Market activity ended on Wednesday with a rise in all three indices after 70 percent fewer shares traded carrying, with a 66 percent lower value than on Tuesday, resulting in an even number of stocks falling and rising at the close of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
At the close, 19 traded compared to 20 on Tuesday, with three stocks rising, three declining and 13 remaining unchanged. The Composite Index popped 5.72 points to 1,385.62, the All T$T Index gained 0.76 points to 1,876.45, and the Cross-Listed Index rose 1.54 points to end at 120.57.
A total of, 578,611 shares traded, for $7,318,842 compared to 1,948,761 units at $21,671,147 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 30,453 units at $385,202 compared to 97,438 at $1,083,557 on Tuesday. The average trade for the month to date amounts to 64,804 units at $743,333. May averaged 25,935 units at $406,593.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending with bids higher than its last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s ended at $24.40 with 80 units clearing the market, Angostura Holdings lost 5 cents in closing at $14.95 after exchanging 2,000 stocks, Ansa McAL remained at $56.75 after a transfer of 4,897 stock units. Clico Investment Fund popped $1.46 to end at $26.96 with 75,780 stock units changing hands, CinemaOne remained at $4 in switching ownership of 2,900 shares, First Citizens Bank remained at $50 with 469 stocks crossing the exchange. FirstCaribbean International Bank gained 39 cents to end at $6.49, trading 120 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $5.25 with 70,008 shares changing hands, Guardian Holdings rose 49 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $34 in switching ownership of 16,040 stocks. 
JMMB Group lost 6 cents in closing at $1.75 with a transfer of 80,103 stock units, Massy Holdings ended at $69.76 after exchanging 50 units, National Enterprises closed at $3 with the swapping of 3,030 stocks. NCB Financial Group remained at $8.50, trading 291,105 shares, One Caribbean Media was unchanged at $4.80 with 500 stocks clearing the market, Prestige Holdings closed at $6.55 in transferring 1,167 shares. Republic Financial Holdings dipped 5 cents to $134.95 after 19 stock units cleared the market with . Scotiabank ended at $57 after exchanging 23,938 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $17.50 in trading 6,105 stocks and Unilever Caribbean finished at $16.33 with the swapping of 300 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
NCB Financial Group close at $8.50 in an exchange of 1,303,500 units, National Enterprises traded 20,281 stock units at $3 after rising 4 cents, National Flour exchanged 218,348 units at $2.30, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $135 after trading 48 stock units, Scotiabank closed at $57, with 16,069 stock units clearing the market, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost $1 to close at $17.50 after trading 26,322 stock units. Trinidad Cement ended at $3.30, with an exchange of 39 stock units, Unilever Caribbean closed at $16.33 after exchanging 8,297 stocks and West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent to end at $32.50 after trading 305 shares.
A total of 1,938,335 shares traded for $22,585,268 versus 334,379 units at $6,637,409 on Friday.
National Enterprises dipped 4 cents to $2.96, with 2,043 units switching owners, NCB Financial Group climbed 20 cents to $8.50, with 1,754,266 shares crossing the market, One Caribbean Media shed 39 cents to close at $4.50 while exchanging 399 shares. Republic Financial Holdings settled at $135 in an exchange of 1,062 shares, Scotiabank closed at $54.90 trading 51,984 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $16.49 after 20,607 shares changed hands. Unilever Caribbean slipped 1 cent to $16.32 trading 83 stock units and West Indian Tobacco settled at $32.49 with an exchange of 3,047 shares.
A total of 16 securities traded compared to 20 on Thursday, with prices of five stocks rising, three declining and eight remaining unchanged. The Composite Index fell 4.34 points to 1,355.98, The All T&T Index rose 6.90 points to 1,841.46 and the Cross-Listed Index lost 2.29 points to sit at 117.23.
National Flour Mills remained at $2.30 after an exchange of 95,998 stocks, NCB Financial Group closed at $8.30 with an exchange of 3,700 units, One Caribbean Media gained 1 cent to close at $4.89 after switching ownership of 6,000 units. Point Lisas remained at $2.95, with 1,000 stock units clearing the market, Republic Financial Holdings remained at $135 after trading 530 shares, Scotiabank ended after exchanging 2,002 stock units to end at $54.90. Trinidad & Tobago NGL climbed $1.49 to close at $16.49 in an exchange of 23,421 stocks, Unilever Caribbean remained at $16.33 after exchanging 2,000 units and West Indian Tobacco advanced 4 cents to end at $32.49, trading 3,203 shares.
Trading took place in 16 stocks compared to 15 on Friday, with eight rising, three declining and five ending unchanged. The Composite Index gained 8.26 points to settle at 1,351.48, The All T&T Index increased 7.26 points to 1,827.08 and the Cross-Listed Index gained 1.31 points to close at 118.08.
Massy Holdings advanced 94 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $66 in trading 10,105 stock units, National Enterprises settled at $3 in switching ownership of 2,372 units, National Flour Mills rose 35 cents to close at $2.30 in an exchange of 60,620 shares. NCB Financial Group stayed at $8.20, with 115,974 shares changing hands, Prestige Holdings climbed 2 cents to $6.53, with 50 units crossing the exchange, Republic Financial Holdings climbed 26 cents to $132.78 in trading 6,333 stocks. Scotiabank gained 25 cents to end at $55 in an exchange of 8,975 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 30 cents to close at $14.50 with an exchange of 50,545 shares and Unilever Caribbean settled at $16.30 while exchanging 500 shares.
National Enterprises fell 23 cents to close at $3 in trading 16,300 shares, National Flour Mills declined 35 cents to end at $1.95 with the swapping of 52,900 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 10 cents to $8.20, with 138,482 stocks crossing the market. Republic Financial Holdings traded 5,371 shares after losing 9 cents and closing at $132.52, Scotiabank gained 9 cents to close at $54.75 trading 11,352 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL jumped $1 to close at $14.80, after trading 178,353 stock units, Unilever Caribbean slipped 3 cents to $16.30 after exchanging 156 stocks and West Indian Tobacco added I cent to end at $32.51, with 3,046 units changing hands.
Guardian Holdings advanced 1 cent to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $30.01, with 3,368 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group dropped 8 cents to $1.70, after 251,623 shares crossed the market, Massy Holdings gained 6 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $65.06 in exchanging 21,138 stock units. National Enterprises climbed 42 cents to $3.23 in trading 1,800 shares, National Flour Mills declined 4 cents to $2.28 with the swapping of 5,098 shares, NCB Financial Group lost 1 cent in ending at $8.10, with 95,000 stocks crossing the market. One Caribbean Media traded 550 stocks at $4.50, Point Lisas settled at $2.95 with the swapping of 1,000 shares, Prestige Holdings shed 49 cents in ending at a 52 weeks’ low of $6.51 in an exchange of 13,655 stocks. Scotiabank dropped 4 cents to close at $54.66 trading 25,418 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 20 cents to close at $13.80, after trading 160 stock units, Unilever Caribbean remained at $16.33 after exchanging 3,685 stocks and West Indian Tobacco settled at $32.50, with 23,346 units changing hands.
FirstCaribbean International Bank settled at $6.50 after trading 19,625 stock units, Grace Kennedy gained 10 cents in ending at $5, with 6,550 shares crossing the exchange. Guardian Holdings increased 49 cents to $26 with the swapping of 47,133 stocks, Massy Holdings climbed $1.03 to $65 trading 12,727 shares, National Flour Mills stayed at $2.40 in exchanging 5,340 stocks. NCB Financial Group fell 7 cents to $8.20 after trading 57,493 stock units, Republic Financial Holdings fell 48 cents to $132.52 in switching ownership of 1,114 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 2 cents to close at $13.47 after exchanging 21,273 stock units and Unilever Caribbean closed at $16.33 trading 7,657 shares,
The Composite Index dropped by a sharp 13.13 points to 1,329.70, the All T&T Index fell 2.70 points to close at 1,782.09 and the Cross-Listed Index shed 3.40 points to settle at 118.50.
Grace Kennedy lost 9 cents to end at $4.91, with the trading of 10,011 stock units, Guardian Holdings added 1 cent to finish at $25.61 with an exchange of 1,683 units, JMMB Group remained at $1.81 after trading 37,079 shares. Massy Holdings rose $1 to $65, in transferring 640 units, National Enterprises lost 20 cents trading 25,000 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.80, National Flour lost 3 cents to end at $2.32 exchanging 83,792 shares, NCB Financial Group shed 27 cents in closing at $8.22 after trading 37,648 stocks. Republic Financial Holdings remained at $132.26 in the transfer of 500 units, Scotiabank traded 5,504 stock units at $54.65 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 15 cents in closing $13.40, with 24,295 units crossing the market.
TTSE ends year to date with miniscule gain
Market activity ended on Friday, with the market indices rising after the trading of 64 percent fewer shares than on Thursday, resulting in rising stocks just edging out those declining at the close of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange, leaving the market to hold on to a modest gain of less than one percent for the first four months of the year.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Trading ended with 17 securities changing hands up from 15 on Thursday, with six stocks rising, five declining and six closing unchanged. The Composite Index rose 2.35 points to 1,331.90, the All T&T Index rose 0.76 points to 1,781.75 and the Cross-Listed Index increased 0.57 points to close at 119.19.
National Enterprises gained 1 cent to close at $2.81 in switching ownership of 10,000 units, National Flour Mills traded 1,500 shares at $2.35, NCB Financial Group rose 28 cents to $8.50 in exchanging 5,955 stock units. Prestige Holdings dropped 49 cents to close at $7.01 with an exchange of 2,800 units, Republic Financial Holdings rose 72 cents to $132.98 trading 8,690 shares, Scotiabank climbed 15 cents in closing at $54.65 after exchanging 2,942 units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $13.50 with an exchange of 49,947 shares, Trinidad Cement gained 40 cents in ending at $3.40 while exchanging 19,255 shares, Unilever Caribbean inched 1 cent higher to close at $16.33 while exchanging 12,000 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed at $32.98 after exchanging 20,810 stock units.
At the close, 148,870 shares traded for $3,321,551 compared to 408,693 units at $3,296,893 on Thursday.
An average of 8,757 units traded at $195,385 compared to 27,246 at $219,793 on Thursday. An average of 1,472 units traded at $184,946 for the month to date versus 11,621 units at $184,376. The average trade for March ended at 12,610 units at $342,338.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with the bid higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s fell 15 cents to $24.25 in trading 375 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $15.49 in an exchange of 2,091 stocks, Clico Investment Fund ended at $25.15 after trading 200 units, First Citizens Bank traded 4,562 stock units to close at $46.50. FirstCaribbean International Bank dipped 1 cent to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $6.50, with 1,177 shares changing hands, JMMB Group fell 1 cent to $1.79 in exchanging 6,216 shares, Massy Holdings shed $1.01 to end at $63.99 after trading 350 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.