6 Trinidad stocks rise 1 falls – Monday

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continues to show some signs that prices of most stocks will likely move higher. On Monday, 15 securities changed hands against 16 on Friday, with the prices of 6 advancing, 1 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index rose 3.87 points on Monday to 1,276.08, the All T&T Index gained 6.06 points to 1,710.24, while Cross Listed Index inched 0.22 points up to close at 113.61.
Market activity ended with 283,597 shares with a value of $4,409,625 traded, compared to 153,453 shares with a value of $1,756,529 on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank gained 6 cents and finished at $32.06, trading 1,610 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a rise of 2 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.47, with 150,000 units, JMMB Group ended trading with a rise of 4 cents to $1.85, with 6,000 stock units, National Enterprises finished trading 2 cents higher to $9.67, with 8,574 units, Prestige Holdings rose by 1 cent to finished at $10.50, trading 17,643 shares and Scotiabank jumped $1.85 and finished at a 52 weeks’ high of $63, with 1,000 stock units changing hands.
Losses|> Clico Investments shed 4 cents and concluded at $20.95, trading 5,605 units.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with 39,934 units, Ansa Merchant close at $40, trading 1,168 shares, Strong> Guardian Holdings finished with $17, trading 1,619 shares, LJ Williams B share ended at $0.7, trading 3,454 shares, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.6, trading 18,714 shares. Sagicor Financial finished at $7.9, with 58 units, , Trinidad & Tobago NGLconcluded at $27.5, with 27,174 units and Unilever Caribbean finished at $29, trading 1,044 shares.

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

JSE trading levels rise – Friday

Trading activity on the main market ended on Friday closed as 25 securities changed hands, leading to trading of 2,638,664 shares valued at $47,864,816, compared to 2,456,156 shares valued at $27,810,830 on Thursday.
Market activities ended with the prices of 7 stocks rising, 8 declining and 10 trading firm. At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,561.89 points to 312,211.91 and the JSE Index fell by 1,423.06 points to 284,460.36.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed 50 cents higher at $17.50, with 8,805 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.35, with 44,595 units, Carreras finished 1 cent higher at $11.30, with 747,503 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading at 22 cents, with 25,000 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 60 cents higher at $43.10, with 52,300 stock units. Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of $1 at $16, with 1,643 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7, with 8,268 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading at $25, with 104,692 shares, Kingston Wharves settled 78 cents higher at $33.50, with 530 units. Mayberry Investments ended trading 15 cents higher at $5.75, with 20,566 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 85 cents at $100, with 148,370 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $6, with 4,000 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 50 cents at $40, with 38,200 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 4 cents at $1.95, with 14,423 shares. Radio Jamaica settled at $1.10, with 10,800 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 45 cents higher at $35.20, with 42,625 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 29 cents at $14.20, with 38,692 shares. Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $1.50 at $51, with 168,778 shares, Seprod closed at $29.50, with 2,689 shares. Sterling Investments ended at $13, with 5,200 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $11.50, with 62,339 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 6 cents higher at $4.12, with 788,378 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 50 cents at $10.20, with 295,467 shares and In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Broker 7.25% ended trading at $2.49, with 2,140 shares and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded at $2, with 2,661 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market dropped on Friday.”

Trinidad stocks fall slightly – Friday

At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, 16 securities changed hands against 15 on Friday, with 2 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index fell 0.33 points on Friday to 1,272.21, the All T&T Index slipped 0.72 points higher to 1,704.18, while Cross Listed Index declined 0.01 points to close at 113.39.
Market activity ended with a mere 153,453 shares with a value of $1,756,529, traded, compared to 433,788 shares with a value of $4,867,761 on Thursday.

IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Massy Holdings gained 50 cents and ended at $47.50, with 162 stock units and National Flour gained 7 cents and closed at $1.99, trading 59,599 shares.
Losses| First Citizens ended trading 15 cents lower at $32, trading 2,600 shares, One Caribbean concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $13.05, with 8,992 stock units and Scotiabank closed with a fall of 10 cents and ended at $61.15, with 6,302 stock units.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with 1,740 units, Clico Investments finished at $20.99, with 1,708 units trading, Grace Kennedy concluded at $3.45, with 10,000 units, Guardian Holdings ended at $17, trading 5,100 shares, JMMB Group closed at $1.81, with 8,668 stock units. NCB Financial Group ended at $6.60, trading 30,596 shares, Republic Financial Group closed at $101.50, with 919 stock units, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.90, with 2,287 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished at $27.50, with 9,116 units. Trinidad Cement close at $3.75, trading 3,519 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished at $88.50, with 2,145 stock units trading.

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

Declining stocks edged out rising ones

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Trading activity on the main market ended on Thursday closed as 23 securities changed hands, leading to trading of 2,456,156 units valued at $27,810,830.  
Trading ended with the prices of 7 stocks rising, 10 declining and 6 trading firm as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 949.83 points to 313,773.80 and the JSE Index advanced by 865.40 points to 285,883.42.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 90 cents at $17, with 7,900 shares, Barita Investments ended 50 cents higher at $8, with 14,825 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.35, with 830,321 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 8 cents at $11.29, with 310,261 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading 1 cent higher at 22 cents, with 3,200 shares. Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 25 cents at $42.50, with 157,692 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18, with 1,835 units, Jamaica Producers closed $1.50 higher at $17, with 57,020 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 10 cents higher at $7, with 28,000 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading at $25, with 68,965 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 35 cents at $5.60, with 4,080 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 85 cents higher at $100.85, with 59,911 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.20, with 500 shares. PanJam Investment ended $1.50 higher at $40.50, with 5,750 units, Radio Jamaica settled 5 cents higher at $1.10, with 440,000 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 75 cents at $34.75, with 78,695 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 45 cents at $52.50, with 29,435 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $14.49, with 1,000 shares, Seprod closed at $29.50, with 329 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 43 cents at $11.55, with 5,051 stock units,  Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.06, with 215,320 units and Wisynco Group settled at $10.70, with 127,568 shares and . In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brkers 7.5% traded 8,498 stock units at $2.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market gains on Thursday.”

Trinidad stocks slightly up – Thursday

Scotiabank hits new high in T&T on Thursday.

At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, 15 securities changed hands against 16 on Wednesday , with 3 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index rose 0.36 points on Thursday to 1,272.54, the All T&T Index inched 0.51 points higher to 1,704.90, while Cross Listed Index declined 0.03 points to close at 113.38.
Market activity ended with 433,788 shares with a value of $4,867,761, traded, compared to 91,986 shares with a value of $3,537,561 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy added 1 cent to end at $3.45, with 29,072 units trading, Scotiabank increased 24 cents and finished at a 52 weeks’ high of $61.25, with 160 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 25 cents and closed at $27.50, with 4,500 units.
Losses| Clico Investments lost 51 cents and concluded trading at $20.99, with 2,801 units, Massy Holdings shares fell 50 cents to $47, with 10,788 stock units, National Enterprise close with the loss of 15 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.65, with 244 units and One Caribbean price fell 9 cents and close at $13.06, with 1,103 stock units.
Firm Traded| First Citizens finished at $32.15, trading 3,150 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $17, trading 117,281 shares, JMMB Group ended at $1.81, with 100 stock units, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.60, trading 261,082 shares, Republic Financial Group ended at $101.50, with 1,664 stock units. Sagicor Financial finished at $7.90, with 190 units, Unilever Caribbean finished at $29, trading 1,500 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed at $88.50, with 153 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Trinidad stocks falls – Wednesday

Ansa Mcal dropped $2.39 to a 52 weeks’ low of $60.

At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, 16 securities changed hands against 13 on Tuesday, with 5 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with the Composite Index slipped 3.27 points on Wednesday to end at 1,272.18, the All T&T Index dropped 10.45 points to 1,704.39, while Cross Listed Index inched 0.55 points to close at 113.35 as 91,986 shares with a value of $3,537,561, traded, compared to 97,658 shares with a value of $1,151,114 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments gained 4 cents and finished at $21.50, with 10,802 units, First Caribbean International Bank finished trading with a gain of 15 cents and close at $9.30, trading 800 shares, First Citizens closed with an increase of 15 cents and ended at $32.15, trading 3,943 stock units, Scotiabank rose 1 cent to end at $61.01, with 1,471 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading with a rise of 25 cents to $27.25, with 1,850 units.
Losses| Ansa Mcal closed with a fall of $2.39 and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $60, with just 48 units trading, Grace Kennedy shares fell 1 cent and concluded trading at $3.44, with 34,928 units, National Flour close with a loss of 6 cents at $1.92, trading 1,000 shares, One Caribbean Media share fell 85 cents and finished with $13.15, with 523 stock units, Trinidad Cement closed with a fall of 10 cents at $3.75, trading 300 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished 48 cents lower at $88.50, with 1,204 stock units.
Firm Traded| JMMB Group finished trading at $1.81, with 3.489 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $47.50, with 322 stock units, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.60, trading 1,400 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.50, with 26,120 stock units trading with a value of $2,651,180 and Unilever Caribbean ended at $29, trading 3,786 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE volume down from Tuesday’s level

Trading on the main market activity ended on Wednesday was moderate with the highest volume traded of any stock being just over 386,000 units. At the close 28 securities changed hands, leading to trading of just 2,074,587 shares valued at $32,079,634.
Trading ended with the prices of 6 stocks rising, 11 declining and 11 trading firm leading to a sizable fall in the market indices.
While three stocks traded more than 1 million units the market ended with an average of 298,826 units at $5,879,625. At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,818.81 points to 312,823.97 and the JSE Index slipped 1,657.14 points to 285,018.02.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 10 cents at $17.90, with 4,599 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.36, with 204,907 units, Carreras finished 12 cents higher at $11.37, with 144,663 shares, Caribbean Cement settled 50 cents higher at $32.60, with 6,925 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading at 21 cents, with 205,370 shares. Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 25 cents at $42.75, with 107,908 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 25 cents higher at $18, with 2,800 units, Jamaica Producers closed at $15.50, with 126,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 10 cents at $6.90, with 1,529 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $25, with 179,487 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 78 cents at $32.72, with 100 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.95, with 9,667 shares, NCB Financial Group traded at $100, with 62,602 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.20, with 4,650 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 89 cents at $39, with 1,500 units, Pulse Investments finished $1.99 higher at $1.99, with 38,077 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 3 cents at $1.05, with 21,988 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 25 cents at $35.50, with 40,188 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading at $52.95, with 74,200 shares, Sterling Investments ended at $13, with 100 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 48 cents higher at $11.98, with 80,718 stock units. Victoria Mutual Investments Limited finished 6 cents higher at $4.11, with 182,030 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 1 cent at $10.70, with 386,112 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 64 cents higher at $14.50, with 70,447 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market traded at $2, with 1,535 stock units, JMMB Group closed at $1.10, with 95,000 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $6, with 1,485 shares, Proven Investments settled with a loss of 85 cents at $5.05, with 20,000 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market falls on Wednesday.”

JSE volumes down as indices surge

Bulls pushing Jamaican stocks.

Market activity ended on Tuesday with 26 securities changing hands, leading to moderate trading of 3,559,954 shares valued at $75,487,760. At the close only 8 stocks enjoyed a rise in price, 12 declined and 7 traded firm leading to a big jump in the market indices.
While three stocks traded more than 1 million units the market ended with an average of 298,826 units at $5,879,625. At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged sharply by 6,707.14 points, to 314,642.78 and the JSE Index jumped 3by 6,110.96 points to 286,675.16.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed at $18, with 9,302 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 1 cent higher at $1.36, with 525,614 units, Carreras lost 5 cents to close at $11.25, with 179,362 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $1.60 higher at $32.10, with 97,095 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 13,820 stock units with a loss of 45 cents at $43. Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $17.75, with 138,809 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 50 cents at $15.50, with 28,920 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7, with 3,839 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading $1.50 higher to $26, with 25,215 shares. Kingston Wharves climbed $3 to end at $33.50, with 15,614 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading at $6.05, with 7,600 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 41 cents higher at $100, with 498,494 shares, 138 Student Living concluded trading at $6, with 140 shares trading, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of $1.36 at $39.89, after trading 64,174 units. Pulse Investments finished trading $1.99, with 26,916 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica finished 3 cents higher at $1.08, with 114,894 shares, Sagicor Group settled with a loss of 25 cents at $35.75, exchanging 81,183 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded with a loss of 14 cents at $13.86, as 17,000 shares changed hands. Scotia Group traded $2.45 higher at $52.95, with 58,008 units, Seprod ended 69 cents higher at $29.50, with 401 shares. Supreme Ventures finished 50 cents higher at $11.50, with 1,560 units, Victoria Mutual Investments settled with a loss of 7 cents at $4.05, after 218,285 shares traded, Wisynco Group ended trading 1 cent higher at $10.71, with 334,820 shares and In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market traded at $2, with 2,401 stock units, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.10, with 1,092,488 shares, Productivity Business preference share ended trading with a loss of $5 to $100, with 4,000 shares trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market indices in big surge – Tuesday.”

Trinidad stocks slightly up – Tuesday

At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, 13 securities changed hands against 14 on Monday, with 5 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with the Composite Index slipped 1.15 points on Tuesday to end at 1,275.45, the All T&T Index rose 1.90 points to 1,714.84, while Cross Listed Index shed 0.58 points to close at 112.80 as 97,658 shares with a value of $1,151,114 traded, compared to 215,486 shares with a value of $1,243,006 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments closed 45 cents higher and ended at $21.46, with 5,159 units trading, Grace Kennedy added 14 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.45, with 1,000 units changing hands, JMMB Group added 1 cent to finish at $1.81, with 34,867 stock units trading, Scotiabank finished trading after rising 48 cents to close at $61, with 279 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 49 cents and ended at $27, with 18,905 units changing hands.
Losses| Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 40 cents at $47.50, with 2,826 stock units trading, Prestige Holdings ended trading 1 cent lower and closed at $10.49, trading 27 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent and ended at $88.98, with 420 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| First Citizens finished at $32, trading 600 shares, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.60, trading 16,000 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.50, with just 10 stock units trading, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.90, with 17,015 units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean ended at $29, trading 550 shares.

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

Main market in sharp fall – Monday

Prices mostly tumbled on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dived 3,788.87 points to 307,935.64 and the JSE Index dropped 3,452.09 points to 280,564.20.
Main and US market activities ended with 8 stocks rising, 12 declining and 11 trading firm as 27 securities traded versus 22 on Friday in the main market and 4 in the US market.
Market activity ended with 8,068,298 shares valued at $158,749,884, in contrast to 5,850,045 shares valued at $76,630,033 on Friday.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 6,120 units changing hands with a value of US$11,012. The JSE US Equities Index closed with a gain of 2.51 points to end at 171.26 with 1 ordinary stock rising and 1 in the preference market declining.
Market activity resulted from JMMB 6% preference shares falling 2 cents in ending at US$1.08 with 2,000 stock units, Margaritaville rose 5 cents, concluding trading of 1,750 units at 25 US cents, Productivity Business finished trading at 55 US cents with 870 shares and Proven Investments trading 1,500 ordinary shares at 22 US cents.
Trading ended with an average of 298,826 units for an average of $5,879,625 in contrast to 265,911 units for an average of $3,483,183 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 256,686 units valued at $6,288,571 and previously 256,118 units valued at $6,475,597. December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets,

Caribbean Cement dropped $4.50 to $30.50 on Monday.

the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
The major movers at the close of the market are, Cable & Wireless with 1.2 million units, Jamaica Producers with 2 million shares and Wisynco Group exchanged 1.1 million units.
Price changes saw, Caribbean Cement dropped $4.50 to $30.50, JMMB Group falling $1.50 to close at $24.50, Kingston Wharves dropped $3 to $30.50, Sagicor Group gained $1 to end at $36 and Seprod fell $1.19 to close at $28.81.

For more details of market activities see – Trading picks up on JSE but prices dip.