The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed a big gain on Tuesday as trading levels rose much higher than on Monday, from 34 active securities in the main and US dollar market compared to 31 on Monday.
The market ended with the prices of 17 securities rising, 7 declining while 10 remained unchanged leading to the All Jamaica Composite Index surging 8,178.20 points to close at 398,615.81 and the JSE Index jumping 7,451.27 points to close at 363,184.12.
Trading closed with 10,005,164 units valued at $94,380,140 trading, compared with just 3,098,511 units valued at $31,049,457 changing hands, on Monday.
Main market trading closed with JMMB Group 7.50% preference share leading with 7,780,000 units trading, or 78 percent of the day’s volume and NCB Financial with 517,883 units and 5 percent of volume traded and Carreras closed with 372,736 units with 3.7 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
Trading resulted in an average of 333,505 units valued at over $3,146,005, in contrast to 110,661 shares valued at $1,108,909 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 293,971 shares, valued 
$5,289,432 and previously, 291,988 shares, valued $5,142,412. September closed, with an average of 1,022,243 shares, valued $15,752,876, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments rose 90 cents and closed at $19 while trading 288 shares, Berger Paints climbed $1.40 to $22.90, in exchanging 24,500 stock units, Caribbean Cement rose $1.20 trading 14,777 shares to close at $45.20, Jamaica Broilers gained $1 trading 64,499 stock units to close at $31, Jamaica Producers jumped $1.651 and finished trading 28,494 units at $27.51, Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed $1.30 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.80, trading 22,926 shares, Mayberry Investments gained 80 cents and settled at $10.80, trading 234,551 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 40 cents and settled at $11.40, in exchanging 13,025 units, NCB Financial Group added $5 and ended trading 517,883 shares to close at $125, PanJam Investment closed with a rise of $1.20 to end at $64.50, trading 55,001 stock units, Sagicor Group climbed $1.85 and settled at 
$46.85, exchanging 10,431 shares, Scotia Group rose $1.74 in trading 8,363 units to close at $53.74, Seprod jumped $2, in finishing trading at $39, with 3,348 shares, Stanley Motta rose 55 cents trading 25,000 shares to close at $5, Victoria Mutual Investments rose 33 cents and concluded trading of 78,638 stock units at $4.13 and Wisynco Group rose 26 cents and finished at $10.50, with 198,252 units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 48,323 units valued at $8,927 changing hands, with Margaritaville falling 1 cent and closing with 3,800 units trading at 24 US cents, Productive Business Solution gained 4 cents to close at 59 US cents trading just 100 units, Proven Investments fell 1 cent trading 34,223 shares to close at 20 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar based ordinary share, traded 10,200 units to end at 10.9 US cents after slipping 0.1 cent The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 1.36 points to close at 163.29.
3 stocks closed at 52 weeks’ low on TTSE
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange remained at low levels on Tuesday as 132,451 shares traded with a value of $2,138,171, compared to 142,297 shares valued $2,046,355, changing hands on Monday as 3 stocks closed at 52 weeks’ low.
Market activities ended with 11 securities trading against 14 on Monday, 1 advanced, 4 declined and 6 remained unchanged with the Composite Index falling 3.55 points to 1,226.76. The All T&T Index fell 5.76 points to 1,694.65, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.17 points to close at 102.06.
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 5 with lower offers.
Stocks to Watch include, a number of companies that are exhibiting bullish tendencies and may be moving higher in the days ahead, the group includes, Agostini’s, Ansa McAl, Grace Kennedy, Republic Holdings, Point Lisas and West Indian Tobacco.
Stocks closing with gains| Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 9 cents and completed exchanging 16,141 shares at $29.50.
Stocks closing with losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 200 shares and lost 2 cents to close at $15.81, Guardian Media traded with a loss of 70 cents and settled at a 52 week’s Low of $15, after exchanging 100 shares, 
National Enterprises fell 44 cents to a 52 week’s Low of $8.52, with 100 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial closed with a loss of 25 cents and ended at a 52 week’s Low of $7.45, trading 87,571.
Stocks trading with no price change| Clico Investments ended at $20.15, with 3,745 stock units changing hands, First Citizens completed trading at $32.70, after exchanging 20,050 shares, Massy Holdings settled at $46.92, trading just 6 shares, National Flour ended at $1.69, with 583 units trading, NCB Financial Group completed trading at $6, after exchanging 1,050 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $90, exchanging 2,905 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE falls with modest trading on Monday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday with more decline following Friday’s big decline as trading volume decline to very low level.
The market ended with the prices of 11 securities rising, 11 declining while 9 remained unchanged leading to the All Jamaica Composite Index diving 3,396.00 points to 390,437.61 and the JSE Index dropping 3,094.14 points to close at 355,732.85.
Trading closed with 31 active securities in the main and US dollar market compared to 29 on Friday but with higher volume and value as 3,098,511 units valued at $31,049,457 traded, compared with 4,241,799 units valued at $75,795,522 changing hands, on Friday.
Main market trading closed with 1834 Investments with the leading volume of 1,200,000 units trading, or 39 percent of the day’s volume, Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 559,428 units and 18 percent of volume traded and Carreras closed with 344,581 units accounting for 11 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
Trading resulted in an average of 110,661 units valued at over $1,108,909, in contrast to 151,493 shares valued at $2,706,983 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 291,988 shares, valued $5,142,412 and previously 300,895 shares, valued $5,350,785. September closed, with an average of 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints lost 51 cents and ended at $21.50, exchanging 12,999 stock units, Caribbean Cement dipped $3 to finish trading with 43,795 shares at $44, Grace Kennedy gained 99 cents, trading 34,473 shares to close at $55.99, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 70 cents to close at $8.50, trading 160,996 shares, JMMB Group lost $1 and ended at $33, exchanging 42,590 shares, Kingston Wharves jumped $8 and finished at $78 trading 6,301 
stock units, Mayberry Investments lost 35 cents and settled at $10 in trading 22,721 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 40 cents and settled at $11.40, in exchanging 13,025 units, Salada Foods jumped $3.50 ended trading 11,274 stock units to close at $25, Scotia Group declined $2 in trading 5,599 units to close at $52, Seprod jumped $5, finishing trading at $37, with 2,100 shares and Supreme Ventures rose $1.50 to end at $18, in an exchange of 29,677 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 39,347 units changing hands with Proven Investments trading 37,436 to close at 21 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar based ordinary share traded 1,911 units but lost 0.5 cent to end at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index lost 2.73 points to close at 161.93.
Republic falls back on TTSE – Monday
Republic Financial Holdings gave back Friday’s gains in dropping $3.40, to close at $106.60, in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday after exchanging 469 shares.
Market activities ended with 14 securities trading against 17 on Friday, 3 advanced, 5 declined and 6 remained unchanged, leading to trading of just 142,297 shares valued $2,046,355, compared to 375,557 shares valued $7,316,814 changing hands on Friday.
Trading closed, with the Composite Index falling 5.83 points to 1,230.31. The All T&T Index ell 10.12 points to 1,700.41, while the Cross Listed Index shed 00.19 points to close at 102.23.
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 5 with lower offers.
Stocks to Watch include, a number of companies that are exhibiting bullish tendencies and may be moving higher in the days ahead, the group includes, Agostini’s, Ansa McAl, Grace Kennedy, Republic Holdings, Point Lisas and West Indian Tobacco.
Stocks closing with gains| First Citizens closed with an increase of 5 cents, settling at $32.70, after exchanging 6,675 shares, One Caribbean Media rose 8 cents to $12.03, after exchanging 5,000 shares and Sagicor Financial finished 20 cents higher and ended at $7.70, with 14,076 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments fell 5 cents and ended at $20.15, with 8,017 stock units changing 
hands, National Flour share fell 1 cent and completed trading at $1.69, with 2,600 units, Republic Financial Holdings dived $3.40 to end at $106.60, after exchanging 469 shares, Scotiabank lost 1 cent and completed trading 313 units at $64.74, and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading 9 cents lower and settled at $29.41, after exchanging 1,250 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| Ansa Mcal completed trading 316 units at $55.50, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50, with the trading of 94,930 units, LJ Williams B share settled at 70 cents, after exchanging 1,000 shares, Massy Holdings concluded trading at $46.92, after exchanging 2,000 shares, Unilever Caribbean ended at $25, with 515 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco completed trading of 5,136 units at $90.
EM>Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
All Jamaica drops 8,000 points – Friday
NCB Financial dropped $8 on Friday.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday with big losses in heavily capitalized companies with NCB Financial leading with a fall of $8 and Grace Kennedy falling $4 that pulled the market down 2 percent with the 5th largest points decline in the market’s history and the second big fall in October.
The market ended with the prices of 8 securities rising, 15 declining while 6 remained unchanged leading to the All Jamaica Composite Index diving 8,031.01 points to 393,833.61 and the JSE Index dropping 7,317.16 points to close at 358,826.99.
Trading closed with 29 active securities in the main and US dollar market compared to 30 on Thursday but with higher volume and value as 4,241,799 units valued at $75,795,522 traded, compared with 8,202,147 units valued at $132,503,743 changing hands, on Thursday.
Main market trading closed with JMMB Group 7.5% preference share leading with 1,652,103 units trading, or 39 percent of the day’s volume and Jamaica Broilers with 713,975 units and 16.8 percent of volume traded. Jamaica Stock Exchange leading with 448,893 units and 10.6 percent of the day’s volume, followed by
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers, an indication that falling prices are likely to be dominant on Friday.
Trading resulted in an average of 151,493 units valued at over $2,706,983, in contrast to 292,934 shares valued at $4,732,277 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 300,895 shares, valued $5,350,785 and previously 308,613 shares, valued $5,494,805. September closed, with an average of 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Grace Kennedy dropped $4, trading 120,588 shares to close at $55, Jamaica Broilers added $2 in trading 713,975 stock units, and closed at $30, Jamaica Producers lost $1 to close at $26 with 17,624 units changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed 95 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.20, with 448,893 shares, JMMB Group lost 80 cents and ended at $34, exchanging 60,884 shares., NCB Financial Group dropped 
$8 to $120, trading 207,683 shares, PanJam Investment closed at $65.70, after declining $1.30 in trading 1,890 stock units, Portland JSX lost 50 cents in ending at $8 with 136,300 units, Sagicor Group dropped $2 to end at $45, trading 49,349 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund dropped $1.70 to $13.20, with 13,594 shares changing hands. Scotia Group climbed $2.50 in trading 33,416 units to close at $54, Supreme Ventures rose 25 cents to end at $16.50, in an exchange of 10,000 shares and Wisynco Group finished at $10.10, in trading 138,251 units after posting a loss of 20 cents.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with Proven Investments trading 2,152 to close at 21 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 2.97 points to close at 164.66.
Republic hits new high on TTSE – Friday
Republic broke through resistance in the summer months and headed higher with more to come.
Republic Financial Holdings jumped $3.50 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $110, in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday after exchanging just 18 shares.
Market activities ended with 17 securities trading against 15 on Thursday, 4 advanced, 6 declined and 7 remained unchanged, leading to trading of 375,557 shares valued $7,316,814, compared to 254,860 shares valued $1,543,091 changing hands on Thursday.
Trading closed, with the Composite Index gaining 4.99 points to 1,236.14. The All T&T Index rose 13.41 points to 1,710.53, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.50 points to close at 102.42.
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 2 with lower offers.
Stocks to Watch include, a number of companies that are exhibiting bullish tendencies and may be moving higher in the days ahead, the group includes, Agostini’s, Ansa McAl, Grace Kennedy, Republic Holdings, Point Lisas and West Indian Tobacco.
Stocks closing with gains| Point Lisas gained 2 cents and ended at $3.64, with 24,143 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank finished trading 3,846 units after gaining 75 cents to close at $64.75 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with an increase of 20 cents at $29.50, after exchanging 1,129 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Angostura Holdings concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $15.73, with 150 stock units changing hands, First Citizens lost 5 cents and completed trading at $32.65, after exchanging 2,354 
shares, One Caribbean Media fell 5 cents and settled at $11.95, exchanging 100 shares, Sagicor Financial closed with 229,145 stock units changing hands and declined 2 cents to $7.50, Trinidad Cement shed 5 cents and settled at $2.60, after exchanging 5,231 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 50 cents and concluded trading at $25, with 20,388 stock units changing hands.
Stocks trading with no price change| Clico Investments concluded trading at $20.20, with 122 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $2.78, with 23,050 stock units being exchanged, Guardian Holdings ended at $16.90, trading 15,353 units, Massy Holdings settled at $46.92, after exchanging 3,191 shares, National Enterprises concluded market activity at $8.96, with 500 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group completed trading of 729 shares at $6 and West Indian Tobacco ended at $90, after exchanging 45,908 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
All Jamaica jumps 4,000 points – Thursday
Sagicor Group & PanJam hit new closing highs.
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday saw the All Jamaica Index surging 6,201.47 with just less than 35 minutes left in the trading session with the index hitting the 404,000 mark before losing some steam in the final 30 minutes of trading.
The market ended with the prices of 10 securities rising, 15 declining while 5 remained unchanged leading to the All Jamaica Composite Index jumped 4,065.81 points to 401,864.62 and the JSE Index climbed 3,704.41 points to close at 366,144.15.
Trading close with 30 active securities in the main and US dollar market compared to 36 on Wednesday but with higher volume and value as 8,202,147 units valued at $132,503,743 traded, compared with 2,854,732 units valued at $50,801,535 changing hands, on Wednesday.
Main market trading closed with Wisynco Group leading with 5,337,134 units and 65 percent of the day’s volume, followed by JMMB Group 7.5% preference share trading 1,058,439 shares or 7.5 percent of the day’s volume and Kingston Wharves with 358,384 units and 4.4 percent of volume traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers, an indication that falling prices are likely to be dominant on Thursday.
Trading resulted in an average of 292,934 units valued at over $4,732,277, in contrast to 101,955 shares valued at $1,814,341 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 308,613 shares, valued $5,494,805 and previously 309,467 shares, valued $5,538,737. September closed, with an average of 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints fell 49 cents to finish at $22.01, trading 2,875 shares, Grace Kennedy rose $1.50, trading 28,698 shares at $59, Jamaica Broilers lost $2 in trading 231,668 stock units, and closed at $28, Jamaica Producers lost $2 to close of $27 with 22,481 units changing hands, Kingston Wharves lost $5 and finished at $70, with 358,384 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Investments rose 45 cents to $10.50 with 4,000 units trading, NCB Financial Group fell 25 cents to $128 trading 31,645 shares, PanJam Investment ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $67, after jumping $3.01 trading 23,000 stock units, 
Pulse Investments jumped 58 cents in trading a mere 200 shares at $2.98, Sagicor Group jumped $3.80 to a 52 weeks’ high of $47, trading 51,871 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund jumped $1.65 and settled at $14.90, with 54,320 shares changing hands. Salada Foods fell 50 cents and ended trading 19,850 stock units, to at $21.50, Scotia Group shed $1.50 in trading 249,590 units to close at $51.50, Seprod finished trading 2,000 shares, with a fall of $1 to close at $32, Sterling Investments fell 50 cents to finish trading 6,438 shares at $22, Supreme Ventures lost 75 cents to end at $16.25, in an exchange of 37,075 shares and Wisynco Group finished at $10.30, in trading 5,337,134 units after posting gains of 30 cents.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 19,733 units valued at $12,220 changing hands as JMMB Group 5.75% lost 2 cents to close at $2.03 with 4,500 shares trading, Proven Investments ended with a rise of 1 cent trading 15,233 to close at 21 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index fell 0.91 points to 161.69.
TTSE makes gains on Thursday
Stocks mostly fell in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, with trading in 15 securities against 13 on Wednesday, 4 advanced, 1 declined and 10 remained unchanged.
The market ended trading of 254,860 shares valued $1,543,091, compared to 190,234 shares valued $7,710,433 changing hands on Wednesday.
Trading closed, with the Composite Index gaining 1.62 points to 1,231.15. The All T&T Index fell 0.67 points to 1,697.12, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.54 points to close at 102.92.
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 3 with lower offers.
Stocks to Watch include, a number of companies that are exhibiting bullish tendencies and may be moving higher in the days ahead, the group includes, Agostini’s, Ansa McAl, Grace Kennedy, Republic Holdings, Point Lisas and West Indian Tobacco.
Stocks closing with gains| First Caribbean International Bank closed with a gain of 10 cents and completed trading at $8.50, with 575 units, First Citizens gained 5 cents and settled at $32.70, after exchanging 2,950 shares, JMMB Group finished trading with a gain of 2 cents at $1.63, after exchanging 100,000 shares and Republic Financial Holdings closed with an increase of 14 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ high of $106.50, after exchanging 4,383 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 20 cents to close at $29.30, in exchanging 750 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| Clico Investments ended at $20.20, with 5,020 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $2.78, in swapping 26,950 stock units, Massy Holdings ended at $46.92, after exchanging 209 shares, National Enterprises closed at $8.96, with 7,611 stock units changing hands, National Flour completed trading of 47,679 units at $1.70, One Caribbean Media concluded activity at $12, after exchanging 200 shares, Prestige Holdings completed trading of 653 units at $7.50, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.52, with 57,500 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank completed trading at $64, with 130 units and Unilever Caribbean ended at $25.50, with 250 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
15 stocks fall 6 rise on JSE – Wednesday
Jamaica Stock Exchange.
The number of securities trading fell on Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main and US markets to 30 up from 36 on Tuesday but with 2,854,732 units valued at over $50,801,535 trading, compared with 2,431,671 units valued at $40,003,992 changing hands, on Tuesday.
Main market trading closed with JMMB Group 7.5% preference share leading with 1,132,076 units and 42.7 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Grace Kennedy trading 223,066 shares or 7.8 percent of the day’s volume and Carreras with 210,994 units and 7.4 percent of volume traded.
The market ended with the prices of 6 securities rising, 15 declining while 9 remained unchanged leading to the All Jamaica Composite Index declining 1,319.14 points to 397,798.81 and the JSE Index falling by 1,201.89 points to close at 362,439.74.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers, an indication that falling prices are likely to be dominant on Thursday.
Trading resulted in an average of 101,955 units valued at over $1,814,341, in contrast to 78,441 shares valued at $1,290,451 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 309,467 shares, valued $5,538,737 and previously 321,423 shares, valued $5,766,429. September closed, with an average of 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments lost $1.50 to close at $18, in exchanging 36,644 shares, Berger Paints rose 50 cents to finish at $22.50, trading 403 shares, Grace Kennedy fell $1.50, trading 223,066 shares at $57.50, Jamaica Producers lost 50 cents to close of $29 with 33,405 units changing hands, Mayberry Investments fell 45 cents to settle at $10.05, exchanging 17,161 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities declined $1 to $12 with 8,800 
units trading, NCB Financial Group climbed $3.25 and ended trading 74,617 shares at $128.25, Portland JSX rose 50 cents and ended at $8.50, trading just 100 units. Pulse Investments lost 46 cents in trading 9,496 shares at $2.40, Sagicor Group fell 80 cents to $43.20, trading 26,046 shares, Scotia Group gained 50 cents in trading 51,880 units to close at $53, Seprod finished trading 19,103 shares, with a fall of $2.60 to close at $33 and Sterling Investments fell 80 cents to finish trading 22,768 shares at $22.50.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 803,989 units valued at $107,793 changing hands as Proven Investments ended with a loss of 1 cent trading 204,139 to close at 20 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar ordinary share traded 599,850 units and gained 0.5 cent to end at 11.5 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index fell 2.06 points to 162.60.
Prices mostly down on TTSE – Wednesday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Stocks mostly fell in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with trading in 13 securities against 12 on Tuesday, 1 advanced, 3 declined and 9 remained unchanged.
The market ended trading of 190,234 shares valued $7,710,433, compared to 54,899 shares at a value of $524,117 changing hands on Tuesday. Just two securities accounted for the bulk of trading. Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 88,442 shares for a value of $2,608,967 and West Indian Tobacco closed with of 50,349 shares traded for $4,531,410.
Trading closed, with the Composite Index lost 3.40 points to 1,229.53, the All T&T Index fell 2.20 points to 1,697.79, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.63 points to close at 102.38.
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 3 with lower offers.
Stocks to Watch include, a number of companies that are exhibiting bullish tendencies and may be moving higher in the days ahead, the group includes, Agostini’s, Ansa McAl, Grace Kennedy, Republic Holdings,Point Lisas and West Indian Tobacco.
Stocks closing with gains|Republic Financial Holdings closed with a gain of 1 cent and ended at 52 weeks’ high of $106.36, after exchanging a mere 20 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| First Citizens ended trading 10 cents lower to end at $32.65, after exchanging 1,285 shares, NCB Financial Group concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $6, exchanging 605 shares and Scotiabank traded 115 units and closed with a loss of 75 cents at $64.
Stocks trading with no price change| Clico Investments completed trading at $20.20, with 7,821 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings settled at $16.90, trading 7,800 units, Massy Holdings ended at $46.92, after exchanging 300 shares, National Flour closed at $1.70, trading 3,400 units, Prestige Holdings traded 14,600 units in settling at $7.50, Sagicor Financial completed trading at $7.52, with 11,225 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $29.50, after exchanging 88,442 shares, Trinidad Cement ended at $2.65, after exchanging 4,272 shares and West Indian Tobacco settled at $90, with 50,349 units changing hands.
EM>Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.