
Unilever products fighting in a weakened T&T economy leading to a big drop in the stock price.
Market activity ended with 89,258 shares valued at $1,450,746 changing hands, down from the $2,665,520 traded on Tuesday.
The Composite Index declined 1.03 points to close at 1,156.61, the All T&T Index fell 2.04 points to close at 1,817.25 and the Cross Listed Index ended unchanged at 66.04.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Trinidad Cement closed at $3.10 with 15,500 shares changing hands to gain 5 cents.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund closed with 14,420 shares valued at $326,637 changing hands, to end 1 cent down at $22.65, Massy Holding lost 1 cent in trading 5,718 shares valued at $314,433 to close at $54.99 and Unilever Caribbean traded 2,643 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $58 after nosediving $4.50. Unilever’s stock has been under pressure from early 2015 after it suffered from problems in a new software package followed by a weakening domestic market that saw revenues coming under pressure. The latest results to June, shows slightly reduced revenues in the June quarter, compared to 2015, with 13.6 percent more after tax profit, after gross profit increased by percent.
At the present price and likelihood of earnings per share hitting $2 this year, the stock is priced close to 30 times this year’s earnings, well ahead of others in that market and could undergo more decline in the price as the market adjusts it to be more in line with its peers.Firm Trades| First Citizens traded 13,058 units with a value of $457,030 at $35, Grace Kennedy ended with 36,950 shares changing hands at $2.56, Scotiabank closed with 955 shares changing hands to end at $57.53 and West Indian Tobacco with 14 shares changing hands closed at $126.32.
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market picked up on Monday, from the lows levels of just over 16,000 units trading on Friday, to end with 14 securities changing hands, resulting in 233,031 shares valued at just $2,995,429 traded. 3 stocks rose, 3 declined and 8 remained unchanged, leading to declines in the market’s indices.
close at $54.90 and Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 1,622 shares changing hands as the price fell 15 cents to $6.75.
Losses|
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund ended at $22.66 with 16,983 shares valued at $384,667 trading, First Citizens traded 790 units at $35, Guardian Holdings with 50,000 shares valued of $678,500 changing hands and ended at $13.57, National Enterprises closed with 27,666 shares changing hands at $10.50. National Flour ended with 2,011 shares changing hands at $2.32, One Caribbean Media ended with 50 shares changing hands to close at $20.80, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 100 shares changing hands at $6.90 and Tobago Trinidad and NGL with 2,000 shares changing hands to close at $23.76.
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market continued with relatively low volumes when it closed Tuesday. At the close 14 securities changed hands, resulting in 130,829 shares valued at just $2,628,992 traded, 3 stocks rose, 2 declined and 9 remained unchanged, leading to increases in all of the market indices.
Firm Trades| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 430 units at $23.25, Clico Investment Fund ended at $22.65 with 38,671 shares valued at $875,898 trading, First Citizens traded 313 units at $35, Massy Holdings ended with just 20 shares changing hands at $54.95, 
Losses| Clico Investment Fund lost 5 cents to end at $22.65 with 8,400 shares trading, Sagicor Financial Corporation with 56,503 shares being traded for $392,181, lost 4 cents, to close at $6.94 and One Caribbean Media lost 9 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.80 with 3,100 units changing hands.
Losses| Massy Holdings closed with 275 shares changing hands with the loss of 1 cent at $55.99, Prestige Holdings traded 1,091 shares and fell 10 cents to close at $10.80 and L.J. Williams B share traded 33,700 units but lost 10 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of 84 cents.
National Commercial Bank contributed 15,000 shares and fell 1 cent to close at $2.83 and National Flour with 12,000 shares changing hands, lost 1 cent to end at $2.30.
Losses| Massy Holding dropped $1.73 while trading 27,750 units to close at $55, National Enterprises closed with 3,636 shares changing hands with a loss of 10 cents to end at $10.50 and Scotia Investments contributed 77,569 shares and fell 5 cents to close at $1.70.
Losses| Point Lisas Industrial Port had 5,572 shares changing hands, with a loss of 10 cents to close at $3.60.