Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with 16 securities trading against 15 on Tuesday, with 3 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 3.34 points to end at 1,415.41. The All T&T Index fell 3.58 points to 1,759.08, while the Cross Listed Index slipped 0.42 points to close at 145.30.
Trading ended with 58,149 shares at a value of $1,935,352, compared to 71,169 shares at a value of $2,062,260 shares on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 4 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund gained 4 cents to end at $24.10, with 2,324 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial added 14 cents and ended at $122.96, with 1,769 stock units changing hands, and Scotiabank closed with an increase of 28 cents at $59.75, with 18,765 units crossing the exchange.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 49 cents and concluded at $40.50, with 370 units, Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 8 cents and completed trading of 2,884 shares at $18.42, NCB Financial shed 9 cents and ended at $10.66, with 8,703 units 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.
Firm Trades| Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 6,125 shares and closed at $15.75, JMMB Group completed trading 72 units at $2.08, Massy Holdings settled at $55, with 200 units trading, National Enterprises completed trading at $5.70, with 7,672 stock units changing hands, National Flour settled at $1.50, with an exchange of 1,708 units. One Caribbean Media completed trading of 741 units at $10, Prestige Holdings closed trading at $8.10, with 1,411 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial completed trading at $10.61, with 2,530 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
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.
National Enterprises increased 10 cents and completed trading of 5,000 units at $5.70 and Unilever Caribbean rose 1 cent and ended at $24.51, after exchanging 166 shares.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with trading in 10 securities against 16 on Friday, with 3 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 5 remaining unchanged. 
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followed by Iron Rock with potential gains of 204 percent and Jamaican Teas with 158 percent.
The main market, closed the week with the overall PE of 17.3, inching up from 17.2 for the previous week and the Junior Market rose to 12 from 11.1 last week based on current year’s earnings. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks average rose to 7.9 from 7.7 and the main market PE remains at 11.1.
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 Jamaica Stock Exchange main market moved higher on greater volume and value than on Thursday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gaining 2,291.72 points to 551,122.21 and the JSE Index rising 2,582.15 points to 501,776.77.
Kingston Wharves gained 39 cents to settle at $60.39 trading a mere 143 shares, NCB Financial added $1.01 with an exchange of 58,763 shares to close at $205, PanJam Investment closed $2 higher at $102, after trading 5,142 shares, Proven Investments gained 50 cents to close at $40.50 with 4,804 shares changing hands. Pulse Investments lost 48 cents to settle at $4.50, after trading 67,479 shares. Scotia Group closed $4 higher at $60, in swapping 431,386 shares, Seprod gained $2.40 and ending at $53 after trading 11,114 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments closed 86 cents down to $22.38 with 20,021 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank settled at $40.39, after exchanging 8,043 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $54.92, with 7,643 units changing hands, National Enterprises concluded at $5.60, in trading 1,100 units. National Flour ended at $1.50, after exchanging 3,000 shares, Prestige Holdings completed trading 10 stock units at $8.10, Sagicor Financial completed trading of 9,625 stock units at $10.61, Scotiabank ended at $59.75, while swapping 4,746 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 42,050 units to close at $25.85.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market inched higher on higher volume but lower value than on Wednesday with the market appearing to find support at current levels after falling more than 6 percent from the peak in the first week in August.
Kingston Wharves dropped 99 cents to settle at $60 in trading 2,756 shares, Mayberry Investments lost 37 cents to close at $8.33 with 12,292 shares changing hands, Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed 35 cents lower at $10.80 with 7,244 shares crossing the exchange. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy traded just 100 shares, in gaining $36.94 to close at a record high of $190, NCB Financial advanced $3.93 with an exchange of 14,302 shares to close at $203.99, PanJam Investment declined by $1 and closed at $100 after trading 3,608 shares, Sagicor Group added 50 cents, after 35,923 shares changed hands to settle at $67.50.Scotia Group closed $3.50 lower at $56, after swapping 27,482 shares, Seprod lost 40 cents to settle at $50.60 trading 14,505 shares and Stanley Motta closed 40 cents lower to $5.60 with 126,539 shares changing hands.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 951,792shares at a value of $17,309,566 for each security traded and previously 1,004,254 shares at $18,786,922 for each stock traded. The market closed out September with an average of 1,585,081 units valued at $14,071,562 for each security traded.
Pulse Investments closed 51 cents higher to a new closing high of $5 in an exchange of 226,000 shares. Salada Foods fell by $1.30 to $28 with 11,200 shares traded, Scotia Group advanced by $3.30, after 13,966 shares changed hands to settle at $59.50, Supreme Ventures gained 45 cents to close at $26.50 with 26,155 shares being exchanged and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 67 cents, in closing at $23.03 after trading 4,582 shares.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with trading in 14 securities against 16 on Tuesday, with 7 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 3 remaining unchanged.
Losses| National Enterprises closed with a loss of 10 cents and ended at $5.60, with 307 units crossing the exchange, National Flour closed 6 cents down after exchanging 4,351 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.50. Republic Financial shed 76 cents and concluded trading at $121.99, with 2,050 units and West Indian Tobacco dropped $1.49 and completed an exchange of 1,492 units at $104.51.