All three market indices of the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange eased at the close on Tuesday as trading levels fell to 178,508 shares valued at $2,180,740 compared to Monday’s 303,967 shares valued at $3,867,966.
The market closed with the last price of all 11 securities trading ending unchanged, on Monday 17 stocks traded.
The Composite Index fell 1.06 points to 1,239.87, the All T&T Index declined 1.97 points to 1,824.19 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.02 points to 87.90.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 11 with lower offers.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings held firm at $15.01 with trades of 24,534 shares valued at $368,215, Ansa McAl traded 83 shares at $66.43, Clico Investment held firm at $22.50 with 52,500 units changing hands, valued at $1,181,253. 
First Citizens closed at $32 with an exchange of 400 shares, JMMB Group held firm at $1.22 with 47,322 units exchanged while Massy Holdings at $53 traded 1,000 units. NCB Financial Group closed at $3.78 with trades of 11,858 shares, Sagicor Financial traded at $9.01 with an exchange of 38,829 units valued at $349,494, Scotiabank closed at $59.01 with 1,343 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.71 with 501 units traded and West Indian Tobacco ended at $127 with trades of 138 shares.
No price change to close Tuesday
1 stock rise & 5 fall on TTSE
Witco had the largest trade on the TTSE on Friday.
The market closed with 12 active securities compared to 18 on Thursday with 1 stock advancing, 5 declining and 6 holding firm. A total of 104,081 shares changed hands at a value of $6,914,298 compared to Thursday’s 610,096 shares valued at $3,541,855.
The Composite Index lost 0.91 points to 1,242.08, the All T&T Index fell 1.37 points to 1,827.95 and the Cross Listed Index was down 0.06 points to 87.99.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Scotiabank closed at $59.01 with a 1 cent gain trading 226 shares.
Losses| Clico Investment traded at $22.50, losing 1 cent with 11,701 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings closed at $16, with a loss of 5 cents exchanging 17,669 shares, NCB Financial Group lost 2 cents with trades of 1,717 shares to close at $3.78,
while Trinidad Cement was down 3 cents, closing at $4.17 with an exchange of 4,769 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed 79 cents lower to $22.71 trading 3,362 shares.Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings traded 1,000 units at $15.01, Guardian Media closed at $18.65 trading 3,224 units, JMMB Group held firm at $1.22 with 1,000 units changing owners, One Caribbean Media closed at $16.48 with an exchange of 1,505 shares. Sagicor Financial remained at $9.01 trading 10,200 units and West Indian Tobacco was unchanged at $127 trading 47,708 shares valued at $6,058,916.
1 stock falls in a day for gains
At the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange all three indices recorded modest gains as 5 stocks advanced, 1 declined and 12 were unchanged.
Market activity resulted in 18 securities changing hands compared to 17 on Wednesday, leading to 610,096 units valued at $3,541,855 changing ownership, compared to Wednesday’s 193,335 shares valued at $2,067,973.
The Composite Index rose 1.17 points to 1,242.99, the All T&T Index gained 1.01 points to 1,829.32 and the Cross Listed Index was up 0.18 points to 88.05.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s added 1 cent to close at $18.51 with trades of 6,805 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $16.05 with gains of 4 cents trading 5,405 units, NCB Financial Group gained 2 cents to close at $3.80 with an exchange of 95,364 shares valued at $362,282, Scotia Investments rose 5 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $2.30 with 83,320 units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL advanced 60 cents, closing at $23.50 with 6,794 shares traded.
Losses| National Flour Mills lost 4 cents to close at $2.60 exchanging 330,107 shares valued at $858,278.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings traded 1,500 units at $15.01,
Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40 with 25,765 shares traded at a value of $1,030,608, Clico Investment closed at $22.51 with an exchange of 17,588 shares valued at $395,997 and First Caribbean International closed at $8.85 trading 1,200 units. JMMB Group held firm at $1.22 trading 21,959 units, Massy traded 200 shares at $53, One Caribbean Media closed at $16.48 trading 300 shares. Republic Financial Holdings exchanged just 20 units at $105.48, Sagicor Financial remained at $9.01 trading 10,000 units, Scotiabank closed at $59 with 2,616 shares changing hands, Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 trading 1,103 units and West Indian Tobacco exchanged 50 shares at $127.
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.
Stocks continue wild swings Friday
Caribbean Cement stock price dived sharply on Friday.
Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday with stocks prices continuing to swing wildly as 22 securities changed hands the main market and 2 trading in the US dollar market. At the close, 7 stocks advanced and 11 declined in both markets.
Trading levels in main market ended at 13,300,572 units valued at $443,256,966 compared to 4,648,288 units valued at $125,237,837 at the close on Thursday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 8,744 units valued at US$2,692.
The All Jamaica Composite Index fell 1,975.38 points to close at 246,003.16 the JSE Market Index declined 1,766.34 points to finish at 224,136.77 and the JSE US dollar market index lost 0.83 points to close at 227.28.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 12 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 604,571 units on Friday, compared to an average of 248,178 units on the previous trading day. The average volume for the month to date ended at 416,933 units versus 229,294 units on the prior trading day. The average volume and value for February, ended at 223,938 units and $1,379,459.In market activity, Berger Paints closed lower at $11, losing $3.50 with trades of 91,830 shares, Cable and Wireless lost 4 cents to close at $1.35 with 273,290 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement tumbled $4.79 to $31.20 trading 3,375 shares, Carreras traded 9,350 units at $68.60, Grace Kennedy advanced $1 to $43.50, with 18,936 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers lost 30 cents to close at $14.20 with trades of 61,983 shares, Jamaica Producers closed $2.17 lower to $15.01, with an exchange 5,957,112 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $8, with 179,123 units changing hands, JMMB Group gained 2 cents to close at $17.03 trading 110,362 units. Kingston Properties traded 500 shares at $16.35, Kingston Wharves closed $1 lower at $31 with 1,504 units changing owners,
NCB Financial Group closed at $63.02, but lost $1.88, after exchanging 4,114,559 shares, Pan Jamaican lost 10 cents to close at $35.90 trading 1,511,194 shares, Pulse Investments closed with a loss of $1.74 to $7.01 with 118,331 units exchanged, Radio Jamaica added 19 cents to close at $1.90, with 8,399 units traded. Sagicor Group closed with gains of 10 cents to $33.15 trading 283,210 shares, Sagicor Real Estate fund closed at $10.50 with trades of 9,981 units, Scotia Group fell to $38.61, losing 39 cents with 233,173 shares changing hands. Scotia Investments lost $1 to close at $35 trading 13,260 units, Sterling Investments closed at $16.75, with gains of 20 cents trading 1,000 shares, Supreme Ventures closed 47 cents higher to $6.37, with trades of 300,000 shares. Margaritaville Turks closed at 30 US cents with an exchange of 304 shares, Proven Investments traded 8,440 ordinary shares at 31 US cents and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share gained 11 cents to close at $1.20 trading 100 units.
