2 rise 3 fall on TTSE –Friday

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Only 2 stocks advanced, 3 declining and 7 remaining unchanged in market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Friday, as 12 securities traded against 14 on Thursday.
Trading volume remained low, resulting in more volume trading with 342,317 shares valued at $5,336,268 changing hands, compared to 293,550 shares valued at $2,488,584 on Thursday.
At close, the Composite Index lost 3.49 points on Friday to 1,260.41, the All T&T Index fell 0.11 points to 1,700.40, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.98 points to close at 110.65.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows the market continuing to be weak as it closed with only 1 stock ended with the bid lower than their last selling price and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Scotiabank gained 9 cents and ended at $62.65, after exchanging 173 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished trading with a rise of 46 cents and closed at $27.71, after 12,092 shares changed hands.
Losses| Clico Investments closed with a loss of 1 cent at $20.15, with 6,327 units, NCB Financial Group fell 15 cents and completed trading at $6.25, after exchanging 10,500 shares and One Caribbean Media lost 4 cents and settled at $12.44, with 1,900 stock units changing hands.
Firm Trades| First Citizens completed trading at $32.70, after exchanging 4,561 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $3.15, with 5,910 units trading, Guardian Holdings ended at $16, exchanging 10,587 shares, Massy Holdings settled at $47, with 55,329 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises concluded market activity at $9.75, with 1,118 units, Prestige Holdings ended at $10.01, after trading 400 shares and Sagicor Financial concluded trading at $7.80, with 233,420 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Stocks marking time on TTSE

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended Tuesday, trading in 14 securities, with modest price changes, against 9 on Thursday, with 2 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
Trading resulted in 117,881 shares valued at $1,542,037 changing hands, compared to 264,376 shares valued at $2,045,015 on Thursday.
At close, the Composite Index gained 0.21 points on Tuesday to 1,264.14, the All T&T Index rose 0.41 points to 1,699.32, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged to close at 111.83.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, on Tuesday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings gained 2 cents and settled at $15.72, with 25 stock units changing hands and Republic Financial Holdings advanced 3 cents and closed at $101.58, with 173 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investments fell 1 cent and closed at $20.15, with 11,200 units trading, Prestige Holdings closed with a loss of 4 cents and ended at $10.01, after exchanging 50 shares. Scotiabank fell 9 cents to $62.56, after exchanging 50 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading with a fall of 50 cents at $27.25, after exchanging 8,905 shares.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International Bank ended at $9.50, after exchanging 32,499 shares, First Citizens closed at $32.5 after exchanging 20,465 shares, Guardian Holdings ended at $16.00, after 16 shares were exchanged, LJ Williams B share added completed trading at 70 cents, after trading 10,000 shares. National Enterprises closed at $9.79, with 900 units, National Flour ended at $1.68, after 28,571 shares changed hands, Trinidad Cement concluded trading at $2.60, with 5,000 stock units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean concluded trading at $32, with 27 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

 

50% premium for JMMB shares on TTSE

JMMB Group closed on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday at $1.91, around J$36, a huge premium of approximately 50 percent to the price in Jamaica of $25. At the close, there was no stock on offer, the bid ended at $1.91 to buy 70,000 units.
Demand for the stock is flowing from a strong 39 percent rise in the investment house third quarter profits to December last year.
Market activity, closed with a mere 318,277 shares valued at $4,465,418 trading, compared to 1,126,271 units with a valued of $14,736,676 on Monday.
The market closed with 5 stocks rising, 3 declining and 8 remaining unchanged with trading in 16 securities against 12 on Monday. At close the Composite Index rose 1.09 points on Tuesday to 1,268.56, the All T&T Indexadded 0.23 points to 1,699.65, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.27 points to close at 113.01.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Monday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens rose 1 cent and settled at $32.12, trading 2,425 shares, JMMB Group closed with a gain of 6 cents and concluded market activities at $1.91, with 30,000 stock units changing hands. National Enterprises gained 2 cents and ended at $9.67, with 43,089 units changing hands, Prestige Holdings finished trading with a gain of 1 cent to $10.01, in exchanging 5,000 shares and Sagicor Financial rose 1 cent and ended at $7.83, with 10,833 units.
Losses| Republic Financial Holdings fell 2 cents and concluded trading at $101.50, with 12,547 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL share fell 1 cent and settled at $27.11, trading 3,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean shed 1 cent and ended at $29, with 18,629 units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings concluded trading at $15.67, with 3,000 stock units changing hands, Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with 4,225 units, Clico Investments closed at $20, with 5,664 units, First Caribbean International Bank completed market activities at $9.30, trading 121,000 shares, Guardian Holdings ended at $16.50, exchanging 1,300 shares. LJ Williams B share settled at 75 cents, after trading 4,065 units, National Flour closed at $1.86, trading 6,227 shares and NCB Financial Group settled at $6.53, with 47,273 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Trinidad stock market firming up

Prices are firming up on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange with the IC bid-offer Indicator showing stocks being sold currently below the last traded prices have declined sharply from where there were late last year and in January of around 8 offers.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, on Thursday, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers, an indication of a greater level of stability in the market.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with trading in 16 securities against 18 on Wednesday, with 3 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 156,311 shares with a value of $5,255,361, compared to 107,817 shares with a value of $2,343,695, changing hands.
At close the Composite Index gained 01.55 points on Thursday to 1,270.18, the All T&T Index shed 0.11 points to 1,701.98 while Cross Listed Index rose 0.44 points to close at 113.13.
Gains| Republic Financial Holdings increased 2 cents and concluded trading at $101.52, with 34,343 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank rose 8 cents and finished at $61.71, with 2,668 stock units and Unilever Caribbean closed with a gain of 9 cents and finished at $28.99, trading 50 shares changing hands.
Losses| LJ Williams B share fell 1 cent and ended at 75 cent, trading 31,600 units, Massy Holdings shed 19 cents and finished at $47.30, with 4,712 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial lost 5 cents and ended at $7.83, with 1,000 units trading.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal finished at $60, with 9,873 units, Clico Investments end with $20, with 18,550 units, First Citizens completed at $32.10, trading 347 shares, Grace Kennedy concluded trading at $3.40, with 17,035 units, JMMB Group completed at $1.80, with 6,138 stock units changing hands.. NCB Financial Group concluded trading at $6.60, trading 21,495 shares, One Caribbean Media end with $12.50, with 300 stock units changing hands., Prestige Holdings completed at $10, trading 200 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading at $27, with 5,500 units and Trinidad Cement ended at $3.50, trading 2,500 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

6 Trinidad stocks rise 1 falls – Monday

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continues to show some signs that prices of most stocks will likely move higher. On Monday, 15 securities changed hands against 16 on Friday, with the prices of 6 advancing, 1 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index rose 3.87 points on Monday to 1,276.08, the All T&T Index gained 6.06 points to 1,710.24, while Cross Listed Index inched 0.22 points up to close at 113.61.
Market activity ended with 283,597 shares with a value of $4,409,625 traded, compared to 153,453 shares with a value of $1,756,529 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| First Citizens Bank gained 6 cents and finished at $32.06, trading 1,610 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a rise of 2 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.47, with 150,000 units, JMMB Group ended trading with a rise of 4 cents to $1.85, with 6,000 stock units, National Enterprises finished trading 2 cents higher to $9.67, with 8,574 units, Prestige Holdings rose by 1 cent to finished at $10.50, trading 17,643 shares and Scotiabank jumped $1.85 and finished at a 52 weeks’ high of $63, with 1,000 stock units changing hands.
Losses|> Clico Investments shed 4 cents and concluded at $20.95, trading 5,605 units.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with 39,934 units, Ansa Merchant close at $40, trading 1,168 shares, Strong> Guardian Holdings finished with $17, trading 1,619 shares, LJ Williams B share ended at $0.7, trading 3,454 shares, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.6, trading 18,714 shares. Sagicor Financial finished at $7.9, with 58 units, , Trinidad & Tobago NGLconcluded at $27.5, with 27,174 units and Unilever Caribbean finished at $29, trading 1,044 shares.

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

West Indian Tobacco at 5 years’ Low

NCB shares trading at a 52 weeks’ high on the TTSE


With the Trinidad & Tobago economy in recession a number of companies are facing tough times one such is West Indian Tobacco that dented the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange index by 1.14 percent on Thursday as the price tumbled $10 to a 5 years’ low of $90, while trading 191 shares.
While Witco was trading at a 5 years’ low, Jamaica’s NCB Financial traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $6.75 on Thursday.
The market closed with the Composite Index falling 8.81 points to 1,264.88. The All T&T Index dropped 19.64 points to 1,707.60, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.30 points higher to close at 110.91.
Market activity ended with 336,338 shares trading with a value of $ $4,978,967 compared to 165,319 units on Wednesday, valued at $2,450,124. Trading ended 16 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Wednesday and closed with 5 stocks advancing, 5 declining as 6 remained unchanged.
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.

West Indian Tobacco hits 5 years’ low on Thursday.

Gains| First Caribbean International Bank finished trading with a gain of 5 cents at $9.20 with 1,000 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy concluded trading with an increase of 5 cents to close at $3.10 with 9,397 shares trading, Massy rose 4 cents to $48.06 with 7,130 shares valued at $343,362. NCB Financial Group rose 20 cents, concluding trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.75 with 21,000 units and Republic Financial finished trading after an increase by 2 cents to $101.52 with 2,473 shares changing hands.
Losses| Ansa Mcal concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents in closing at $62.49 with 1,052 units, Clico Investments traded with a loss of 19 cents to close at $20.81 with 32,224 units trading valued at $673,099, National Enterprise fell 1 cent to $9.79 with 2,200 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGLsettled with a loss of 50 cents at $26 with 27,060 shares with a value of $705,870.
Firm Traded| First Citizens closed finished at $32 with 9,464 shares, JMMB Group settled at $1.65 with 62,249 shares, National Flour ended finished at $1.91 with 10,000 stock units, Prestige Holdings ended trading close at $10.70 with 450 stock units, Sagicor Financial closed trading at $8 with 129,480 shares valued at $1,035,785 and Scotiabank ended trading at $60.10 with 20,968 shares carry a value of $1,260,432, changing hands.

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

2 new highs 2 new lows on TTSE

Scotiabank traded at a 52 weeks’ high on Thursday.

Falling stock prices, outpaced rising stocks more than 2 to 1, at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday. All three market indices declined, as two declining stocks shed large amounts, while 2 each traded at 52 weeks’ high and low.
Ansa McAL declined by $3.03, to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $60 with just 2,028 shares trading, Republic Financial Holdings also closed at a 52 weeks’ low after losing $1.50 to end at $100.50, with 252 units changing hands while Scotiabank advanced $1 to settle at a 52 weeks’ high of $61 with 1,500 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained $1.95 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $27 trading 3,300 shares. Scotiabank’s move is reflective of a rise in profit before Taxation of 11 percent and 5 percent after an increase in corporation tax rate in that country. Earnings per share ended the year at $3.73 for a PE ratio of 16.35.

T&T NGL closed at a record high on TTSE on Thursday.

Market activity ended with 14 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Wednesday leading to 3 stocks advancing, 7 declining and 4 holding firm.
A total of 221,067 shares traded at a value of $3,013,733 compared to Wednesday’s trades of 482,160 valued at $15,366,284.
The Composite Index declined by 6.28 points to 1,274.03, the All T&T Index lost 10.08 points to 1,743.57 and the Cross Listed Index was down 0.33 points to close at 108.44.
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 other stock that gained is Clico Investment with a rise of 29 cents, in closing at $20.79 with 71,572 shares valued at $1,486,816.
Losses| Securities declining based on the last traded price are Grace Kennedy losing 4 cents in exchanging 25,000 shares to close at $2.96. JMMB Group closed at $1.88, with a loss of 2 cents trading 1,754 shares, Point Lisas fell 1 cent to $3.89 with 11,128 shares changing hands, Prestige Holdings ended with a loss of 5 cents, at $10.70 with 1,000 units, and Sagicor Financial traded 4 cents lower to $7.91 with 73,828 shares valued at $584,108.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities closing with unchanged prices are Massy Holdings in exchanging 1,484 shares at $49, One Caribbean Media ending at $14 with 23,361 shares valued at $369,054, Trinidad Cementthat traded 650 units at $3.95 while Unilever Caribbean remained at $34 with 1,210 shares trading.

TTSE trading sinks to just 50,000 units

Market activity on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday remains anaemic, with just over 50,000 shares trading, the lowest volume since the start of the month coming from 16 securities changing hands.
Trading closed with 4 stocks advancing, 5 declining, 7 holding firm as 50,488 shares traded at a value of $553,082 compared to Tuesday’s trades of 528,994 valued at $2,520,342 from 13 securities trading. At the close of trading 2 stock hit 52 weeks’ high and one ended at a 52 weeks’ low.
The Composite Index climbed 2.15 points to 1,277.73, the All T&T Index declined by 0.87 points to 1,743.27 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.71 points to close at 109.49.
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| The last traded prices of the securities rising are Grace Kennedy with gains of 5 cents, and closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.10 with 300 units changing hands. Guardian Holdings closed at $16.50, rising 50 cents in exchanging 13,670 shares, NCB Financial Group gained 10 cents, ending at $6 with trades of 10,300 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose to a new 52 weeks’ high of $24.25, advancing 20 cents with an exchange of 2,650 shares.
Losses| Securities closing down at last traded prices are JMMB Group that lost 1 cent and closed at $2.09 with 1,975 shares trading, L.J. Williams B with a loss of 7 cents, traded at 70 cents with 1,650 shares, Republic Financial Holdings declined by 19 cents to settle at $101.50, after trading at a low for the day at $100.50 with 405 units exchanged. Sagicor Financial closed at $7.94, losing 1 cent with 1,175 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 5 cents, falling to a 52 weeks’ low of $34.95 with 100 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Stock with last traded prices remaining unchanged of the close of trading are Angostura Holdings closed at $15.05 with a mere 10 units, Clico Investment exchanged 47 units at $21, First Citizens trading 20 units at $31.95 and National Enterprises that closed at $9.70 with 508 units. Prestige Holdings closed at $10.75 exchanging 9,131 shares trading, Readymix ended at $11 with 618 units and Trinidad Cement closed at $3.95 trading 7,929 shares.

4 TTSE stocks rise 1 falls

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 13 securities changing hands compared to 10 on Monday and resulted in 4 stocks advancing, 1 declining, 8 remaining unchanged.
Trading activity saw 528,994 shares traded at a value of $2,520,342 compared to Monday’s trades of 354,972 units valued at $13,441,469.
The Composite Index gained 0.08 points to 1,275.58, the All T&T Index advanced 0.68 points to 1,744.14 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.07 points to close at 108.78.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Securities recording gains at the close of trading on Tuesday are, Sagicor Financial that traded 12 cents higher to $7.95 with 1,240 shares, Scotiabank jumped $1.25, to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $60 while exchanging 634 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 3 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ high of $24.05, trading 8,920 shares and Bourse Brazil Latin Fund US Dollar shares closed at $8.10, gaining 2 cents with 500 units changing hands.
Losses| MMB Group is the sole stock declining and ended with a loss of 8 cents, closed at $2.10, trading 405,353 shares valued at $851,241.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volumes trading unchanged are Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40 with 400 units, Clico Investment exchanged 1,340 shares at $21, First Caribbean International Bank traded 7,476 shares at $9.30 and Massy Holdings remained at $48 with 13,328 shares valued at $639,744. National Enterprises closed at $9.70 with 8,997 shares, NCB Financial Group ended at $5.90 exchanging 72,352 shares valued at $426,877, Prestige Holdings closed at $10.75 with 6,809 shares and Unilever Caribbean held firm at $35 with 1,145 shares but traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $34.80.

Trading fairly steady on TTSE – Monday

JMMB Group trades at a 52 weeks’ high on TTSE.

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday closed with 13 securities changing hands, the same number as on Friday, as JMMB Group stock price closed at a 52 weeks’ high and National Flour Mills closed at a 52 weeks’ low.
Market activity resulted in 3 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 7 holding firm as 282,381 shares traded at a value of $2,414,741 compared to Friday’s trades of 360,606 valued at $6,717,397.
The Composite Index lost 0.21 points to 1,289.05, the All T&T Index declined by 1.07 points to 1,752.48 but the Cross Listed Index rose 0.09 points to 111.32.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| At the close of trading on Monday strong>First Citizens gained 11 cents with the last traded price ending at $31.91 as 12,038 shares valued at $382,819 changed hands, JMMB Group closed 13 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.20 with 58,315 shares trading and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 5 cents and closed at $23.55 exchanging 3,100 shares.
Losses| The securities declining at the last price for the day are Clico Investment trading 16,457 shares valued at $345,708 and lost 4 cents in closing at $21, National Flour Mills fell 4 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.95 trading 53,012 shares and Republic Financial Holdings settled at $101.76, losing 13 cents with 3,465 shares valued at $345,708 trading.
Firm Trades| Securities traded unchanged at the close of the market are,Angostura Holdings exchanging 2,180 shares at $15.05, Grace Kennedy closing at $2.95 with 70,213 shares traded, National Enterprises closed at $9.75 with 500 units. One Caribbean Media closed at $14 with 47,046 shares valued at $658,644 changing hands, Prestige Holdings closed at $10.75 in exchanging 1,045 units, Sagicor Financial traded 15,000 shares at $8 and Scotiabank remained at $58.50 with 10 units being traded.