6 Trinidad stocks rise 1 falls – Monday

January 29, 2018 by

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.

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Trinidad stocks slightly up – Thursday

January 25, 2018 by

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.

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NCB at a 29% premium in Trinidad

January 16, 2018 by

NCB Financial Group ended trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday at $6.75, trading 115,530 stock units for a value of $779,827. The stock is trading at the equivalent of J$129 compared to just under $100 in Jamaica for a premium of 29 percent.
The huge difference may be due to the challenge in getting funds out of the twin island state currently and talk of black market rates as high as $9.50 for one US dollar, in the market.
Market activity ended with all the indices inching higher at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, as 13 securities traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday against 16 on Monday.
At close of trading 4 stocks advanced, 2 declined and 7 remained unchanged leading to the Composite Index gaining 0.35 points to 1,276.97. The All T&T Indexrose 0.06 points to 1,712.33, while Cross Listed Indexgained 0.09 points to close at 113.57.
Market activity ended with a mere 336,749 shares with a value of $6,174,390 traded jumping over the 140,320 units on Monday, valued at $1,978,596.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy traded 66,000 units, with gains of 5 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.15, Guardian Holdings finished trading after an increase by 1 cent to end at $17.01, trading 21,326 shares valued at $362,733, National Enterprises closed with an increase of 1 cent to finished at $9.80, with 10 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading and rose 2 cents to $26.52, with 1,313 units changing hands.
Losses| Ansa Mcal closed with a fall of 10 cents and ended at $62.39, with 160 units and Republic Financial Holdings finished 8 cents lower to close at $101.50, with 2,581 stock units.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments finished at $21, with 79,486 units valued at $1,669,206, First Citizens ended at $32, trading 5,921 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $8, with 15,134 units changing hands, Scotiabank ended with 343 stock units trading at $60.50, Unilever Caribbean ended at $28, trading 1,410 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished at $90, with 27,535 stock units with a value of $2,477,952, changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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7 stocks rose 1 fell on TTSE – Friday

January 12, 2018 by

Angostura Holdings traded at a 52 weeks’ high on the TTSE on Friday.

Market activity ended with 14 securities traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday against 12 on Thursday, with the price of 7 advancing, 1 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Composite Index gained 3.30 points on Friday to 1,274.95, the All T&T Index rose 6.48 points to 1,710.61, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.01 points higher to 113.25.
Market activity ended with 388,079 shares with a value of $6,005,924 traded, up from just 83,851 shares having a value of $1,957,446 units 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| Angostura Holdings jumped $1.27 and ended at $16.27, for a 52 weeks’ high, with 41,530 stock units valued at $658,210 trading, Guardian Holdings gained 60 cents and finished at $17, trading 194,259 shares valued at $3,294,552, National Enterprises finished trading with a gain 1 cent and concluded at $9.79, with 2,790 units, National Flour closed with an increase of 8 cents and ended with $1.99, trading 73,529 shares, Scotiabank closed with a rise of 99 cents and finished at $61, with 2,418 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 50 cents to end at $26.50, with 44,283 units, with a value of $1,165,984 and West Indian Tobacco ended trading with an increase of 1 cent to close at $90, with 1,603 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Massy lost 44 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $47.50, with 1,000 stock units trading.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments ended at $21, with 12,990 units First Caribbean International Bank ended with $9.30, trading 1,000 shares, JMMB Group ended at $1.75, with 22 stock units, NCB Financial Group traded 1,655 units at $6.75, Sagicor Financial finished at $8, with 10,000 units and Trinidad Cement ended with $3.75, trading 1,000 shares trading.

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

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2 new 52 weeks’ lows on TTSE – Thursday

January 11, 2018 by

West Indian Tobacco hits 52 weeks’ low on Thursday.

Trading continue to be moderate when the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with 12 securities trading against 13 on Wednesday as 2 stocks advanced, 3 declined and 7 remained unchanged with 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ lows.
At the close, the Composite Index gained 0.84 points to 1,271.65. The All T&T Index slipped 0.23 points to 1,704.13, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.26 points to 113.24.
Market activity ended with just 83,851 shares having a value of $1,957,446, dropping sharply from 175,296 shares with a value of $2,284,648 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 5 cents and ended at $1.75, with 1,000 stock units and Sagicor Financial rose 5 cents and closed at $8, with 8,502 shares changing hands.
Losses| Massy lost 6 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $47.94, with 140 stock units, National Enterprise ended trading 1 cent lower and ended at $9.78, with 540 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent, ending at a 52 weeks’ low of $89.99, with 400 stock units trading.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings finished with $15, with 871 stock units, Clico Investments ended at $21, with 5,500 units, First Citizens concluded at $32, trading 3,800 shares, LJ Williams B finished at 70 cents, trading 3,000 shares, Scotiabank close at $60.01, with 458 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $26, with 55,490 units valued at $1,443,824 and Unilever Caribbean concluded at $28, trading 4,150 shares.

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

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1 Stock rise 2 fall on TTSE – Tuesday

January 9, 2018 by

Market activity ended with just 8 securities trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday against 14 on Monday, with 1 stock advancing, 2 declining and 5 remaining unchanged at the close.
At close, the Composite Index fell 0.43 points on to 1,268.31. The All T&T Index slipped 0.85 points higher to 1,704.58, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 112.27.
Trading ended with 107,817 shares valued at $2,343,695 changing hands, compared to 214,436 shares valued at $6,392,055 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Unilever Caribbean rose 5 cents and finished with $27.05,trading 1,000 units.
Losses| First Citizens Bank finished 2 cents lower to $32, in trading 3,632 shares and Massy shed 10 cents and finished at $48, trading 2,818 shares.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments concluded trading at $21, with 52,611 units valued at $1,104,831 changing hands, JMMB Group ended trading with 2,312 shares at $1.65, National Enterprises closed at $9.79, with 5,525 stock units trading, NCB Financial Group ended at $6.75, with 7,060 units trading, while Trinidad & Tobago NGL price closed at $26.20, trading 32,859 shares with a value of $854,705.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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West Indian Tobacco at 5 years’ Low

January 4, 2018 by

NCB shares trading at a 52 weeks’ high on the TTSE


With the Trinidad & Tobago economy in recession a number of companies are facing tough times one such is West Indian Tobacco that dented the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange index by 1.14 percent on Thursday as the price tumbled $10 to a 5 years’ low of $90, while trading 191 shares.
While Witco was trading at a 5 years’ low, Jamaica’s NCB Financial traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $6.75 on Thursday.
The market closed with the Composite Index falling 8.81 points to 1,264.88. The All T&T Index dropped 19.64 points to 1,707.60, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.30 points higher to close at 110.91.
Market activity ended with 336,338 shares trading with a value of $ $4,978,967 compared to 165,319 units on Wednesday, valued at $2,450,124. Trading ended 16 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Wednesday and closed with 5 stocks advancing, 5 declining as 6 remained unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.

West Indian Tobacco hits 5 years’ low on Thursday.

Gains| First Caribbean International Bank finished trading with a gain of 5 cents at $9.20 with 1,000 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy concluded trading with an increase of 5 cents to close at $3.10 with 9,397 shares trading, Massy rose 4 cents to $48.06 with 7,130 shares valued at $343,362. NCB Financial Group rose 20 cents, concluding trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.75 with 21,000 units and Republic Financial finished trading after an increase by 2 cents to $101.52 with 2,473 shares changing hands.
Losses| Ansa Mcal concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents in closing at $62.49 with 1,052 units, Clico Investments traded with a loss of 19 cents to close at $20.81 with 32,224 units trading valued at $673,099, National Enterprise fell 1 cent to $9.79 with 2,200 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGLsettled with a loss of 50 cents at $26 with 27,060 shares with a value of $705,870.
Firm Traded| First Citizens closed finished at $32 with 9,464 shares, JMMB Group settled at $1.65 with 62,249 shares, National Flour ended finished at $1.91 with 10,000 stock units, Prestige Holdings ended trading close at $10.70 with 450 stock units, Sagicor Financial closed trading at $8 with 129,480 shares valued at $1,035,785 and Scotiabank ended trading at $60.10 with 20,968 shares carry a value of $1,260,432, changing hands.

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

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Trading up on Trinidad & Tobago Exchange

December 27, 2017 by

A total of 13 securities traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday against 9 on Thursday, with 3 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 7 remained unchanged.
Market activity ended the volume of shares traded dropping sharply to 1,329,826 shares with a value of $21,128,486 up from 95,824 units on Friday, valued at $2,787,790. Trading was dominated by Guardian Holdings accounting for $9.5 million of the value of shares trading, First Citizens with shares worth $6.7 million and Trinidad & Tobago NGL with $4 million worth of shares.
The Composite Index rose 1.11 points to 1,263.14, the All T&T Index fell 2.32 points to 1,729.47 while the Cross Listed Index inched up 0.62 points to close at 107.40.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| In trading, Guardian Holdings closed at $17.06 with a gain of 3 cents exchanging 555,857 shares valued at $9,482,862, NCB Financial Group gained 9 cents to end at $6.20 with 2,400 shares trading and Republic Financial Holdings added 8 cents in trading 583 shares and closed at $101.58.
Losses| National Flour lost 6 cents to close at $1.90 trading 58,101 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.83, trading 4,100 shares trading after falling 17 cents. Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped $1.07 to close at record high of $26.50 trading 151,400 shares, carrying a value of $4,012,190.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are First Citizens closed at $32 with 210,900 units with a value of $6,749,866 changing hands, JMMB Group traded 315,000 units valued at $484,105 to close at $1.50, Massy traded 100 shares at $48, National Enterprises traded just 10 stock units at $9.80, Trinidad Cement traded 8,000 units at $3.75, Unilever Caribbean traded 4,600 shares at $29, LJ Williams B shares traded 18,775 units at 77 cents.

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More securities trade with less volume

December 19, 2017 by

Agostini’s traded at a 52 weeks’ high on Tuesday.

The number of securities trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, climbed to 18, compared to 14 on Monday. Unlike Monday, when just 1 stock advanced, trading on Tuesday threw up 4 winners 3 losers and 11 trading unchanged, with 1 closing at 52 weeks’ high and 1 at a 52 weeks’ Low.
In spite of the rise in the number of securities trading market activity ended with a mere 556,707 shares trading at a value of $4,534,786, well down from the 1,413,505 shares trading at for $8,688,584 on Monday.
The Composite Index fell 0.76 points to 1,257.20, the All T&T Index declined 1.90 points to 1,721.95 while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.05 points to close at 106.81.

Trinidad Cement closed at a 52 weeks’ low on Tuesday.

IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| In trading Agostini’s exchanged 694 shares, gaining 21 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $20.75, Angostura Holdings closed trading with just 20 shares at $15.20 after rising by 20 cents, Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent to end at $7.97, trading 275,873 shares with a value of $2,206,084 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL recovered the 30 cents it lost on Monday to close at $26.50, with 9,502 shares changing hands.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining are Grace Kennedy with a loss of 1 cent, in closing at $2.99 in exchanging 217,463 shares at a value of $649,365, Guardian Holdings lost 27 cents in closing at $17.03 with 11,600 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement lost 20 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.75 with 1,085 stock units trading.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are Clico Investments closing unchanged at $21 with 700 units trading, First Citizens closed at $32 with 8,303 units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank trading 9,000 units at $9.30, National Enterprises exchanged 1,200 units at $9.80, Prestige Holdings closed at $10.70 with 1,453 shares trading, ReadyMix traded 500 shares at $11. Republic Financial Holdings traded a mere 5 units to settle at $100, Scotiabank closed at $60 in exchanging 1,766 units, Unilever Caribbean closed at $29, trading 500 shares, West Indian Tobacco closed at $100 with 6,948 shares with a value of $688,504 trading but traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $96.99, before the close and LJ Williams B share traded 10,095 units at 70 cents.

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Unilever at 71/2 years’ low

December 19, 2017 by

Unilever forming a head & shoulder formation suggesting much lower price for the stock.

Unilever Caribbean closed at the lowest price since August 5, 2011, continuing to drift lower, pressured by poor profit for 2017. Overall trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 14 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Friday with just 1 stock advancing, 5 declining and 8 unchanged with 2 falling to 52 weeks’ lows.
Market activity ended as 1,413,505 shares traded at a value of $8,688,584 compared to Friday’s trades of 321,584 valued at $4,433,970.
The Composite Index fell 1.08 points to 1,257.96, the All T&T Index declined 2.66 points to 1,723.85 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.07 points to close at 106.76.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| The sole security gaining at the close of trading is Grace Kennedy with a rise of 4 cents, and closing at $3 with 791,507 shares traded at a value of $2,358,741.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining are JMMB Group with a loss of 9 cents, ended at $1.50 with 325,000 shares valued at $487,910 trading, One Caribbean Media dropped $1 and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $13, trading 250,358 valued at $3,269,007. Scotiabank lost 9 cents, settling at $60 in exchanging only 15 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $26.20, with a loss of 30 cents with 4,986 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean fell to a 52 weeks’ low of $29, having lost $1, trading 7,920 shares.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are First Citizens closed at $32 with 100 units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank trading 1,075 units at $9.30. National Enterprises exchanged 1,000 units at $9.80, National Flour Mills closed at $1.90 with 1,595 shares trading, Point Lisas closed at $3.90 with 372 units, Republic Financial Holdings traded 21,000 shares valued at $2,100,000, and settled at $100, Sagicor Financial held firm at $7.96 trading 7,077 shares and Bourse Brazil Latin Fund US Dollar shares closed at US$8.10 with 00 units exchanged.

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