Stocks ended with mostly gains on Thursday at the close of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange, resulting from trading of 21 securities compared with 20 on Wednesday and ending with prices of six rising, two declining and 13 ending firm, following a 120 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded, valued 47 percent more than on Wednesday
The market closed with trading of 248,215 shares for $1,511,364 up from 112,940 stocks at $1,030,970 on Wednesday.
An average of 11,820 shares were traded at $71,970, well above the 5,647 stock units for $51,548 on Wednesday, with trading month to date averaging 17,539 shares at $126,349 compared to 18,804 units at $138,367 on the previous day and an average for April of 16,843 shares at $114,481.
The Composite Index increased 2.49 points to settle at 1,035.48, the All T&T Index rallied 1.94 points to wrap up trading at 1,512.62, the SME Index remained unchanged at 91.85 and the Cross-Listed Index popped 0.43 points to close at 73.47.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows none ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and five with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s remained at $67.25 with traders dealing in 36 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $14.80 after an exchange of 500 stocks, Ansa McAl ended at $48 after 50 shares passed through the market.
Ansa Merchant Bank remained at $39.50 in an exchange of just one stock unit, Calypso Macro Investment Fund sank 15 cents to end at $24.75 with 10 units crossing the market, CIBC Caribbean Bank rose 9 cents to close at $8.10 with an exchange of 315 shares. First Citizens Group popped 28 cents to end at 42.46, with 1,254 stocks changing hands, GraceKennedy rose 25 cents to finish at $4 with a transfer of 25 stocks, Guardian Holdings ended at $16.75 with investors swapping 854 units. Guardian Media remained at $1 after an exchange of 25 shares, JMMB Group ended at $1.15 with investors dealing in 83,000 stock units, Massy Holdings skidded 10 cents to close at $3.90 in switching ownership of 75,353 units. National Enterprises popped 5 cents to $2.50 with investors trading 200 stocks, NCB Financial remained at $2.39 after a transfer of just one share, Prestige Holdings remained at $10.65 with 991 stocks crossing the market. Republic Financial rallied $1.55 to end at $112.20 in an exchange of 5,959 units, Scotiabank ended at $50 after the trading of 1,977 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $3.32 with 65,977 shares clearing the market. Trinidad Cement increased 15 cents and ended at $2.15 in trading 5,536 stock units, Unilever Caribbean remained at $12.68 after 101 units crossed the exchange and West Indian Tobacco ended at $5.21 with investors trading 6,050 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 5,328,869 shares traded for $25,786,180, well below 10,672,736 stock units at $117,194,035 on Tuesday.
The JSE Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.5. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
The market closed with trading of 112,940 shares for $1,030,970, down from 315,181 stock units at $3,526,365 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, Agostini’s closed at $67.25 with trading of 220 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $14.80, with 52 stock units clearing the market, Ansa McAl remained at $48 as investors exchanged 52 shares. Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $39.50 after 12 stock units crossed the market, CIBC Caribbean Bank shed 9 cents to finish at $8.01 with 930 units crossing the exchange, Endeavour Holdings remained at $18 with a transfer of 33 stocks. First Citizens Group slipped 19 cents to $42.18 after an exchange of 8,117 units, GraceKennedy skidded 25 cents to end at $3.75 with investors trading 5,588 shares, Guardian Holdings gained 5 cents in closing at $16.75 with 403 stock units crossing the market. Guardian Media ended at $1 in trading 22 shares, JMMB Group remained at $1.15 and closed with an exchange of 24,190 stocks, Massy Holdings rose 5 cents to close at $4 with traders dealing in 1,771 stock units.
The market closed with 10,672,736 shares trading for $117,194,035, well above the 6,032,256 stocks changing hands at $33,850,972 on Monday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.6. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
The market closed with trading of 315,181 shares for $3,526,365, down sharply from 982,432 stock units at $6,238,336 on Monday.
CIBC Caribbean Bank closed at $8.10 with investors trading 150 stocks, Eric Solis Marketing rose 20 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.20 with 22 units crossing the market, First Citizens Group skidded 63 cents to close at $42.37 with a transfer of 1,092 shares. GraceKennedy climbed 13 cents to $4 with investors swapping 35 units, Guardian Holdings sank 5 cents and ended at $16.70 with 9,597 stock crossing the exchange, Massy Holdings remained at $3.95 in trading 172,421 stock units. National Enterprises remained at $2.45 with 20,100 shares crossing the market, National Flour Mills ended at $1.60 in switching ownership of 5,000 stocks, NCB Financial remained at $2.39 after an exchange of just one stock unit. Prestige Holdings declined 9 cents to $10.81 with 64 stock units clearing the market,
The market closed with 6,032,256 shares exchanged for $33,850,972, lower than the 6,354,185 stock units at $108,084,361 on Friday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.6. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
The market closed with trading of 982,432 shares for $6,238,336 compared to 151,074 stock units at $818,323 on Friday.
An average of 44,656 shares were traded at $283,561, up from 8,393 units at $45,462 on Friday, with trading month to date averaging 23,829 shares at $150,666 well above the 10,737 units at $67,126 on the previous day and an average for April of 16,843 shares at $114,481.
The Composite Index fell 0.16 points to close at 1,044.56, the All T&T Index declined 2.29 points to end at 1,526.81, the SME Index remained unchanged at 91.85 and the Cross-Listed Index popped 0.30 points to end at 73.97.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s dipped 21 cents to finish at $67.04 with 147 shares clearing the market, Angostura Holdings remained at $14.80 with investors dealing in 37 stocks, Ansa McAl fell $2 to $48 with a transfer of 84 shares.
Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $39.50 with 30 stocks changing hands, Calypso Macro Investment Fund shed 5 cents in closing at $24.90 after an exchange of 10 units, CIBC Caribbean Bank lost 3 cents to close at $8.10 with 887 stocks crossing the market. Endeavour Holdings ended at $18 after an exchanging of 133 stock units, First Citizens Group popped $1 to $43 with 381 shares changing hands, Guardian Holdings rose 5 cents in closing at $16.75 after a transfer of 38,610 stock units. Guardian Media increased 4 cents to close at $1 with investors trading 40 shares, JMMB Group gained 5 cents and ended at $1.15 after closing with trading in 17,406 stock units, Massy Holdings skidded 5 cents to finish at $3.95 after an exchange of 850,633 stocks. National Enterprises rose 2 cents and ended at $2.45 as investors exchanged 19,253 units, National Flour Mills rallied 4 cents to $1.60 after 25 stocks passed through the market. NCB Financial remained at $2.39 with traders dealing in 5 units. One Caribbean Media ended at $2.69 with 984 shares crossing the market,
The market closed with 6,354,185 shares trading for $108,084,361 compared with 14,473,698 stock units at $72,415,760 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 109,555 shares for $1,863,523 in comparison with 263,158 stocks at $1,316,650 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 184,318 stock units at $1,597,346 compared with April that ended with an average of 1,417,136 stocks at $6,010,754.
Transjamaican Highway was the leading traded stock with 2.81 million shares for 44.2 percent of total volume, followed by Massy Holdings which ended with 991,704 units for 15.6 percent of the day’s trade and Sygnus Credit Investments with 423,982 stocks for 6.7 percent of the volume traded.
At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.6. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
At the close of the market AS Bryden increased $2.54 to close at $33 in an exchange of 1,025 shares, Berger Paints climbed 99 cents to $7.85 with trading in 100 stocks, Caribbean Cement rose $3.52 and ended at $86.49 in swapping ownership of 2,834 units. Guardian Holdings rose $2 to finish at $347 with 1,157 stocks being traded, Jamaica Broilers popped $3 to end at $31 with an exchange of 70,802 stock units, Jamaica Producers rallied $1 in closing at $23.50 after trading of 1,004 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange sank 45 cents to $12.50 and closed with an exchange of 4,072 stock units, Kingston Wharves advanced 65 cents to close at $28.40 with investors trading 150 units, Margaritaville lost $4 to finish at $11 after 1,196 stocks passed through the market. Massy Holdings dropped $1.10 and ended at $78.40 with investors trading 991,704 shares, NCB Financial rose $1.98 in closing at $47 with 7,685 stock units crossing the market, Pan Jamaica fell $1.90 to end at $53 with investors swapping 10,087 stocks.
The market closed with the trading of 151,074 shares for $818,323 compared to 224,736 stock units at $1,530,432 on Thursday.
At the close, Agostini’s dipped 75 cents to $67.25 with a transfer of 29 shares, Angostura Holdings closed at $14.80 after investors exchanged 349 units, Ansa McAl remained at $50 after 398 shares passed through the market. Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $39.50 after an exchange of 31 stocks, Endeavour Holdings ended at $18 with investors dealing in 500 stocks, First Citizens Group closed at $42 in an exchange of 437 shares. GraceKennedy remained at $3.87 with 155 stocks crossing the market, Guardian Media sank 4 cents to finish at 96 cents after an exchange of 20,427 units, Massy Holdings remained at $4 after trading of 14,930 stock units. National Enterprises declined 7 cents in closing at $2.43 with 25,941 shares crossing the exchange, National Flour Mills shed 4 cents to close at $1.56 after a transfer of 63,473 units,
The market closed with 14,473,698 shares trading worth $72,415,760, down from 20,922,408 stock units at $136,737,004 on Wednesday.
At the close, AS Bryden increased $1.71 and ended at $30.46 with 17,302 shares crossing the market, Caribbean Cement fell $3.03 to $82.97 in an exchange of 2,471 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund popped 62 cents in closing at $39.45 with 8 shares changing hands. General Accident rallied 58 cents to end at $5.38 and closed with an exchange of 3,611 stocks, Guardian Holdings shed $4.99 in closing at $345, with investors trading 39 units, Jamaica Broilers sank $1 to finish at $28 after 39,712 shares passed through the market. Jamaica Producers slipped $2.40 to $22.50 with investors dealing in 33,001 units, JMMB Group sank 78 cents and ended at $21.87 with 5,836 stocks crossing the exchange, Kingston Wharves skidded 73 cents to finish at $27.75 with investors trading 31,919 stock units.