More TTSE stock gains

JMMB closed at a record high of $2.75 on the TT Stock Exchange of Thursday

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued its upward climb on Thursday, but with modest index gains with advancing stocks, edged out decliners four to one.
The market added the second Ordinary shares listing on the Small and Medium Enterprise market on Thursday with Endeavor Holdings, a real estate investment company, starting trading and exchanged 500 shares at $12.50.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at four stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Trading ended with 15 securities changing hands, against 12 on Wednesday, with 4 advancing, 1 declining while 10 remained unchanged. Clico Investment Fund, JMMB Group and LJ Williams B share traded at a new 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index added 2.41 points to close at 1,462.74. The All T&T Index gained just 0.18 points to 1,841.57, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.64 points to end at 147.54.
Investors traded 562,988 units for $6,445,127, compared to 363,101 units valued at $10,508,456 on Wednesday.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund climbed $1 and settled at $26, with 18,400 units crossing the exchange, JMMB Group rose 21 cents and settled at $2.75, with investors exchanging 390,000 shares. Scotiabank gained 5 cents to end at $59.80 with 1,125 shares changing hands and LJ Williams closed with a gain of 15 cents and completed trading with 5,000 units at $1.50.
Losses| Massy Holdings lost 5 cents and settled at $59.70, with 100 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8, after swapping of 14,452 shares, Guardian Holdings traded 5,000 units at $21, National Enterprises ended at $5.55, after exchanging 200 shares. NCB Financial settled at $11.30, with 4,862 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media concluded trading of 100 units at $9.50, Point Lisas ended at $3.58, with an exchange of 19,883 units. Republic Financial settled at $131, swapping 1,125 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 1,700 shares to close at $21.50 and West Indian Tobacco ended at $42.50, with 101,200 stock units changing hands.

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

Witco $5 surge creates big index gains

West Indian Tobacco jumped $5.02 to a 52 weeks’ high of $40, with investors exchanging 700 shares, to record the first trade since the price adjusted for the three for one split last week. The move helped along with increases in eight other stocks to push the All T&T Index up by 1.56 percent for the day.
At the close of the market, bids to buy the stock rose to 23,980 units at $40 up from 20,465 units on Monday. The market closed with no shares offered for sale.
At the close of the market, the All T&T Index surged 27.88 points to 1,811.56, while the Cross Listed Index rose 1.18 points to close at 146.12 as prices of 9 stocks rose, 3 declined while 5 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to climb 18.33 points to 1,444.91.
In the overall market on Monday, investors traded 153,598 shares, amounting to $1,718,205 from an exchange of 17 securities, against 12 on Monday, resulting in trading in 65,975 shares amounting to $950,201.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at six stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Gains| Calypso Micro Index Fund rose 5 cents in trading 400 shares and closing at $15.80, Clico Investment Fund concluded trading 5 cents and concluded at $24.40, after exchanging 568 shares, Guardian Holdings added 50 cents to close at $19, with investors transferring 12,500 shares. National Enterprises closed with a gain of 5 cents at $5.55, with investors exchanging 205 shares, National Flour gained 4 cents and completed trading at $1.40, with 10,560 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial closed with an increase of 20 cents and concluded trading of 27,200 stock units at a record high of $11.20. Trinidad Cement rose 15 cents and completed trading with 51,619 units at $1.95 and LJ Williams rose 15 cents and ended at $1.35, with 5,000 stock units trading.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank share fell 1 cent to $8.22, after exchanging 200 shares, First Citizens Bank lost 15 cents to end at $42.05, with 4,227 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined by 15 cents and ended trading of 35,659 shares at $21.10.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded just 40 shares at $24, Angostura Holdings ended at $16.20, in swapping 2,615 units, Guardian Media settled at $7.80, with investors exchanging 1,567 shares, Massy Holdings completed trading of 120 units at $59.75 and Unilever Caribbean settled at $23.50, with 418 stock units changing hands.

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

 

Witco setting for a price explosion

Demand for West Indian Tobacco shares continues to build since the price adjusted for the three for one split last week. Bids to buy the stock have been rising and are now at 20,465 units at $40, above the adjusted last sale price of $34.98 but there are no stocks offered for sale.   
In the overall market on Monday, investors traded 65,975 shares amounting to $950,201 from an exchange of 12 securities, against 15 on Friday, when 395,492 shares at $3,053,292.
At the close of the market, the prices of 2 stocks rose, 1 declined while 9 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to inch 0.12 points higher to 1,426.58. The All T&T Index rose 1.82 points to 1,783.68, while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.22 points to close at 144.94.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 7 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
Gains| First Citizens Bank gained 10 cents and settled at $42.20, with 2,293 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 20 cents and ended trading of 3,225 shares at $21.25.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund closed with a loss of 1 cent at $24.35, with investors exchanging 13,400 shares.
Firm Trades| Grace Kennedy ended at $3.44, trading 18,689 units, JMMB Group ended at $2.40, with 10,200 units crossing the exchange, LJ Williams closed at $1.20, after exchanging 120 shares, National Flour completed trading 10,000 units at $1.36. NCB Financial traded of 1,000 shares at $11.00, One Caribbean Media ended at $9.75, with 2,400 units crossing the exchange. Republic Financial exchanged 1,402 stock units at $130, Scotiabank settled at $59.75, with 1,718 crossing the exchange and Unilever Caribbean settled at $23.50, with 1,528 stock units changing hands.

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

Republic’s Monday’s gains reversed

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.

Increased volume on TTSE – Wednesday

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.

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

 

Drop in trading on TTSE – Monday

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange experienced a sharp fall-off in the number and volume of shares trading on Monday, with just 10 securities changing hands, down from 17 stocks on Friday.
Trading resulted in just 73,786 units changing ahnds for a mere $577,401, compared to 389,919 shares trading for $7,052,818 on Friday.
At the close of the market, the prices of 2 stocks rose, 5 declined and 3 remained unchanged, leading to the Composite Index dropping 6.23 points to 1,409.40. The All T&T Index rose 2.44 points to 1,767.23, while the Cross Listed Index declined 2.07 points to close at 142.49.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 6 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $41.85, ended at 85 with swapping of 99 shares, and LJ Williams rose 10 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.10, trading 49,000 stock units.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank dropped 49 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.50, with investors exchanging 16,800 shares, Massy Holdings lost 1 cent and concluded trading of 3,636 stock units at $56.05. One Caribbean Media ended 2 cents lower and settled at $9.98, with 100 units changing hands, Point Lisas shares fell 2 cents and closed at $3.58, with 500 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 1 cent in exchanging 680 shares to close at $25.49.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund completed trading at $24.07, with 416 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial settled at $10.68, while exchanging 200 units and Scotiabank had 2,355 stock units changing hands to end at $59.47.

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

 

8 TTSE stocks fall 3 rise – Wednesday

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Wednesday 18 securities changing hands compared to 19 on Tuesday but the volume and value traded declined sharply below Tuesday’s levels.
At the close of the market, 3 stocks rose, 8 declined and 7 remained unchanged resulting in the Composite Index slipping 0.62 points to end at 1,408.76. The All T&T Index gained 0.46 points to 1,751.69, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.24 points to close at 144.50.
Trading ended with, as 79,629 shares changing hands at $1,539,070, compared to 418,052 shares changing hands at $12,253,099 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks closing with the bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
Gains| First Citizens gained 5 cents to end at $40.25, with 1,055 units crossing the exchange, Scotiabank added 45 cents and ended at $59.25, with an exchange of 8,018 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 750 units and gained 10 cents to close at $25.60.
Losses| Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 80 shares and closed at $15.75, Clico Investment Fund shed 10 cents and ended at $24, swapping of 11,279 shares, Guardian Holdings declined 10 cents and settled at $18.15, with 12,000 units crossing the exchange. Guardian Media ended trading of 1,718 shares after slipping 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.60, NCB Financial closed with a loss of 4 cents and ended at $10.55, with investors exchanging 10,000 stock units, Republic Financial closed 11 cents down and ended at $121.89, after exchanging 1,428 shares. Unilever Caribbean dropped 50 cents and ended at $24.50, in swapping 120 shares and West Indian Tobacco shed 2 cents and ended at $104, with 50 units crossing the exchange.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl settled at $55, after swapping of 399 shares, First Caribbean closed at $9.25, with an exchange of 507 units, LJ Williams completed trading at $1, with investors exchanging 8,000 shares, National Enterprises closed at $5.70, with 7,600 stock units changing hands. National Flour settled at $1.56, with 1,000 units trading, Sagicor Financial completed trading of 10,985 stock units at $10.50 and Trinidad Cement settled at $2.04, with 4,640 units crossing the exchange.

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

 

Big price changes for TTSE stocks- Friday

Price changes on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange were more pronounced at the close of trading on Friday than in recent days, with three securities having price changes close to 50 cents each.  
At the close of the market, the Composite Index moved 1.92 points higher to 1,407.10. The All T&T Index rose 1.78 points to 1,748.94, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.28 points to close at 144.43.
Trading ended with 14 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Thursday, with 3 advancing, 2 declining and 9 remaining unchanged with 282,910 shares changing hands at $5,955,009, compared to 246,379 shares changing hands at $2,692,390 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 1 stock closing with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings rose 9 cents and ended at $18.25, with 7,055 units crossing the exchange, LJ Williams 8% preference share, gained of 49 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.79, with 100 stock units trading and Scotiabank ended with a rise of 48 cents and completed trading of 200 stock units at $59.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund fell 10 cents and settled at $24, with 7,807 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 207,300 units but lost 49 cents to close at $25.01.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International Bank ended at $9.25, with investors exchanging 200 shares, First Citizens Bank completed trading at $40.10, after exchanging 450 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.30, with 52,468 units changing hands.  LJ Williams B share closed at $1, with investors exchanging 3,000 shares, NCB Financial settled at $10.55, after trading 950 shares, Point Lisas ended at $3.60, with investors exchanging 1,200 shares. Republic Financial settled at $121.85, with 940 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial ended at $10.20, swapping 1,195 units and West Indian Tobacco settled at $104.32, after trading 45 units.

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

3 all for TTSE stocks – Friday

At the close of trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, price changes were even with 9 securities being active against 13 on Thursday, as 3 gained, 3 declined and 3 remained unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index shed 1.97 points to 1,400.84. The All T&T Index declined 1.35 points to 1,748.29, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.36 points to close at 142.79.
Trading ended with 319,532 shares at a value of $6,914,740, compared to 231,071 shares at a value of $3,306,462 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 3 stocks closing with bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa McAl closed with an increase of 50 cents at $55, with 20,300 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings rose 45 cents to end at $54.45, with 9,769 units crossing the exchange and NCB Financial gained 5 cents and close at $10.40, after exchanging 19,877 shares.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund added 2 cents and concluded trading of 1,207 units at $24.15, Grace Kennedy shed 20 cents and concluded trading at $3.30, with an exchange of 76,883 stock units and West Indian Tobacco dropped $2 and ended at $103, with 248 units crossing the exchange.
Firm Trades| Guardian Holdings ended at $18.15, with 398 units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 185,850 units to close at $25.50 and LJ Williams ended at $1 trading 5,000 stock units.

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

 

TTSE closes higher on Wednesday

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange resulted in 18 securities changing hands on Wednesday versus 16 on Tuesday leading to gains in the market indices.
Trading ended with 258,736 shares at a value of $7,944,314, compared to 576,981 shares at a value of $2,260,615 on Tuesday. Market activity ended with the prices of 3 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
At the close of trading, the Composite Index gained 5.48 points to end at 1,400.52. The All T&T Index rose 0.66 points to 1,776.39, while the Cross Listed Index added 1.43 points to close at 138.74.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 2 stocks closing with bids higher than the last selling prices and 1 with lower offers.
Gains| NCB Financial gained 5 cents and settled at $10.10, with 615 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial gained 48 cents to settle at $121.81, with 1,677 units crossing the exchange and Sagicor Financial rose 4 cents and ended at $10.35, after exchanging 7,609 shares.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund closed with a loss of 2 cents at $24.05, trading 52,221 units, Guardian Media lost 50 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ low of $10, after exchanging 900 shares, JMMB Group declined 3 cents and settled at $2.12, with investors exchanging 475 shares and Unilever Caribbean ended trading 120 units with a loss of 2 cents to close at $24.98.
Firm Trades| Ansa Mcal completed trading at $55.20, after exchanging 1,200 shares, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.35, with 25,405 units changing hands, First Citizens traded 5,981 shares at $40.01, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.55, with 44,425 stock units crossing the exchange, Massy Holdings settled at $54.98, with 100,000 stocks trading. One Caribbean Media concluded exchanging 200 shares at $10.10, Point Lisas ended at $3.75, with 25 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank settled at $59.70, after exchanging 837 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 6,560 units to close at $27.90, LJ Williams B shares completed trading at $1, after swapping of 14,620 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $110, with 954 units crossing the exchange.

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