Republic’s Monday’s gains reversed

November 26, 2019 by

Republic Bank

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange dropped sharply at the close on Tuesday as investors pushed back Republic Holdings down to $125 at the end along with others, including three that hit five years’ lows.
Investors exchanged 174,546 shares for $2,851,630 from an exchange of 12 securities against 15 on Monday, when 473,189 shares for $9,463,769 traded.  The big news of the day is the three for one stock split of West Indian Tobacco stock and the closing bid at $40 compared with the adjusted last traded price of $34.98, suggesting a big boost to the market indices when next it trades.
At the close of the market, the prices of 4 stocks rose, 5 declined while 3 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to drop 8.60 points to end at 1,413.37. The All T&T Index dived 19.37 points to 1,763.32, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.32 points to close at 144.13.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund rose 25 cents and ended at $24.35, after exchanging 30,000 shares, JMMB Group rose 5 cents to close at $2.30, after trading 44,106 stock units. LJ Williams B shares gained 5 cents and ended at five years record high of $1.20, with 5,000 units crossing the exchange and Sagicor Financial gained 25 cents and ended at 52 weeks high of $11, with 12,034 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Ansa Merchant Bank fell 25 cents and settled at $35.50, after exchanging 50 shares, Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 5 cents at $18.50, after trading 9,690 shares, National Enterprises shed 26 cents and ended at a 5 years’ low of $5.50, with 5,000 stock units crossing the exchange. Republic Financial dropped $4.50 to finish $125.50, with 650 units changing hands and Trinidad Cement ended trading of 4,089 shares and lost 10 cents to close at a five years’ low of  $1.80.
Firm Trades| Massy Holdings completed trading of 7,776 units at $58, Point Lisas closed at $3.60, with 2,640 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading 53,511 shares to close at $21.

Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.

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Seven stocks push TTSE higher – Monday

November 25, 2019 by

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Trading picked upon Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday with investors shaking up several stocks leaving two to close at record highs and three at 52 week’s lows.
Investors exchanged 473,189 shares for $9,463,769, from an exchange of 15 securities against 10 on Friday, when only 88,426 shares changed hands for $2,654,241.
At the close of the market, the prices of 7 stocks rose, 5 declined while 3 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to gain 7.47 points to close at 1,421.97. The All T&T Index added 5.20 points to end at 1,782.69, while the Cross Listed Index rose 1.33 points to close at 143.81.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 4 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings added 5 cents and settled at $18.55 with investors exchanging 530 shares, JMMB Group traded 17,541 shares with the price rising 5 cents to close at $2.25. National Enterprises exchanged 133,200 units and rose 16 cents to end at NCB Financial closed at a record high of $11 after gaining 15 cents in trading just 110 units. Sagicor Financial rose 6 cents and closed at a 52 week’s high of $10.75, with investors exchanging 14,213 shares, Scotiabank gained 25 cents and completed trading at $59.75, with 1,474 units and West Indian Tobacco jumped $2.69 and settled at $104.99, with 12,981 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund dropped 16 cents and ended at $24.10, with 180,880 units passing through the market, First Caribbean International Bank declined 2 cents to settle at $8.23, after exchanging 100 shares, National Flour ended trading 1,456 stock units for 5 cents less to close at a 52 week’s low of $1.35. One Caribbean Media fell 6 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.90, with 2,001 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $21 with a transfer of 99,298 shares.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings completed trading at $16.20, with investors exchanging 200 shares, First Citizens Bank swapped ownership of 470 units at $42 and Massy Holdings ended at $58, with 8,735 stock units trading.

Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.

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Main TTSE indices rise on Friday

November 22, 2019 by

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Trading fell sharply on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, just 88,426  shares changing hands for $2,654,241, from an exchange of 10 securities against 11 on Thursday, when 497,052 shares changed hands for $5,397,435.  
At the close of the market, the prices of 3 stocks rose, 3 declined while 4 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to rise 5.35 points to end at 1,414.50. The All T&T Index rose 13.07 points to 1,777.49, while the Cross Listed Index slipped 0.34 points to close at 142.48.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 7 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank rose 6 cents and ended at $42, with 1,036 stock units trading, Republic Financial concluded trading with a gain of $4.39 to close at 52 weeks’ high of $130, with 16,000 stock units trading and Scotiabank rose 15 cents and ended at $59.50, after exchanging 228 shares.
Losses| Calypso Micro Index Fund lost 15 cents in trading 400 shares to close at $15.75, National Enterprises fell 16 cents to close at $5.60, after exchanging 17,026 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $21.50 with an exchange of 5,020 shares.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund settled at $24.26, swapping of 4,236 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $18.50, with 2,213 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial ended at $10.69, in swapping 1,000 shares and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $102.30, after exchanging 500 shares

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Trading drops on TTSE – Thursday

November 22, 2019 by

Trading fell sharply on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, just 497,052 shares changing hands for $5,397,435, from exchanging 11 securities against 17 on Wednesday, when 1,505,311 shares changing hands at a value of $16,484,194.  
At the close of the market, the prices of one stock rose, 3 declined while 7 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to lose 2.57 points to close at 1,409.15. The All T&T Index shed 2.09 points to 1,764.42, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.42 points to close at 142.82.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund rose 1 cent and concluded trading of 4,200 shares at $24.26.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 2 cents and settled at $41.94, with investors exchanging 6,351 shares JMMB Group lost 15 cents and settled at $2.20, with 219,079 units crossing the exchange and Unilever Caribbean closed with a loss of 25 cents and completed trading 100 shares at $23.75.
Firm Trades| Grace Kennedy settled at $3.44, in trading 1,000 shares, Guardian Holdings ended at $18.50, with 157 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial settled at $10.85 with 116,500 stock units changing hand. Sagicor Financial closed at $10.69, in trading 7,570 stock units, Scotiabank completed trading at $59.35, after exchanging 162 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22 with an exchange of 141,470 shares and West Indian Tobacco settled at $102.30, after swapping of 463 shares.

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Increased volume on TTSE – Wednesday

November 20, 2019 by

Angostura Holdings hits a 52 weeks’ high in trading on Wednesday.

Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended with 1,505,311 shares changing hands at a value of $16,484,194, from exchanging 17 securities against 14 on Tuesday, when 515,411 shares changed hands at a value of $3,304,366.  
At the close of the market, the prices of 4 stocks rose, 4 declined while 9 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to lose 1.55 points to 1,411.72. The All T&T Index gained 2.20 points to 1,766.51, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.73 points to close at 143.24.  At the close, one stock closed at a 52 weeks’ low and two at 52 weeks’ high.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 7 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings finished trading with 18 cents and concluded at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.20, with 210 units, Clico Investment Fund closed with a gain of 1 cent and settled at $24.25, with 4,200 stock units trading, Scotiabank  rose 10 cents to end at $59.35 after exchanging 1,810 shares and LJ Williams closed with an increase of 5 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.15, after swapping of 5,000 shares.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 4 cents and completed trading at $41.96, after exchanging 3,143 shares, Massy Holdings shed 2 cents and closed at $58, with 140 units changing hands, National Enterprises dropped 4 cents and settled at $5.76, after exchanging 1,000 shares and National Flour declined 5 cents to end at a 52 weeks’  of $1.40, after swapping of 2,000 shares.
Firm Trades| Grace Kennedy settled at $3.44, in trading 91,000 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $18.50, with 128,008 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group settled at $2.35, with 123,935 units crossing the exchange. NCB Financial settled at $10.85 with 1,128,167 stock units changing hands, Point Lisas completed trading at $3.60, with investors exchanging 4,000 shares, Prestige Holdings settled at $8.40, after trading 20 shares. Republic Financial ended at $125.61, with 5,328 units crossing the exchange, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $23 with an exchange of 6,550 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $102.30, with 800 stock units changing hands.

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$350 billion revenues in sight at NCB

November 20, 2019 by

NCB Financial head office in Kingston, Jamaica.

Gross revenues at Jamaica’s largest financial entity, NCB Financial Group, could hit $350 billion in 2020 data from the 2019 full year results suggests and would represent a significant rise from total revenues of $167 billion generated in 2019.
Total revenues jumped 128 percent in the September quarter to $81.3 billion, helped by the acquisition of a majority stake in Guardian Holdings and climbed 30 percent to $166.7 billion.  Guardian also contributed $580 billion to the Group’s total assets of $1.6 trillion.
NCB produced record profit in the twelve months to September, this year with profit attributable to NCB shareholders, growing 6 percent to $29.6 billion from $27.96 billion in 2018 with growth of 21 percent from $8.8 billion in the September quarter from $7.3 billion in 2018 quarter.
More importantly, profit from ongoing operations rose marginally from $28.69 billion for the year to September 2018, to $28.73 billion in 2019 and for the quarter, it rose 12 percent from $7.98 billion in 2018 to $8.97 billion. As impressive as the numbers suggest, not all things went well for the group. It suffered a significant loss from the loan portfolio having to book $4 billion in loan loss provision up 104 percent over $1.96 billion booked in 2018.
While the focus by many investors is on profit before other comprehensive profit, a closer look indicates that profit from normal operations does not tell the full story. Total profit for the year ended at $37.5 billion, up from $21.4 billion in 2018 with earnings per share of $15 for 2019.

Advantage General branch offices in Montego Bay Jamaica


Commercial and consumer division reported a loss of $414 million, compared with a profit of $2.75 billion, as a result of credit impairment losses moving from $1.1 billion to $4.1 billion in 2019. Payment services contributed $3.6 billion to profits from $2.9 billion in 2018. Corporate banking delivered $5.2 billion to earnings in 2019 from $3.4 billion to in 2018. Treasury and correspondent banking made the most significant impact on profit for 2019 with a profit of $9.9 billion but rose just a mere 3.6 percent from $9.55 billion in 2018. The group’s investment arm profits grew 8 percent to $9.9 billion from $9.2 billion, life insurance contributed $18.7 billion, up from $9.5 billion and general insurance saw profit more than doubling to $2.33 billion from $1 billion.
Interest income in the September quarter rose 43 percent to $20.5 billion from $14 billion and 28.6 percent for the year ended September to $67 billion from $52 billion in 2018. Interest expense increased 34 percent to $6 billion in the quarter, compared to a 20 percent increase for the year to $20.5 billion. Net interest income in the year was 33 percent higher than 2018, climbing to $46.7 billion from $35 billion and 47 percent in the quarter to $14.3 billion from $9.7 billion in 2018, resulting from an increase in the local loan portfolio and the 5 months results of GHL.
Fees and commission income grew 28.6 percent in the quarter to $7 billion from $5 billion in 2018 and 20 percent for the year, to $24 billion from $20 billion. Net fees and commission income ended the year at $19 billion, after increasing 21 percent from $16 billion in the prior year, with the September 2019 quarter climbing 39 percent from $4.2 billion to $5.8 billion.
For the quarter, insurance premium income skyrocketed to $33.5 billion from $2 billion and 539 percent for the year to $61 billion from $9 billion, which was due mainly to the consolidation of GHL results. Net insurance income in the year jumped 280 percent to $14.4 billion from $3.8 billion and 334 percent in the September quarter from $1.7 billion to $7.3 billion, of which GHL contributed $7 billion. Operating expenses rose 84 percent to $22.6 billion in the quarter and increased 49 percent in the twelve months to $64.7 billion and includes was staff cost which increased 45 percent in the quarter to $10 billion from $7 million in 2018 and for the year, 35 percent from $24 billion to $32 billion.
At the end of the year, shareholders’ equity stood at $146.6 billion, customers’ deposits and other funds placed by customers with the group rose to $731 billion from 697 billion in 2018. Total assets ended the period at $ 1.6 trillion inclusive of loans and advances of $423 billion, compared to 4373 billion in 2018. Investment securities rose to $760 billion from $391 billion.

NCB Financial Montego Bay branch

The group while acquiring additional shares in GHL taking its holdings to a majority of 61.97 percent, Advantage General Insurance was sold at the end of the fourth quarter, resulting in a gain of $2.6 billion. Additionally, $3.3 billion was realised from the disposal of its associated interest in JMMB in the first quarter of the financial year.
An interim dividend of 90 cents per share will be paid on December 6 to shareholders on record on November 22.
Earnings per share came out at $3.69 for the quarter and $8.49 for the nine months and ended the financial year at $12.18, but excluding the one-time capital gains earnings per share would have been closer to $10. The stock last traded at $205 on the Jamaica Stock Exchange and at TT$10.85 on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange at 14 times 2020 estimated earnings.

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Rising stocks dominate TTSE market again

November 19, 2019 by

Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended with 515,411 shares changing hands at a value of $3,304,366, from exchanging 14 securities against 16 on Monday, when 466,784 shares changed hands valued at $4,100,222.  
At the close of the market, the prices of 5 stocks rose, one declined while 8 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to gain 0.35 points to 1,413.27. The All T&T Index rose 1.69 points to 1,764.31, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.14 points to close at 143.97.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund added 1 cent and settled at $24.24, with investors exchanging 12,337 shares, Massy Holdings advanced $3 and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $60, with 715 units changing hands, National Enterprises increased 4 cents and closed at $5.80, after exchanging 10 shares. Republic Financial advanced by 11 cents and settled at $125.61, with 2,528 units crossing the exchange and Scotiabank rose 6 cents and completed trading of 2,048 stock units at $59.25.
Losses| JMMB Group declined 15 cents and closed at $2.35, with 258,958 units crossing the exchange.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank completed trading at $42, with investors exchanging 3,349 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.44, in swapping 106,738 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $18.50, with 2,445 units crossing the exchange.  NCB Financial ended at $10.85, with 42,922 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media ended at $9.96, with investors exchanging 5,000 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $23 with an exchange of 119 shares, West Indian Tobacco settled at $102.30, with 1,400 units changing hands and LJ Williams concluded trading 50,000 units at $1.10.
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Rising TTSE stocks dominate losers

November 18, 2019 by

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended with 466,784 shares changing hands valued at $4,100,222, from t 16 securities, the same number as on Friday, when 819,993 units costing $3,979,330 changed hands.  
At the close of the market, the prices of 7 stocks rose, 3 declined with all closing at 52 weeks’ lows while 6 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to gain 3.97 points to close at 1,412.92. The All T&T Index lost 0.47 points to 1,762.62, while the Cross Listed Index rose 1.17 points to close at 144.11.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Gains|Clico Investment Fund traded 67,002 shares and rose 3 cents to close at $24.23, First Citizens Bank added 15 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $42, after swapping of 6,199 shares, JMMB Group gained 23 cents and settled at $2.50, with investors exchanging 300,000 shares. Prestige Holdings closed with a gain of 30 cents and ended at $8.40, trading 10 units, Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent and settled at $10.69, after exchanging 400 shares, Unilever Caribbean rose 50 cents and concluded trading of 25 shares at $24 and West Indian Tobacco added 2 cents and ended at $102.30, with 4,212 units changing hands,
Losses| National Flour fell 3 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.45, after exchanging 690 shares, One Caribbean Media shed 2 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.96, after trading 3,800 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost a further 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $23 with exchange 5,139 shares. The decline on Monday brings to the losses for the past three days to $3.84.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl concluded trading with 1,010 units at $54, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8.25, with 800 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $3.44, after exchanging 6,173 shares. Guardian Holdings settled at $18.50, with 2,076 units crossing the exchange, Massy Holdings closed at $57, with 100 stock units changing hands and NCB Financial completed trading at $10.85, with 69,148 stock units crossing the exchange.

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TTSE trading closed mixed – Thursday

November 14, 2019 by

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed with an exchange of 16 securities, the same as on Wednesday, leading to 161,724 shares changing hands at $1,858,686 compared to 267,659 shares trading for $5,429,159 on Wednesday.
At the close of the market, the prices of 2 stocks rose, 4 declined and 10 remained unchanged, leading with the Composite Index added 2.15 points to close at 1,412.13. The All T&T Index shed 2.17 points to 1,764.60, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.90 points to close at 143.61.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group rose 5 cents and settled at $2.25, with 51,000 units trading, NCB Financial closed with an increase of 10 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ high of $10.85, with investors exchanging 43,300 shares.
Losses| Ansa Mcal closed with a loss of 91 cents and settled at $54, with 568 units crossing the exchange, CinemaOne closed 35 cents down to an all-time low of $3.44, with 16,500 stock units changing hands. Grace Kennedy concluded trading of 16,500 units at $3.44 after losing 4 cents and Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped $1.42 in exchanging 16,506 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $25.42.
Firm Trades| Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 40 shares and closed at $15.85, Clico Investment Fund ended at $24.20, with 9,860 stock units trading, First Citizens Bank concluded trading of 5,148 units at $41.85. Guardian Holdings exchanged 4,000 shares at $18.50, National Flour ended at $1.48, with 2,736 stock units changing hands. One Caribbean Media swapped 5,000 shares ended at $9.98, Republic Financial closed at $125.50 with 1,209 units changing hands, Sagicor Financial exchanged 2,167 shares and ended at $10.68, Trinidad Cement ended at $1.90, with investors switching ownership 2,590 shares and Unilever Caribbean completed trading 1,100 shares at $23.50.

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TTSE trading back to basics – Wednesday

November 13, 2019 by

Jumping sharply with more than TT$48 million and 2 million shares, trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday activity dropped to more moderate levels on Wednesday.
The market closed with an exchange of 16 securities compared to 20 securities on Tuesday, leading to 267,659 shares changing hands with a value of $5,429,159 compared to 2,059,370 shares trading for $48,279,467 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, the prices of 6 stocks rose, 3 declined and 7 remained unchanged, leading with the Composite Index falling 0.82 points to 1,409.98. The All T&T Index gained 0.85 points to 1,766.77, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.35 points to close at 142.71.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 8 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Gains| Ansa McAl jumped 91 cents and completed trading at $54.91, after exchanging 751 shares, Clico Investment Fund rose 15 cents to end at $24.20, with investors switching the ownership of 193,955 stock units, JMMB Group traded 10,000 shares after rising 5 cents to end at $2.20. Republic Financial closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $125.50 after an increase of 49 cents with 122 units changing hands, Scotiabank gained 28 cents and completed trading of 2,249 units at $59.75 and West Indian Tobacco added 28 cents and settled at $102.28, with investors exchanging 749 shares.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank lost 25 cents to close at $8.25, with investors exchanging 2,111 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 3 cents in trading just 19 shares to close at $25.42 and Trinidad Cement fell 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.90 in swapping 11,000 shares.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank settled at $41.85, with 764 stock units trading, Grace Kennedy concluded trading of 21,000 units at $3.48, Guardian Holdings closed at $18.50, after exchanging 2,706 shares. Massy Holdings exchanged 435 shares and closed at $56.05, NCB Financial ended at $10.75, with 17,058 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial closed at $10.68, with 3,518 stock units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean completed market activity at $23.50, with investors exchanging 1,022 shares.

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