Grace Kennedy ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
At the close 4 stocks rose, 4 declined and 6 remained unchanged, leading to advances in the market’s indices.
The Composite Index rose 0.76 points to close at 1,159.66, the All T&T Index advanced 0.89 points to close at 1,822.81 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.08 points to end at 66.10.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy contributed 250,840 shares with a value of $641,381 while gaining 2 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.55, Massy Holdings closed with 10,393 shares, valued at $2,85 changing hands with a gain of 60 cents to close at $55.50. Republic Financial Holdings gained 2 cents and ended with 11,000 shares with a value of $1,209,902 changing hands at $110 and Scotiabank closed with 4,976 shares changing hands and gained 1 cent to end at $57.31.
Losses| Guardian Holdings had 24,846 shares changing hands to end with a loss of 4 cents at $13.53, Prestige Holdings had 2,791 units changing hands, to close with a loss of 10 cents at $10.80. Readymix
dropped 60 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $11 with 100 units changing hands and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.75 with 1,400 units changing hands after falling 1 cent.Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended with 482,737 shares with a value of $6,757,118 changing hands to close at $14, First Citizens traded 3,161 units at $35, JMMB Group had 52,000 shares changing hands at 64 cents. National Commercial Bank ended with 10,000 shares changing hands to close at $2.65 and Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 16,594 shares changing hands at $6.75 and Trinidad Cement closed at $3.05 with 311,448 shares carrying a value of $949,948 changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
JMMB Group traded 47,021 units at $10. Mayberry Investments ended with 60,659 shares trading to close at $3.28 for a loss of 42 cents, National Commercial Bank had 60,268 units changing hands at $1 higher to close at $41. Pan Jamaican Investments dropped 70 cents to close at $23.10 after trading 5,000 shares, Radio Jamaica fell 5 cents in trading 109,415 shares, to end at $1.55, Sagicor Group had 98,646 shares changing hands, at $22, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 175,282 shares to close at $10. Scotia Group lost 15 cents to close at $30 with 73,790 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments had 4,056 units changing hands at $26 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 487,033 units to close at $2.10.
the overall market, including 4 stocks rising and 8 falling, in the junior market. Kingston Wharves closed trading at a 52 weeks’ high with 3,000 shares, to gain 1 cent to end at $17.01.
Jamaica Broilers had 183,000 shares changing hands, to end with a loss of 8 cents at $14.52. Jamaica Producers gained 6 cents to end at $8.41 with 21,200 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with 3,400 units changing hands to close at $21.25, JMMB Group traded 26,082 units at $10. National Commercial Bank had 7,348 units changing hands to close at $40. Pan Jamaican Investments dropped $1.19 to close at $23.80 after trading 6,687 shares, Radio Jamaica gained 4 cents in trading 3,000 shares, to end at $1.60, Sagicor Group had 20,255 shares changing hands, at $22, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 13,817 shares to close at $10. Scotia Group gained 65 cents to close at $30.15 with 16,200 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments had 4,188 units changing hands at $26 for a rise of 50 cents and Proven Investments traded 43,250 ordinary shares at 20 US cents.
The volumes and value of stocks trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up a bit on Friday with 1,918,263 units valued at $33,610,338, up from $15,554,439, changing hands on Thursday. Of the stocks trading in all market segments, the junior market accounted for 509,115 units, valued at $9,086,931.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
National Commercial Bank had 4,505 units changing hands to close at $40. Pan Jamaican Investments gained 39 cents to close at $24.99, after trading only 3,505 shares, Radio Jamaica lost 14 cents in trading 4,218 shares, to end at $1.56, Sagicor Group jumped $1 while 377,750 shares changed hands, at $22, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 500 shares and gained 20 cents, to close at $10. Scotia Group gained 42 cents to close at $29.50 with 4,972 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments had 36,320 units changing hands at $25.50 for a rise of 50 cents, Seprod traded 13,078 shares and gained 50 cents to close at $20, Proven Investments traded 48,695 ordinary shares at 20 US cents and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 97,000 units to close at $2.10. 
The junior market accounted for 1,886,162 units, valued at $8,593,938 of all trades.
National Commercial Bank had 20,749 units changing hands and climbed 29 cents to close at $40.79. Pan Jamaican Investments lost 15 cents to close at $25, after trading 30,249 shares, Radio Jamaica traded 254,020 shares, to end at $1.55, Sagicor Group lost 72 cents while only 2,900 shares changed hands, at $21.08, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 7,328 shares and fell 50 cents, to close at $9.50. Scotia Group traded unchanged at $30.06 with 41,854 shares changing hands, Supreme Ventures lost 10 cents while 527,552 shares changed hands at $4.80 and JMMB Group 7.50% preference share traded 4 million units but fell 1 cent to a 52 weeks’ low of $1.01.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Radio Jamaica traded 24,344 shares, to end at $1.55, Sagicor Group closed with a gain of 30 cents while 71,066 shares changed hands, at $21.80. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 1,470 shares and fell 20 cents, to close at $10, Scotia Group lost $1.44 while trading 87,422 shares, to end at $30.06, Scotia Investments closed trading with 37,500 shares at $26. Supreme Ventures lost 9 cents while 191,370 shares changing hands at $4.90, Proven Investments ordinary share, traded 48,300 units at 19.94 US cents compared to 19 US cents on Monday, JMMB Group 7.50%% preference share traded 94,115 units but fell 6 cents to $1.02 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 1,874,000 units and ended at $2.10.
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market continued with relatively low volumes when it closed Tuesday. At the close 14 securities changed hands, resulting in 130,829 shares valued at just $2,628,992 traded, 3 stocks rose, 2 declined and 9 remained unchanged, leading to increases in all of the market indices. 
Firm Trades| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 430 units at $23.25, Clico Investment Fund ended at $22.65 with 38,671 shares valued at $875,898 trading, First Citizens traded 313 units at $35, Massy Holdings ended with just 20 shares changing hands at $54.95, 
The JSE Market Index declined by 941.87 points to end at 161,440.70 the all Jamaica Composite Index fell 1,053.34 points to close at 179,381.46 and the JSE combined index slipped 799.41 points, to end at 172,910.48.
Mayberry Investments lost 14 cents with 19,596 shares trading, to close at $3.81, 
2,649.37 points being cut from the all Jamaican Composite Index.
JMMB Group ended with 108,633 shares changing hands to close at 64 cents,