NCB Financial hits new high on TTSE 

November 23, 2018 by

NCB Financial Group stock closed at a record TT$6.99 on Friday.

 Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 20 securities against 13 on Thursday, with 5 advancing, 7 declining and 8 remaining unchanged with NCB Financial hitting a record high of $6.99.
At close of the market the Composite Index gained 9.59 points on Friday to 1,248.09. The All T&T Index lost 2.46 points to close at 1,695.30, while the Cross Listed Index rose 3 points to close at 107.88.
Trading ended with 221,886 shares at a value of $3,379,494, compared to 164,712 shares on Thursday valued at $2,186,571.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| NCB Financial Group closed with a gain of 44 cents and settled at record close of $6.99, after exchanging 144 shares, One Caribbean Media gained 25 cents and ended at $11.25, after exchanging 1,400 shares, Prestige Holdings rose 15 cents to end at $7.50, in exchanging 1,000 units, Sagicor Financial closed with an increase of 25 cents at $7.25, with 36,375 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading with a rise of 9 cents at $29.40, after exchanging 13,705 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Angostura Holdings  fell 25 cents and ended at $15.75, with 6,600 stock units changing hands, Ansa Mcal lost 1 cent and completed trading of just 27 units at $55, Clico Investments shed 5 cents and ended at $20.10, with 7,306 stock units changing hands, First Citizens lost 25 cents and settled at $32.75, after exchanging 805 shares, LJ Williams B share ended trading 5 cents lower at 70 cents, after exchanging 1,000 shares, Massy Holdings concluded trading with a loss of 80 cents at $46, in trading 3,734 shares and Trinidad Cement traded with a loss of 19 cents to close at $2.55, after 42,303 shares changed hands.
Stocks trading with no price change| First Caribbean International Bank completed trading of 50,000 units, at $8, Grace Kennedy ended the day at $3, with 2,000 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings completed trading of 37,800 units, at $18, JMMB Group ended at $1.75, after exchanging 7,323 shares, National Flour completed trading 500 units at $1.68, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $107.27, after an exchanging 8,199 shares, Scotiabank completed trading at $64.50, with 16 units and West Indian Tobacco closed trading of 1,649 units at $95.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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JSE stocks move higher on Thursday

November 22, 2018 by

NCB stock jumped $2.50 to close at $137

Investors pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market higher on Thursday, with the All Jamaica Index advancing 3,867.21 points to 396,495.35, while the JSE Index climbed 3,523.47 points to close at 361,252.13.
Market activity closed with 31 active securities in the main and US dollar markets, compared to 31 on Thursday, as the prices of 14 stocks rose, 6 declined and 11 remained unchanged.
The main market ended with PANJAM Investmenttrading 2,381,110 units in cornering 47.4 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Sygnus Credit Investments with 1,035,523 units, 20.6 percent of the day’s volume and Seprod with 591,309 units for 11.8 percent of traded volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
Trading ended with 5,027,724 units valued at over $221,393,103 changing hands, compared with 11,783,312 units valued at $255,248,656 being exchanged, on Wednesday.
Trading resulted in an average of 173,370 units valued at an average of $7,634,245 for each security traded. In contrast to 406,321 units for an average of $8,801,678 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 271,338 valued at $6,321,909, compared to 277,708 valued at $6,231,079. October closed, with an average of 290,851 shares, valued $5,213,901, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Caribbean Cement gained $1 to close at $43 in trading of 20,852 shares, Carreras gained 50 cents to $9.50, trading 28,890 shares, Grace Kennedy rose $2.50 and ended trading of 13,464 shares at $57.50, JMMB Group rose $1.24 to $33, with an exchange of 21,745 shares, Jamaica Producers gained 95 cents and finished trading of a mere 190 units at $23.50, NCB Financial Group climbed $2.50 and ended trading of 211,790 shares, at $137,  PanJam Investment fell 40 cents to $61.60, with an exchange of 2.38 million stock units, Portland JSX ended with a loss of 69 cents at $7.80, with 34,300 units changing hands, Sagicor Group rose $1 and finished trading of 169,960 shares at $40, Seprod gained $1.99 trading of 591,309 shares, to close at $32 and Sygnus Credit Investments added 49 cents and ended at $10.99, with an exchange of 1.04 million shares.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 10,664 units valued at $1,746 as Proven Investments end trading of 7,167 shares at 19 U$ cents and Sygnus Credit Investments USD share ended with 3,467 units changing hands at 11 US cents after rising by a cent. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 1.05 points down to close at 159.87.

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JSE stocks gave up most of Tuesday’s gains

November 21, 2018 by

Investors pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market sharply down on Wednesday, with the All Jamaica Index diving 5,128.43 points to 392,628.14 and JSE Index dropped 4,672.58 points, to close at 357,728.66.
Market activity closed with 3 active securities in the main and US dollar markets, compared to 32 on Thursday with the prices of 12 stocks rose, 7 declined and 12 remained unchanged.
Main market closed with Carreras trading 5,246,517 units in cornering 44.5 percent of the day’s volume, followed by JMMB Group 7.5% preference share with 3,560,341 units and 32 percent of the day’s volume and NCB Financial with just under 1,123,415 units for 9.5 percent of traded volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling prices and 1 closing with a lower offer.
The market closed with much more trading volume and value than on Tuesday as 11,783,312 units valued at $255,248,656 changed hands, compared with 12,215,304 units valued  at $798,389,015 being exchanged, on Tuesday.
Trading resulted in an average of 406,321 units valued at over $8,801,678, in contrast to 436,261 shares valued at $28,513,893 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 277,708 valued at $6,231,079, compared to 268,764 valued at $6,039,932. October closed, with an average of 290,851 shares, valued $5,213,901, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints gained 67 cents and closed at $19.68, trading 650 shares, Caribbean Cement dropped $8 to close at $42 in trading of 17,402 shares, Grace Kennedy ended trading at $55, with 7,826 shares, JMMB Group declined $1.20 to $31.80, with an exchange of 28,707 shares, Jamaica Producers gained 55 cents and finished trading of 600 units at $22.55, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 45 cents and closed at $10, with an exchange of 66,537 shares. NCB Financial Group lost $1.49 and ended trading at $134.50, with 1.1 million shares, PanJam Investment fell $2 in closing at $62, with an exchange of 5,991 stock units, Portland JSX ended at $8.49, after gaining 68 cents with 5,736 units, Seprod gained $1.01 to end trading of 273,687 shares at $30.01, Sterling Investments rose 50 cents to close at $20.50, with 4,456 shares trading and Supreme Ventures added 50 cents and ended at $16.50, with an exchange of 28,417 shares.

Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 29,838 units valued at $5,593 as JMMB Group 6% traded 1,040 units to close at $1.04, Proven Investments end trading of 25,000 shares at 19 U$ cents and Sygnus Credit Investments USD share ended with 850 units changing hands at 10 US cents after rising by a cent. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 1.05 points down to close at 158.82.

 

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Junior stock list on TTSE -Wednesday

November 21, 2018 by

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Cinema operators, CinemaOne Limited is the latest listing on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange. The company was listed today and is the first company to list on the SME section of the exchange. 
There was no trading in the company’s shares that listed at $10 and there were no bids nor offers to trade the stock at the close
The market closed after 16 securities changed hands, compared to 17 on Tuesday, 5 advanced, 2 declined and 9 remained unchanged as 858,620 units valued at $14,226,508 traded, down from 379,165 units valued at $4,512,298 changing hands on Tuesday.
 The  Composite Index inched higher by 0.69 points on Wednesday to 1,240.81. The  All T&T Index  gained 0.93 points to 1,700.83, while the  Cross Listed Index rose 0.06 points to close at 105.09.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the  Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 3 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and just 5 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Angostura Holdings concluded trading with a rise of 30 cents to close at $16, with 31,336 stock units changing hands, First Citizens added 10 cents and settled at $32.75, after exchanging 2,207 shares, Grace Kennedy gained 1 cent and ended at $3, with 199,312 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings rose 2 cents and completed trading at $7.35, with 200 units and Republic Financial Holdings closed with a gain of 22 cents and ended at $107.27, after exchanging 17,843 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| First Caribbean International Bank fell 5 cents and completed trading of 200,291 units at $8, and Sagicor Financial traded with a loss of 20 cents and ended at $7.05, with 21,458 stock units changing hands.
Stocks trading with no price change| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 1,263 shares to close at $15.85, Clico Investments ended at $20, with 292,254 stock units with a value of $5,865,098 changing hands, JMMB Group closed at $1.75, after exchanging 5,500 shares, Massy Holdings concluded trading at $46.80, exchanging 200 shares, National Flour completed trading of 10,000 units at $1.68, NCB Financial Group settled at $6.55, after exchanging 1,632 shares, Scotiabank completed trading at $64.50, with 12,810 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.30, after exchanging 49,963 shares and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $95, with 12,351 units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

 

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JSE stocks making strong recovery

November 20, 2018 by

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market indices were pushed sharply higher on Tuesday, sending the All Jamaica Index surging 5,742.86 points to 397,756.57 and JSE Index jumped 5,232.40 points to close at 362,401.24, thanks partially to jump in the price of NCB Financial.
Market activity closed with 32 active securities in the main and US dollar markets, compared to 30 on Thursday with the prices of 13 stocks rose, 9 declined and 10 remained unchanged.
Main market trading closed with JMMB Group leading with 5,977,409 units, or 49 percent of the day’s volume and NCB Financial with just under 4.29 million units and 35 percent of volume traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling prices and 7 closing with lower offers.
The market closed with much more trading volume and value than on Monday as 12,215,304 units valued at over $798,389,015 changed hands, compared with 8,566,949 units valued at $433,399,089 being exchanged, on Monday.
Trading resulted in an average of 436,261 units valued at over $28,513,893, in contrast to 295,412 shares valued at $14,944,796 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 268,764 valued at $6,039,932, compared to 256,707 valued at $4,301,615. October closed, with an average of 290,851 shares, valued $5,213,901, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments gained 74 cents and closed at $19.75, trading 2,000 shares, Carreras concluded trading of 10,257 units and lost 32 cents at $9.50, Caribbean Cement jumped $7.75 to close at $50 in trading of 7,325 shares, PanJam Investment rose $2.30 in closing at $64, with an exchange of 62,978 stock units, Sagicor Group advanced by $2 to $39 with an exchange of 3,563 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 30 cents and settled at $11.75, trading 3,880 shares, Scotia Group gained $2.99 trading 31,977 to close at $55.99, Seprod shed 50 cents to end trading of 156,060 shares at $29.50 and Sterling Investments  fell 50 cents and closed at $20, with 3,094 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 43,400 units valued at over $18,506 as JMMB Group 6.00% traded 12,100 units losing 1 cent to close at $1.04, Productive Business Solution traded 1,000 shares at 59 US cents, Proven Investments closed the trading of 25,000 shares at 19 U$ cents and Sygnus Credit Investments USD share ended with 5,300 units changing hands and rose 1 cent to 9 US cents..
The JSE USD Equities Index inched 0.02 points down to close at 157.77.

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Falling stocks dominate gainers on TTSE -Tuesday

November 20, 2018 by

Market activities ended on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange after 17 securities changed hands, compared to 14 on Monday, 3 advanced, 6 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
The market closed with one stock trading at 52 weeks’ intra-day high, two traded at a 52 weeks’ low but only one closed at the low, as 379,165 units valued at $4,512,298 traded, down from 266,549 units valued at $1,701,603 changing hands on Monday.
The Composite Index declined 0,39 points on Tuesday to 1,240.12. The All T&T Index lost 1.13 points to 1,699.90, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.05 points to close at 105.03.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 3 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and just 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| First Caribbean International Bank concluded trading of 68,190 units and rose 5 cents to end at $8.05, Prestige Holdings added 2 cents and concluded trading of 100 units at $7.33 and Trinidad Cement increased 4 cents and completed trading at $2.74, after exchanging 10,000 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Angostura Holdings closed with a loss of 5 cents and settled at $15.70, with 700 stock units changing hands, First Citizens shed 10 cents and ended at $32.65, after exchanging 3,503 shares, Guardian Holdings lost 10 cents and concluded trading of 101,145 units, at $18, One Caribbean Media ended trading 99 cents lower at a 52 weeks’ low of $11, after exchanging 1,000 shares, Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent and completed trading of 271 shares at $107.05 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded with a loss of 10 cents and ended at $29.30, after exchanging 24,000 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| Clico Investments settled at $20, with 4,572 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy settled at $2.99, trading 2,500 stock units, JMMB Group completed trading at $1.75, after exchanging 46,000 shares, Massy Holdings completed trading at $46.80, while exchanging 45 shares, National Enterprises settled at $8, with 75,000 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group ended at $6.55, in exchanging 10,750 shares, Sagicor Financial settled at $7.25, with 20,902 stock units changing hands but traded at a 52 weeks’ low ahead of the close and Unilever Caribbean settled at $23, with 9,730 stock units trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Main market stocks make gains – Monday

November 19, 2018 by

Grace new HQ close to the end of construction in downtown Kingston

Stocks remained volatile in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, but the main market indices closed higher with the All Jamaica Index ending 3,162 points ahead of Friday’s close closing much lower than the 9,168.21 points it put on, 30 minutes after trading opened.
Market activity closed with 30 active securities in the main and US dollar markets, compared to 30 on Friday with the prices of 11 stocks rose, 14 declined and 5 remained unchanged.
The All Jamaica Composite Index jumped 3,162.03 points to 392,013.71 and the JSE Index advanced 2,880.96 points to close at 357,168.84.
Main market trading closed with Grace Kennedy leading with 7,016,055 units, or just less than 82 percent of the day’s volume, PanJam Investment with 305,749 units with and 3.6 percent of volume traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 7 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
The market closed with much more trading volume and value than on Friday as 8,566,949 units valued at $433,399,089 changed hands, compared with 7,711,871 units valued at $172,980,680 being exchanged, on Friday.
Trading resulted in an average of 295,412 units valued at over $14,944,796, in contrast to 275,424 shares valued at $6,177,881 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 256,707 valued at $4,301,615, compared to 253,590 valued at $3,374,731. October closed, with an average of 290,851 shares, valued $5,213,901, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints rose 40 cents and ended at $19, trading 5,200 stock units, Carreras concluded trading of 32,622 units and rose of 50 cents at $9.50, Caribbean Cement dropped $7.75 to close at $42.25 in trading of 28,547 shares, Grace Kennedy rose $1 to end trading 7 million shares to close at $54, Jamaica Producers dipped $2.51 to end at $22, trading 4,130 shares, JMMB Group declined $1.20 to $31.80, with an exchange of 28,707 shares, PanJam Investment dropped $4 in closing at $61.70, with an exchange of 305,749 stock units, Sagicor Group gave up $1.50 and settled at $37 with an exchange of 130,395 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 55 cents and settled at $11.45, trading 28,900 shares, Salada Foods rose $1 to close at $21.50 trading 6,300 shares, Scotia Group dropped $2.99 trading 31,977 to close at $53, Seprod gained $1 to end trading of 150,547 shares at $29.50,  traded 8,063 shares and rose Stanley Motta 70 cents to $5.25, Sterling Investments climbed 75 cents to $20.50, trading 1,100 shares and Supreme Ventures lost 99 cents and ended at $16, with an exchange of 44,431 shares.

Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 17,541 units valued at $3,348 as Proven Investments was the sole stock trading and ended at 19 U$ cents.
The JSE USD Equities Index inched 0.36 points higher to close at 157.79.

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TTSE trading mixed on Monday

November 19, 2018 by

Guardian Group rose 10 cents as NCB Financial offer to buy just less than 62% of the Insurance group.

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed trading mixed on Monday with declining stocks outpacing advancing ones.
Market activities ended with 14 securities trading, the same as on Friday, 1 advanced, 4 declined and 9 remained unchanged. The market closed with one stock ending at 52 weeks’ high as 266,549 units valued at $1,701,603 traded, down from 434,574 units valued at $3,501,297 changing hands on Friday.
is set to make an offer The Composite Index declined 2.79 points on Monday to 1,240.51. The All T&T Index gained 0.22 points to 1,701.03, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.81 points to close at 104.98.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 4 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and just 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| Guardian Holdings rose 10 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $18.10, with 41,135 units trading, following the announcement of the way being cleared for NCB Financial to make a revised bid to acquire just under 52 percent of the company. Guardian also posted a big jump in profits for the nine months to September this year.
Stocks closing with losses| Grace Kennedy concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $2.99, with 1,200 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group traded with a loss of 9 cents at $1.75, after exchanging 131,655 shares, Point Lisas closed with a loss of 1 cent and ended at $3.62, with 100 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a loss of 3 cents and settled at $29.40, after exchanging 2,230 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| Angostura Holdings ended at $15.75, with 1,457 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments closed trading at $20, with 1,708 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank completed trading of 50,000 units at $8, First Citizens settled at $32.75, after exchanging 1,070 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $46.80, after trading 510 shares, National Flour completed trading 15,300 units at $1.68, NCB Financial Group settled at $6.55, after exchanging 16,000 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.25, with 542 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement concluded market activity at $2.70, in exchanging 3,642 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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NCB jumps sharply to a new record – Friday

November 16, 2018 by

NCB closed at a record high on Friday.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday, with NCB Financial Group jumping $7.58 and ended trading 585,404 shares at record $137.99, after the Financial Securities commission of Trinidad announced clearance for NCB to proceed with the acquisition of up to nearly 52 percent of Guardian Holdings.
Market activity closed with 30 active securities in the main and US dollar markets, compared to 32 on Thursday with the prices of 14 stocks rose, 10 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
The All Jamaica Composite Index lost 1,646.73 points to 388,851.68 and the JSE Index declined by 1,500.36 points to close at 354,287.88.
Main market trading closed with Carreras leading with 4,106,737 units, or 53 percent of the day’s volume, JMMB Group 7.25% preference shares with 862,000 units with and 11 percent of volume traded and NCB Financial with 585,404 units accounting for 7.6 percent of main market volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 7 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
The market closed with much more trading volume than on Thursday, as 7,711,871 units valued at $172,980,680 changed hands, compared with 3,304,274 units valued at $77,547,412 being exchanged, on Thursday.
Trading resulted in an average of 275,424 units valued at over $6,177,881, in contrast to 110,142 shares valued at $2,584,914 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 253,590 valued at $3,374,731, compared to 251,748 valued at $3,117,393. October closed, with an average of 290,851 shares, valued $5,213,901, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Caribbean Cement jumped $4 to close at $50 in trading of 48,646 shares, Grace Kennedy fell 60 cents to end trading of 63,596 shares at $55, Jamaica Producers gained $1.50 to end at $24.51, trading 650,876 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 84 cents, in closing at $10.16, trading 96,393 shares, JMMB Group declined $1 to $33, with an exchange of 231,551 shares, Kingston Wharves rose $1.90 to $77.90 trading 2,683 shares, Mayberry Investments rose 43 cents to settle at $10, in exchanging 46,773 units, NCB Financial Group jumped $7.58 and ended trading of 585,404 shares at $137.99. PanJam Investment gained 60 cents in closing at $65.70, with an exchange of 40,135 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 50 cents and settled at $12, trading 12,010 shares, Salada Foods lost $1 to close at $20.50 as 19,000 shares traded, Scotia Group rose $2.49 trading 100,792 to close at $55.99, Seprod lost $1 to end trading of 209,641 shares at $28.50 and Supreme Ventures added 49 cents and ended at $16.99, with an exchange of 100 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 52,105 units valued at $12,214. JMMB Group completed trading at $1.05 with 2,704 stock units and Proven investments completed trading 49,401 shares and lost 1 cent to end at 19 U$ cents and rose 0.5 cents. The JSE USD Equities Index fell 2.22 points to close at 157.43.

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Guardian & Republic in big Friday push

November 16, 2018 by

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange indices rose at the close of trading on Friday as Guardian Holding rose $1.02 to $18 following release of news that NCB Financial Group would be making a bid to acquire 22 percent more of the company’s shares and Republic Holdings jumped $3.30 to help push the market.
Market activities ended with 14 securities trading versus 21 on Thursday, with 7 advancing, 4 declining and 3 remaining unchanged. The market closed with one stock ending at 52 weeks’ low as 434,574 units valued at $3,501,297 traded, compared to 326,195 units valued at $6,427,017 changing hands on Thursday.
The Composite Index jumped 11.82 points on to 1,243.30. The All T&T Index gained 16.90 points to 1,700.81, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.90 points to close at 105.79.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Calypso Macro Index Fund rose 4 cents in trading 500 shares to close at $15.85, Grace Kennedy concluded trading 18 cents and ended at $3, with 2,678 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings concluded trading with a gain of $1.02 completed trading at $18, with 10,000 units, NCB Financial Group added 5 cents and settled at $6.55, after exchanging 6,000 shares, Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading with a gain of $3.30 concluded at $107.06, after exchanging 6,083 shares, Scotiabank increased 11 cents and completed trading at $64.50, with 3,175 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 2 cents and settled at $29.43, after exchanging 17,033 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments ended trading 4 cents lower and ended at $20, with 45,383 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents and completed trading at $8, with 50,600 units, Sagicor Financial traded with a loss of 5 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.25, with 3,000 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement closed with a loss of 1 cent and concluded at $2.70, after exchanging 24,738 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| First Citizens settled at $32.75, after exchanging 278 shares, JMMB Group concluded at $1.84, after exchanging 265,000 shares and Massy Holdings concluded at $46.80, after exchanging 106 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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