2 Jamaican stocks closed at record high

October 24, 2017 by

NCB Financial Group closed at a record TT$5.55 on Tuesday on TTSE.

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 15 securities changing hands compared to 17 on Monday. NCB Financial Group and JMMB Group attained new 52-week highs of $5.55 and $1.73 respectively.
At the close, 6 stocks advanced, 4 declined and 5 held firm as 649,685 shares traded at a value of $4,049,106 compared to Monday’s trades of 251,273 valued at $2,661,981.
The Composite Index advanced 4.55 points to 1,249.97, the All T&T Index declined by 1.77 points to 1,760.83 and the Cross Listed Index climbed higher by 1.49 points to 99.44.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 1 stock with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Prices reported, are those of the last trade of each security and the volumes changing hands during trading.
Gains| First Citizens gained 4 cents, closing at $31.80 with 1,909 units, Grace Kennedy ended at $2.89, with a 1 cent gain trading 41,500 shares, JMMB Group closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.73, after rising 3 cents with 35,854 shares. NCB Financial Group traded 20 cents higher to a 52 weeks’ high of $5.55 with 61,500 shares valued at $341,175, Trinidad Cement rose 5 cents and closed at $4 with trades of 415,625 shares valued at $1,662,000 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 4 cents, settling at $23.10 exchanging 7,522 shares.
Losses| Ansa Merchant Bank ended trading with a loss of 5 cents, to close at $39.95 with 240 units, Clico Investment dropped 40 cents, closing at $21 trading 30,854 shares valued at $647,934, Massy Holdings ended at $49, having lost $1 exchanging a mere 5 units and Point Lisas closed 19 cents lower to $3.81 with 1,963 units.
Firm Trades|Angostura Holdings remaining at $15 with 50,000 shares valued at $750,000, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.26 with 645 units and National Enterprises traded 39 units at $10. Republic Financial Holdings exchanged 1,975 units at $101.79 and Scotiabank closed at $58.05 with 54 units.

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Prices of 5 stocks slipped 1 rise

October 23, 2017 by

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 17 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Friday with NCB Financial reaching a new high of $5.35 with gains of 3 cents, trading 5,448 shares.
The market ended with 1 stock advancing, 4 declining and 12 holding firm as a mere 251,273 shares traded at a value of $2,661,981 compared to Friday’s trades of 309,397 valued at $2,564,070.
The Composite Index lost 0.25 points to 1,245.42, the All T&T Index declined by 2.00 points to 1,762.60 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.21 points to close at 97.95.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 1 stock with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Losses| Grace Kennedy fell 2 cents, closed at $2.88 with 6,270 shares trading, Massy Holdings lost 1 cent to settle at $50 with 1,193 units, Scotiabank ended at $58.05, losing 1 cent in trading 2,698 shares and Trinidad Cement closed 26 cents lower to $3.95 while exchanging only 250 units.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of the market are Angostura Holdings closing at $15 with 39,700 shares valued at $595,500, Ansa McAL trading 1,262 units at $63.01, Clico Investment remained at $21.40 trading 24,000 units valued at $513,052. First Citizens closed at $31.76 with 5,198 shares. Guardian Holdings held firm at $15.26 with 7,427 shares trading, JMMB Group ended at $1.70 with trades of 120,896 shares, National Enterprises closed at $10 with 700 units. National Flour Mills remained at $2 with 1,900 units, Point Lisas exchanged 5,000 shares at $4, Prestige Holdings traded 174 units, closed at $10.75, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $101.79 with 256 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 28,901 shares at $23.06 valued at $666,251.

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NCB stock hits J$100 in Trinidad

October 13, 2017 by

NCBFG trading at J$100 on the Trinidad Stock Exchange.

The Jamaican based NCB Financial Group climbed to a 52 weeks’ high of $5.30, or the equivalent of J$100, well ahead of the $89 it traded at in Kingston.
NCB gained 5 cents on the Trinidad Stock Exchange while trading 5,000 shares to be the sole stock to record a gain on Thursday. Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday closed with declining stocks overwhelming advancing ones 6 to 1 as 16 securities changed hands compared to 10 on Wednesday leading to modest fall in the indices. The market closed trading with two securities ending at a 52 weeks’ low and one at a 52 weeks’ high.
At the close, 1 stock advanced, 6 declined and 9 were unchanged as 566,014 shares traded at a value of $7,445,207 as Angostura Holdings led with 60 percent of the value of securities traded. Volume traded was ahead of Wednesday’s trades of 400,836 units, but the value was lower than the $9,581,269.
The Composite Index slipped 0.29 points to 1,241.96, the All T&T Index declined by 2.34 points to 1,770.66 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.24 points to close at 95.87.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining and the volume changing hands are Clico Investment closing at $21.48, with a loss of 2 cents and 3,500 shares trading, National Enterprises lost 1 cent to close at $10.36 with 70 units trading, One Caribbean Media lost 7 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $14.03 trading 4,000 shares. Sagicor Financial dropped 14 cents, closing at $8 after exchanging 67,500 shares valued at $540,876, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $23, having lost 4 cents with trades of 28,820 stock units valued at $663,724 and Unilever Caribbean tumbled $4.07 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $41.95 with 5,100 shares.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are Angostura Holdings holding firm at $15 with 300,000 shares valued at $4,500,040, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 1,950 units at $40, First Citizens closed at $31.76 exchanging 2,375 units. Grace Kennedy exchanged 50,020 shares at $2.90, Guardian Holdings ended at $15.25 with trades of 4,073 shares, Massy Holdings remained at $50.50 with 2,733 units changing hands. Point Lisas closed at $4 trading 4,000 shares, Republic Financial Holdings exchanged 5,000 shares at $101.80 with a value of $509,000 and Trinidad Cement remained at $4.21 with 81,873 shares trading valued at $344,478.

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Ansa McAl dominates trading

October 11, 2017 by

Carib Beer brewed in Trinidad by Ansa McAl Group

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday closed with 10 securities changing hands, the same number of trades as on Tuesday.
Trading continued to be moderate and was dominated by Ansa McAL with 59 percent of the value of securities exchanged, followed by Angostura Holdings with 24 percent.
Market activities ended with 3 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 6 holding firm as 400,836 shares traded at a value of $9,581,269 compared to Tuesday’s trades of 424,600 valued at $2,945,941.
The Composite Index gained 0.19 points to 1,242.25, the All T&T Index slipped 0.28 points to 1,773.00 and the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.09 points to close at 95.63.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 1 stock with the bid higher than last selling price and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are First Citizens with a 1 cent gain to $31.76 exchanging 3,001 shares, Massy Holdings closing at $50.50, after rising 1 cent with 1,831 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL that ended 3 cents higher to close at $23.04, with 31,828 shares valued at $732,264 changing hands.
Losses| Republic Financial Holdings was the sole security to fall in price and ended at 52 weeks’ closing low of $101.80, with a loss of 5 cents with 5,000 shares trading valued at $509,000.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close are Angostura Holdings closing at $15 with 151,500 shares valued at $2,272,500, Ansa McAL traded 89,176 units at $63, valued at $5,618,088, Grace Kennedy exchanging 6,500 shares at $2.90. JMMB Group held firm at $1.40, trading 2,000 units, while National Flour Mills closed at $2 trading 100,000 shares and Point Lisas closed at $4 trading 10,000 unit.

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TTSE stocks continue to be weak

September 20, 2017 by

Unilever products – Unilever Caribbean tumbled $1.11 to a 52 weeks’ low of $49.39 with 5,070 shares

Reflecting a general weakness in the performance of stocks listed on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ,the market closed trading on Wednesday with more securities falling in price than those rising and with three falling to 52 weeks’ lows.
Trading ended with 17 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Tuesday but trading levels fell by more than half with market activity resulted in 142,022 shares traded for $2,320,841 compared to Tuesday’s trades of 367,871 units valued at $5,030,961.
The two major indices recorded declines for a 4 consecutive day as, 5 stocks advanced, 7 declined and 5 were unchanged, based on the last price each security traded for the day. The Composite Index declined 0.85 points to 1,242.56, the All T&T Index dropped 2.46 points to 1,787.85 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.11 points to close at 93.65.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are Angostura Holdings with gains of 10 cents, closed at $15.25 with 600 units, First Citizens rising 1 cent, to $32.01 with 1,000 units,NCB Financial that traded 4 cents higher to $5.15 with 266 units while Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 2 cents and closed at $23 with 7,037 shares and Trinidad Cement closed at $4.21, after adding 1 cent with 6,131 shares.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands are Guardian Holdings that ended with a loss of 50 cents, closing at $15.50 with 2,281 shares, National Enterprises closed at $10.47, losing 1 cent in exchanging 10,000 shares, Republic Financial Holdings ended with a loss of 1 cent at a 52 weeks’ low of $101.90 trading 3,633 shares valued at $370,227. Sagicor Financial declined 19 cents to close at $8 with 61,940 shares valued at $495,610, Scotiabank lost 2 cents, closing at $58 with 34 units, Unilever Caribbean tumbled $1.11 to a 52 weeks’ low of $49.39 with 5,070 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed 46 cents lower to a 52 weeks’ low of $125 with 62 units.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are Clico Investment exchanged 4,400 shares at $20.77, Massy Holdings closed at $49 with 10,780 shares valued at $528,220 and National Flour Mills traded 16,460 shares at $2. One Caribbean Media exchanged 11,980 shares at $14.25 nd Point Lisas remained at $4 with 348 units.

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Trading activity eased on Friday

September 15, 2017 by

Trading levels dropped sharply on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday closed with 156,178 shares valued at $2,255,149 changing hands compared to Thursday’s 623,687 units valued at $14,619,055.
At the close, 15 securities changed hands compared to 18 on Thursday with 3 rising in price, 4 declining and 8 trading unchanged. Market activity led to the Composite Index slipping 1.53 points to 1,244.52, the All T&T Index falling just by 0.38 points to 1,791.53 and the Cross Listed Index easing 0.37 points to close at 93.68.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of securities rising and the volume changing hands are Clico Investment gained 5 cents, rising to $20.75 with 27,450 shares valued at $569,260, Massy Holdings ending with gains of 8 cents and closed at $49 with 416 units and Point Lisas closing 10 cents higher to $4 with 1,000 units.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands are First Citizens lost 4 cents, closing at $31.96 with 543 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings with a loss of 19 cents, closed at $16.20 with 165 units, NCB Financial Group closed at $5.10, losing 5 cents and trading 34,000 shares and Sagicor Financial ending with a loss of 1 cent, closed at $8.19 exchanging 12,203 shares.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are Agostini’s exchanging 2,750 units at $20.52, Angostura Holdings trading 2,732 units at $15.15. JMMB Group closed at $1.32 exchanging 13,190 shares, Readymix closed at $11 with 368 units. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $102 trading 4,571 shares valued at $466,209, Scotiabank remained at $58.02 with 2,580 units, Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 with 32,673 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL held firm at $23 with 21,537 stock units valued at $495,351.

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NCB at record close again

September 12, 2017 by

NCBFG closed at a record $5.25 on the TTSE on Tuesday.

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday resulted in 14 securities changing hands compared to 10 on Monday. NCB Financial Group starred with the price rising to new 52 weeks’ high of $5.25 after rising 10 cents, while exchanging 17,526 shares.
The market closed with 7 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 5 unchanged as 369,044 shares traded at a value of $3,923,575 compared to Monday’s trades of 418,931 valued at $6,332,339.
The Composite Index gained 1.93 points to 1,247.07, the All T&T Index declined 0.15 points to 1,789.41 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.55 points to close at 94.68.
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| The last traded prices of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are Clico Investment that gained 5 cents to close at $20.55 with 5,969 units, First Citizens with a 1 cent gain, closed at $31.69 with 1,994 shares, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.02, having gained 2 cents and trading 175,260 stock units valued at $1,405,585. JMMB Group with gains of 2 cents, ended at $1.32 with 4,000 shares. Republic Financial Holdings gained 1 cent to close at $101.91 with 9,809 stocks valued at $999,941 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed 24 cents higher to $22.49 with 19,205 shares valued at $430,648.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands are National Flour Mills lost 1 cent and closed at $2.04 with 1,000 shares and Sagicor Financial ending with a loss of 29 cents at $8.21 trading 141 units.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading were Angostura Holdings closed at $15.15 with 15,492 shares, Guardian Holdings exchanged 3,826 units at $16.40, Point Lisas traded at $3.90 with 78,556 stock units valued at $306,368 changing hands, Scotiabank closed at $58.02 with 2,077 units and Scotia Investments remained at $2.25 with 34,189 shares.

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More losses than gains on TTSE

September 7, 2017 by

Massy stock price recovers on Wednesday from Tuesday’s drop.

Trading levels on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday rose above Wednesday’s with 14 securities changing hands compared to 15 on Wednesday.
At the close, 2 stocks advanced, 4 declined and 8 were unchanged as 478,341 shares traded at a value of $14,743,320 compared to Wednesday’s trades of 270,045 valued at $9,569,576. Massy Holdings dominated with 51 percent of the volume traded and 81 percent of the value of trades.
The Composite Index fell 0.28 points to 1,241.69, the All T&T Index declined 0.56 points to 1,788.86 and the Cross Listed Index closed at 93.28 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains|Agostini’s closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $20.52, after gaining 1 cent with 40,000 shares valued at $820,800 trading and Republic Financial Holdings ended trading 600 shares and gained of 2 cents to close at $101.92.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands are Clico Investment that dropped to a new 52 weeks’ low of $20.50, losing 9 cents with 18,127 shares valued at $371,604, National Flour Mills with a loss of 5 cents, and closed at $2.05 with 1,000 units trading, Point Lisas closed 10 cents lower to $3.90 with 1,050 shares and Scotiabank closed at $58.02, losing 8 cents trading 30 shares.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are Berger Paints that closed at $4.05 with 800 shares, First Citizens trading 1,710 shares at $31.68. Grace Kennedy closed at $2.85 with 1,000 stock units, Guardian Holdings held firm at $16.60 with 7,500 shares. Massy Holdings closed at $48.92 with 245,331 units valued at $12,001,593, National Enterprisesexchanged 500 shares at $10.48, Sagicor Financial remained at $8.50 with 148,693 shares valued at $1,263,891 and Scotia Investments closed at $2.20 with 12,000 shares.

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Market activity surges on TTSE

August 30, 2017 by

More than twice the number of securities changing hands in market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday resulting from 16 trading compared to 7 on Tuesday as trading levels rose for the last two days.
At the close, 3 stocks advanced, 6 declined and 7 were unchanged as 256,519 shares traded at a value of $2,932,389 compared to Tuesday’s trades of only 58,067 units valued at a mere $755,391.
The Composite Index declined 1.10 points to 1,240.49, the All T&T Index remained at 1,791.21 and the Cross Listed Index was down 0.30 points to 92.63 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of securities that rose and the volume changing hands were Guardian Holdings added 9 cents, closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.60 with 5,052 shares, JMMB Group closing at $1.28, with a 1 cent gain trading 34,300 stock units and Point Lisas gained 12 cents to close at $4 with 3,002 shares.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands are Clico Investment with a loss of 1 cent, to a 52 weeks’ low of $20.74 with 7,328 shares, Massy Holdings shedding 7 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $48.92 with 6,069 shares, National Enterprises fell 1 cent to $10.47 with 705 shares. NCB Financial Group ended with a loss of 5 cents, to $5 with 91,520 shares valued at $457,600, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 1 cent with 2,910 shares to close at $22.49 and West Indian Tobacco closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $125.49, having lost 1 cent with 839 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading were First Citizens closed at $31.67 with 538 shares, First Caribbean International traded 500 shares at $8, Grace Kennedy closed at $2.85 with 75,000 shares. Prestige Holdings exchanged 500 shares at $10.65, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $102 with 100 shares, Scotiabank remained at $58.02 with 24,890 shares valued at $1,444,118 and Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 with 3,266 shares. The market closes on Thursday for Independence day holiday.

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NCB Financial hits new record

August 25, 2017 by

NCB Financial Group reached a new high of $5 (J$95.50) in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday with just 2,920 shares trading with a rise of 15 cents.
The stock closed with 6,830 units on the bid at $5. In overall market activity 14 securities changed hands compared to 12 on Thursday with 3 advancing, 2 declining and 9 holding firm. Trading volume rose over Thursday’s levels reaching 161,029 units at a value of $1,432,085 compared to Thursday’s trades of 102,642 valued at $2,263,862.
The Composite Index gained 1.37 points to 1,237.89, the All T&T Index declined 0.13 points to 1,791.70 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.39 points to 91.84 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of securities that rose and the volume changing hands are, First Citizens with a 1 cent gain, closed at $31.68 with 5,300 shares, NCB Financial Group rising 15 cents to $5, gaining with 2,920 shares and Trinidad Cement closing 6 cents higher to $4.20 with 30,000 shares.
Losses| The last traded prices of securities declining and the volume changing hands are, JMMB Group with a loss of 2 cents to $1.23 with 5,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipping 24 cents to $23 with 12,056 shares.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are Angostura Holdings closed at $15 with trades of 5,000 shares, Grace Kennedy remaining at $2.85 with 62,114 shares, Guardian Holdings ending at $16.50 with 25,359 shares valued at $418,437, National Enterprises trading 6,795 shares at $10.48. National Flour Mills closing at $2.10 with 1,000 shares, Point Lisas exchanged 3,955 shares at $3.88, Republic Financial Holdings that closed at $101.90 with 100 shares, Sagicor Financial unchanged at $8.30 with 236 shares and Scotiabank closed at $58.02 with 1,194 shares.

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