Readymix price rose for the third consecutive day on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, adding 50 cents, for a 13.6 percent increase over the Trinidad Cement’s offer price of $11. Ansa McAL dominated trading and led with more than 100,000 units valued at more than $7.5 million.
Trading resulted in 14 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Tuesday with the price of 4 rising, 2 falling and 8 remaining unchanged. A total of 317,668 shares were exchanged at a value of $8,880,820 compared to Tuesday’s 445,375 shares valued at $5,118,190.
The Composite Index rose 1.30 points to 1,232.55, the All T&T Index lost 0.24 points to 1,807.58 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.39 points to end at 88.19.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa McAL gained 13 cents to close at $66.50 with trades of 114,214 shares valued at $7,590,863, JMMB Group closed at $1.25 with gains of 7 cents trading 47,529 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $3.80, after gaining 2 cents with an exchange of 63,778 units. Readymix closed 50 cents higher at $12.50 exchanging 1,567 shares and
Losses| Angostura Holdings closed 5 cents lower at $14.90 with an exchange of 40 shares and National Enterprises lost 2 cents, closing at $10.80 while trading 26,885 units.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded 502 units to close at $18.50, Clico Investment traded 2,260 shares at $22.50, First Caribbean International closed at $8.85 with 50 shares changing hands, Point Lisas exchanged 10,000 units at $3.76, Sagicor Financial remained at $9 with trades of 6,202 shares. Scotia Investments closed at $2.50 with 2,000 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement traded 34,900 units at $4.20, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $21 with 5,741 units exchanged and West Indian Tobacco was unchanged at $127 trading 2,000 units.
Readymix now 14% above TCL offer
Readymix heads higher on Tuesday
TCL may be challenged to succed with its bid to buy out the minority shares in Reaymix at TT$11.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday resulted in 13 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Monday with 3 rising, 6 falling and 4 remaining unchanged. At the close, 445,375 shares were exchanged at a value of $5,118,190 compared to Monday’s 238,247 shares valued at $1,151,376.
The Composite Index fell 1.62 points to 1,231.25, the All T&T Index declined 2.39 points to 1,807.82 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.11 points to 87.80.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group closed at $1.18 with a 1 cent gain trading 112,080 shares, Point Lisas traded 1 cent higher with 7,159 shares changing hands to close at $3.76, Readymix advanced 49 cents, closing at $12 with an exchange of 155,862 shares valued at $1,870,387. In the last two years the company stock traded only 11,218 units prior to the buy-out offer.
Losses| Guardian Holdings closed at $15.50, losing 40 cents trading 454 shares, Massy Holdings lost 4 cents to close at $52.95 with an exchange of 188 units,
NCB Financial Group closed 1 cent down to $3.78 exchanging 24,872 shares. One Caribbean Media lost 10 cents to close at $16.90 with trades of 1,450 units, Republic Financial Holdings closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $101.95, with a loss of 4 cents trading 203 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded at $21, losing 12 cents with an exchange of 120,691 shares valued at $2,534,710.Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings closed at $14.95 with 333 shares changing hands, Clico Investment traded 14,000 shares at $22.50 valued at $315,000, National Enterprises exchanged 1,234 shares at $10.82 and Sagicor Financial closed at $9 with trades of 4,590 shares.
Readymix jumps on takeover offer
TCL made an offer to buy out the minority shares in Reaymix at TT$11.
Trading closed with 12 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Wednesday, with the market having been closed on Thursday. The prices of 3 stocks gained 7 fell and 2 remained unchanged.
Trading volume fell to a low of 67,974 shares valued at $1,375,038 compared to Wednesday’s 90,080 shares valued at $621,874 as the prices of 3 stocks rose, 7 declined and 2 traded with the price unchanged.
The Composite Index fell 0.72 points to 1,233.79, the All T&T Index declined 1.09 points to 1,811.54 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.05 points to 87.98.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment rose 1 cent in exchanging 4,327 units at $22.51, Readymix gained 71 cents in trading 1,400 shares to close at a 52 weeks high of $11.51 after the parent company made an offer $11 for the minority shares and Trinidad Cement closed with 5,000 shares trading at $4.21 after rising by 4 cents.
Losses| Angostura Holdings lost 1 cent and closed at $15 with 10 shares traded, First Citizens closed with a loss of 35 cents to end at $31.65 trading 3,335 shares, Guardian Holdings lost 2 cents in trading 2,365 units at $15.98, JMMB Group fell 2 cents and exchanged 5,455 shares at $1.20, National Enterprises lost 6 cents to close at $10.82 trading 2,110 shares, Republic Financial Holdings dropped $3.49 in exchanging 17 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $101.99 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped $1.21 to close at $21.50 with an exchange of 42,739 units valued at $918,889.Firm Trades| Massy closed at $53 with 100 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127.01 with trading in 1,116 units.
Prices steady on TTSE
The last prices of stocks on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday without any change from the last traded price at the close on Tuesday. Based on the weighted average price movements, used in computing the market indices, the market recorded mostly falling values.
Trading levels fell to very low level with just 90,080 shares valued at $621,874 compared to Tuesday’s 178,508 units valued at $2,180,740 with 11 securities changing hands, the same as the day prior.
The Composite Index fell 5.36 points to 1,234.51, the All T&T Index declined by 11.56 points to 1,812.63 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.13 points to 88.03.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 10 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 12 with lower offers.
Firm Trades| Stocks changing hands on Wednesday with the last traded price unchanged are, Clico Investment closing at $22.50 with 4,158 units traded, JMMB Group at $1.22 with 43,325 units changing hands, National Enterprises closing at $10.88 with trades of 5,010 units. 
Point Lisas traded 6,117 shares at $3.65, after trading earlier at $3.75, Prestige Holdings closed at $10.75 trading 100 units, Republic Financial Holdings exchanged 500 shares to end at $105.48 but traded as low as $102. Sagicor Financial held firm at $9.01 with an exchange of 18,217 units, Scotiabank closed at $59.01 with 1,169 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments traded 115 shares at $2.30, but traded as high as $2.50, Trinidad Cement closed at $4.17 trading 7,629 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL remained at $22.71 with 3,740 units traded, after being as high as low as $21.50.
Only 4 price changes on Wednesday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 18 securities changing hands up from 13 on Tuesday, with 193,335 shares valued at $2,067,973 in contrast to Tuesday’s 103,351 shares valued at $982,037, leading to 2 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 14 holding firm.
The Composite Index fell 1.10 points to 1,241.82, the All T&T Index declined 1.69 points to 1,828.31 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.07 points to 87.87.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Point Lisas gained 15 cents to close at $3.65 trading 1,300 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL advanced 26 cents, closing at $22.90 with 7,461 shares changing hands.
Losses| NCB Financial Group lost 1 cent to close at $3.78 with an exchange of 7,984 shares and Republic Financial Holdings closed at $105.48, for a loss of 51 cents with trades of 1,000 units.
Firm Trades| Stock trading with the last traded price unchanged are, Agostini’s trading 350 units at $18.50,
Ansa Merchant Bank closing at $40 with 308 shares traded, Clico Investment that closed at $22.51 with an exchange of 13,800 shares valued at $310,652, First Citizens ended at $32 trading 184 units. Grace Kennedy traded 11,183 units at $2.66, Guardian Holdings was unchanged at $16.01 with 19,889 shares exchanged at a value of $318,429, JMMB Group held firm at $1.22 trading 78,729 units, Massy traded 1,800 shares at $53, National Enterprises closed at $10.88 with 8,931 shares changing owners. National Flour Mills traded 150 units at $2.64, Sagicor Financial held firm at $9.01 with an exchange of 30,000 units, Scotiabank exchanged 2,025 shares at $59, Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 with trades of 5,307 units and West Indian Tobacco traded 2,934 shares valued at $372,618 at $127.
Volumes dip prices rise on TTSE
Trading activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday saw the volume and value of securities traded falling below Monday’s levels as the shares of less companies traded.
At the close, 13 securities changed hands compared to 16 on Monday with 5 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 5 unchanged. The number of securities traded was 103,351 valued at $982,037 in contrast to Monday’s 199,103 shares valued at $2,253,341.
The Composite Index dropped 0.64 points to 1,242.92, the All T&T Index gained 1.11 points to 1,830.00, with the 2017 loss to date virtually wiped out and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.33 points to 87.94.
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| L.J. Williams B closed at 86 cents, gaining 6 cents trading 23,150 shares, National Enterprises gained 3 cents to close at $10.88 with just 100 units being exchanged, NCB Financial Group closed at $3.79, for gains of 4 cents with 11,000 shares changing hands. Trinidad Cement traded at $4.20, up 3 cents with an exchange of 20,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 2 cents to close at $22.64 with 2,945 shares traded.
Losses| Ansa Merchant Bank lost 2 cents to close at $40 trading 1,764 shares, First Caribbean International Bank closed 9 cents lower to $8.85, with trades of 7,939 units and Point Lisas closed at $3.50, for a loss of 15 cents with 8,369 units changing owners.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment closed at $22.51 with an exchange of 21,640 shares valued at $487,140, JMMB Group held firm at $1.22 trading 4,479 units, Massy Holdings traded 200 shares at $53, Sagicor Financial closed at $9.01 with 200 units traded and Scotiabank exchanged 1,565 shares at $59 after trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $59.16.
NCB Group trades at J$76 in Trinidad
NCB stock traded at a high of TT$4 on the TTSE on Thursday.
The stock traded as high as TT$4 or the equivalent of J$76 but closed slightly lower at the close. The group traded in Kingston at J$65.
Trading levels on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange fell on Thursday leading to an exchange of just 9 securities, compared to 11 on Wednesday. At the close 3 stocks advanced, 4 declined and 2 were unchanged. Securities traded amounted to 306,454 units at a value of $3,666,557 in contrast to Wednesday’s 547,969 shares valued at $12,402,664.
The Composite Index gained 0.51 points to 1,240.39, the All T&T Index rose 1.45 points to 1,823.23 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.06 points to 88.16.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 10 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| After several weeks closing with the demand for Agostini’s at a higher price than the last sale 2,658 units traded on Thursday with price gaining $1.02 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $18.52, after it last traded in November last year. First Citizens Bank gained 1 cent trading 8,205 shares and closed at $31.51, still below the price of $32, the government block of 48 million shares are being sold and Trinidad Cement added 10 cents, closing at $4.30, with an exchange of 8,598 units.
Losses| Clico Investment closed at $22.50 with a loss of 10 cents as 126,509 units changing hands at a value of $2,846,453, First Caribbean International Bank lost 5 cents, closing at $8.94 with an exchange of 1,000 units, JMMB Group was down 2 cents to $1.20 with trades of 65,295 shares and Republic Financial Holdings closed at $105.99, after losing just 1 cent with 188 units traded.Firm Trades| National Commercial Bank Financial Group traded 91,588 shares to close with the last sale at $3.75 valued at $346,562 and Sagicor Financial held firm at $9 with trades of 2,413 units.
6 stocks rise & 2 fall – Monday
Over 48 m units of First Citizens went on sale by the T&T govt at $32 per share today.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday saw 12 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Friday leading to moderate changes in the market indices.
The market closed with 6 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 4 unchanged resulting in 534,824 shares trading at a value of $2,812,325 compared to Friday’s 150,233 shares valued at $1,739,892.
The Composite Index slid 0.72 points to 1,240.56, the All T&T Index gained 0.77 points to 1,821.73 and the Cross Listed Index was down 0.30 points to 88.43.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments exchanged 1,788 units at $22.52, having gained 1 cent, Guardian Holdings closed 50 cents higher to $15.50 trading 17,838 shares, and National Enterprises rose 3 cents to close at $10.85 with 4,735 units changing hands. Scotia Investments added 1 cent, closing at $2.20 with an exchange of 194,600 shares valued at $429,620, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.51, with a 1 cent gain while 500 units traded and West Indian Tobacco closed 1 cent higher to $127 with trades of 128 shares.
Losses| JMMB Group lost 8 cents, closing at $1.20 with an exchange of 113,431 units and Trinidad 
Cement closed 3 cents lower to $4.17 with 25,113 shares changing owners.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings traded 10,000 units at $15, Massy Holdings closed at $53 with 1,721 units traded, Sagicor Financial held firm at $9 with an exchange of 164,450 shares valued at $1,480,050 and Scotiabank closed at $58.76 trading 520 shares.
First Citizens did not trade with the government putting 48 million shares on the market for sale at $32 each starting on Monday.
Unilever jump $1.25
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday saw 11 securities changing hands compared to 16 on Thursday. Unilever Caribbean reaped a $1.25 gain to rise to $58.25 trading 4,260 units.
The market closed with 3 stocks advancing, 5 unchanged and 3 declining as 157,407 shares were exchanged at a value of $3,220,448 compared to Thursday’s 337,591 shares valued at $2,989,250.
The Composite Index lost 0.19 points to 1,242.51, the All T&T Index dropped 0.37 points to 1,822.77 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 88.80 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments added 1 cent, closing at $22.51 trading 36,976 shares valued at $831,996, L.J. Williams B gained 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of 80 cents with 10,000 units changing hands.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank lost 1 cent to close at $9.15, with trades of 17,062 units, 
Grace Kennedy fell 1 cent to $2.63 trading 300 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.65, losing 35 cents with an exchange of 1,000 units.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank closed at $32.25 trading 2,353 units, Massy Holdings traded 25,000 shares at $53 valued at $1,325,092 and National Commercial Bank was unchanged at $3.70 with only 128 units traded. Sagicor Financial traded 60,161 shares with a value of $541,449 at $9 and Scotiabank closed at $58.75 trading 167 shares.
Trinidad stocks look to be firming
Guardian Holdings closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.51.
Volume trading ended at 1,192,408 shares valued at $3,543,220 in contrast to Friday’s 195,248 units valued at $3,655,973.
The Composite Index gained 0.66 points to 1,251.43, the All T&T Index rose 0.93 points to 1,830.60 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.05 points to 90.16 with year to date gains of 15.34 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens gained 1 cent, closing at $32.50 with an exchange of 1,512 shares, First Caribbean International Bank closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.05 with gains of 4 cents while trading 13,848 units, Guardian Holdings ended trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.51, climbing 51 cents with 22,631 shares changing hands valued at $373,435. JMMB Group gained 2 cents to close at $1.22 trading 838,419 units valued at $1,019,343, Prestige Holdings added 1 cent to close at $11 with an exchange of 447 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL advanced 40 cents to $23.65 with 5,956 shares changing owners.
Losses| Clico Investment lost 1 cent to close at $22.50 with 11,575 units traded, National Commercial Bank closed at $3.97, losing 3 cents with 101,500 units changing hands valued at $403,000, Point Lisas closed 5 cents lower to $3.65 with an exchange 500 shares.
Republic Financial Holdings closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $103.25, losing 75 cents trading 249 shares and Scotia Investments was down 1 cent trading 103,650 units to end at $2.19Firm Trades| Ansa McAL closed at $66.45 trading 2,000 units, Grace Kennedy traded 70,100 shares at $2.63 while Massy Holdings exchanged 2,377 units to end at $53. Sagicor Financial closed at $9.30 with an exchange of 11,479 units and Scotiabank held firm at $58.75 with 6,165 shares changing hands valued at $362,194, but closed with the offer at $58.70 to sell 930 units.