Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Calypso Macro Index Fund suffered another sharp fall of $2 to a 52 weeks’ low of $16 on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday but with a mere 10 units changing hands.
The stock which did not trade for a long time lost $2 when it traded for the second time in over a year on the May 23. Elsewhere market activity picked up sharply over the levels on Friday and ended with 738,852 shares valued at $6,383,542 compared to Friday’s trading of 168,587 shares valued at $1,793,714 and ended with 14 securities changing hands versus 13 on Friday, leading to 3 advancing, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
The Composite Index fell 3.48 points on Monday to 1,238.84, the All T&T Index shed 5.34 points to 1,725.28, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.21 points to close at 101.16.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows the market continuing to be weak as it closed with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| The price of Clico Investments increased 5 cents to end at $20.20, with 133,823 units, Massy Holdings rose 1 cent and concluded trading at $47.48, with 300 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed with a gain of 10 cents at $88.50, with 5,500 stock units changing hands.
Losses| First Citizens closed with a loss of 1 cent and settled at $34.99, after exchanging 202 shares, Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 68 cents and completed trading at $16.50, after exchanging 1,578 shares, 
JMMB Group shed 1 cent and concluded at $1.89, with 5,176 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises lost 15 cents, ending at $9.50, with 100 shares trading and Sagicor Financial ended trading 3 cents lower and ended at $7.97, with 121,664 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings concluded trading at $15.72, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank closed trading at $8.85, after exchanging 117,954 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.05, with 351,000 units, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $102.65, with 500 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank completed trading at $65, after exchanging just 45 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The volume of stocks trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped to 4,603,241 units valued at $166,353,769, well down from 170,209,058 units on Thursday valued at $3,113,335,699. 
Trading resulted in an average of 200,141 units valued at an average of $7,232,773 for each security traded, in contrast to 7,092,044 units for an average of $129,722,321 on Thursday. May closed with an average of 589,414 shares with a value of $16,532.367, for each security traded.
138 Student Living settled at $4.68, with a loss of 31 cents trading 100 units, PanJam Investment closed at $45, with 69,332 stock units. Radio Jamaica finished at $1.25, after falling 3 cents with 25,100 shares, Sagicor Group added 20 cents and settled at $38.50, with 1,357,691 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 30 cents and finished at $14.30, with 7,998 units. Scotia Group climbed $1.05 in trading 422,278 stock units to close at $51.05, Supreme Ventures closed at $13, exchanging 94,024 shares. Victoria Mutual Investments ended at $4, with 50,009 shares and Wisynco Group concluded trading with a rise of 5 cents to close at $10, in the exchange of 721,410 stock units. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% concluded trading at $1.50, with 1,000 shares and JMMB Group finished at $1, with 106,760 stock units changing hands.
NCB Financial Group fell 23 cents to end at $5.27, after exchanging 200 shares and Trinidad Cement closed at $3 with a loss of 5 cents, after exchanging 28,985 shares.
aribbean Cement jumped $1.95 to finish at $40, with 290,000 shares, Grace Kennedy ended trading at $49.65, with 615 shares, Jamaica Broilers dived $3.81 in trading 169,101,565 stock units to close at $18.19, Jamaica Producers gained 35 cents and finished trading at $16.60, with 55,264 units. JMMB Group ended at $27.80 after falling 20 cents, with 32,827 shares, Kingston Wharves climbed $1.90 to end at $46.90, with 8,237 stock units, Mayberry Investments added 35 cents to settle at $6.45, with 16,539 units, NCB Financial Group ended trading at $95 after rising $1, with 30,897 shares changing hands. 1834 Investments traded at $1.16, with 45,000 shares, 138 Student Living lost 10 cents to end at $4.99, with 229 units, PanJam Investment closed at $45, with 16,005 stock units, 
Portland JSX rose 25 cents and ended at $9.50, with 3,000 units, Radio Jamaica finished at $1.28, with 54,000 shares. Sagicor Group rallied $1.30 to settle at $38.30, with 113,627 shares changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled at $14, with 16,082 shares, Salada Foods ended trading at $14, with 35,962 stock units, Scotia Group dropped $1.53 in closing trading at $50, with 102,271 units, Sterling Investments closed at $12.80, with 455 shares. Supreme Ventures ended with a gain of 20 to end at $13, with 30,505 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading at $4, with 37,052 stock units, Wisynco Group finished at $9.95 having risen 25 cents, with 162,964 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $2, with 972 stock units, Productivity Business 9.75% lost $2 in trading 1,000 shares at $103.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with only 117,323 shares valued at $1,121,005 compared to Monday’s trading with 377,827 shares trading valued at $3,010,056. 
Firm Trades| At the close of trading on Tuesday, Clico Investments completed trading at $20.15, with 457 units, First Citizens concluded activity at $35, after exchanging 4,525 shares, Guardian Holdings settled at $17.18, after exchanging 2,742 shares, JMMB Group ended at $1.90, with 4,635 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $47.50, with 310 stock units traded, National Flour settled at $1.80, after exchanging 100 shares, NCB Financial Group ended at $5.50, after exchanging 3,631 shares, Sagicor Financial completed trading at $8, with 96,830 units, Scotiabank settled at $64.25, after exchanging 1,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL completed trading at $29.05, with 466 units changing hands.
Trading on the JSE main market ended with the overall volume and value falling below normal levels on Monday as 2,736,291 units valued at over $44,287,155 changed hands. 
Grace Kennedy ended trading at $48.60 after rising 10 cents, with 10,193 shares, Jamaica Broilers rose 25 cents in closing at $20.25, with 51,343 stock units, Jamaica Producers fell 45 cents to finish trading at $16.25, with 1,000 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with a loss of 40 cents to $7.10, in trading 700 shares. JMMB Group rose 5 cents to end at $27.05, with 38,277 shares, Kingston Wharves dropped $1 and finished at $46, with 329,678 stock units trading, Mayberry Investments settled at $6.25, after rising 25 cents with 29,780 units trading, NCB Financial Group shed 19 cents and ended trading at $94.80, with 81,775 shares. 138 Student Living settled at $5.09, after slipping 1 cents with 10,000 units, PanJam Investment added 50 cents to trade at $45, with 55,613 shares, Portland JSX closed at $10, with 4,524 stock units, Radio Jamaica rose 29 cents and concluded trading at $1.29, with 22,024 shares, Sagicor Group finished 35 cents higher at $36.50, trading 70,113 shares, Salada Foods lost $1 in settling at $14, with 10,000 shares changing hands. 
Scotia Group ended trading at $50.63, with 4,964 stock units, Seprod ended trading at $35, with 77,744 units, Supreme Ventures rose 40 cents and closed at $13, with 44,500 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments lost 5 cents and ended at $4, with 1,373,388 shares and Wisynco Group rose 30 cents and concluded trading at $10, with 159,255 stock units changing hands. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $2, with 500 stock units, JMMB Group 7% closed at $2.01, with 124,800 shares, JMMB Group 7.25% issued in 2019 ended at $2.05, with 24,800 shares and the older dated JMMB Group 7.25% concluded trading at $1.50, with 100 shares, changing hands.
Trading resulted in an average of 281,927 units valued at $2,621,725 compared to 1,107,384 units valued at an average of $20,278,166 for each security traded on Thursday. The average for the month to date is 335,057 shares with a value of $12,075,324, previously 338,126 shares with a value of $12,655,026. In contrast, April closed with an average of 708,206 shares with a value of $6,395,518 for each security traded.
The JSE main market activity returned to more normal levels on Friday with 7,330,113 units valued at $68,164,850 changed hands, down from 28,791,979 units valued at $527,232,319 trading on Thursday. 
Sagicor Group settled with a fall of 35 cents at $36.15, with 68,110 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 85 cents to end at $13.90, exchanging 27,665 shares, Scotia Group added $1.38 to close at $50.63, in trading 197,361 units, Seprod finished trading at $35, with 3,348 shares, Supreme Ventures ended at $12.60, with 119,389 shares. Victoria Mutual Investments shed by 5 cents and concluded trading at $4.05, with 281,461 stock units traded Wisynco Group finished 10 cents lower at $9.70, with 227,149 units changing hands.
