Trading levels declined sharply on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday in contrast to much more robust activity on Tuesday when 13 securities traded. At the close, 8 securities changed hands, 2 advanced, 1 declined and 5 traded unchanged.
Trading activity closed with 31,204 shares changing hands with a value of $2,125,247, in contrast to Monday’s volume of 1,012,187 with a value of $20,846,037.
The Composite Index gained 0.16 points to 1,190.98 points, the All T & T Index closed 0.32 points higher to 1,804.84 points, but down 7.37 percent year to date. The Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 77.15 points with year to date gains of 55.83 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 9 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens gained 1 cent to close at $33.02 with 1,077 shares changing hands and National Enterprises advanced 5 cents to close at $10.60 and 
Losses|Guardian Holdings lost 5 cents with 1,125 shares changing hands to close at $12.95.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 500 shares changing hands, Guardian Media closed at $19 with 7,310 shares changing hands, Scotiabank closed at $58.72, with 5,221 shares changing hands with a value of $306,609. Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.54, with 376 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at $126.80 with 12,492 shares changing hands valued at $1,584,017.
Trading activity drops on TTSE – Wednesday
Witco pulls in $7.5m on TTSE
Witco had the largest dollar trade on the TTSE on Tuesday.
Trading activity closed with 1,012,187 shares changing hands with a value of $20,846,037, in contrast to Monday’s volume of 453,888 with a value of $6,111,495.
The Composite Index gained 0.44 points to 1,190.82 points, the All T & T Index closed 0.87 points higher to 1,804.52 points, but down 7.39 percent year to date and the Cross Listed Index closed unchanged at 77.15 points and remained with the year to date gains of 55.83 percent.
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| Guardian Holdings gained 44 cents to close at $13 with 742,704 shares changing hands valued at $9,655,042.
< Strong> Losses|Massy Holdings lost 1 cent with 5,843 shares changing hands to close at $58.43, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.54, a loss of 7 cents with 13,202 shares changing hands and Trinidad Cement lost 15 cents to close at $3.25, with 4,500 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades | Angostura Holdings with 150,473 shares changing hands, closed at $15.50 with a value of $2,332,332, Clico Investment Fund closed at $22.60 with 20,800 shares changing hands, First Citizens closed at $33.01 with 605 shares changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 1,155 shares changing hands. Guardian Media closed at $19 with 6,443 shares changing hands, National Enterprises closed at $10.55 with 6,000 shares changing hands, Prestige Holdings, with 602 shares changing hands, closed at $11. Scotiabank closed at $58.72 with 500 shares changing hands and Witco closed at $126.80 with 59,360 shares changing hands valued at $7,526,848, Witco will make a dividend payout of $1.44 per share on November 24.
Witco & Angostura dominate trading
Angostura Holdings traded TT$2.6 million in shares.
Trading dipped marginally with prices for the majority of traded stocks remaining unchnaged. The market closed with 13 securities changing hands compared with 10 on Friday. At the close, 2 stock advanced, 3 declined, 8 traded unchanged and 2 stocks at a 52-week high.
Trading activity closed with 453,888 shares changing hands with a value of $6,111,495, in contrast to Friday’s volume of 300,540 with a value of $6,639,919.
The Composite Index declined 0.14 points to 1,190.38 points, the All T & T Index closed 0.28 points lower to 1,803.68 points, down 7.43 percent year to date and the Cross Listed Index was unchanged, closing at 77.15 points and holding ground at 55.83 percent for 2016.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 1 cent and closed at 91 cents with 213,540 shares changing hands and Massy Holdings, with only 10 shares changing hands, gained 1 cent to close at $51.
< Strong> Losses|Scotiabank lost 1 cent with 866 shares changing hands to close at $58.72, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 3 cents to close at $22.61 with 100 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at
$126.80, down 10 cents with 20,451 shares changing hands with a value of $2,593,187.Firm Trades | Angostura Holdings with 168,184 shares changing hands, closed at $15.50 with a value of $2,606,852, Clico Investment Fund closed at $22.60 with 10,100 shares changing hands, First Citizens closed at $33.01 with 940 shares changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 6,000 shares changing hands. National Enterprises closed at $10.55 with 29,290 shares changing hands with a value of $309,011, Prestige Holdings, with 1,339 shares changing hands, closed at $11, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $109 with 68 shares changing hands and Sagicor Financial held firm at $7.50 with 3,000 shares changing hands.
Cross listed TTSE stocks up 56%
Sagicor Financial closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Thursday on the TTSE.
Trading activity closed with 1,008,039 shares changing hands with a value of $9,814,776, in contrast to Wednesday’s volume of 795,747 with a value of $8,048,155.
The Composite Index advanced 2.02 points to 1,190.32 points, the All T & T Index gained 3.69 points to close at 1,803.83 points, 7.42 percent down year to date and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.04 points to close at 77.10 points and is up 55.73 percent for 2016.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bid higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 1 cent to close at 91 cent with 78,977 shares changing hands, National Enterprises advanced 4 cents on favourable quarterly results to close at $10.55 with 454,545 shares changing hands with a value of $4,795,450. Republic Financial Holdings with 90 shares changing hands closed at $109, up by $1.02 and Sagicor Financial gained 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.45 with 147,487 shares changing hands, valued at $1,098,778.
< Strong> Losses|Grace Kennedy lost 6 cents to close at $2.74 with 3,400 shares changing hands, Scotiabank lost 1 cent to close at $58.73 with 3,100 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, with a loss of 4 cents, closed at $22.64 with 1,935 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades | Angostura Holdings with 66,534 shares changing hands, closed at $15.50 with a value of $1,031,290, Clico Investment Fund closed at $22.60 with 1,532 shares changing hands, First Citizens Bank with 893 shares changing hands, closed at $33, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 106,858 shares changing hands with a value of $908,293. Massy Holdings closed at $50.99 with 538 shares changing hands, Prestige Holdings closed at $11 with 142,073 shares changing hands with a value of $1,562,803 and West Indian Tobacco with 77 shares changing hands, closed at $126.90.
Sharp fall for TTSE stocks on Tuesday
Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Exchange closed on Tuesday with big declines in a number of stocks, which pulled the main indices down relatively sharply. At the close of trading, 10 securities changed hands, up from 8 traded on Monday. One security advanced, 4 declined and 5 traded firm. Two stocks closed at 52-week highs’ low
Trading activity closed with 1,848,342 shares changing hands with a value of $27,261,839 in contrast to Monday’s volume of 293,440 shares with value of $3,299,850.
The Composite Index declined 4.57 points to 1,173.23 points, the All T & T Index dropped 8.06 points to close at 1,798.91 points, for a decline of 7.68 percent for the year to date, while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.14 points to close at 73.11 points, up 47.67 percent year to date.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bid higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| National Enterprises gained 1 cent to $10.51 with 1,000 shares changing hands.
< Strong> Losses| Clico Investment Fund lost 1 cent to close at $22.60 with 502,979 shares valued at $11,367,329, Guardian Holdings lost 45 cents to close at a 52-weeks’ low of $12.50 with 1,175,542 shares for a value of $14,710,884 changing hands. 
National Commercial Bank lost 2 cents to close at $2.66 with 100,460 shares changing hands and Republic Financial Holdings lost $1.78 to close at to close at a 52-weeks’ low of $107 with 5,270 shares trading valued at $563,890.
Firm Trades | First Citizens Bank with 1,961 shares closed trading at $33, Grace Kennedy with 1,000 changing hands closed at $2.57, JMMB Group traded 50,380 shares to close at 90 cents, Massy Holdings closed with 250 shares trading at $51.00 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended with 9,500 shares trading at $22.75.
First Citizens climbs 75 cents
First Citizens climbed 75 cents on TTSE on Wednesday.
Trading activity resulted in the volume of 171,918 shares changing hands with a value of $2,294,211 in contrast to Tuesday’s volume of 174,997 shares valued at $1,162,709.
The market closed with the Composite Index rising 1.75 points to close at 1,176.90. The All T & T Index gained 3.69 points to close at 1,807.99 points, while the Cross Listed Index declined by 0.03 points to close at 72.86 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers
Gains| Agostini’s gained 10 cents to end with 1,677 shares, changing hands at $17.40, First Citizens Bank jumped 75 cents with 5,277 shares changing hands to close at $33, National Commercial Bank gained 1 cent to end with 50,000 shares closing at $2.66. National Enterprises gained 10 cents to end with 1,200 shares at $10.50,
Praetorian Property Mutual Fund ended with 4,000 shares changing hands to close at $2.70 after rising 5 cents and Sagicor Financial Corporation gained 10 cents to end with 10,000 units changing hands, to close at $7.15.< Strong> Losses| Ansa Mcal lost 18 cents with 40 shares trading to close at $62.50, JMMB Group lost 4 cents to end with 56,000 shares changing hands at 86 cents and Massy Holdings lost 42 cents to end with 29,336 shares with a value of $1,496,136 at $51.
Firm Trades| Trading firm are, Clico Investments traded 10,000 units at $22.60, First Caribbean International Bank with 606 shares to close at $8.10, Guardian Holdings closed with 570 shares to close at $13, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, ended with 2,511 shares to close at $23 and West Indian Tobacco traded 41 shares to close at $127.
TTSE open November positively
Guardian Holdings climbed 40 cents on Tuesday.
Trading activity resulted in the volume of 174,997 shares changing hands with a value of $1,162,709 in contrast to Monday’s volume of 49,828 shares with value of $214,031, as
The market closed with the Composite Index rising 2.40 points to close at 1,175.15. The All T & T Index gained 2.86 points to close 1,804.30 points, for a year to date fall of 7.4 percent. The Cross Listed Index advanced by 0.26 points to close at 72.89 points, up 47.22 percent, year to date.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank gained 25 cents after trading 1,000 shares, to close at $32.25, Guardian Holdings ended trading with 25,000 shares with a value of $325,000 changing hands with a gain of 40 cents to close at $13. JMMB Group gained 5 cents to end with 65,961 shares changing hands to close at a new 52 weeks’ high of 90 cents and Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 11,300 shares changing hands and gained 5 cents to $7.05.
Losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund lost 2 cents to close at 52 weeks’ low of $21.97 after trading 492 shares, National Enterprises traded 15,000 shares and Republic Financial Holdings and 68 shares and both lost 1 cents each to close at $10.40 and $108.99 respectively.Firm Trades| Trading firm are, Angostura Holdings with 2,525 shares to close at $15, Clico Investment Fund closed with 510 shares changing hands to end at $22.60, Grace Kennedy at $2.55 with 24,880 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings with 60 shares to close at $51.42. National Flour Mills traded 680 shares to close at $2.64, Prestige Holdings closed at $11 with 25,500 shares, Scotiabank Trinidad and Tobago with 1,339 shares changing hands closed at $58.75 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed trading with 510 units at $22.60.
3 stocks rose 2 fell on TTSE – Monday
Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Exchange ended on Monday with 9 securities changing hands, the same as on Friday. At the close 3 stocks gained while 2 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
Trading activity closed with 49,828 shares valued at $214,031 changing hands, compared to 98,234 shares valued at $2,410,845 on Friday.
The market closed with the the Composite Index fell 0.50 points to close at 1,172.75. The All T&T Index dropped 3.15 points to 1,801.44, down 7.55 percent for 2016 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.30 points to 72.63 points and is up 46.70 percent, year to date.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| National Commercial Bank gained of 5 cents to close with 10,000 shares changing hands at $2.65, National Enterprises gained 1 cent, in closing at $10.41 with 2,550 shares changing hands and Sagicor Financial ended trading with 875 shares with a rise of 1 cent to close at $7.01.
Losses| Grace Kennedy lost 2 cents in contributing 6,918 shares in trading, to close at $2.55 and Trinidad Cement dropped 50 cents to $3.45 while trading 28,909 shares as investors reacted negatively to a fall in profit for the September quarter.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund closed with just 5 shares changing hands to end at $22.60, Scotiabank closed with 273 shares changing hands at $58.75, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23 with 178 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco traded 120 shares changing hands to close at $127.
3 stocks rose 2 fell on TTSE – Friday
First Caribbean traded on TTSE at a 52 weeks’ high on Friday
Trading activity closed with 98,234 shares valued at $2,410,845 changing hands, compared to 258,550 shares valued at $1,392,416 on Thursday as 1 stock closed at a 52 weeks’ high.
The market closed with the the Composite Index rising 1.92 points to close at 1,173.25. The All T&T Index rose 0.59 points to 1,804.59, down 7.39 percent for 2016 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.44 points to 72.33 points and is up 46.09 percent year to date.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund closed with 89,621 shares valued at $2,025,397 changing hands to end at $22.60, for a 1 cent gain.
Firstcaribbean International Bank ended trading 1,232 shares with a rise of 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.10 and National Enterprises gained 5 cents, in closing at $10.40 with 2,318 shares changing hands.Losses| National Flour Mills ended trading with 1,489 shares after slipping 1 cent to close at $2.64 and Unilever lost 3 cents to close at $59.87 with just 20 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Scotiabank closed with 434 shares changing hands at $58.75, and Trinidad and Tobago NGL fell closed at $23 with 726 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco traded 2,394 shares changing hands for a value of $304,038 to close $127.
2 stocks rose 4 fell on TTSE – Thursday
Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Exchange ended on Thursday with 10 securities changing hands, down from 14 that traded on Wednesday with 2 rising while 4 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
Trading activity closed with 258,550 shares valued at $1,392,416 changing hands, compared to 287,067 shares valued at $955,253 on Wednesday as 1 stock closed at a 52 weeks’ high.
The market closed with the the Composite Index rising 0.22 points to close at 1,171.33. The All T&T Index rose 1.04 points to 1,804.00, down 7.42 percent for 2016 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.08 points to 71.89 points and is up 45.20 percent year to date.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings closed trading with 15,849 shares changing hands with a rise of 5 cents, to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $15 and National Enterprises gained 10 cents, in closing at $10.35 with 1,142 shares changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund closed with 15,250 shares changing hands to end at $22.59, for a 1 cent fall, Grace Kennedy contributed 109,000 shares to close at $2.55 after falling 5 cents. Prestige Holdings had 26,560 shares changing hands but lost 10 cents and closed at $11 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL fell 11 cents, to close at $23 with 3,749 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| JMMB Group closed at 85 cents with 85,950 units, switching ownership, Massy Holdings ended with 100 shares changing hands at $51.42, Scotiabank closed with 869 shares changing hands at $58.75 and West Indian Tobacco traded 81 shares to close $127.