Falling stocks dominate T&T exchange

September 7, 2021 by

At the end of market activity on Tuesday, more stocks declined than rose resulting in the market declining after trading modestly more shares than was traded on Monday on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
Sixteen securities traded on Tuesday, down from 18 on Monday, with two stocks rising, six declining and eight remaining unchanged. The Composite Index dipped 0.59 points to 1,426.86, the All T&T Index declined 2.73 points to 1,922.38 and the Cross-Listed Index popped 0.24 points to settle at 125.67.
A total of, 270,850 shares traded for $4,829,771 compared to 254,435 units at $5,069,075 on Monday. An average of 16,928 units traded at $301,861, up from 14,135 at $281,615 on Monday, with month to date trading averaging 11,293 units at $200,846 versus 10,137 units at $180,124. The average trade for August amounted to 16,186 units at $226,311.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s remained at $24.40, with 700 shares changing hands, Angostura Holdings declined 45 cents to $16.55 in trading 1,500 stocks, Ansa McAl stayed at $57 trading 1,000 stock units. Clico Investment Fund fell $1.29 to $25.51 with the swapping of 108,124 units, First Citizens Bank traded 2,254 stock units at $50.26, GraceKennedy hung on at $6.29, with 2,300 units crossing the market. Guardian Holdings remained at $33 after trading 11,018 shares, Guardian Media rallied 7 cents to $3.10 after trading 65,846 units, JMMB Group shed 2 cents to close at $2.13 in exchanging 10,051 stock units. Massy Holdings popped 8 cents to $82.10 after exchanging 121 stocks, One Caribbean Media finished at $4.86 while exchanging 10,115 units, Point Lisas ended trading 25 shares at $3.20. Republic Financial Holdings fell 5 cents to $135.45 in switching ownership of 5,912 stocks, Scotiabank slipped 2 cents to $59, with 1,867 stock units crossing the market, Trinidad Cement fell 10 cents to $3.90 after 49,517 units changed hands and Unilever Caribbean remained at $16.40, with 500 shares clearing the market.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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Stocks pick up gains on Monday

September 6, 2021 by

Stock prices mostly rose at the end of market activity on Monday, resulting in the market rising after trading 72 percent more shares, with 82 percent higher value than on Friday, on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
At the close, 18 securities traded compared to 19 on Friday, with eight stocks rising, four falling, leaving six unchanged. The Composite Index rose 0.64 points to 1,427.45, the All T&T Index increased 1.85 points to 1,925.11 and the Cross-Listed Index fell 0.09 points to 125.43.
A total of, 254,435 shares traded for $5,069,075 versus 147,901 units at $2,783,955 on Friday. An average of 14,135 units traded at $281,615, up from 7,784 shares at $146,893 on Friday, with trading month to date averaging 10,137 units at $180,124 versus 8,937 units at $149,677. August averaged 16,186 units at $226,311.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s popped 40 cents to $24.40 after exchanging one share, Angostura Holdings spiked 43 cents to $17 in exchanging 7,668 stock units, Ansa Mcal remained at $57, with 40,830 stocks traded. Calypso Macro Investment Fund climbed 30 cents to $16.50 in an exchange of 558 units, Clico Investment Fund remained at $26.80, after 3,989 stocks crossed the market, First Citizens Bank lost 24 cents in closing at $50.26 with the swapping of 1,610 shares. GraceKennedy dipped 1 cent to $6.29, with 1,000 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings closed at $33, with 400 stock units crossing the market, JMMB Group remained at $2.15 in switching ownership of 10,149 stock units. Massy Holdings added 2 cents to end at $82.02, with 18,716 shares changing hands, National Enterprises remained at $3.41 trading 50 units, National Flour Mills popped 8 cents to $1.90 with an exchange of 10,898 stocks. One Caribbean Media slipped 2 cents to $4.86 while exchanging 155,667 shares, Republic Financial Holdings rallied 5 cents to $135.50, after trading 100 units, Scotiabank gained 2 cents to $59.02 after exchanging 329 stocks. Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 25 cents to $17.30, with 1,220 stock units crossing the exchange, Trinidad Cement rose 8 cents to $4 with the swapping of 1,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean finished trading 250 stock units at $16.40.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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Sterling back in ICTOP10 Wisynco out

September 4, 2021 by

Sterling Investments returns to the ICTOP10 Main Market listing as Wisynco fell out of, following earnings downgrade to $1.20 per share for the current year, with the company posting 83 cents per share for the year to June.
The highlights this past week is the increased interest in Sygnus Credit Investments that drove the price up nine percent after posting outstanding full year results during the week, and the sharp pullback in the price of Radio Jamaica, with the price ending at $3.17, down from last week’s $4.40. By early next week, Radio Jamaica should announce the amount of dividend to be paid and the date of payment.
Elsewhere, Future Energy Source, a former ICInsider.com BUY RATED stock that enjoyed strong buying interest that pushed the price to a high of $3.40, saw a sharp pullback to end the week at a more palatable $2.05.
The top three Main Market stocks are Berger Paints, with the potential to gain 273 percent, followed by JMMB Group and Guardian Holdings, with expected gains of 209 to 286 percent for the three, versus last weeks’ 214 to 273 percent.
The top three stocks in the Junior Market are Elite Diagnostic, followed by Medical Disposables and General Accident. All three have the potential to gain between 235 percent and 275 percent, compared to 217 and 283 percent last week.
This past week the average gains projected for the Junior Market rose from 191 percent to 198 percent and Main Market stocks from 168 percent to 173 percent.
The Junior Market closed the week with an average PE of 11.3 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings and currently trades well below the target of 20 and the historical average of 17 for the period to March this year based on 2020 earnings. The TOP 10 trades at a PE of 6.9, with a 39 percent discount to the PE of that market and the potential to rise 61 percent to March next year, based on an average PE of 20.
The JSE Main Market ended the week with an overall PE of 15.6, a little distance from the 19 the market ended at in March, suggesting a 22 percent rise at a PE of 19 and 28 percent at a PE of 20 from now to March 2022. The Main Market TOP 10 trades at a PE of 7.6, with a 51 percent discount to the PE of that market, well off the potential of 20.
The ICTOP10 stocks are not intended to be the best stocks in the market but are most likely to be the biggest winners within a fifteen-month period. ICInsider.com ranks stocks to filter out the bigger winners, allowing investors to focus on potentially huge winners and helping to keep out emotional attachments to stocks that often result in costly mistakes being made.
ICTOP10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns up to March 2022 and ranked in order of potential gains, based on likely increase for each company, considering the earnings and PE ratios for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate and result in weekly movements in and out of the lists. Revisions to earnings per share are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.

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T&T Stocks suffer losses

September 3, 2021 by

Market activity left fewer stocks rising than falling at the close of trading on Friday, with the market declining after trading 129 percent more shares, with 67 percent higher value than on Thursday, as the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on a holiday shortened week.

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Similar to Thursday, trading ended, with 19 securities changing hands, with four rising, 10 declining and five ending unchanged. The Composite Index dropped 1.94 points to 1,426.81, the All T&T Index declined 3.36 points to 1,923.26 and the Cross-Listed Index shed 0.06 points to settle at 125.52.
In total, 147,901 shares changed hands for $2,783,958 compared to 64,644 units at $1,671,339 on Thursday. An average of 7,784 units traded at $146,893 compared to 3,402 at $87,965 on Thursday, with trading month to date averaging 8,937 units at $149,677 versus 9,471 units at $150,967. The average trade for August amounts to 16,186 units at $226,311.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s declined 40 cents in closing at $24 after trading 200 shares, Angostura Holdings fell 53 cents to $16.57, with 3,527 units crossing the exchange, Ansa Merchant Bank fell 4 cents to $41 after trading at 584 stock units. Calypso Macro Investment Fund dropped 30 cents to end at $16.20 after exchanging 430 stocks, Clico Investment Fund advanced 80 cents to $26.80 in an exchange of 9,352 stock units, Endeavour Holdings remained at $7.01 trading 999 units. First Citizens Bank ended at $50.50 while exchanging 500 stocks, FirstCaribbean International Bank closed at $6.65, with 41,266 shares changing hands, GraceKennedy traded 26,100 stock units at $6.30. Guardian Holdings rallied 15 cents to $33 with an exchange of 28,567 shares, JMMB Group remained at $2.15 with the swapping of 13,671 stocks, Massy Holdings shed 90 cents to $82 in trading 8,455 units. National Enterprises added 1 cent in closing at $3.41 and exchanging 100 shares, National Flour Mills popped 1 cent to end at $1.82 in switching ownership of 7,198 stock units, Republic Financial Holdings shed 3 cents ending at $135.45, with 1,500 units crossing the market. Scotiabank fell 49 cents to $59 after exchanging 921 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 5 cents to end at $17.55 with the swapping of 1,050 shares, Trinidad Cement dipped 7 cents to $3.92 in trading 3,135 stock units and West Indian Tobacco declined 50 cents to  $31 in exchanging 346 units.

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TT stocks slip on Thursday

September 2, 2021 by

Market activity ended on Thursday, resulting in rising stocks being edged out by those falling, with the market index slipping after trading 80 percent fewer shares, with 63 percent less value than on Wednesday, at the close of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
The market closed with, 19 securities trading compared to 22 on Wednesday, with four stocks rising, five declining and 10 ending unchanged. The Composite Index slipped 1.49 points to 1,428.75, the All T&T Index fell 2.89 points to settle at 1,926.62 and the Cross-Listed Index was unchanged at 125.58.
A total of, 64,644 shares changed hands, for $1,671,339 compared to 323,675 units at $4,515,300 on Wednesday. An average of 3,402 units, traded at $87,965 compared to 14,713 at $205,241 on Wednesday, with trading month to date averaging 9,471 units at  $150,958. The average trade for August amounted to 16,186 units at $226,311.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Angostura Holdings traded 28 shares at $17.10  Calypso Macro Investment Fund ended at $16.50 after exchanging 1,571 stock units, Clico Investment Fund fell 80 cents to $26 in trading 18,814 units. First Citizens Bank dropped 10 cents to $50.50 in an exchange of 2,125 stocks, FirstCaribbean International Bank remained at $6.65 in exchange of 800 units, GraceKennedy finished at $6.30, with 595 stock units crossing the exchange. Guardian Holdings shed 5 cents to end at $32.85 after exchanging 8,951 stocks,
JMMB Group remained at $2.15 after 2,385 shares crossed the market, L.J. Williams B share remained at $1.35 in trading 1,450 units. Massy Holdings rose 90 cents to $82.90, with 4,062 stock units clearing the market, National Enterprises fell 20 cents in closing at $3.40 with an exchange of 517 shares, Point Lisas ended at $3.20, with 400 stocks changing hands. Prestige Holdings rallied 40 cents to $7.40 in switching ownership of 66 stock units, Republic Financial Holdings popped 3 cents to $135.48 while exchanging 811 shares, Scotiabank remained at $59.49, trading 1,051 units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 6 cents in ending at $17.60 with the swapping of 585 stocks, Trinidad Cement increased 9 cents to $3.99 after exchanging 11,543 shares, Unilever Caribbean ended at $16.40 after 7,855 stocks crossed the market and West Indian Tobacco closed $31.50, after trading 1,035 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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Change in ICTOP10 picks

August 2, 2021 by

Mid-year results are now flowing unlike anything seen in the local market in recent years. Most companies reported gains in revenues and profits, but investors’ interest seems lukewarm in the aftermath of the results, even as interest in ICTOP10 number 1 stock, Radio Jamaica (RJR) continues to be robust as more investors turn their eyes to what is a major turnaround in fortunes.
GraceKennedy reported continued strong numbers, showing improvement in revenues and profit, so too did Caribbean Cement and Berger Paints. Investors don’t seem to buy into Berger’s major change in operations and the implication for profit from the major surge in revenues. Based on the six months numbers, the company’s earnings for 2021 is upgraded to $2 per share. All three Lasco companies reported improved revenues and profit for the June Quarter, but the stocks are stuck at prerelease prices.
Investors should ignore the lukewarm response now and accumulate some of these stocks to profit from later in the year when the inevitable buying comes in for them. Access Financial reported improved results for the June quarter after reporting modest gains in lending. NCB Financial also released results but the details suggest caution, with the performance being helped by onetime income or cost reduction. Jamaica Stock Exchange reported improved June quarter numbers, but improvement is not strong enough to justify the current price the stock trades at.
Sterling Investments returns to the TOP10 Main Market listing, after replacing Scotia Group that recorded a rise in its price from last weeks’ $38.75 to $42 at the close of trading on Friday. There are no changes in or out of the Junior Market list.
The top three stocks in the Junior Market, continue, with Elite Diagnostic, followed by Caribbean Assurance Brokers and Medical Disposables, with the potential to gain between 221 percent and 287 percent compared to 237 and 291 percent, last week. The top three Main Market stocks are Radio Jamaica in the number one spot, followed by JMMB Group and Guardian Holdings, with expected gains of 184 to 296 percent, versus last weeks’ 183 to 292 percent.
This past week the average gains projected for the Junior Market, moved up from 202 percent last week, back to 207 percent and Main Market stocks moved to 173 percent from 164 percent.
The Junior Market closed the week with an average PE 13.3 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings and currently trades well below the target of 20 as well as the recent historical average of 17, for the period to March this year based on 2020 earnings.
The JSE Main Market ended the week with an overall PE of 16.4, a little distance from the 19 the market ended at in March, suggesting just a 17 percent rise at a PE of 19 and 23 percent at a PE of 20 from now to March 2022. The Main Market TOP 10 trades at a PE of 7.6 or 46 percent of the PE of that market, well off the potential of 20.
For the Junior Market to trade at the historical average, the PE Ratio would have to rise 28 percent and requires a rise of 50 percent to reach the targeted PE of 20 by March 2022. Main Market stocks would have to rise by 17 percent to hit a PE of 19 and 23 percent to get to the target of 20. The Junior Market Top 10 stocks average PE is a mere 6.7, just 50 percent of the market average, indicating substantial gains ahead.
The TOP10 stocks are not always the best stocks in the market but ones that are most likely to be the best winners within a fifteen months period. IC ranked stocks to filter out the big winners, allowing investors to focus on potentially big winners and help to keep out emotional attachments to stocks.
 IC TOP10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns up to March 2022 and ranked in order of potential gains, based on likely increase for each company, taking into account the earnings and PE ratios for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate and result in movements in and out of the lists weekly. Revisions to earnings per share are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.

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The top profit performers for 2020

May 17, 2020 by

Its earnings season for Jamaican stocks and usually most companies would have posted first-quarter results already. The Jamaica Stock Exchange has permitted companies to publish results later, due to the Coronavirus outbreak and the disruption caused to businesses.

Caribbean Flavours Derrimon’s subsidiary

Some results have been lower than for last year’s first quarter, but a number of them have posted robust increases. Outstanding results published last week were led by Grace Kennedy with a 50.6 percent spike in profit before tax, to $1.99 billion for the March quarter, while profit after tax attributable to shareholders of the group rose an impressive 47 percent, to $1.32 billion. tTech’s profit for the March quarter climbed 5,375 percent from $758,000 to $4.15 million as revenues rose a healthy 32 percent. Revenues grew 33 percent to $149 million at Caribbean Flavours while profits before tax rose 31 percent to $19 million from $14.4 million, profit after tax rose 19 percent to $14.2 million. The first-quarter profit is 45 percent of the 2019 full-year results.
Revenues at 138 Student Living climbed 29 percent to $278 million for the February quarter and 71 percent to $734 million for the half-year, with profit ending at $87 million, for earnings per share (EPS) of 21 cents for the quarter, up from a loss of $68 million in 2019. Profit for the half-year to February was $270 million, with EPS of 65 cents, up from a loss of $67 million in 2019. Profit at Eppley jumped 541 percent over the 2019 outturn of just $6 million after-tax to $40 million, with EPS of 21 cents.

Kingston Wharves profit rose 22%.

Kingston Wharves results for the quarter ended in March rose two percent to $1.9 billion, over the corresponding period in 2019 while net profit attributable to shareholders increased 22 percent or $101 million over the prior year, to $554 million. Sterling Investments reported a profit of US$4.6 million, versus a loss of US$7.2 million in the March 2019 period as a significant swing around in exchange gains pushed earnings higher for the March 2020 period.
Prior to this past week, Barita Investments reported a 25 percent rise in March quarter profit and 96 percent increase in the half-year results, profit for the first quarter at Derrimon Trading rose 34 percent to 91.6 million from a 5.5 percent rise in sales revenues, a rise of $18 million in other revenue and a drop in finance cost from $58 million to $49 million. iCreate increased revenues by 106 percent to $24.5 million for the three months to March with net Profit of $1.25 million, up from a loss of $1.48 million made in 2019. Pulse Investments profit rose 136 percent for the March quarter profit and 121 percent for the, nine months to March, Seprod profit for the March quarter increased 103 percent and Mailpac Group reported 71 percent increase in first-quarter profit

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GraceKennedy’s blowout quarter

May 15, 2020 by

GraceKennedy reported its best performance in years with substantial gains in revenues and profits for the first quarter ending March this year compared to the similar period in 2019. Still, not all segments of the group perform well in delivering increased profit.

Grace Kennedy new headquarters in downtown Kingston

Group revenues rose 11.3 percent to $28.85 billion, over $25.93 billion over the 2019 period. Profit before tax, jumped an astounding 50.6% for the period to $1.99 billion, while profit after tax attributable to shareholders of the group, rose 47 percent to $1.32 billion. Profit got a boost of $184 million goodwill gained on the acquisition of the majority shares in Key Insurance that was more than offset by impairment losses on financial assets amounting to $248 million.
Earnings per stock unit for the period was $1.33, up from 90 cents in 2019.
Revenues for the Food Trading segment rose 12 percent to $23.45 billion, while profit jumped a robust 60 percent to $1.2 billion from $752 million in 2019.  The improvement came from Jamaica and international sales, Grace indicated.
“Our Jamaican food distribution business experienced growth in both revenue and pre-tax profits, coupled with improved margins. GraceKennedy Foods (USA) LLC continues to show significantly improved performance for the three months when compared to the corresponding period of 2019. For the March quarter, sales for Grace Frozen Patties showed triple-digit growth, closing the first quarter of 2020 with a 68 percent increase in volumes compared to the corresponding period of 2019. Grace Foods UK and Grace Foods Canada also reported increased revenue for the three months when compared to the corresponding period of 2019.”
The banking and Investments segment reported modest growth in revenues to $1.54 billion from $1.49 billion in 2019 with profit falling from $163 million to just $48 million and the
The insurance segment reported an increase in revenue from $1.74 billion to $1.844 billion, with profit evaporating from $125 million to a loss of $858,000. GraceKennedy completed its acquisition of 65% of the issued shares of Key Insurance.
Money Services division saw profit rising 31 percent to $842 million from $644 million.
The company’s stock is trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange at $58 at a PE ratio of 9.4 times 2020 earnings based on IC Insider.com forecast of $6.20 and well below the average PE of market of 13.6 times 2020 earnings. Grace declared a dividend of 25 cents per share payable 15th June 2020, down from 40 cents in 2019.

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Profit up 19% at Grace for Q1

May 13, 2018 by

Group Chief Executive Officer, Don Wehby.

Grace Kennedy recorded a 5.1 percent increase in revenues to $24.9 billion and a 14.9 percent gain in net profit of $1.3 billion, for the first quarter of 2018.
Profit after minority interest, rose by a stronger 18.5 percent to $1.19 billion, resulting in earnings per share of $1.20. While revenues grew just over 5 percent, expenses climbed by a larger 6.2 percent, resulting in a fall in operating profit, to $712 million from $919 million in 2017. An increase of $277 million in other income and a cut in profit tax by $73 million were factors helping to boost the profit for the period.
Segment results show, improved results for food and trading division with operating results of $699 million versus $624 in 2017, gains for banking and Investments while insurance surged from $82 million in 2017 to $205 million in 2018 but Money transfer fell from $747 million to $664 million.
Don Wehby, Group CEO, noted that the company benefitted from performances of key business lines and new acquisitions and the strides being made in both our Foods and Financial Services segments. ”Our newest acquisitions, Consumer Brands and Gray’s Pepper Products, are a very good fit and are integrating well within the Group,” Wehby said.
The Group adopted the new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) which became effective in January, this year.

Some of Grace Kennedy’s products.

“IFRS 9 addresses the recognition, classification and measurement of financial instruments while IFRS 15 addresses the recognition of revenue from contracts with customers. The effect of adopting these standards is a reduction in shareholders’ equity at the start of the year of J$0.9 billion, however the impact on the results for the first quarter has not been material,” Frank James said.
The Grace Kennedy Financial Group (GKFG) performed creditably with good growth in revenue driven by the Insurance business while both the Insurance and the Banking and Investments segments grew in pre-tax profits. GK Insurance (Eastern Caribbean) continued its expansion into the Caribbean with operations beginning in Antigua and Barbuda in April.

First Global Bank (FGB) reported growth in pre-tax profit mainly driven by lower cost of funds and lower expenses. The Bank is focusing on expansion through satellite locations branded FG MoneyLink. Four FG MoneyLink branches are in operation in four parishes.
“We consider compliance to be a competitive advantage and we have been working closely with our partner Western Union to ensure our network meets the highest internal and regulatory standards. In the medium-term we will see positive results. We also expect additional growth to come from the new channel WU.com which allows Jamaicans to send funds to 200 countries. Jamaica was the first country in the Latin America and the Caribbean to have this facility,” Wehby said.
Grace said that the Domestic Foods business as well as that of Canada and the USA showed growth, while the UK business had mixed results with decline in sales in the UK market but strong growth buoyed by deepening market penetration in Germany, Spain, Holland and France. New listings in Publix, Save-A-Lot and Stop & Shop stores in the USA and in Walmart in Canada, have helped boost performance in the Food Trading Segment.

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More securities trade with less volume

December 19, 2017 by

Agostini’s traded at a 52 weeks’ high on Tuesday.

The number of securities trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, climbed to 18, compared to 14 on Monday. Unlike Monday, when just 1 stock advanced, trading on Tuesday threw up 4 winners 3 losers and 11 trading unchanged, with 1 closing at 52 weeks’ high and 1 at a 52 weeks’ Low.
In spite of the rise in the number of securities trading market activity ended with a mere 556,707 shares trading at a value of $4,534,786, well down from the 1,413,505 shares trading at for $8,688,584 on Monday.
The Composite Index fell 0.76 points to 1,257.20, the All T&T Index declined 1.90 points to 1,721.95 while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.05 points to close at 106.81.

Trinidad Cement closed at a 52 weeks’ low on Tuesday.

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 Agostini’s exchanged 694 shares, gaining 21 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $20.75, Angostura Holdings closed trading with just 20 shares at $15.20 after rising by 20 cents, Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent to end at $7.97, trading 275,873 shares with a value of $2,206,084 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL recovered the 30 cents it lost on Monday to close at $26.50, with 9,502 shares changing hands.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining are Grace Kennedy with a loss of 1 cent, in closing at $2.99 in exchanging 217,463 shares at a value of $649,365, Guardian Holdings lost 27 cents in closing at $17.03 with 11,600 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement lost 20 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.75 with 1,085 stock units trading.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are Clico Investments closing unchanged at $21 with 700 units trading, First Citizens closed at $32 with 8,303 units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank trading 9,000 units at $9.30, National Enterprises exchanged 1,200 units at $9.80, Prestige Holdings closed at $10.70 with 1,453 shares trading, ReadyMix traded 500 shares at $11. Republic Financial Holdings traded a mere 5 units to settle at $100, Scotiabank closed at $60 in exchanging 1,766 units, Unilever Caribbean closed at $29, trading 500 shares, West Indian Tobacco closed at $100 with 6,948 shares with a value of $688,504 trading but traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $96.99, before the close and LJ Williams B share traded 10,095 units at 70 cents.

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