Cemex offer rejected by market so far

January 12, 2017 by

TCL closed at 52 weeks’ high of $5.10 on Thursday.

Trinidad Cement stock closed at $5.10 on the Trinidad market, with 85,800 units changing hands valued at $436,690. The price shot past the Cemex revised offer price of $5.07 by adding 5 cents in trading on Thursday in closing at a 52 weeks’ high. Importantly the stock has a bid of $5.10 to buy 39,475 shares and closed without an offer being posted a sure sign of higher prices ahead.
Activity climbed sharply from the lows levels experienced for 2017 to date as 15 securities traded, compared to 7 on Wednesday. A total of 6 stocks advanced, 1 fell and 8 remained unchanged as 328,077 units changed hands, valued at $2,705,386 compared to a mere 28,747 shares valued at $573,758 on Wednesday.
The Composite Index gained 0.33 points to 1,215.28 points, the All T & T Index rose 0.15 points to 1,837.11 points. The Cross Listed Index gained 0.07 points to 79.35 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings advanced 10 cents to $12.90 with an exchange of 35,031 shares valued at $451,900, National Enterprises added 1 cent to close at $10.69 with 2,045 shares changing owners, Sagicor Financial gained 8 cents, closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.10 with 3,000 units being traded. Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $20.50, up 1 cent with 20,000 shares changing hands valued at $409,878 and West Indian Tobacco, swapped 5,580 units valued at $708,757, closed trading with a rise of 2 cents at $127.02.
Losses| Calypso Macro lost 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks low of $21.88 with 1,000 shares being exchanged.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings closed at $14.70, with 12,025 units changing owners, Clico Investments held firm at $22.60 with 581 shares being exchanged, First Citizens closed trading at $34.97 with 55 units changing hands, National Commercial Bank was unchanged at $3.10 with an exchange of 50,000 shares. National Flour closed at $2.40 with only 10 units being traded, Prestige Holdings ended trading at $11 with 164 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments held firm at $2.10 with trades of 112,000 units and Scotiabank closed at $58.75 with 786 shares changing ownership.

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Guardian help push TTSE index

January 4, 2017 by

Trading activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday continues to reflect constrains by investors with slightly more stocks falling than rising in spite of gains in all indices due mainly to a 34 cents gain in Guardian Holdings.
Trading resulted in 10 securities changing hands compared to 8 on Tuesday; 3 stocks advanced, 4 declined and 3 held firm with 117,706 units being traded at a value of $3,555,197 compared to the Tuesday’s 162,833 shares valued at $2,093,835.
The Composite Index gained 0.88 points to 1,211.45 points, the All T & T Index advanced 1.42 points to 1,834.77 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.04 points to 78.62 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings gained 34 cents to close at $13 after trading 59,500 shares valued at $772,631, JMMB Group advanced 2 cents to 92 cents with 752 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127 with an increase of 5 cents in the exchange of 15,542 units valued at $1,973,683.
Losses| Massy Holdings closed at $51.99, falling 1 cent with 161 shares changing owners, Scotiabank was down 8 cents, closing trading at $58.77 with an exchange of 1,111 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 1 cent to close at $20.99 with 633 shares changing ownership and Unilever traded 10,000 shares and lost 1 cents to closing at $59.83.
Firm Trades | Grace Kennedy was unchanged at $2.67 with an exchange of 11,000 shares, Prestige Holdings held firm at $11 with 1,373 units trading and Trinidad Cement with 17,634 units traded, closed at $4.45.

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4 stocks hit lows on TTSE – Thursday

December 29, 2016 by

Guardian Media is one of 4 stocks in T&T to close at 52 weeks’ low on Thursday..

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday resulted in 13 securities changing hands compared to 12 on Wednesday.
Market activity ended with 2 stocks rising, 4 declining to 52 weeks low and 7 holding firm, with 155,564 shares being traded valued at $1,446,576 compared to 318,033 shares being traded valued at $2,502,324 on Wednesday.
The Composite Index remained unchanged at 1,206.16, the All T&T Index gained just 0.01 points to 1,832.68 with a year to date loss at 6 percent. The Cross Listed Index was stuck at 77.46 points with year to date gains of 55.65 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group traded 115,000 units to end at 90 cents with a 1 cent rise and West Indian Tobacco rose 7 cents on the trading of 19 shares to close at $126.95.
Losses| All the stocks declining closed at 52 weeks lows and include Calypso Macro Index Fund that declined by 8 cents to end at $21.89 with just 91 units trading, Guardian Media lost 1 cent to close at $18.99 with 100 units changing hands. One Caribbean Media fell 9 cents to end $19.90 with 195 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 1 cent with 49 units trading, to end at 52 weeks low of $59.84.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl traded just 29 shares at $66.50, Guardian Holdings traded 26,034 units valued at $329,330 to close at $12.65, National Flour Mills closed at $2.52 with 885 units trading. Point Lisas traded 3,145 shares at $3.70, Prestige Holdings traded 265 units at $11, Republic Financial Holdings with a volume of 9,037 shares valued at $979,972 being traded, closed at $108.44 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 115 shares at $21.

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Trading volume rebounds on TTSE

November 24, 2016 by

TTSE build Trading levels rebounded strongly on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday with 513,946 shares changing hands with a value of $9,953,673, in contrast to Wednesday’s volume of 31,204 with a value of $2,125,247.
At the close of trading, 17 securities changed hands, 2 advanced, 7 declined and 8 ended unchanged.
The Composite Index gained 0.47 points to 1,191.45 points, the All T & T Index closed 0.24 points lower to 1,804.60 points, down 7.39 percent year to date. The Cross Listed Index advanced 0.16 points to 77.31 points with year to date gains of 56.15 percent.
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| Agostini’s gained 11 cents to close at $17.51 with 300,618 shares changing hands with a value of $5,260,821 on strong fourth quarter results and Berger Paints gained one cent to close at a 52 weeks high of $4.06 with 500 shares changing hands.
< Strong> Losses|Ansa McAL lost 6 cents to close at $61.94 with 3,242 shares changing hands, Guardian Holdings lost 5 cents with 5,524 shares changing hands to close at $12.90, JMMB Group lost 1 cent and closed at 90 cents with 5,650 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings lost 2 cents to close at $50.97 with 3,965 shares changing hands. Scotiabank closed at $58.70, down 2 cents with 184 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 4 cents to close at $22.50 with 10,200 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean lost 2 cents to close at $59.85 with 1,404 shares changing hands.
TTSE sum 24-11-16 Firm Trades | Clico Investment closed at $22.60 with 100,500 shares changing hands with a value of $2,270,305, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 2,000 shares changing hands, National Commercial Bank closed at $2.90 with 50,000 shares changing hands. National Enterprises closed at $10.60 with 11,817 shares changing hands, Point Lisas closed at $3.70 with 750 shares changing hands. Prestige Holdings closed at $11 with 12 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial closed at $7.50 with 7,580 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127 with 10,000 shares changing hands valued at $1,270,000.

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Witco & Angostura dominate trading

November 21, 2016 by

Angostura Holdings traded TT$2.6 million in shares.

Angostura Holdings traded TT$2.6 million in shares.

Investors on expended most money on Angostura Holdings with West Indian Tobacco coming just behind in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday. Between the trades absorbed $5.2 million.
Trading dipped marginally with prices for the majority of traded stocks remaining unchnaged. The market closed with 13 securities changing hands compared with 10 on Friday. At the close, 2 stock advanced, 3 declined, 8 traded unchanged and 2 stocks at a 52-week high.
Trading activity closed with 453,888 shares changing hands with a value of $6,111,495, in contrast to Friday’s volume of 300,540 with a value of $6,639,919.
The Composite Index declined 0.14 points to 1,190.38 points, the All T & T Index closed 0.28 points lower to 1,803.68 points, down 7.43 percent year to date and the Cross Listed Index was unchanged, closing at 77.15 points and holding ground at 55.83 percent for 2016.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 1 cent and closed at 91 cents with 213,540 shares changing hands and Massy Holdings, with only 10 shares changing hands, gained 1 cent to close at $51.
< Strong> Losses|Scotiabank lost 1 cent with 866 shares changing hands to close at $58.72, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 3 cents to close at $22.61 with 100 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at TTSE sum 21-11-16$126.80, down 10 cents with 20,451 shares changing hands with a value of $2,593,187.
Firm Trades | Angostura Holdings with 168,184 shares changing hands, closed at $15.50 with a value of $2,606,852, Clico Investment Fund closed at $22.60 with 10,100 shares changing hands, First Citizens closed at $33.01 with 940 shares changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 6,000 shares changing hands. National Enterprises closed at $10.55 with 29,290 shares changing hands with a value of $309,011, Prestige Holdings, with 1,339 shares changing hands, closed at $11, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $109 with 68 shares changing hands and Sagicor Financial held firm at $7.50 with 3,000 shares changing hands.

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Cross listed TTSE stocks up 56%

November 18, 2016 by

Sagicor Financial closed at a 52 weeks' high on Thursday on the TTSE.

Sagicor Financial closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Thursday on the TTSE.

Cross listed stocks on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange TTSE are up 56% so far in 2016, helped a bit by trading on Thursday with 14 securities changing hands, down from 15 on Wednesday. At the close 4 stocks advanced, 3 declined and 7 traded unchanged as one stock closed at 52-week’s high.
Trading activity closed with 1,008,039 shares changing hands with a value of $9,814,776, in contrast to Wednesday’s volume of 795,747 with a value of $8,048,155.
The Composite Index advanced 2.02 points to 1,190.32 points, the All T & T Index gained 3.69 points to close at 1,803.83 points, 7.42 percent down year to date and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.04 points to close at 77.10 points and is up 55.73 percent for 2016.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bid higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 1 cent to close at 91 cent with 78,977 shares changing hands, National Enterprises advanced 4 cents on favourable quarterly results to close at $10.55 with 454,545 shares changing hands with a value of $4,795,450. Republic Financial Holdings with 90 shares changing hands closed at $109, up by $1.02 and Sagicor Financial gained 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.45 with 147,487 shares changing hands, valued at $1,098,778.
< Strong> Losses|Grace Kennedy lost 6 cents to close at $2.74 with 3,400 shares changing hands, Scotiabank lost 1 cent to close at $58.73 with 3,100 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL, with a loss of 4 cents, closed at $22.64 with 1,935 shares changing hands.
TTSE sum 17-11-16 Firm Trades | Angostura Holdings with 66,534 shares changing hands, closed at $15.50 with a value of $1,031,290, Clico Investment Fund closed at $22.60 with 1,532 shares changing hands, First Citizens Bank with 893 shares changing hands, closed at $33, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 106,858 shares changing hands with a value of $908,293. Massy Holdings closed at $50.99 with 538 shares changing hands, Prestige Holdings closed at $11 with 142,073 shares changing hands with a value of $1,562,803 and West Indian Tobacco with 77 shares changing hands, closed at $126.90.

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1 TTSE stock rise 3 fell – Wednesday

October 12, 2016 by

TTSE build Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market ended on Wednesday with 11 stocks trading of which 1 gained, 3 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with 127,817 shares valued at $1,315,583 changing hands, compared to 475,198 shares valued at $3,971,851 on Tuesday.
The market closed with modest movements in the indices with the Composite Index rising 0.08 points to close at 1,172.25, the All T&T Index closed with a loss of 0.18 points at 1,819.84 and the Cross Listed Index grew by 0.05 points to 69.96 points and is up 41.3 percent year to date.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Scotiabank closed with 5,239 shares changing hands to end 1 cent up at $58.26.
Losses| Asna McAl traded 31 shares and lost 3 cents to end at $62.65, One Caribbean Media traded 100 shares and fell 5 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.50 and Unilever traded 550 shares and lost 1 cent to close at $59.99.
TTSE sum 12-10-16 Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund closed with 29,795 shares changing hands to end at $22.60, JMMB Group ended with 74,900 shares changing hands to close at 75 cents, Massy Holdings ended with 200 shares changing hands at $52, Point Lisas closed at $3.60 with 1,118 units changing hands. Prestige Holdings with 2,000 units changing hands ended at $11, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.65 with 7,884 units changing hands and Trinidad Cement had 6,000 shares changing hands to close at $3.50.

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Just gains on TTSE – Wednesday

September 21, 2016 by

TTSE build Trading activity picked on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market on Wednesday with higher overall volume but with far less active securities. The market closed with marginal movements in the market indices and ended with 3 stocks gaining and 4 remaining unchanged as just 7 securities traded.
Market activity resulted in 398,013 shares valued at $4,834,677 changing hands, above the 271,952 units valued at $3,116,881 traded on Tuesday.
The Composite Index inched up 0.41 points to close at 1,154.35, the All T&T Index gained 0.45 points to close at 1,813.22 and the Cross Listed Index ended 0.05 points higher at 65.97 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Prestige Holdings with 283,967 units valued at $3,123,637 changing hands, ended at $11 to record a gain of 10 cents, TTSE sum 21-9-16Scotiabank closed with 14,940 shares valued at $866,354 changing hands to end with a gain of 14 cents at $58 and Sagicor Financial traded 10,906 units and gained 8 cents to end at $6.70.
Losses| No stock declined at the close of the market on Wednesday.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund traded 2,028 units at $22.60, Guardian Holdings ended with 2,500 shares changing hands at $12.80, Scotia Investments contributed 58,504 shares to close at $1.75 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.52 with 25,158 units changing hands, valued at $591,465.

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4 stocks rise 1 fall on TTSE – Wednesday

September 14, 2016 by

StockMarkets Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market closed Wednesday with gains in the two of the market indices. Volume traded fell below 50,000 units changing hands. At the close 9 securities changed hands, just 4 rose, 1 fell while 4 remained unchanged.
Market activity ended with only 42,593 shares valued at a mere $694,381 changing hands, well off from the $5,056,419 traded on Tuesday.
The Composite Index rose 1.48 points to close at 1,156.91, the All T&T Index fell 2.87 points to close at 1,818.93 and the Cross Listed Index ended with a gain of 0.01 points to 65.89.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
TTSE sum 14-9-16 Gains| Ansa McAl rose 70 cents and traded 2,500 units to close at $62.70, National Flour rose 8 cents to close with 10,470 shares changing hands at $2.50, Scotiabank gained 17 cents and closed with 3,528 shares changing hands at $57.80 and Scotia Investments gained 1 cent in trading 8,200 shares to close at $1.73.
Losses| The sole stock declining is Trinidad and Tobago NGL that closed at $23.50 with 1,158 units changing hands after falling 20 cents.
Firm Trades| First Citizens traded 3,383 units at $35, Guardian Holdings ended with 8,701 shares changing hands at $12.80, Prestige Holdings with 1,374 units changing hands ended at $10.83 and Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with just 3,282 shares changing hands at $6.60.

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Trading up a bit on TTSE – Monday

August 29, 2016 by

TTSE build 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.
The Composite Index fell 0.34 points to close at 1,158.90, the All T&T Index declined 0.20 points to close at 1,821.92 and the Cross Listed Index eased 0.07 points to end at 66.02.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with offers that were lower.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 1 cent with 56,000 shares changing hands at 64 cents, National Flour ended with 19,156 shares changing hands at $2.35 after rising 2 cents and Scotia Investments closed with 10,000 shares changing hands and gained 2 cents to end at $1.72.
Losses| Guardian Holdings had 11,500 shares changing hands to end with a loss of 4 cents at $13.53, Massy Holdings closed with 51,976 shares, valued at $2,853,482 changing hands with the loss of 4 cents to TTSE sum 29-08-16close at $54.90 and Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 1,622 shares changing hands as the price fell 15 cents to $6.75.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended with 80,692 shares with a value of $1,129,673 changing hands to close at $14, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 956 units to end at $40.01, Clico Investment Fund ended at $22.66 with 868 shares changing hands, Firstcaribbean International Bank ended trading 4,000 shares at $6.90, First Citizens traded 288 units at $35. Guardian Media traded 956 shares with the price remaining at $19.75, National Commercial Bank ended with 1,985 shares changing hands to close at $2.65 and Prestige Holdings had just 9 units changing hands, to close at $10.90.

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