Market activity ended on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 91 percent more and the value 575 percent more than on Monday and ending, with trading of 18 securities compared to 17 on Monday, with nine rising, three declining and six remaining unchanged.
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The Composite Index dropped 5.36 points to 1,367.29, the All T&T Index gained 1.90 points to close at 2,028.54 and the Cross-Listed Index fell 1.84 points to end at 92.35.
A total of 671,503 shares traded for $11,519,493 up from 351,922 units at $1,705,594 on Monday. Trading averaged 37,306 units at $639,972 compared to 20,701 shares at $100,329 on Monday, with the month to date averaging 41,617 units at $283,223 versus 42,068 units at $245,899 on the previous trading day. July closed with an average trade of 28,304 units at $283,023.
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At the close, Agostini’s shed 5 cents in ending at $45.50 after exchanging 713 shares, Angostura Holdings ended unchanged at $26.25 in switching ownership of 2,061 stock units, Ansa McAl increased 99 cents to $57.99 with the swapping of 680 units. Ansa Merchant Bank finished at $42.12 while exchanging 2,000 stocks, Clico Investment Fund climbed 30 cents in closing at $28.90 after finishing trading 115,153 stock units, First Citizens Group advanced 15 cents to $49.50 with 2,620 shares clearing the market. FirstCaribbean International Bank lost 49 cents to end at $5.01 with 28,094 stocks crossing the market, GraceKennedy popped 9 cents at $5.40 after 10,002 units passed through the exchange, Guardian Media remained at $3.10 trading two stock units. 
JMMB Group added 1 cent to close at $2.31 in exchanging 244,003 units, Massy Holdings fell 28 cents to close at $4.51, with 41,527 stocks changing hands, National Enterprises rose 3 cents to $3.28 in an exchange of 60,922 shares. Republic Financial Holdings finished at $141, with 5,212 stocks crossing the market, Scotiabank rallied $1.19 to $78 after trading 45,051 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 25 cents to $21.75 with an exchange of 60,207 units. Trinidad Cement climbed 5 cents to $3.65 in exchanging 3,525 shares, Unilever Caribbean remained at $12.50 in trading 650 units and West Indian Tobacco ended unchanged at $23.45, with 49,081 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Overall, 7,396,135 shares were exchanged for $31,788,226 versus 4,959,941 units at $65,424,573 on Friday. Trading averaged 125,358 units at $538,783 compared to 88,570 shares at $1,168,2961 on Friday and month to date, an average of 165,265 units at $1,157,389, compared to 169,983 units at $1,230,531 on the previous trading day. July averaged 173,643 units at $1,683,017.
At the close, Barita Investments fell 98 cents to $86.30 after exchanging 3,282 shares, Caribbean Cement dropped $2.70 to close at $59.80 after an exchange of 8,073 shares, Eppley jumped $1.32 in closing at $39.39, with 313 stocks crossing the market. First Rock traded 24,359 shares after rising 55 cents to $12.45. GraceKennedy dropped $3.25 to end at $95.50, with 23,610 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings fell $1 to close at $505 after trading 292 stock units, Jamaica Broilers rose 35 cents to $29 after exchanging 5,664 stocks. Jamaica Producers fell 60 cents in closing at $20.15, with an exchange of 1,365 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange fell $2.26 to $16.70 after an exchange of 3,389 shares, Massy Holdings shed $1.10 in ending at $89, with 2,130 units crossing the exchange, Margaritaville climbed $2.20 to $24.20, with just two stocks changing hands. Mayberry Jamaican Equities fell 40 cents to close at $14.10 after trading 11,321 stock units. MPC Carib Energy fell $13.17 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $71.83 after trading 185 shares, NCB Financial lost $2 to end at $94 with an exchange of 92,031 shares, PanJam Investment shed $3 in closing at $61 in an exchange of 8,350 units. 
Portland JSX jumped $2.49 to $11 in switching ownership of a mere four stocks, Scotia Group popped $2.43 to end at $36.50 with the swapping of 327 stock units, Seprod rose $1.92 to $69.99, with 4,631 stocks crossing the market, Supreme Ventures climbed $1.38 to close at $28.53 in exchanging 16,826 shares and Wisynco dropped $1.52 in closing at $10.21, in trading 87,422 stocks.
Investors exchanged 138,969 shares for US$22,959 versus 983,310 units at US$145,667 on Friday. The average trade on Monday was 13,897 units at US$2,296, down from 81,943 shares at US$12,139 on Friday, with a month to date average of 34,822 shares at US$6,022 versus 37,284 units at US$6,460 the previous day. July ended with an average of 49,665 units for US$3,449.
Sterling Investments rallied 0.05 of a cent to 2.05 US cents, with 5,400 stock units crossing the exchange, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share remained at 11.2 US cents, with 7,100 stocks crossing the market. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share dropped 1.85 cents to 10.65 US cents with the swapping of 1,000 units and Transjamaican Highway shed 0.11 of a cent to end at 0.86 of one US cent, with 3,000 shares crossing the market.
The Composite Index climbed 9.59 points to 1,372.65, the All T&T Index rose 4.29 points to 2,026.64 and the Cross-Listed Index popped 2.14 points to close at 94.19.
L.J. Williams B share dropped 14 cents to $2.01 trading ten stocks, Massy Holdings rallied 1 cent in closing at $4.79 with the swapping of 11,993 units, National Enterprises gained 1 cent to end at $3.25, with 219,493 units changing hands. One Caribbean Media rose 9 cents to close at $4.09 after exchanging 350 stock units, Prestige Holdings declined 24 cents to close at $6.75, with 67 shares clearing the market, Republic Financial Holdings remained at $141 after exchanging 200 stocks. Scotiabank popped $1.81 to $76.81 after 2,089 stock units crossed the exchange, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 3 cents to $21.50 in trading 8,146 shares, Trinidad Cement ended unchanged at $3.60 with 361 units changing hands, Unilever Caribbean ended unchanged at $12.50 with an exchange of 489 stocks and West Indian Tobacco gained 1 cent to close at $23.45 while exchanging 11,373 shares.
Investors reacted the first chance they had and drove the prices of both stocks higher on Friday.
The Main Market ended the week with 138 Student Living jumping 23 percent to $5 and is likely to rise further, with the company posting solid results after the market closed, with earnings of 21 cents for the June quarter and 58 cents per share for the nine months to June. Berger Paints rose 8 percent to $11.93, VM Investments popped 4 percent to $5.20 and Guardian Holdings reversed most of the previous week’s gain by dropping a sharp 22 percent from $650 to $506.
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Overall, 983,310 shares traded for US$145,667, up from 703,183 units at US$76,534 on Thursday. Trading averaged 81,943 units at US$12,139 compared to 58,599 shares at US$6,378 on Thursday, with month to date average of 37,284 shares at US$6,460 versus 29,943 units at US$5,526 on the preceding day. July ended with an average of 49,665 units for US$3,449.
Sygnus Credit Investments USD share fell 0.8 cents to end at 11.2 US cents with 4,000 stocks changing hands. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share increased 1.89 cents ending at 12.5 US cents, with 46 shares crossing the market and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.1 of a cent to close at 0.97 US cents with an exchange of 294,151 units.
Overall, 4,959,941 shares were exchanged for $65,424,573 versus 3,472,392 units at $25,553,670 on Thursday. Trading averages 88,570 units at $1,168,296, compared to 65,517 shares at $482,145 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 169,983 units at $1,230,531, compared to 180,275 units at $1,238,398 on the previous trading day. July closed with an average of 173,643 units at $1,683,017.
At the close, Caribbean Producers popped 42 cents to $14.02 after trading 20,482 stocks. Eppley increased $1.28 to close at $39.93, with 75 stock units changing hands. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell $4.50 to end at $38.40 with the swapping of 300 stocks, First Rock Real Estate lost 40 cents in ending at $12.05 after trading 5,075 shares, Guardian Holdings surged $64.96 to $569.99 after exchanging 352 stocks.Massy Holdings lost $2.70 in closing at $87, with 1,178 stock units crossing the exchange. Mayberry Investments climbed 65 cents to close at $9.99 in exchanging 99 stocks, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 22 cents in closing at $13.88 in trading 104,177 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy lost 50 cents in ending at $84.50 while exchanging 321 stock units. NCB Financial rose $1.50 to end at $95 in trading 236,805 shares, Palace Amusement dropped $30 to $760 with an exchange of 10 stocks, PanJam Investment shed 50 cents to end at $60 in switching ownership of 5,628 stock units, Seprod climbed $3.37 in closing at $71.44 in an exchange of 97,364 units and Stanley Motta popped 50 cents to $5.50 after trading 1,600 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share increased 87 cents to $7.47, with 201 shares crossing the market. Eppley 7.75% preference share declined $1 to end at $20 with one stock changing hands, JMMB Group 7.25% preference share rallied 28 cents to close at $3.27 in exchanging 90 stock units and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share gained $29.05 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $156.05, with 105 shares crossing the exchange.
A total of 249,948 shares were traded for $3,149,970 versus 177,425 units at $1,156,400 on Thursday, with an average of 13,155 units traded at $165,788 compared to 8,449 shares at $55,057 on Thursday. Trading month to date averages 44,411 units at $261,854 versus 48,778 units at $275,275 on the previous trading day. The average trade for July amounts to 28,304 units at $283,023.
National Enterprises ended at $3.24 in an exchange of 123,316 shares, National Flour Mills finished at $1.55, with 249 stocks changing hands, NCB Financial Group dipped 10 cents to close at $5.06 after trading 12,236 stock units. One Caribbean Media shed 5 cents to $4 in exchanging 22,279 stock units, Republic Financial Holdings ended unchanged at $141 with the swapping of 398 shares, Scotiabank dropped $1.80 in closing at $75 after 11,743 units crossed the market. Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 10 cents to $21.47 in trading 5,469 stocks, Trinidad Cement climbed 8 cents to close at $3.60 after 294 shares were traded, Unilever Caribbean remained at $12.50 after exchanging 1,880 stocks and West Indian Tobacco finished at $23.44 in an exchange of 546 units.
Only 3,472,392 shares valued $25,553,670 were traded on Thursday versus 6,419,042 units at $56,245,124 on Wednesday. Trading averaged 65,517 units at $482,145 down from 112,615 shares at $986,757 Wednesday and month to date, an average of 180,275 units at $1,238,398, compared to 195,870 units at $1,341,170 on the previous trading day. July closed with an average of 173,643 units at $1,683,017.
At the close, Caribbean Cement climbed 93 cents to $59.63 after the price hit an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $55.12 in trading 6,256 shares, Eppley fell $2.35 in closing at $38.65 while exchanging 111 stock units, First Rock Real Estate rallied 65 cents to end at $12.45 in trading one share. Guardian Holdings declined $78.12 to close at $505.03 in trading 50 units, JMMB Group increased $1.17 to $43.90, with 20,889 shares crossing the exchange, Massy Holdings gained 70 cents to end at $89.70 in an exchange of 1,848 stocks. NCB Financial dropped $3.25 to end at $93.50 in trading 23,044 stock units, PanJam Investment advanced 60 cents to close at $60.50, with 10,798 units changing hands, Proven Investments shed 49 cents in closing at $32.50 with 2,121 units clearing the market. Salada Foods rose 68 cents to $5.29 after exchanging 213 stocks, Scotia Group lost $1.64 to close at $34.75, with 19,803 stock units crossing the market, Victoria Mutual Investments dropped 52 cents in closing at $5.16 after trading 14,683 shares and Wisynco Group lost $1.20 to end at $16.68 as investors transferred 76,918 stock units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share fell $1.03 to end at $6.60 in switching ownership of 287 stocks and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share popped $18, ending at a record closing high of $127, with 3,813 shares changing hands.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index slipped 0.40 points to end at 194.73.
Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share fell 1.89 cents to 10.61 US cents after exchanging 501 units and Transjamaican Highway lost 0.01 of a cent in closing at 0.87 of one cent US cents after trading 228,441 stock units.
