Market activity ended on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 114 percent and the value 37 percent more than on Tuesday and resulted in 21 securities trading compared to 20 on Tuesday, with seven rising, three declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
The Composite Index dfell 1.35 points to 1,411.31, the All T&T Index rose 0.23 points to 2,061.35 and the Cross-Listed Index declined 0.43 points to close at 100.20.
A total of 470,813 shares traded for $4,736,023 up from 220,461 units at $3,466,758 on Tuesday, leading to an average of 22,420 units traded at $225,669 compared to 11,023 shares at $173,339 on Tuesday. The average trade for May amounts to 45,890 units at $370,328.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s ended at $47.25 while exchanging 15 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $22.95, with 47 units clearing the market, Ansa McAl rose 40 cents to close at $56, with 420 stocks crossing the exchange, Calypso Macro Investment Fund popped $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $21.50 in switching ownership of 450 stock units, Clico Investment Fund remained at $29 after an exchange of 3,500 stock units, Endeavour Holdings ended unchanged at $7.49 trading 404 shares. First Citizens Group finished at $53 after exchanging 3,203 stocks, FirstCaribbean International Bank fell 1 cent to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.24 in exchanging 3,040 units, GraceKennedy increased 3 cents to close at $5.64 in trading 245 stock units. Guardian Media remained at $3.04 in an exchange of 100 stocks, JMMB Group gained 10 cents to close at $2.50, with 100 shares crossing the market, Massy Holdings ended unchanged at $5.20, with 426,197 units changing hands. 
National Flour Mills advanced 15 cents to end at $1.80 with the swapping of 60 stock units, NCB Financial Group remained at $5.75 after trading 703 shares, One Caribbean Media finished at $4, with five stock units crossing the market. Prestige Holdings finished at $7 with an exchange of 14 units, Republic Financial Holdings shed 87 cents to $140.12 in exchanging 12,710 stock units, Scotiabank declined 1 cent to end at $77.99, with 386 stocks crossing the market. Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended unchanged at $20.99 after exchanging 14,712 units, Trinidad Cement rallied 5 cents ending at $3.55, trading 100 shares and Unilever Caribbean climbed 45 cents to close at $18.90 with an exchange of 4,402 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 2,316.94 points to settle at 450,438.19, the JSE Main Index and the JSE Financial Index advanced 0.31 points to settle at 93.97.
At the close, Barita Investments rallied 35 cents to end at $88 with an exchange of 123,555 shares, Berger Paints advanced $1.37 to $12, with just 84 units crossing the exchange, Caribbean Cement rose $4.45 to $68.45 after 31,606 stock units passed through the market. Caribbean Producers rallied 87 cents to $15.65 in switching ownership of 1,023,013 stocks, Carreras increased 40 cents to $9.90 after 294,229 units changed hands, Eppley dropped $6.23 to $40, with 4,028 stocks crossing the market. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund popped $1 to $45 while exchanging 5,325 shares, First Rock Capital climbed 45 cents in closing at $12.50 in an exchange of 915 stock units, GraceKennedy rose $3 to close at $110.50 as 12,469 shares changed hands. Guardian Holdings advanced $15 to end at $535, trading 3,909 stock units, Jamaica Broilers rallied 50 cents to close at $28.50 after exchanging 23,170 units, Jamaica Producers gained 50 cents in ending at $22.50 with the swapping of 2,337 stocks. Jamaica Stock Exchange popped 50 cents to $19, with 95,847 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings shed $3 in closing at $95 after exchanging 29,647 units, Mayberry Investments increased 35 cents to end at $10.45, with 317,126 stocks clearing the market. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy lost $3 after finishing at $102 in exchanging 48 stock units, NCB Financial fell 40 cents to $106 in trading 51,458 shares, Palace Amusement climbed $3.95 to close at $923.95 in exchanging 11 units. Proven Investments increased $2.24 to end at $38.99 after trading 2,183 stock units, 
Supreme Ventures climbed 49 cents in closing at $29.50, with 1,425,406 stocks clearing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments advanced $1.10 to end at $15.90 trading 130,918 shares and Sygnus Real Estate Finance rallied $1.54 in closing at $15.54 in trading 7,000 stock units.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index gained 6.66 points to end at 214.72.
Proven Investments ended unchanged at 26 US cents after exchanging 19,643 stocks, Sterling Investments fell 0.15 of a cent to close at 2 US cents while exchanging 145,442 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share remained at 12.7 US cents in exchanging 45,843 stocks. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share dropped 0.49 of one cent in closing at 12 US cents, with 2,381 units changing hands and Transjamaican Highway advanced 0.02 of a cent to close at 0.96 of one US cent and closed with 613,161 stock units changing hands.
A total of 20 securities traded, up from 14 on Friday, with six stocks rising, four declining and 10 remaining unchanged. The Composite Index slipped 3.36 points to 1,412.66, the All T&T Index lost 1.05 points to end at 2,061.12 and the Cross-Listed Index dipped 0.82 points to settle at 100.63.
Guardian Holdings ended at $28 after 1,800 shares crossed the exchange, JMMB Group declined 10 cents in closing at $2.40 with an exchange of 758 units, Massy Holdings dropped 1 cent to close at $5.20 in switching ownership of 108,046 stock units. NCB Financial Group remained at $5.75 after trading 1,847 stock units, One Caribbean Media finished at $4, with 6,350 shares changing hands, Prestige Holdings ended at $7 in exchanging 50 units. Republic Financial Holdings climbed 98 cents in closing at $140.99, with 2,857 stocks crossing the market, Scotiabank remained at $78, with 2,300 units clearing the market, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 24 cents to end at $20.99 after exchanging 54,176 shares. Unilever Caribbean gained 95 cents in ending at $18.45 after trading 2,461 stock units and West Indian Tobacco remained at $23.50, with 15,001 stocks clearing the market.
A total of 10 securities traded, up from seven on Friday, with one rising, four declining and five were left unchanged. The JSE US Denominated Equities Index slipped 1.72 points to end at 208.05.
Sterling Investments popped 0.1 of a cent in closing at 2.15 US cents with one unit clearing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share ended at 12.7 US cents while exchanging 2,825 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share declined 0.01 of a cent to 12.49 US cents after trading one stock unit and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.02 of a cent to end at 0.94 of one US cent after exchanging 46,418 shares.
At the close, Caribbean Cement climbed $1 to close at $64, with 25,448 shares crossing the exchange, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund popped $2.95 to $44 in switching ownership of 3 stock units, First Rock Capital shed 35 cents in ending at $12.05 with the swapping of 1,703 stocks. Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 30 cents to end at $18.50 in an exchange of 13,082 units, JMMB Group gained 75 cents in closing at $46.75 with 81,624 stocks changing hands, Kingston Properties rallied 49 cents to close at $7.99 after 6,251 stock units were traded. Massy Holdings advanced $3 to $98 in trading 67,506 units, Mayberry Investments declined 36 cents to $10.10 while exchanging 4,158 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities fell $1.10 in closing at $13.50, with 3,526 stocks clearing the market. Portland JSX increased 70 cents to $10.70 after 50,000 stock units changed hands, Proven Investments rose 70 cents to $36.75 in exchanging 3,532 shares, Pulse Investments dropped 32 cents in closing at $3.48, with 309,086 units crossing the market. Stanley Motta increased 40 cents in ending at $5.30 after exchanging 23,878 shares, 
Supreme Ventures rose $1.01 to end at $29.01, with 14,640 stock units crossing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments dropped $1.28 to close at $14.80, with 12,534 stocks changing hands. Sygnus Real Estate Finance rallied $1.05 in closing at $14 after an exchange of 3,310 units and Wisynco Group advanced 50 cents to close at $19.80, trading 42,528 stocks.
The shifting of Dolla Financial out of the TOP10 resulted in 
During the week, General Accident reported first quarter results with profit due to shareholders of the parent company rising 36 percent to $49 million, Friday after trading, Lasco Distributors reported profit increasing 12 percent for the full year to $1 billion but the final quarter being up 35 percent to $241 million and Lasco Manufacturing rising 45 percent in the March quarter to $522 million and the full year up 24 percent to $1.7 billion.ICInsider.com upgraded earnings for Lasco Distributors to 50 cents from 45 cents, but the others remain as previously stated. All three stocks are trading below ten times 2022 earnings and therefore have huge potential to appreciate.
Watch these stocks that sit just outside the TOP10 that investors should watch. They include Key Insurance, followed by Caribbean Producers and Scotia Group from the Main Market. In the Junior Market, Iron Rock Insurance, Dolphin Cove, Jetcon Corporation, Stationery and Office Supplies and Lasco Manufacturingreported strong fourth quarter results to March this year.
Sseven securities traded, the same as Thursday, with three rising, one declining and three ending unchanged.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share rose 0.6 of a cent to close at 7.95 US cents while exchanging 265 shares Margaritaville closed at 15 US cents after trading 150 stock units, Proven Investments rallied 0.5 of one cent to end at 26.5 US cent, trading 400 units. Sygnus Credit Investments USD share increased 0.15 of a cent to 12.7 US cents, with 1,746 stocks changing hands and Transjamaican Highway dropped 0.02 of a cent in ending at 0.96 of one US cent with the swapping of 34,972 stock units.
Trading ended with 56 securities changing hands compared to 54 on Thursday, with 22 rising, 19 sliding, with 15 unchanged. The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,636.40 points to 443,816.22, the JSE Main Index 678.54 points to 387,816.69 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.10 points to settle at 92.77.
At the close, Barita Investments dropped $2.21 to close at $87.65, with 48,902 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers lost 71 cents to end at $15 in switching owners of 192,169 stocks, Eppley rallied $6.23 in ending at $46.23 after 35 stock units crossed the exchange. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund declined $2.95 in closing at $41.05 and trading 687 units, First Rock Capital climbed 85 cents to $12.40, with 12,035 shares crossing the market, JMMB Group gained 65 cents to end at $46 trading 160,986 stocks. Kingston Wharves increased $1.25 in ending at $39.70 after exchanging 6,212 units, Massy Holdings rose $1.80 to $95 with 4,080 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Jamaican Equities advanced $1.36 in closing at $14.60 in an exchange of 23,809 stocks. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy popped $9.99 to close at $105 with the swapping of 91 stock units, NCB Financial shed 50 cents to close at $106.50 with an exchange of 21,683 units, 138 Student Living advanced 43 cents to $5.19 with 15,946 shares clearing the market. PanJam Investment increased $2 to $66 after exchanging 3,106 stocks, Portland JSX fell 30 cents to $10 with 40,349 shares changing hands, Proven Investments fell $1.85 to end at $36.05 after exchanging 88,068 stock units. 
Sagicor Group rose $1.49 to $57.99, with 107,192 units crossing the market, Scotia Group popped 52 cents to close at $36 while exchanging 334,902 stocks, Seprod lost 39 cents, ending at $70.01 trading 5,380 units. Stanley Motta shed 40 cents in closing at $4.90 while exchanging 186,644 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments rallied 98 cents to $16.08 and closed after trading 65,064 shares, Sygnus Real Estate Finance dropped 55 cents, ending at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.95, with 1,175 stock units crossing the market and Wisynco Group declined 65 cents to end at $19.30 in switching ownership of 266,327 shares.
A total of 14 securities traded similar to numbers on Thursday, with two rising, three declining and nine remaining unchanged. The Composite Index gained 0.77 points to end at 1,416.02, the All T&T Index advanced 1.48 points to 2,062.17 and the Cross-Listed Index remained unchanged at 101.45.
Endeavour Holdings slipped 1 cent to $7.49 in an exchange of 58 units, First Citizens Group remained at $53 after trading 2,469 units, FirstCaribbean International Bank finished at $5.25 in trading 500 shares. JMMB Group ended at $2.50 in switching ownership of 43 stocks, Massy Holdings popped 1 cent to $5.21 while exchanging 5,680 stock units, National Enterprises popped 2 cents to close at $3.02, with 200 stock units clearing the market. Republic Financial Holdings lost 9 cents in ending at $140.01 after trading 5,919 shares, Scotiabank ended unchanged at $78, with 500 stocks changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 5 cents ending at $20.75, with 210 units crossing the market. Unilever Caribbean ended at $17.50 with an exchange of 45,673 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished at $23.50 after exchanging 175 stocks.
