A total of 14 securities traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday against 11 on Tuesday, with 2 stocks advancing, 3 declining as 9 remained unchanged.
Market activity ended with a mere 165,319 shares with a value of $2,450,124 compared to 168,640 units on Tuesday, valued at $1,925,602.
The market continued where it left off on Tuesday with the Composite Index rising 0.97 points to 1,273.69. The All T&T Index declined 0.14 points to 1,722.24, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.29 points higher to close at 110.61.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy concluded trading and rose 5 cents changing hands at $3.05 with 2,093 units trading and Sagicor Financial closed with an increase of 17 cents at $8 with 3,125 shares changing hands.
Losses| Angostura Holdings ended with a loss of 5 cents closing at 15 with 375 stock units, First Citizens closed with a loss of 2 cents close at $32 with 10,000 shares trading and Guardian Holdings finished with a loss of 3 cents close at $17 with 20,750 shares being exchanged.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments traded finished at $21 with 53,690 units trading valued at $1,127,490, First Caribbean finished trading close at $9.15 with 225 shares, JMMB Group settled at $1.65 with 46,851 shares, National Enterprise closed with 290 shares changing hands at $9.80, NCB Financial Group concluded trading at $6.55 with 9,950 units. Republic Financial had with 521 shares changing hands at $101.50, Scotiabank ended at $60.10 with 1,564 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished with 11,385 shares valued at $301,703 changing hands at $26.50 and Trinidad Cement settled at $3.75 with 4,500 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trinidad’s falling stocks edged advancers
VM Investments up 63% from IPO
VM Investments gained 63% to end at $4 on Tuesday from the IPO price
The latest listing on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, Victoria Mutual Investments, closed trading with 2.35 million shares with the price rising to a new closing high of $4 for a gain of 63 percent from its IPO price of $2.45, after trading as high as $4.20.
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange concluded trading on Monday with 26 securities changing hands versus 22 securities trading on Friday. The price of 10 stocks advanced, 11 declined and 5 traded firm with 11,226,286 units valued at $102,330,476 changing hands.
Trading ended with the All Jamaican Composite 622.57 points to 317,138.68 and the JSE Index advancing by 567.23 points to 288,949.20.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints finished 45 cents higher at $17, trading just 525 shares, Cable & Wireless settled 15 cents higher at $1.40, with 1,804,417 shares, 
Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $32, with 9,800 stock units, Carreras traded 5 cents higher at $11.45, with 234,822 units. Ciboney Group finished trading with a loss of 4 cents down to 37 cents, with 728 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 25 cents at $43.50, with 16,000 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 10 cents higher at $17.80, with 26,937 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $16.50, with 1,683 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7.05, with 12,000 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of $1 to end at $24, with 65,054 shares trading, Kingston Properties ended trading at $7.70, with 3,100 stock units, NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of $1 to $99, with 50,823 shares. 1834 Investments ended 5 cents higher at $1.30, with 459,937 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading 25 cents higher at $45, with 5,341 units, Pulse Investments settled at $1.80, with 94,172 shares, 
Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $1.02, with 159,905 stock units, Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $2.70 at $35.30, with 7,563 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading with a loss of $1 to $14, with 5,589 shares, Salada Foods closed 25 cents higher at $11.50, with 117,951 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of 85 cents at $53, with 104,683 stock units, Seprod settled $1 higher at $31, with 3,250 shares. Supreme Ventures traded with a loss of $1.49 to end at $10.01, with 131,005 units, VM Investments finished trading 76 cents higher to a record close of $4, with 2,353,026 shares trading and WISYNCO Group closed 51 cents higher at $12.50, with 5,546,728 shares changing hands. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 4,266 units at $2.49, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 6,981 units at $1.90.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE Main Market starts 2018 with gains.”
Trinidad stocks down for second year
A lackluster year came to an end for Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday with trading in 14 securities against 11 on Thursday, with 4 stocks advancing, 3 declining with 7 closing unchanged.
The year closed with Composite Index rising 0.92 points on Friday to 1,266.35 with a rise of 4.7 percent for the year. The All T&T Index declined 1.16 points to 1,728.75, increasing the year’s fall to 5.75 percent while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.41 points higher to close at 108.38 for a gain of 38.12 percent for the full year. In 2016 Trinidad stocks lost 5.86 percent after ending 2015 with no change.
Market activity ended with a mere 109,529 shares with a value of $2,139,960 traded, rising above the 95,251 units changing hands on Thursday, valued at $1,845,641.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group ended trading increase by 10 cents with 20,860 stock units and closed at $1.65 Massy ended rose 2 cents to $48.02 with 681 stock units changing hands, National Flour finished 1 cent higher at $1.91 with 1,154 shares and Point Lisas traded 2,000 units with the price rising 4 cents to $3.94.
Losses| Angostura Holdings ended with a loss of 15 cents with 75 stock units, to close at $15.05, Guardian Holdings finished with a loss of 22 cents to end at $17.03 with 16,076 shares changing hands and Republic Financial ended with a loss of 7 cents at $101.51 with 178 stock units.
Firm Traded| First Citizens closed with 861 shares at $32, Grace Kennedy concluded trading with 350 units at $3, National Enterprises concluded trading with 399 units at $9.80, Sagicor Financial concluded trading with 1,600 units to close at $7.83. Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $26.50, trading 65,000 stock units valued at $1,722,500, Trinidad Cement traded 250 units and closed at $3.75 and Unilever Caribbean finished trading just 45 shares at $29.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
VM Investments up 32% first trading day
VM Investments gained 32% to end at $3.24 on Friday
The latest listing on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, Victoria Mutual Investments, traded after listing on Friday and closed at $3.24 for a gain of 32 percent from its IPO price, after trading as high as $4 while trading 782,853 shares.
Wisynco that listed on Thursday, closed at $11.99 on heavy trading to gain 52 percent since the public issue in December.
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange concluded trading on Friday with 26 securities changing hands, 11 advanced, 4 declined and 11 traded firm with 10,210,190 units valued at $125,309,363.
Trading ended with the All Jamaican Composite Index surging 4,310.37 points to 316,516.11 for a gain of 50.6 percent for the year and the JSE Index jumping by 3,927.24 points to 288,381.97, ending 2017 with a rise of 50 percent versus 22 securities trading on Thursday.
In main market activity, Barita Investments concluded trading with a loss of 45 cents at $7.50, with 11,075 units, Berger Paints finished 4 cents higher at $16.55, with 12,000 shares, Cable & Wireless settled 15 cents higher at $1.25, with 918,469 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading at $32.50, with 12,000 stock units, Carreras traded at $11.40, with 82,669 units. Grace Kennedy closed 75 cents higher at $43.75, with 118,915 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 30 cents at $17.70, with 13,300 stock units, JMMB Group ended trading $2 higher at $25, with 1,255,076 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16.70, with 104,033 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished 5 cents higher at $7.05, with 49,297 shares. Kingston Wharves ended trading at $32.50, with 9,204 stock units, Mayberry Investments traded at $6, with 89,353 units, NCB Financial finished trading $1.50 higher at $100, with 38,507 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 5 cents at $44.75, with 15,429 stock units. 
Radio Jamaica settled at $1.05, with 185,174 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 1 cent higher at $38, with 136,913 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded at $15, with 8,817 units, Salada Foods finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $11.25, with 32,049 shares. Scotia Group closed $3.75 higher at $53.85, with 76,440 shares, Sterling Investments gained $1 and closed at $13, with 7,470 shares, Supreme Ventures ended trading at $11.50, with 515,544 stock units and Wisynco Group traded $1.90 higher to end at a closing record high of $11.99, with 5,090,376 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 550,000 units at $1.90, JMMB Group 7.5% traded 94,000 units at $1.15 and Proven Investments 8.25% ended with 1,227 units trading at $5.90.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE Main Market gains 50% for 2017.”
Wisynco jumps 28% to $10.09
Producers of Wata -Wisynco listed on Thursday
Wisynco shares were listed on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, with the price rising $2.22 to end at $10.09 while trading 2,925,359 shares, after it pulled in $18 billion from its IPO with 7,382 new shareholders.
At the close of trading on Thursday, the prices of 8 stocks advanced, 4 declined and 10 traded firm with 4,648,646 units valued at $69,664,482.
Trading ended with the All Jamaican Composite Index jumping 2,370.07 points to 312,205.74 and the JSE Index climbing 2,159.40 points to 284,454.73 with 22 securities changing hands versus 21 securities trading on Wednesday.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints finished 1 cent higher at $16.51, with 2,200 shares trading, Cable & Wireless settled 5 cents higher at $1.10, with 104,781 shares, 
Caribbean Cement ended trading 99 cents higher at $32.50, with 111,545 stock units, Carreras traded at $11.40, with 65,754 units, Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 139,950 shares. Jamaica Broilers ended at $18, with 20,988 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16.70, with 19,010 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7, with 64,203 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 1 cent at $23, with 404,504 shares. JMMB Group ended trading with a loss of $1 at $23, with 404,504 stock units, Kingston Wharves finished trading at $32.50, with 215 shares, Mayberry Investments closed at $6, with 250,000 shares, NCB Financial ended with a loss of 50 cents at $98.50, with 122,721 stock units. PanJam Investment finished at $44.80, with 12,141 shares, Pulse Investments ended trading at $1.80, with 16,992 stock units, 
Sagicor Group finished trading $2.24 higher at $37.99, with 43,400 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $15, with 2,000 shares. Salada Foods ended $1 higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $11.50, with 102,000 stock units, Scotia Group concluded trading with a loss of $1.90 at $50.10, with 43,810 units and Supreme Ventures ended trading 80 cents higher at $11.50, with 15,000 stock units. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% traded 133,300 units at $1.15 and Proven Investments 8.25% ended with 48,773 units trading with a rise of 60 cents at $5.90.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE market indices in sharp upturn.”
JSE trading drops sharply on Wednesday
Trading on Jamaica Stock Exchange fell sharply on Wednesday to 1,316,067 units with a value of $22,258,246, down from 18,689,826 units valued at $192,233,164 traded on the Main Market of the on Friday.
Main market activity, ended with 26 securities changing hands, compared to 21 on Friday, with 10 advancing, 6 declining and 10 traded firm. At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index fell 575.12 points to 309,835.67 and the JSE Index lost 524 points to close at 282,295.32 after the market indices for Friday was raised based on a cancellation of a trade in the shares of Supreme Ventures.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints finished with a loss of $1.60 at $16.50, with 5,555 shares trading, Cable & Wireless settled 5 cents higher at $1.05, with 137,812 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 49 cents at $31.51, with 41,500 stock units, Carreras traded with a loss of 5 cents at $11.40, with 86,297 units, Ciboney finished trading at 41 cents, with 385,200 shares changing hands. Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 14,659 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 1 cent higher at $18, with 16,098 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a rise of $1.60 to $16.70, with 3,408 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 5 cents at $7, exchanging 5,432 shares. JMMB Group settled 50 cents higher at $24, with 26,090 shares, Kingston Properties traded with a loss of 31 cents at $7.70, with 2,090 units, Kingston Wharves finished trading at $32.50, with 3,641 shares. Mayberry Investments closed 63 cents higher at $6, with 5,000 shares, NCB Financial lost $1 to close at $99, with 58,149 stock units trading. PanJam Investment finished with a loss of 20 cents at $44.80, with 58,860 shares, 
Pulse Investments ended trading 2 cents higher at $1.80, with 500 stock units, Radio Jamaica traded 2 cents higher at $1.05, with 94,271 units, Sagicor Group finished trading 24 cents higher at $35.75, with 129,580 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $15, with 120,420 shares, Salada Foods ended 55 cents higher at $10.50, with 28,000 stock units. Scotia Group concluded trading with a loss of $1.99 at $52, with 22,737 units, Seprod finished at $30, with 30,840 shares and Supreme Ventures ended trading 30 cents higher at $10.70, with 36,200 stock units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 2001 units at $2.49, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 1,000 units at $1.90 after gaining 10 cents and Proven Investments 8.25% ended with 727 units trading with a loss of 20 cents at $5.30.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE changes Friday’s market indices.”
Trading up on Trinidad & Tobago Exchange
A total of 13 securities traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday against 9 on Thursday, with 3 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 7 remained unchanged.
Market activity ended the volume of shares traded dropping sharply to 1,329,826 shares with a value of $21,128,486 up from 95,824 units on Friday, valued at $2,787,790. Trading was dominated by Guardian Holdings accounting for $9.5 million of the value of shares trading, First Citizens with shares worth $6.7 million and Trinidad & Tobago NGL with $4 million worth of shares.
The Composite Index rose 1.11 points to 1,263.14, the All T&T Index fell 2.32 points to 1,729.47 while the Cross Listed Index inched up 0.62 points to close at 107.40.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| In trading, Guardian Holdings closed at $17.06 with a gain of 3 cents exchanging 555,857 shares valued at $9,482,862, NCB Financial Group gained 9 cents to end at $6.20 with 2,400 shares trading and Republic Financial Holdings added 8 cents in trading 583 shares and closed at $101.58.
Losses| National Flour lost 6 cents to close at $1.90 trading 58,101 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.83, trading 4,100 shares trading after falling 17 cents. Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped $1.07 to close at record high of $26.50 trading 151,400 shares, carrying a value of $4,012,190.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are First Citizens closed at $32 with 210,900 units with a value of $6,749,866 changing hands, JMMB Group traded 315,000 units valued at $484,105 to close at $1.50, Massy traded 100 shares at $48, National Enterprises traded just 10 stock units at $9.80, Trinidad Cement traded 8,000 units at $3.75, Unilever Caribbean traded 4,600 shares at $29, LJ Williams B shares traded 18,775 units at 77 cents.
JSE stocks supply 80% of Friday’s trade
Shares of Jamaica Stock Exchange dominated trading and accounted for 80 percent of the 18,689,826 units valued at $192,233,164 traded on the Main Market of the on Friday.
Main market activity, ended with 21 securities changing hands, of which 10 advanced, 6 declined and 5 traded firm. At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index surged 4,523.22 points to 309,489.06 and the JSE Index climbed by 4,121.16 points to close at 281,979.52.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints closed $1.60 higher at $18.10, with 32,000 shares trading, Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 6 cents at $1, with 360,865 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading 30 cents higher at $32, with 42,500 stock units, 
Carreras traded 5 cents higher at $11.45, with 188,605 units, Ciboney Group finished trading 6 cents higher at 41 cents, with 20,000 shares. Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 62,393 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 1 cent at $17.99, with 425,917 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 25 cents at $7.05, with 15,007,575 shares, JMMB Group settled 50 cents higher at $23.50, with 15,450 shares. JMMB Group ended trading 50 cents higher at $23.50, with 15,450 stock units, Kingston Wharves finished trading 25 cents higher at $32.50, with 37,414 shares, Mayberry Investments closed with a loss of 23 cents at $5.37, with 852,137 shares, NCB Financial ended $1.49 higher at $100, with 219,637 stock units.
PanJam Investment finished $2 higher at $45, with 11,000 shares, Portland JSX settled 50 cents higher at $10, with 200 shares, Pulse Investments ended trading at $1.78, with 29,000 stock units, Sagicor Group finished trading with a loss of 49 cents at $35.51, with 394,829 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $15, with 18,000 shares, Salada Foods ended at $9.95, with 500 stock units, Scotia Group concluded trading 5 cents higher at $53.99, with 305,536 units, Seprod finished at $30, with 298,745 shares and Supreme Ventures ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $10.40, with 367,523 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Big 4,523 points surge in JSE index.”
TTNGL at new high moving higher
Trinidad & Tobago NGL price broke out of a wedged formation, indicating a strong upward climb.
A total of 9 securities traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday against 15 on Thursday, with 1 stock advancing, 2 declining and 6 unchanged with Trinidad & Tobago NGL trading at a 52 weeks’ high.
Market activity ended the volume of shares traded dropping sharply to only 95,824 shares from 1,373,256 on Thursday, but with just a fraction of the value of the previous day, at $2,787,790 versus $19,288,737 Thursday.
The Composite Index shed 0.61 points to 1,262.03, the All T&T Index rose 3.59 points to 1,731.79 while the Cross Listed Index inched down 0.66 points to close at 106.78.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| In trading, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose $1.65 to close at record high of $27.57 trading just 704 shares. The chart of price movements for this stock is very bullish with a breakout of a wedge formation.
Losses| Ansa McAl fell by a cent in trading 442 shares at $63.99 and First Caribbean International Bank lost 15 cents to close at $9.15 trading 1,000 shares.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are Clico Investments closing unchanged at $21 trading 8,748 units, First Citizens closed at $32 with 11,543 units with a value of $369,376 changing hands, Grace Kennedy traded 50,515 shares at $3, National Enterprises , traded 3,112 stock units at $9.80, Republic Financial Holdings traded 19,660 shares valued at $1,995,462 and closed at $101.50, Sagicor Financial ended at $8, trading 100 shares trading.
Supreme Ventures in big Thursday trade
Supreme Ventures traded the most shares on Thursday.
Supreme Ventures accounted for 98 percent of the volume traded on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, resulting from 168.7 million shares changing hands and bumping the market volume to 171,582,338 units valued at $1,664,149,762.
Main market activity ended with 21 securities changing hands, of which 11 advanced, 4 declined and 8 traded firm. In contrast, 27 securities changed hands on Wednesday with to 1,811,480 units valued at $72,434,801 passing through the exchange.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 2,129.59 points to 304,965.84 and the JSE Index dipped by 1,940.29 points to 277,858.36.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints ended with a loss of 40 cents at $16.50, with 30,792 shares trading, Cable & Wireless settled 1 cent higher at $1.06, with 41,500 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading 20 cents higher at $31.70, with 8,300 stock units, Carreras traded at $11.40, with 29,391 units, Ciboney Group finished trading at 35 cents, with 22,900 shares. Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 132,187 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 50 cents higher at $18, with 26,918 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 6 cents at $15.10, with 20,000 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished 25 cents higher at $7.30, with 77,425 shares. JMMB Group ended trading with a loss of 90 cents at $23, with 1,905,342 stock units, 
Kingston Wharves finished trading 25 cents higher at $32.25, with 3,640 shares, Mayberry Investments closed 20 cents higher at $5.60, with 100,000 shares. NCB Financial Group ended with a loss of $1.49 at $98.51, with 224,896 stock units, PanJam Investment settled at $43, with 51,064 shares, Pulse Investments traded at $1.78, with 500 units. Radio Jamaica finished trading at $1.03, with 20,000 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $36, with 2,285 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended 50 cents higher at $15, with 7,820 stock units, Salada Foods Jamaica concluded trading at $9.95, with 4,000 units. Scotia Group finished $3.74 higher at $53.94, with 168,006 shares and Supreme Ventures traded 20 cents higher at $10.70, with 168,705,372 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Gains ecxceed losses but indices drop.”