Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with trading in 15 securities against 20 on Wednesday, with 4 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 267,128 shares valued at $3,784,239 trading, compared to 588,538 shares valued at $15,214,861 on Wednesday.
At close, the Composite Index fell 0.98 points to 1,269.23, the All T&T Index closed with a loss of 1.27 points to 1,699.92, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.09 points to close at 113.16.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Thursday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa Mcal finished trading with a gain of 1 cent and ended at $60, with 1,000 units, Guardian Holdings finished trading after an increase of 1 cent and completed trading at $16.01, after exchanging 23,924 shares, Sagicor Financial rose 2 cents to end at $7.84, with 4,566 units and Unilever Caribbean closed with a rise of 1 cent and ended at $30.36, with 100 units changing hands.
Losses| First Citizens shed 31 cents and settled at $32.19, after exchanging 355 shares and JMMB Group lost 2 cents and concluded trading at $1.95, with 96,595 stock units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments ended at $20.10, with 64,802 units, First Caribbean international Bank completed trading at $9.30, after exchanging 1,927 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.34, with 20,000 units, LJ Williams B share settled at 75 cents, after exchanging 6,314 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $47.44, with 1,026 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group settled at $6.53, after exchanging 9,895 shares, Scotiabank completed trading at $62.50, after exchanging 16,318 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $28, after the trading of 20,156 shares and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $88.50, after 150 shares changed hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Another day of 20 stocks traded on TTSE – Thursday
20 securities trade on TTSE – Wednesday
First Citizens closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with trading in 20 securities against 16 on Tuesday, with 6 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 588,538 shares valued at $15,214,861 trading, compared to 443,163 shares valued at $9,904,481 on Tuesday.
At close, the Composite Index rose 1.85 points to 1,270.21, the All T&T Index closed with a gain of 3.51 points to 1,701.19, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.01 points to close at 113.43. At the close 2 securities closed at a 52 weeks’ high and 3 at a 52 weeks’ low.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Wednesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s finished trading with a rise of 46 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $21.01, after exchanging 2,457 shares, Angostura Holdings increased 1 cent and settled at $15.71, with 205,260 stock units changing hands, First Citizens ended trading with 31 cents gain at a 52 weeks’ high of $32.50, after exchanging 12,493 shares, Prestige Holdings finished 4 cents higher at $10.05, after 35,783 shares were traded, Scotiabank rose by 50 cents and ended at $62.50, after exchanging 88,670 shares and Unilever Caribbean added 5 cents and concluded trading at $30.35, with 2,523 units changing hands.
Losses| Ansa Mcal closed with a loss of 1 cent at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.99, after trading 2,460 units, Guardian Holdings fell 1 cent and ended at $16, after exchanging 7,590 shares, Massy Holdings shed 5 cents to settle at $47.44, with 1,793 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media lost 2 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.45, with 5,995 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement ended trading 1 cent lower at a 52 weeks’ low of $3, with 11,725 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant Bank ended trading at $40, after exchanging 17,930 shares, Clico Investments concluded at $20.10, with 5,743 units, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $9.30, after exchanging 88,598 shares, JMMB Group settled at $1.97, with 3,352 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group completed trading at $6.53, after exchanging 21,000 shares. Republic Financial Holdings settled at $101.52, with 13,819 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial concluded at $7.82, with 20,629 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL completed trading at $28, after exchanging 30,965 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $88.50, after exchanging 9,753 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
8 securities fall on TTSE – Tuesday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange activity on the on Tuesday with 16 securities trading compared to 10 on Monday as the market closed with 443,163 shares valued at $9,904,481 trading, versus 403,022 units valued at $11,039,167 on Monday.
The market closed with the prices of 3 stocks rising, 8 declining and 5 remaining unchanged. At close, the Composite Index slipped 0.47 points on Tuesday to 1,268.36, the All T&T Index closed with a gain of 0.22 points to 1,697.48, while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.16 points to close at 113.26.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Tuesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens gained 2 cents rise and closed at $32.19, after exchanging 2,830 shares, Guardian Holdings added 1 cent and settled at $16.01, after exchanging 12,719 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 25 cents and concluded trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $28, after 18,222 shares changed hands.
Losses| Ansa Mcal traded with a loss of 5 cents at $60, with 74,476 units, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 1 cent and completed trading at $3.34, with 1,000 units, JMMB Group fell 1 cent and ended at $1.97, with 62,448 stock units changing hands, LJ Williams A Share shed 2 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ low of 20 cents, after exchanging 41,000 shares, Massy Holdings lost 1 cent and ended at $47.49, with 15,756 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group ended trading 4 cents lower at $6.53, after exchanging 76,228 shares, Sagicor Financial concluded trading with a loss of 3 cents and completed trading at $7.82, with 3,146 units and Scotiabank traded with a loss of 1 cent and settled at $62, in an exchange of 28,028 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments completed trading at $20.10, with 16,760 units, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $9.30, after exchanging 86,000 shares, Point Lisas completed trading at $3.81, with 100 units, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $101.52, with 3,400 stock units changing hands, Trinidad Cement ended at $3.01, with 1,000 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco settled at $88.50, after exchanging 50 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Only 10 securities trade on TTSE – Monday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday ended with 10 securities trading as oppose to 16 on Friday.
The market closed with 403,022 shares valued at $11,039,167 trading, compared to 200,883 shares valued at $1,445,272 on Friday. The prices of 4 stocks rose, 3 declined and 3 remained unchanged. The Composite Index rose 1.44 points on Monday to 1,268.83, the All T&T Index closed with a gain of 2.55 points to 1,697.26, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.04 points to close at 113.42.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Monday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| First Caribbean International Bank closed with an increase of 2 cents and completed trading at $9.30, after exchanging 127,455 shares, Guardian Holdings ended trading with a rise of 50 cents to $16, after exchanging 13,000 shares, 
Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished trading 10 cents higher and settled at $27.75, after exchanging 5,563 shares and Unilever Caribbean rose 30 cents and ended at $30.30, with 480 units changing hands.
Losses| Ansa Mcal shed 95 cents and ended at $60.05, with 50,334 units, First Citizens lost 3 cents and settled at $32.17, after exchanging 1,615 shares and JMMB Group ended trading 2 cents lower at $1.98, with 134,136 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Republic Financial Holdings concluded market activity at $101.52, with 610 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank completed trading at $62.01, after exchanging 3,949 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed at $88.50, after exchanging 65,880 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
4 up 2 down on TTSE on Friday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday ended with 16 securities trading the number as on Thursday. The market closed with 200,883 shares valued at $1,445,272 trading, compared to 501,264 shares valued at $7,417,872 on Thursday.
The market closed with the prices of 4 stocks rising, 2 declining and 10 remaining unchanged. At close, the Composite Index fell 41 points on Friday to 1,267.39, the All T&T Index closed with a fall 0.07 points to 1,694.71, while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.10 points to close at 113.38.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Friday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens added 4 cents and closed at $32.20, trading 627 shares, Grace Kennedy price increased 1 cent and completed trading at $3.35, with 61,893 units, Scotiabank rose 5 cents and settled at $62.01, trading 546 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a gain of 14 cents at $27.65, trading 2,961 shares.
Losses| Guardian Holdings fell 15 cents and settled at $15.50, trading 1,599 shares and National Flour lost 1 cent and closed at $1.82, trading 8,176 shares. Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant closed at $40, trading 503 shares, Clico Investments completed trading at $20.10, with 7,597 units, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $9.28, trading 5,823 shares, JMMB Group ended at $2, with 10,100 stock units changing hands LJ Williams B share concluded market activity at 75 cents, trading 20,000 shares. Massy Holdings ended at $47.50, with 3,301 stock units changing hands Prestige Holdings settled at $10.01, trading 1,300 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.85, with 75,657 units, Trinidad Cement closed at $3.01, with 400 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco settled at $88.50, trading 400 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE index close down on Wednesday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday ended with 19 securities trading up from 16 on Tuesday. The market closed with 537,535 shares valued at $2,193,469 trading, compared to 588,618 shares valued at $6,075,902 on Tuesday.
The market closed with the prices of 5 stocks rising, 5 declining and 9 remaining unchanged. At close, the Composite Index fell 2.50 points on Wednesday to 1,269.21, the All T&T Index closed with a fall 3.72 points to 1,698.54, while the Cross Listed Index losing 0.17 points to close at 113.34.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Wednesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Angostura Holdings rose on the TTSE..
Gains| Angostura Holdings rose 3 cents and ended at $15.70, with 700 stock units changing hands, Ansa Mcal gained $1 to end at $61, with 218 units trading, Clico Investments closed with a gain of 9 cents at $20.10, with 5,230 units, Republic Financial Holdings gained 1 cent and ended at $101.52, with 1,445 stock units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean finished trading with 50 cents and completed at $30, with 334 units changing hands.
Losses| Calypso Marco Index Fund fell 92 cents in trading just 20 units to close at 52 weeks’ low of $20.48, First Caribbean International Bank shed 2 cents and settled at $9.28, trading 120 shares, First Citizens lost 5 cents and concluded at $32.15, trading 2,010 shares, Guardian Holdings ended trading 85 cents lower and settled at $15.65, trading 1,000 shares and
One Caribbean Media ended trading with a loss of 1 cent to a 52 weeks’ low of $12.47, with 10,000 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Grace Kennedy completed trading at $3.35, with 260,847 units, JMMB Group ended at $2, with 227,835 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings ended at $47.50, with 2,344 stock units changing hands, National Flour settled at $1.83, trading 364 shares, NCB Financial Group concluded at $6.53, trading 41 shares. Point Lisas completed market activity at $3.81, with 1,090 units, Sagicor Financial closed trading at $7.85, with 21,683 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $27.50, after trading 1,899 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed at $88.55, trading 375 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
No losses on TTSE on Monday
Market activity picked up on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday with 11 securities trading from just 12 on Friday with no security losing. The market closed with 814,429 shares valued at $6,075,902 trading, compared to 240,391 shares valued at $3,651,230 on Friday.
The market closed with the prices of 5 stocks rising, none declining and 6 remaining unchanged. At close, the Composite Index rose 1.15 points on Monday to 1,271.36, the All T&T Index closed with a rise of 0.47 points to 1,700.79, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.25 points to close at 113.62.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Monday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments rose 11 cents and settled at $20.01, with 155,760 units, JMMB Group finished trading with a gain of 1 cent at $2, with 22,922 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group gained 2 cents and ended at $6.55, trading 2,120 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with an increase of 1 cent at $27.28, trading 18,930 shares and Unilever Caribbean finished 50 cents higher and settled at $29.50, with 348 units.
Losses|There were no stocks closing with a loss on Monday. 
Firm Traded| First Citizens ended at $32.11, trading 2,850 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.35, with 593,796 units, National Flour ended at $1.86, trading 2,097 shares, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading at $101.51, with 1,600 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial settled at $7.83, with 13,906 units trading and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $88.55 with 100 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
50% premium for JMMB shares on TTSE
JMMB Group closed on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday at $1.91, around J$36, a huge premium of approximately 50 percent to the price in Jamaica of $25. At the close, there was no stock on offer, the bid ended at $1.91 to buy 70,000 units.
Demand for the stock is flowing from a strong 39 percent rise in the investment house third quarter profits to December last year.
Market activity, closed with a mere 318,277 shares valued at $4,465,418 trading, compared to 1,126,271 units with a valued of $14,736,676 on Monday.
The market closed with 5 stocks rising, 3 declining and 8 remaining unchanged with trading in 16 securities against 12 on Monday. At close the Composite Index rose 1.09 points on Tuesday to 1,268.56, the All T&T Indexadded 0.23 points to 1,699.65, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.27 points to close at 113.01.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Monday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens rose 1 cent and settled at $32.12, trading 2,425 shares, JMMB Group closed with a gain of 6 cents and concluded market activities at $1.91, with 30,000 stock units changing hands. National Enterprises gained 2 cents and ended at $9.67, with 43,089 units changing hands, Prestige Holdings finished trading with a gain of 1 cent to $10.01, in exchanging 5,000 shares and Sagicor Financial rose 1 cent and ended at $7.83, with 10,833 units.
Losses| Republic Financial Holdings fell 2 cents and concluded trading at $101.50, with 12,547 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL share fell 1 cent and settled at $27.11, trading 3,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean shed 1 cent and ended at $29, with 18,629 units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings concluded trading at $15.67, with 3,000 stock units changing hands, Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with 4,225 units, Clico Investments closed at $20, with 5,664 units, First Caribbean International Bank completed market activities at $9.30, trading 121,000 shares, Guardian Holdings ended at $16.50, exchanging 1,300 shares. LJ Williams B share settled at 75 cents, after trading 4,065 units, National Flour closed at $1.86, trading 6,227 shares and NCB Financial Group settled at $6.53, with 47,273 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE suffers fall in indices – Monday
Guardian Group fell 50 cents as NCB Financial offer to buy up 62% of the Insurance group lapses.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with trading in 12 securities against 17 on Friday, The market closed with 1 stock rising, 2 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market the, Composite Index shed 1.24 points on Monday to 1,267.47, the All T&T Indexfell 2.15 points to 1,699.42, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.04 points lower to close at 112.74.
Trading ended with 283,184 shares at a value of $14,736,676, compared to 1,126,271 shares at a value of $14,736,676.
IC bid-offer Indicator| IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Friday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 2 cents and ended at $27.12, trading 12,050 shares.
Losses| Guardian Holdings shares fell 50 cents in concluding trading at $16.50, with 409 shares as the NCB Financial offer to buy majority shares in the group lapsed and One Caribbean Media closed with a loss of 2 cents at $12.48, after 250 stock units changed hands.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments settled at $20, with 12,755 units, First Caribbean International Bank concluded trading at $9.30, with 62,574 shares changing hands, First Citizens ended at $32.11, exchanging 3,363 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.35, with 15,000 units, LJ Williams A share closed at 22 cents, trading 10,273 shares. Massy Holdings ended at $47.30, with 3,390 stock units changing hands. National Enterprises settled at $9.65, with 179 units, NCB Financial Group ended at $6.53, trading 168,678 shares, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading at $101.52, with 150 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank concluded market activity at $61.76, trading 4,386 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Minority owners disrupt NCB’s Guardian offer
NCB Financial Group has advised that the offer to acquire up to 62 percent of Guardian Holdings shares lapsed due to failure for condition 2.4.5 of the Offer.
The conditions in summary stipulates that the conclusion of the offer is subject to there being no action instituted or threatened or investigation by government or its bodies or legal action that may delay the completion of the offer or make it illegal.
At the end of Friday 23rd February, there are terms and conditions of the Offer which remain outstanding a release from NCB stated, as such and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Industry (Take-Over) By-Laws, 2005 the Offer lapsed.
The latest tally of offers received showed 535 Guardian shareholders tendered approximately 91,743,975 shares which, together with the NCB existing shareholding, represents approximately 70.24% of the outstanding GHL Shares. No shares deposited have been taken up by the Offeror.
NCB future states that the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission has decided to convene a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, 2012 in respect of the facts and circumstances surrounding the Offeror’s equity interest in GHL and the issuance of the Offer Circular.
