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.
Market activity, ended with 12 securities changing hands against 11 on Monday leading to 1 advancing, 1 declining and 10 remaining unchanged. The Composite Index rose 0.20 points to 1,247.10, the All T&T Index added 0.34 points to 1,728.54, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.01 points to close at 102.99.
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 3 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Trinidad Cement, the sole winner on Tuesday concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents and settled at $3.05 after exchanging 2,600 shares.
Losses| The price of West Indian Tobacco shares fell 10 cents and to $88.40, with 27 stock units changing hands.
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.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Drop in TTSE trading – Tuesday
All 3 TTSE indices rise – Monday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 377,827 shares trading valued at $3,010,056, compared to 671,355 shares on Friday valued at $5,503,531.
Market activity, ended with 11 securities changing hands against 13 on Wednesday leading to 2 advancing, 2 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. The Composite Index rose 2.54 points to 1,246.90, the All T&T Index added 0.05 points to 1,728.20, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.70 points to close at 102.98.
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 4 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group concluded trading 15 cents and settled at $1.90, with 117,000 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL added 4 cents and concluded trading at $29.05, with 5,390 units trading.
Losses| Guardian Holdings shares fell 2 cents and ended at $17.18, after exchanging 580 shares and One Caribbean Media closed with a loss of 5 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.35, with 3,780 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments concluded trading at $20.15, with 34,354 units, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8.85, after exchanging 141,310 shares, First Citizens completed trading at $35, after exchanging 70 shares, Massy Holdings settled at $47.50, with 1,517 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises ended at $9.65, with 1,353 units, Sagicor Financial concluded trading at $8, with 65,574 units and Trinidad Cement ended at $3, after exchanging 6,899 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Falling stocks dominate TTSE – Monday
Scotiabank closed at a new high of $64.2.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Monday with slightly more securities trading than on Friday but with prices falling than rising but all market indices rose.
Trading ended with 15 securities changing hands against 12 on Friday leading to 3 advancing, 7 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
The stocks that gained were mostly in the Market activity resulted in 276,320 shares at a value of $4,320,119 compared to 220,145 shares at a value of $3,003,375 changing hands, on Friday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index rose 6.34 points on Monday to 1,243.98, the All T&T Index added 1.28 points to 1,726.60, while the Cross Listed Index gained 1.58 points to close at 102.39.
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 4 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings finished trading with a rise of 70 cents to end at $17.20, after exchanging 6,500 shares, JMMB Group gained 2 cents and concluded trading at $1.75, with 6,404 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank ended trading with an increase of 24 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $64.25, after exchanging 116 shares.
Losses| Clico Investments shares fell 9 cents and ended at $20.11, with 4,160 units traded, First Citizens share fell 1 cent and settled at $34.99, after exchanging 640 shares, Massy Holdings shed 23 cents and concluded the day’s activity at $47.27, with 1,300 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings lost 95 cents and ended at $101.71, with 22,241 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading 5 cents lower at $29, with 1,850 units, Trinidad Cement concluded trading with a loss of 9 cents to end at $2.90, after exchanging 24,323 shares and Unilever Caribbean traded with a loss of 50 cents and settled at $32, after exchanging 4,644 shares .
Firm Traded| First Caribbean International Bank completed trading at $8.89, after exchanging 20,000 shares, National Flour closed at $1.75, after exchanging 900 shares, NCB Financial Group settled at $5.50, after exchanging 67,050 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.90, with 116,137 units and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $88.50, with 55 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Sagicor Financial severely undervalued
Sagicor Cayman building.
The Barbados based Sagicor Financial is seriously undervalued with the shares selling at less than a half the multiple of the Trinidad based Guardian Holdings and its Jamaican based subsidiary Sagicor Group.
Sagicor Financial continues to reap success with net income for March quarter of US$39 million against a prior year’s US$27 million. Net income attributable to shareholders was US$20 million compared to the prior year, of US$17 million, an increase of 19 percent and continues the trajectory seen since they reported a loss in 2012.
For 2018 first quarter, the group adopted two new accounting standards effective January 2018 covering Revenue from Contracts with Customers and for Financial instruments. The standards change the way that financial instruments are recognised and measured. There was no significant impact on the implementation of both standards on the net assets of the Company Sagicor reported.
Total revenue for the quarter increased 5 percent to US$297 million, against US$283 million in 2017. Revenue included a one-time gain of US$5.3 million on the acquisition of the British American insurance portfolio but net investment and other income fell to $109 million from $115 million in the similar period in 2017. Policyholders’ benefits fell 5 percent to US$132 million, compared to US$138 million for the previous year. Operating expenses increased just 2 percent to US$118 million, compared to US$115 million in 2017.
Jamaica Sagicor Group contributes more than half of Sagicor Financial profits.
Group comprehensive income dropped to US$17 million, from US$32 million for the prior year, with shareholders’ comprehensive income of US$6 million, compared to US$21 million for the prior year. The decline in comprehensive income was mainly due to marked-to-market losses on our international bond portfolio.
Total assets amounted to US$7 billion, with liabilities of US$6 billion at the end of March with Group equity of US$932 million and equity attributable to the company’s shareholders of US$623 million. The Group’s debt was US$407 million with a debt to capital ratio of 30.4 percent.
Earnings per share for the quarter amounted 6.5 cents and continues the growth enjoyed in the 2017 full year of 23.7 US cents compared to 20 cents in 2016 and puts earnings for the full year for 2018 around 30 cents. The stock trades on the exchanges in Trinidad and Barbados, closed on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange, the more liquid of the two markets at TT$7.90 and trades at a PE of an attractive 4 times earnings, well below Guardian Holdings at around 10 times earnings.
Although, the group is based in Barbados, data shows Trinidadians as the major owners with 49.6 percent with Barbadian owing around 33 percent while more than half of the profits come from Jamaica.
IC Insider.com has placed a BUY RATING on Sagicor Financial.
Stocks mostly rise on TTSE – Friday
Scotiabank closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Friday.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday with less securities trading than on Thursday but with prices ending mostly higher as 12 securities traded against 15 on Thursday leading to 7 advancing, 1 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
The stocks that gained were mostly in the Market activity resulted in 220,145 shares at a value of $3,003,375 compared to 1,076,127 shares valued at $20,874,283 changing hands, on Thursday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index rose 2.65 points on Friday to 1,237.64, the All T&T Index gained 3.04 points to 1,725.32, while the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.31 points to close at 100.81.
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 1 stock ending with a higher bid than the last selling price and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings concluded trading by rising 50 cents and settling at $16.50, after exchanging 83,904 shares, NCB Financial Group added 25 cents and concluded trading at $5.50, after exchanging 51,783 shares, Republic Financial Holdings increased 16 cents and ended at $102.66, with 2,500 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial rose 4 cents and completed trading at $7.90, with 55,672 units, 
Scotiabank gained 1 cent and settled at a 52 weeks’ high of $64.01, after exchanging 2,086 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 5 cents and completed trading at $29.05, with 601 units and Unilever Caribbean finished trading with a rise of 25 cents to $32.50, after exchanging 75 shares.
Losses| Prestige Holdings concluded trading with a loss of 14 cents and settled at $10.01, after exchanging 1,453 shares.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments completed trading at $20.20, with 18,407 units, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $8.89, after exchanging 499 shares, First Citizens concluded at $35, after exchanging 3,000 shares and National Enterprises completed trading at $9.65, with 165 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Big gains on Thursday push TTSE
Demand rises for Republic Financial Holdings
Strong gains in Guardian Holdings, Republic Financial Holdings and NCB Financial helped to push the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market indices up on Thursday as trading level rose sharply.
The movement in Guardian and NCB shares followed a report that the NCB and disgruntled minority shareholders of Guardian were to meet to have discussions in an attempt to resolve concerns about the pricing of the offer. Republic gains follows strong March quarter results and pent up demand for the stock.
The market ended trading in 15 securities against 16 on Tuesday, with 7 advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged. Market activity resulted in 1,076,127 shares valued at $20,874,283 compared to 335,799 shares at a value of $3,449,592 changing hands, on Wednesday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index jumped 8.29 points on Thursday to 1,234.99, the All T&T Index rose 5.67 points to 1,722.28, while the Cross Listed Index gained 1.50 points to close at 100.50.
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 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy closed with a gain of 5 cents and settled at $3.05, with 301,234 units traded, Guardian Holdings gained 70 cents and concluded trading t $16, after exchanging 372,650 shares, Guardian Media finished trading with a gain of 1 cent and ended at $65.06, after exchanging just 6 shares, JMMB Group finished trading after an increase by 1 cent and completed trading at $1.73, with 149,834 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group rose 20 cents and ended at $5.25, after exchanging 49,276 shares, Republic Financial Holdings finished 79 cents higher and completed trading at $102.50, with 1,209 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement rose 24 cents to $2.99, after exchanging 90 shares.
Losses| Ansa Mcal shed 23 cents and settled at 52 weeks’ low of $59, with 143 units, 
National Flour lost 5 cents, ending at $1.75, after exchanging 400 shares and Unilever Caribbean dropped $1.75 and ended at $32.25, after trading 1,810 shares.
Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant concluded market activity at $40, after exchanging 500 shares, Clico Investments settled at $20.20, with 3,678 units, First Caribbean International Bank ended trading at $8.89, after exchanging 1,250 shares, Point Lisas settled at $3.81, with 1,283 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $29, with 65,343 units and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $88.50, with 127,421 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place and are in TTSE dollars.
One stock pulled down TTSE – Wednesday
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with trading in 16 securities against 15 on Tuesday, with 3 advancing, 1 declining and 12 remaining unchanged.
The market ended with 335,799 shares at a value of $3,449,592 compared to 331,441 shares valued at $1,920,957 changing hands on Tuesday. Sagicor Financial dominated trading with 249,178 units hat accounted for 74 percent of the day’s volume.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index fell 5.15 points on Wednesday to 1,226.70, the All T&T Index fell 1.60 points to 1,716.61, while the Cross Listed Index fell 1.20 points to close at 99.
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| Guardian Holdings closed with a increase of 5 cents and settled at $15.30, after exchanging 13,626 shares, JMMB Group ended trading with 2 cents and ended at $1.72, with 3,444 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial finished 6 cents higher and completed trading at $7.86, with 249,178 units.
Losses| Ansa Mcal traded a mere 8 units with a loss of 56 cents to cloae at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.23.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings ended at $15.75, with 25 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments completed trading at $20.20, with 53,275 units, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $8.89, after exchanging 300 shares, First Citizens ended at $35, after exchanging 809 shares, LJ Williams B Share closed at 70 cents, after exchanging 3,304 shares, National Enterprises completed trading at $9.65, with 5,000 units, National Flour settled at $1.80, after exchanging 800 shares, NCB Financial Group concluded trading at $5.05, after exchanging 1,170 shares, Point Lisas completed trading at $3.81, with 100 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading at $29, with 3,475 units, Trinidad Cement settled at $2.75, after exchanging 1,200 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed at $88.50, with 85 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE close down again – Tuesday
Scotiabank traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $64.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with trading in 15 securities against 15 on Monday, with 3 advancing, 4 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market ended with units 331,441 shares valued at $1,920,957 changing hands, compared to 752,392 shares valued at $6,349,130 trading on Monday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index fell 0.06 points on Tuesday to 1,231.85, the All T&T Index rose 3.56 points to 1,718.21, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.52 points to close at 100.20.
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 3 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Massy Holdings rose 23 cents and completed trading at $47.50, with 450 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media closed with a rise of 1 cent and ended at $12.40, after exchanging 3,600 shares and Scotiabank added 76 cents and concluded trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $64, after exchanging 80 shares.
Losses|Grace Kennedy shares fell 10 cents and settled at $3, with 78,519 units, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 5 cents and completed trading at $1.70, with 110,850 stock units changing hands, LJ Williams B share shed 2 cents and ended at 70 cents, after exchanging 935 shares and NCB Financial Group lost 20 cents and ended at $5.05, after exchanging 61,199 shares.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings completed trading at $15.75, with 60 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments settled at $20.20, with 1,278 units, First Citizens ended at $35, after exchanging 10,719 shares, Guardian Holdings concluded at $15.25, after exchanging 20 shares, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading at $101.71, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial settled at $7.80, with 58,810 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29, with 3,451 units and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $88.50, with 450 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE close down again – Monday
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with trading in 15 securities against 14 on Friday, with 3 advancing, 6 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
The market ended with units 752,392 shares valued at $6,349,130 changing hands, compared to 407,729 units valued at $7,221,428 trading on Friday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index fell 6.68 points on Monday to 1,231.91, the All T&T Index fell 0.58 points to 1,714.65, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.63 points to close at 102.49. 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 6 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments rose 10 cents and settled at $20.20, with 26,073 units, Republic Financial Holdings closed with a gain of 2 cents and completed trading at $101.71, with 19,096 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial gained 5 cents to settle at $7.80, with 226,240 units trading.
Losses|First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 1 cent and concluded trading at $8.89, after exchanging 38,288 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 5 cents and settled at $3.10, with 329,493 units, Guardian Holdings shed 5 cents and concluded market activity at $15.25, after exchanging 1,250 shares, NCB Financial Group lost 25 cents and ended at $5.25, exchanging 105,440 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading 5 cents lower and settled at $29, with 1,000 units and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $88.50, with 606 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings completed trading at $15.75, with 1,300 stock units changing hands, Ansa Merchant concluded the day’s activity at $40, after exchanging 200 shares, First Citizens ended at $35, after exchanging 1,381 shares, JMMB Group completed trading at $1.75, with 275 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings concluded trading at $10.15, after with 1,500 shares and Unilever Caribbean ended at $34, after exchanging 250 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Stocks closed down on TTSE – Friday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with an exchange of 14 securities against 16 on Thursday, with 2 advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
The market ended with 407,729 units valued at $7,221,428 compared to 83,130 shares at a value of $1,588,413 trading on Thursday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index fell 3.14 points on Friday to 1,238.59, the All T&T Index fell 1.74 points to 1,715.23, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.63 points to close at 102.49. 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 5 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers, an indication of the continuation of a weak market currently.
Gains| Guardian Holdings finished 5 cents higher and settled at $15.30, after exchanging 52,314 shares and Republic Financial Holdings rose 1 cent and ended at $101.69, with 7,889 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investments shares fell 10 cents and completed trading at $20.10, with 29,890 units, JMMB Group fell 5 cents and ended at $1.75, with 77,724 stock units changing hands, Trinidad Cement shed 24 cents and settled at $2.75, after exchanging 6,892 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 95 cents and ended at $34, after exchanging 2,151 shares.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings ended at $15.75, with 20 stock units changing hands, First Citizens concluded trading at $35, after exchanging 35,019 shares, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $3.15, with 11,000 units, Massy Holdings ended at $47.27, with 48,662 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group concluded market activity at $5.50, after exchanging 76,942 shares, One Caribbean Media ended at $12.40, with 450 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial completed trading at $7.75, with 42,483 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished trading at $29.05, with 16,293 units exchanged.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
