Falling stocks pressure Trinidad market – Friday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 19 securities, compared to 15 on Thursday.
The market ended with, with 2 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 12 remaining unchanged leading to declines in all three market indices.
At close the Composite Index slipped 2.04 points on Thursday to 1,268.49, the All T&T Index fell 2.61 points to 1,701.84 while Cross Listed Index eased 0.20 points to close at 112.69.
Market activity ended with 535,011 shares with a value of $7,931,043, traded, compared to 898,047 shares with a value of $7,532,438 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group closed with a rise of 2 cents and finished at $1.85, with 625 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial ended trading with 6 cents gain and concluded trading at $7.89, with 10,525 units.
Losses| Grace Kennedy lost 10 cents and finished at $3.40, with 10,191 units, One Caribbean Media ended trading 25 cents lower at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.50, with 20,000 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank lost 49 cents and completed trading at $61.51, with 5,820 stock units changing hands. Trinidad Cement traded with a loss of 25 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.50, exchanging 63,317 shares and Unilever Caribbean closed with a loss of 1 cent and ended at $28.99, trading 11,804 shares.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings concluded trading at $15.67, with 925 stock units changing hands., Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with 324 units trading, Bourse Brazil finished at $8.40, with 3,000 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments concluded trading at $20, with 2,800 units, First Caribbean ended at $9.30, trading 116,010 shares. LJ Williams B share closed trading at 77 cents, in exchanging 15,254 shares, Massy Holdings ended trading at $47.49, with 2,343 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group finished at $6.50, trading 229,784 shares, Prestige Holdings closed at $10, trading 70 shares, Republic Financial Holdings finished at $101.50, with 330 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished trading at $27, with 889 units and West Indian Tobacco closed at $88.50, with 41,000 stock units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Gains & losses even for Trinidad stocks – Thursday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with trading in 15 securities, the same as on Wednesday.
The market ended with, with 4 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 7 remaining unchanged leading to mixed movements in the market indices.
At close the Composite Index slipped 0.16 points on Wednesday to 1,270.53, the All T&T Index rose 0.07 points to 1,704.45 while the Cross Listed Index eased 0.05 points, to close at 112.89.
Market activity ended with 898,047 shares with a value of $7,532,438 traded, compared to 104,073 shares with a value of $1,505,785 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains|LJ Williams B share closed with a gain of 7 cents at $0.77, trading 50,000 units, Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent and finished at $7.83, with 4,625 units, Scotiabank finished trading with a rise of 49 cents to $62, with 5,248 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with an increase of 22 cents and ended at $27, with 46,423 units trading.
Losses| Clico Investments fell 50 cents and finished at $20, with 129,400 units being exchanged, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 2 cents and finished at $1.83, with 11,402 stock units changing hands, National Flour shed 1 cent and concluded trading at $1.94, trading 50,000 shares and One Caribbean Media lost 30 cents and finished at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.75, with 165 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal completed trading at $60, with 616 units, Grace Kennedy ended with $3.50, in exchanging 311,789 units, Massy Holdings completed at $47.49, with 4,527 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group ended at $6.50, trading 238,662 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.50, with 1,025 stock units changing hands, while Trinidad Cement finished at $3.75, trading 44,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean completed trading unchanged at $29, with 165 shares changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Trinidad stocks fall slightly – Friday

At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, 16 securities changed hands against 15 on Friday, with 2 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index fell 0.33 points on Friday to 1,272.21, the All T&T Index slipped 0.72 points higher to 1,704.18, while Cross Listed Index declined 0.01 points to close at 113.39.
Market activity ended with a mere 153,453 shares with a value of $1,756,529, traded, compared to 433,788 shares with a value of $4,867,761 on Thursday.

IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Massy Holdings gained 50 cents and ended at $47.50, with 162 stock units and National Flour gained 7 cents and closed at $1.99, trading 59,599 shares.
Losses| First Citizens ended trading 15 cents lower at $32, trading 2,600 shares, One Caribbean concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $13.05, with 8,992 stock units and Scotiabank closed with a fall of 10 cents and ended at $61.15, with 6,302 stock units.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with 1,740 units, Clico Investments finished at $20.99, with 1,708 units trading, Grace Kennedy concluded at $3.45, with 10,000 units, Guardian Holdings ended at $17, trading 5,100 shares, JMMB Group closed at $1.81, with 8,668 stock units. NCB Financial Group ended at $6.60, trading 30,596 shares, Republic Financial Group closed at $101.50, with 919 stock units, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.90, with 2,287 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished at $27.50, with 9,116 units. Trinidad Cement close at $3.75, trading 3,519 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished at $88.50, with 2,145 stock units trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Trinidad stocks slightly up – Thursday

Scotiabank hits new high in T&T on Thursday.

At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, 15 securities changed hands against 16 on Wednesday , with 3 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index rose 0.36 points on Thursday to 1,272.54, the All T&T Index inched 0.51 points higher to 1,704.90, while Cross Listed Index declined 0.03 points to close at 113.38.
Market activity ended with 433,788 shares with a value of $4,867,761, traded, compared to 91,986 shares with a value of $3,537,561 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy added 1 cent to end at $3.45, with 29,072 units trading, Scotiabank increased 24 cents and finished at a 52 weeks’ high of $61.25, with 160 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 25 cents and closed at $27.50, with 4,500 units.
Losses| Clico Investments lost 51 cents and concluded trading at $20.99, with 2,801 units, Massy Holdings shares fell 50 cents to $47, with 10,788 stock units, National Enterprise close with the loss of 15 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.65, with 244 units and One Caribbean price fell 9 cents and close at $13.06, with 1,103 stock units.
Firm Traded| First Citizens finished at $32.15, trading 3,150 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $17, trading 117,281 shares, JMMB Group ended at $1.81, with 100 stock units, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.60, trading 261,082 shares, Republic Financial Group ended at $101.50, with 1,664 stock units. Sagicor Financial finished at $7.90, with 190 units, Unilever Caribbean finished at $29, trading 1,500 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed at $88.50, with 153 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Trinidad stocks falls – Wednesday

Ansa Mcal dropped $2.39 to a 52 weeks’ low of $60.

At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, 16 securities changed hands against 13 on Tuesday, with 5 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with the Composite Index slipped 3.27 points on Wednesday to end at 1,272.18, the All T&T Index dropped 10.45 points to 1,704.39, while Cross Listed Index inched 0.55 points to close at 113.35 as 91,986 shares with a value of $3,537,561, traded, compared to 97,658 shares with a value of $1,151,114 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments gained 4 cents and finished at $21.50, with 10,802 units, First Caribbean International Bank finished trading with a gain of 15 cents and close at $9.30, trading 800 shares, First Citizens closed with an increase of 15 cents and ended at $32.15, trading 3,943 stock units, Scotiabank rose 1 cent to end at $61.01, with 1,471 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading with a rise of 25 cents to $27.25, with 1,850 units.
Losses| Ansa Mcal closed with a fall of $2.39 and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $60, with just 48 units trading, Grace Kennedy shares fell 1 cent and concluded trading at $3.44, with 34,928 units, National Flour close with a loss of 6 cents at $1.92, trading 1,000 shares, One Caribbean Media share fell 85 cents and finished with $13.15, with 523 stock units, Trinidad Cement closed with a fall of 10 cents at $3.75, trading 300 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished 48 cents lower at $88.50, with 1,204 stock units.
Firm Traded| JMMB Group finished trading at $1.81, with 3.489 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $47.50, with 322 stock units, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.60, trading 1,400 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.50, with 26,120 stock units trading with a value of $2,651,180 and Unilever Caribbean ended at $29, trading 3,786 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

No losers on Trinidad market

At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, locally based stocks recorded gains once more with the Composite Index inching 0.85 points higher to 1,277.82. The All T&T Index gained 1.80 points to 1,714.13, while Cross Listed Index declined 0.02 points to close at 113.55.
A total of 11 securities traded the market on Wednesday against 13 on Tuesday, with 3 advancing, none declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with 138,336 shares with a value of $1,844,415 traded, compared to 336,749 shares amounting to $6,174,390 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Massy concluded trading with a rise of 6 cents and finished at $48, with 2,822 stock units, One Caribbean Media jumped 94 cents and closed at $14, with 10,733 stock units trading and Republic Financial Holdings increased 1 cent and ended at $101.51, with 150 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments finished at $21, with 13,220 units valued at $1,669,206, First Citizens ended at $32, trading 6,555 shares, strong> Guardian Holdings finished trading 11,360 shares at $17.01, JMMB Group ended with $1.80, with 65,528 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading at $26.52, with 4,877 units changing hands. Sagicor Financial ended at $8, with 2,326 units changing hands, Scotiabank ended with 478 stock units trading at $60.50, Unilever Caribbean ended at $28, trading 20,287 shares with a value of $568,036.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Trinidad stocks showing stronger tone

Market activity ended with all market three indices rising at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday.
The Composite Index gained 1.67 points on Monday to 1,276.62, the All T&T Index rose 1.66 points to 1,712.27, while the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.23 points higher to 113.48.
At the close, 16 securities traded against 14 on Friday, with the prices of 3 advancing, 2 declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with 140,320 shares with a value of $1,978,596 traded, down from 388,079 shares with a value of $6,005,924 units on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group closed with an increase of 5 cents and ended with $1.80, with 10,000 stock units, Massy closed with a rise of 44 cents and finished with $47.94, with 1,916 stock units changing hands and Republic Financial Holdings rose 8 cents and ended at $101.58, with 907 stock units.
Losses| Angostura Holdings shed S1.27 and ended with $15, with 52,920 stock units and Scotiabank lost 50 cents and finished with 1,179 shares trading at $60.50.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments ended at $21, with 3,550 units, First Citizens finished at $32, trading 125 shares, Guardian Holdings finished with $17, trading 4,680 shares, National Flour ended at $1.99, trading 2,500 shares, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.75, trading 2,445 shares. One Caribbean closed at $13.06, with 1,000 stock units, Sagicor Financial finished at $8, with 46,848 units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading at $26.50, with 7,015 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement ended with $3.75, trading 1,210 shares, Unilever Caribbean finished trading 3,925 shares at $28 and West Indian Tobacco closed at $90, with 100 stock units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

4 TTSE stocks rise 1 fall – Thursday

A total of 15 securities traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday against 14 on Wednesday, with 4 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 10 unchanged with 1 trading at a 52 weeks’ high.
Market activity ended the volume of shares

traded jumping to 1,373,256 from 226,038 shares on Wednesday, but with much higher value than on the previous day at $19,288,737 versus $4,960,014 on the previously.

The Composite Index gained 3.60 points to 1,262.64, the All T&T Index rose 2.61 points to 1,728.20 while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.63 points to close at 107.44.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| In trading Grace Kennedy traded 22,366 shares and rose 1 cent to $3, NCB Financial rose 11 cents and traded 530,680 shares at $6.11 valued at $3,242,455 Republic Financial Holdings climbed by $1.50 in trading 95,155 shares valued at $9,606,054 and closed at $101.50, Sagicor Financial gained 3 cents to end at $8 trading 1,225 shares.
Losses| Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped 90 cents to close at $26.10, with 56,368 shares with a value of $1,510,746 changing hands.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are Ansa Merchant bank traded 1,930 shares at $40, Clico Investments closing unchanged at $21 trading 16,235 units valued at $342,825, First Citizens closed at $32 with 104,850 units with a value of $3,355,200 changing hands, Guardian Holdings closed trading at $17.03 with 10,287 stock units changing hands. JMMB Group traded 525,000 units at $3 with a total value of $791,956, Massy Holdings exchanged 745 units at $48, National Enterprises traded 500 shares at $9.80, Prestige Holdings closed at $10.70 with 5,000 shares trading, One Caribbean Media traded 625 units at $13.06 and Trinidad Cement closed $3.75 with 2,200 shares trading.

Unilever at 71/2 years’ low

Unilever forming a head & shoulder formation suggesting much lower price for the stock.

Unilever Caribbean closed at the lowest price since August 5, 2011, continuing to drift lower, pressured by poor profit for 2017. Overall trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 14 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Friday with just 1 stock advancing, 5 declining and 8 unchanged with 2 falling to 52 weeks’ lows.
Market activity ended as 1,413,505 shares traded at a value of $8,688,584 compared to Friday’s trades of 321,584 valued at $4,433,970.
The Composite Index fell 1.08 points to 1,257.96, the All T&T Index declined 2.66 points to 1,723.85 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.07 points to close at 106.76.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| The sole security gaining at the close of trading is Grace Kennedy with a rise of 4 cents, and closing at $3 with 791,507 shares traded at a value of $2,358,741.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining are JMMB Group with a loss of 9 cents, ended at $1.50 with 325,000 shares valued at $487,910 trading, One Caribbean Media dropped $1 and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $13, trading 250,358 valued at $3,269,007. Scotiabank lost 9 cents, settling at $60 in exchanging only 15 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $26.20, with a loss of 30 cents with 4,986 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean fell to a 52 weeks’ low of $29, having lost $1, trading 7,920 shares.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing unchanged are First Citizens closed at $32 with 100 units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank trading 1,075 units at $9.30. National Enterprises exchanged 1,000 units at $9.80, National Flour Mills closed at $1.90 with 1,595 shares trading, Point Lisas closed at $3.90 with 372 units, Republic Financial Holdings traded 21,000 shares valued at $2,100,000, and settled at $100, Sagicor Financial held firm at $7.96 trading 7,077 shares and Bourse Brazil Latin Fund US Dollar shares closed at US$8.10 with 00 units exchanged.

TTSE close in calmer waters – Wednesday

Republic Bank drops to 52 weeks’ low.

Price movements were calmer at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday with 2 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 9 unchanged as 15 securities traded for the third consecutive day.
The market closed as 750,792 shares traded at a value of $10,300,305 compared to Tuesday’s trades of 652,922 shares valued at $9,971,563.
The Composite Index gained 1.48 points to 1,280.88, the All T&T Index advanced by 3.27 points to 1,743.34 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.04 points to close at 110.35.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| At the close of trading on Wednesday, National Enterprises gained 25 cents to end at $10 trading 242,340 shares valued at $2,423,050 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 50 cents to close at $26.50 exchanging 24,334 shares valued at $641,925.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining are, First Citizens with a loss of 1 cent, in closing at $32 with 134,288 shares valued at $4,298,539, Guardian Holdings trading at $17.98, with a loss of 1 cent swapping 500 units, JMMB Group ending at $1.59, after losing 1 cent with 83,033 shares changing hands and Republic Financial Holdings that closed 25 cents lower to a new 52 weeks’ low of $100 with 549 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| The last prices of securities at the close on Wednesday unchanged are, Angostura Holdings that closed at $15 with 42,437 units valued at $636,555 trading, while Clico Investment remained at $21 with 10,400 shares and First Caribbean International Bank ending trading at $9.30, with 127,150 stock units valued at $1,182,495 being exchanged. Massy Holdings closed at $49 with a mere 10 units traded, NCB Financial Group held firm at $6.50, exchanging 12,561 shares while One Caribbean Media closed at $14 with 1,000 units. Sagicor Financial settled at $7.95 with 71,288 shares valued at $566,740, Scotiabank closed at $61 with 436 units trading and Unilever Caribbean remained flat at $30 with of 466 units trading