Massy Holdings 20 for one stock split was effected on Wednesday on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange with the price surging to $6 from the post-split price of $5.30 it last traded on Tuesday, with the move helping to push the market index up sharply, with the Composite Index climbing 13.83 points to 1,489.76, the All T&T Index jumped 26.75 points to 2,120.33, while the Cross-Listed Index remained unchanged at 114.12.
A total of 17 securities traded compared to 21 on Tuesday, with four rising, four declining and nine remaining unchanged and resulted in 97 percent more shares, with 151 percent higher value trading than on Tuesday.
A total of 371,237 shares traded for $5,994,458 up from 93,524 units at $2,387,292 on Tuesday. An average of 21,837 units traded at $352,615 compared to 4,454 shares at $113,681 on Tuesday, with trading month to date averaging 33,450 units at $405,951 versus 35,424 units at $415,018 on the previous day. February traded an average of 47,858 units at $516,870.
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At the close, Agostini’s ended unchanged at $50, with 4,904 shares crossing the exchange, Angostura Holdings rose 20 cents in closing at $20, with 14,629 stocks clearing the market, Ansa McAl finished at $57 with an exchange of 300 units. Ansa Merchant Bank remained at $41, with 4,401 stock units changing hands, Clico Investment Fund shed 97 cents in ending at $29.50 after an exchange of 64,400 shares, First Citizens Group ended at $60 in trading 2,782 stock units. 
GraceKennedy finished at $6 with the swapping of 169,515 stocks, JMMB Group rose 3 cents to close at $2.30 with 1,000 units changing hands, Massy Holdings climbed 70 cents ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $6 after exchanging 10,200 shares, following the 20 to 1 stock split. National Enterprises declined 9 cents in closing at $3 after 54,750 stocks crossed the market, National Flour Mills remained at $1.95 in trading one unit, Point Lisas ended at $3.50 after a mere 1 stock unit was traded. Prestige Holdings closed at $7.10 in an exchange of 500 stock units, Republic Financial Holdings popped $2 to $142 while exchanging 8,649 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended unchanged at $20.50 after trading 23,594 stocks. Unilever Caribbean fell 25 cents to $15.25 in switching ownership of 6,726 units and West Indian Tobacco dropped 70 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $24 after exchanging 4,885 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
A total of seven securities traded, compared to six on Monday with one rising, five declining and one ending unchanged. The JSE US Denominated Equities Index slipped 0.21 points to end at 204.89.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share fell 0.3 of a cent to close at 7.7 US cents after trading 273,235 shares, Margaritaville dropped 1.6 cents to end at 16 US cents 1,605 stock units changing hands, Proven Investments declined 0.98 of a cent in closing at 23.02 US cents after exchanging 3,062 stocks. Sterling Investments shed 0.01 of a cent in ending at 2.04 US cents and trading 240,208 units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share remained at 12.99 US cents with 4,184 units changing hands, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share lost 0.01 of a cent in closing at 15.89 US cents while exchanging 80 stock units and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.07 of one cent after ending at 0.89 US cents and trading 620,828 shares.
The All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 814.75 points to settle at 441,536.97, the Main Index climbed 1,556.37 points to 389,546.85 and the JSE Financial Index popped 1.02 points to close at 95.69.
Trading averages 314,956 units at $4,531,373, down from 486,712 shares at $9,685,915 on Monday and month to date, an average of 578,123 units at $9,399,046, compared to 645,444 units at $10,644,265 on the previous trading day. February closed with an average of 392,520 units at $3,199,976.
Palace Amusement popped $94 to $979 in switching ownership of 5 stock units, PanJam Investment dropped $4 at $67 with 10,887 shares clearing the market, Proven Investments declined $3 to $35 in trading 20,334 stocks. Scotia Group gained 38 cents to close at $35 with the swapping of 33,086 shares, Seprod rose 45 cents in closing at $57.95, finishing with 9,386 units changing hands, Stanley Motta rose 52 cents to end at $5.92 with a transfer of 14 stock units. Supreme Ventures gained 50 cents to close at $18.50 with the swapping of 270,486 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance fell 88 cents to end at $16.68 with an exchange of 106 stock units.
JMMB Group declined 3 cents in closing at $2.27 after trading 12,030 stocks, Massy Holdings ended at $106 with an exchange of 4,177 stock units, National Enterprises fell 1 cent in closing at $3.09 in switching ownership of 510 units. National Flour Mills finished at $1.95 with the swapping of 5,143 stocks, NCB Financial Group dropped 15 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $7, with 5,728 shares changing hands, Prestige Holdings remained at $7.10 in exchanging 1 stock unit. Republic Financial Holdings fell 1 cent to $140 while exchanging 1,154 units, Scotiabank declined $1 to close at $75 after exchanging 701 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 50 cents to finish at $20.50, with 16,231 stock units crossing the market. Trinidad Cement advanced 5 cents in closing at $3.75 after exchanging 3,100 shares, Unilever Caribbean finished at $15.50 in exchanging 1,011 stocks and West Indian Tobacco rose 70 cents in closing at $24.70 with the swapping of 6,241 stocks.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,130.32 points to close at 440,722.22, the JSE Main Index rallied 607.57 points to end at 387,990.48 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.15 points to close at 94.67.
At the close, Barita Investments lost 40 cents to end at $90.10 with 8,361 shares crossing the exchange, Caribbean Producers fell $1.61 to $13.01 in trading 580,325 stock units, Eppley gained 88 cents in ending at $40 in switching ownership of 3,664 stocks. First Rock Capital advanced $1 in closing at $13 in an exchange of 122,188 units, Guardian Holdings climbed $14.99 to end at $550 with a transfer of 13,866 shares, Jamaica Broilers popped 48 cents to $29.98 after trading 17,579 stocks, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 99 cents to end at $17.94 with the swapping of 53,980 units, JMMB Group declined $2 to close at $42 after exchanging 344,818 stock units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities rallied 64 cents in ending at $7.70 with 7,235 shares changing hands. NCB Financial fell $6.94 to $118 in switching ownership of 48,647 stock units, Palace Amusement dropped $145 after ending at $885 with a transfer of 19 stocks, PanJam Investment advanced $4.80 to close at $71 with 15,540 units changing hands. Proven Investments rose $3 in closing at $38 with 26,931 stocks clearing the market, Sagicor Group advanced $5.75 to end at $60 in exchanging 2,722,902 stock units, Scotia Group gained 62 cents to finish at $34.62 in trading 346,585 shares. 
Seprod rose $1.50 to $57.50 after 18,329 units crossed the market, Stanley Motta shed 53 cents in closing at $5.40 with the swapping of 10,002,152 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 37 cents to end at $15.10 in trading 79,715 units and Wisynco Group rallied 83 cents to close at $19.84 in switching ownership of 251,780 stocks.
A total of 15 securities were traded compared to 13 on Friday, with seven stocks rising, three declining and five remaining unchanged as one stock closed at a 52 weeks’ high and one at a low. The Composite Index rallied 7.94 points to 1,476.87, the All T&T Index popped 1.42 points to 2,094.56 and the Cross-Listed Index rose 2.09 points to settle at 114.35.
Massy Holdings remained at $106 trading 14,952 stock units, National Enterprises ended unchanged at $3.10 in exchanging 7,060 shares, NCB Financial Group gained 15 cents to close at $7.15, with 2,782 units crossing the exchange. Prestige Holdings ended at $7.10 with the swapping of 27 shares, Scotiabank rose $1 to a 52 weeks’ high of $76 in switching ownership of 6 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL popped 14 cents in closing at $21 after 8,248 stock units changed hands. Trinidad Cement remained at $3.70 with an exchange of 6,628 shares, Unilever Caribbean finished at $15.50, with 2,298 stocks crossing the market and West Indian Tobacco lost 60 cents in ending at a 52 weeks’ low of $24 trading 34,567 stock units.
In a week when the Junior Market came back to life to close at a new record high on Friday, following a new record on Thursday, the market index closed on Friday over the 4,100 mark for the first time and ended at 4,168.16, with a 21.6 percent gain for the year to date. At the same time, the Main Market continues to consolidate around the 440,000 points level, on the All Jamaica Composite Index. 
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The All Jamaican Composite Index fell 1,330.54 points to settle at 439,591.90, the JSE Main Index shed 1,508.82 points to 387,382.91 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.13 points to end at 94.82.
At the close, Barita Investments gained 40 cents in closing at $90.50 with an exchange of 92,347 shares, Berger Paints rose 80 cents to close at $12.95 in trading 3,644 units, Caribbean Cement rallied $2 to end at $73 after 21,869 stocks crossed the exchange. Caribbean Producers fell $1.38 to $14.62 with the swapping of 457,914 stock units, GraceKennedy shed 99 cents to $103 in transferring 557,447 stocks, Guardian Holdings fell 99 cents to $535.01 in trading 2,643 shares. Jamaica Broilers lost 48 cents to end at $29.50 with 7,457 stock units changing hands, Jamaica Producers shed 99 cents to end at $22 in switching ownership of 1,072,937 shares, JMMB Group rose $1 in closing at $44 in exchanging 280,797 units. Kingston Properties shed 95 cents to close at $8.05 with 51,563 shares crossing the market, Margaritaville declined $3 to $25 with the swapping of 6,582 stocks, Massy Holdings gained 50 cents in closing at $1,950 after trading 74,353 stock units. NCB Financial popped $3.44 to $124.94 in an exchange of 47,297 units, Palace Amusement climbed $150 to $1,030 with 21 stocks clearing the market, PanJam Investment fell $1.80 to close at $66.20 in switching ownership of 6,065,996 stock units. Proven Investments gained 53 cents after ending at $35 with 38,826 shares changing hands, Scotia Group shed 45 cents to finish at $34 with the swapping of 31,981 stocks, Stanley Motta rose 78 cents to end at $5.93 in exchanging 83,000 stock units. 
Supreme Ventures popped 47 cents in closing at $17.90 in switching ownership of 118,197 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments rallied 37 cents to close at $15.47 after trading 244,458 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance rose 86 cents to end at $17.56, with 7,372 stock units changing hands. Victoria Mutual Investments gained 66 cents to settle at $6.96 with a transfer of 239,843 shares and Wisynco Group declined 93 cents in closing at $19.01 in exchanging 120,311 units.
A total of seven securities traded compared to 11 on Thursday with three rising, three declining and one ending unchanged.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share rose 0.97 of a cent in ending at 7.98 US cents, with 1,050 shares crossing the market, Margaritaville fell 2.1 cents to 18 US cents in exchanging 1,900 stocks, Proven Investments rallied 0.95 of one cent in closing at 24.95 US cents after trading 96,033 units. Sygnus Credit Investments USD share popped 0.14 of a cent to end at 12.99 US cents, with 80,853 stock units crossing the exchange and Transjamaican Highway remained at 0.89 of one US cent, with 1,150 shares clearing the market.
Only 13 securities traded compared to 16 on Thursday, with three rising, seven declining and three remaining unchanged as the Composite Index fell 9.06 points to1,468.93, the All T&T Index shed 5.40 points to end at 2,093.14 and the Cross-Listed Index slipped 1.82 points to close at 112.26.
First Citizens Group fell 75 cents to close at $60.25 after 352 stocks changed hands, GraceKennedy fell 25 cents to $5.70, with 109,861 stock units crossing the exchange, JMMB Group declined 1 cent to $2.29 in trading 49,533 units. Massy Holdings ended unchanged at $106, with 44,299 stocks changing hands, NCB Financial Group lost 25 cents in closing at $7 after 65,907 shares passed through the exchange, Republic Financial Holdings slipped 7 cents to $140.01 with an exchange of 1,458 stocks. Scotiabank ended at $75 in switching ownership of 688 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL popped 36 cents in ending at $20.86 after exchanging 5,173 stock units, Unilever Caribbean finished at $15.50 while exchanging 13,953 shares and West Indian Tobacco shed 40 cents in closing at $24.60 in trading 6,831 stocks.
