange of 4,126 units. 
NCB Financial gained to close at $210 after trading 240,157 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund added 50 cents to end at $11.30 with 35,054 shares crossed the exchange, Scotia Group declined 55 cents to end at $55, in trading 379,879 shares. Stanley Motta lost 55 cents to close at $5.45, with 2,000 shares crossing the exchange, Supreme Ventures ended at $26, falling 50 cents and trading 48.778 units, ending the day’s trade at $23 and Wisynco Group settled at $23 after falling 50 cents and previously trading as high as $26, early in the trading session with 616,356 shares changing hands. The increased interest comes as reports are that the company is enjoying strong sales in the final quarter of the year.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 475,526 units valued at US$135,657, with the market declining 13.24 points to close at 208.70. Proven Investments gained 2.5 US cents to close at a 52 weeks’ closing high of 33 US cents after exchanging 445,794 units, Sterling Investments closed at 2.2 US cents after falling 0.2 US cents in trading 22,803 units and Sygnus Credit Investments closed at 14 US cents with 6,929 units changing hands.
Rising TTSE stocks dominate losers
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended with 466,784 shares changing hands valued at $4,100,222, from t 16 securities, the same number as on Friday, when 819,993 units costing $3,979,330 changed hands.
At the close of the market, the prices of 7 stocks rose, 3 declined with all closing at 52 weeks’ lows while 6 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to gain 3.97 points to close at 1,412.92. The All T&T Index lost 0.47 points to 1,762.62, while the Cross Listed Index rose 1.17 points to close at 144.11.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Gains|Clico Investment Fund traded 67,002 shares and rose 3 cents to close at $24.23, First Citizens Bank added 15 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $42, after swapping of 6,199 shares, JMMB Group gained 23 cents and settled at $2.50, with investors exchanging 300,000 shares. Prestige Holdings closed with a gain of 30 cents and ended at $8.40, trading 10 units, Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent and settled at $10.69, after exchanging 400 shares, Unilever Caribbean rose 50 cents and concluded trading of 25 shares at $24 and West Indian Tobacco added 2 cents and ended at $102.30, with 4,212 units changing hands,
Losses| National Flour fell 3 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.45, after exchanging 690 shares, 
One Caribbean Media shed 2 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.96, after trading 3,800 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost a further 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $23 with exchange 5,139 shares. The decline on Monday brings to the losses for the past three days to $3.84.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl concluded trading with 1,010 units at $54, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8.25, with 800 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $3.44, after exchanging 6,173 shares. Guardian Holdings settled at $18.50, with 2,076 units crossing the exchange, Massy Holdings closed at $57, with 100 stock units changing hands and NCB Financial completed trading at $10.85, with 69,148 stock units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.