Prices remained under pressure on Thursday on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, continuing a negative trend since Thursday May 18. At the close on Thursday 5 stocks declined, 1 advanced and 8 were unchanged with a total of 14 securities changing hands compared to 19 on Wednesday.
The Composite Index lost 1.30 points to 1,213.64, the All T&T Index fell 1.75 points to 1,793.04 and the Cross Listed Index was down 0.11 points to close at 85.01. Trading closed with on. A total of 128,271 shares were traded at a value of $1,640,227 compared to Wednesday’s 328,366 shares valued at $8,363,330.04.
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| Clico Investment was the sole stock rising as it just squeezed a gain of 1 cent to close at $22.51 with 9,000 shares trading.
Losses| Trinidad & Tobago NGL (TTNGL) loss a further 52 cents on top of the 66 cents fall, closing at $20.61 with 659 shares. The stock was trading at $22.50 at the start of the month, falling to $22 on May 17, the same day that the Board of Directors of 
sanctioned the additional sale of the shares by its majority shareholder.
JMMB Group lost 1 cent, closing at $1.27 exchanging 4,280 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 5 cent lower to close at $3.95, with 52,000 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial closed at $8.98, losing 1 cent trading 2,000 shares and West Indian Tobacco lost 4 cents to close at $126.40, with 294 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| First Citizens held firm at $31.85 trading 27,593 shares valued at $878,837, First Caribbean International exchanged 15,100 shares at $7.75, Guardian Holdings traded 5,801 shares at $16, and National Enterprises closed at $10.50, with an exchange of 2,402 shares. Prestige Holdingsclosed at $10.90, with 100 shares being traded, Readymix held firm at $11, with 1,251 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments traded 2,350 shares at $2.45 and Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 trading 5,441 shares.
8 straight days of weakness on TTSE
Government selling more shares
T&TNGL dropped on TTSE on Wednesday based o more shares to be sold by TT Government..
Trinidad & Tobago NGL’s stock price fell 86 cents to $21.13 on the Trinidad & Tobago stock Exchange on Wednesday. This comes on the heels of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s intent to make an offer for an additional sale of 40,248,000 shares by National Gas Company.
The market saw trading in 19 securities compared to 17 on Tuesday with 2 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 13 remaining unchanged. A total of 328,366 shares changed hands valued at $8,363,330 compared to Tuesday’s 449,650 shares valued at $12,647,675.
The Composite Index fell 1.90 points to 1,214.94, the All T&T Index declined 2.76 points to 1,794.79 and the Cross Listed Index was down 0.14 points to close at 85.12.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group closed at $1.28, with a 1 cent gain trading 21,142 shares and NCB Financial Group gained 5 cents to close at $4, exchanging 148,884 shares valued at $591,330.
Losses| Ansa McAL closed at $66, with a loss of 39 cents exchanging 1,425 shares, Clico Investment lost 1 cent, closing at $22.50, with an exchange of 50,615 shares valued at $1,138,945, Scotia Investments traded 23 cents lower to close at $2.45 with 650 shares changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 7,609 shares at $21.13, after losing 86 cents.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings traded 1,400 shares at $15, Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40, with an exchange of 2,171 shares, First Citizens remained at $31.85 trading 1,000 shares, First Caribbean International exchanged 7,223 shares at $7.75. Guardian Holdings traded 6,479 shares at $16, Massy Holdings held firm at $51.45 exchanging 1,300 shares, National Enterprises closed at $10.50, with an exchange of 14,718 shares, Prestige Holdingsclosed at $10.90, with trades of just 5 shares. Readymix was unchanged at $11, with 1,345 shares changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings traded 56,190 shares at $101.92 valued at $5,726,885, Sagicor Financial closed at $8.99 exchanging 2,000 shares, Scotiabank remained at $58, with trades of 926 shares and Trinidad Cement held firm trading 3,284 shares at $4.20 .
TTSE trading up prices mostly down
Trading levels rose on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday with 18 securities changing hands but with 3 trading 3 shares or less. Trading levels on Thursday compares to 11 securities on Wednesday.
Ansa McAL and NCB Financial Group were the leading trades as 2 stocks advanced, 6 declined and 10 were unchanged. Trading closed with 687,180 shares trading at a value of $7,029,562 in contrast to Wednesday’s 40,355 shares valued at $222,744.
The Composite Index fell 2.13 points to 1,221.34, the All T&T Index declined 4.17 points to 1,798.56 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.01 points to close at 86.36.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| NCB Financial Group gained 5 cents to close at $4 trading 537,154 shares valued at $2,123,908 and Prestige Holdings closed at $10.90, with gains of 9 cents in exchanging 1,400 shares.
Losses| Ansa McAL traded $1 lower to close at $66.50, with 50,493 shares valued at $3,357,787, changing owners, Clico Investment traded 1 cent lower to close at $22.50 exchanging 1,800 shares and First Citizens lost 1 cent, closing at $31.99 with only 3 shares traded. National Flour Mills closed at $2.40, losing 7 cents with trades of 18,210 shares, Scotia Investments was down 1 cent to close at $2.69, with an exchange of 350 shares, and Unilever Caribbean closed at $53, with a loss of 51 cents trading 479 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 8,000 shares at $40, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.80, with an exchange of 34,915 shares valued at $551,048 and JMMB Group exchanged 11,489 shares at $1.30. Massy Holdings traded 5,102 shares at $51.48, National Enterprises closed at $10.50 trading 350 shares, Point Lisas remained at $4, with an exchange of 6,954 shares, Readymix closed at $11, with trades of 7,794 shares. Republic Financial Holdings traded a mere 2 shares at $101.85, Scotiabank held firm at $58 exchanging 2,682 shares and West Indian Tobacco exchange only 3 shares at $126.49.
Only 2 Trinidad stocks slip on Wednesday
Massy was one of the stocks with a dominant trade on Wednesday.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday resulted in 15 securities changing hands compared to 12 on Tuesday with Clico Investment and Massy Holdings controlling 70 percent of the trades.
At the close, 4 stocks advanced, 2 declined and 9 were unchanged as 435,216 shares traded at a value of $8,658,513 compared to Tuesday’s 325,975 shares valued at just $1,016,707.
The Composite Index slipped 0.60 points to 1,222.14, the All T&T Index declined 0.76 points to 1,799.53 and the Cross Listed Index eased 0.06 points to close at 86.46.
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 gained 1 cent to close at $15.60 with an exchange of 10,887 shares, National Enterprises gained 4 cents, closing at $10.55, with 3,807 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial closed at $9.04, with gains of 2 cents trading 14,880 shares and Praetorian Property Mutual Fund closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.03, gaining 3 cents exchanging 6,233 units.
Losses| First Citizens closed at $31.90, losing 10 cents with trades of 10,240 shares valued at $326,663 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 24 cents lower to close at $22.25 exchanging 26,500 shares valued at $590,937.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAL traded 10,135 shares at $66.50 valued at $673,978, Clico Investment remained at $22.51 trading 186,843 shares valued at $4,205,891,Massy Holdings exchanged 36,090 shares valued at $1,858,274 at $51.49. National Flour Mills closed at $2.48, with an exchange of 795 units, NCB Financial Group closed trading at $4, with 105,653 shares changing hands, valued at $421,612, Prestige Holdings traded 11,401 shares at $11. Readymix closed at $11, with trades of 690 shares, Republic Financial Holdings exchanged 187 shares at $101.91 and Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 exchanging 8,175 shares trading.
4 up 4 down on Thursday
Trading picked up all round on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday and resulted in a relatively large 19 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Wednesday. The market closed with 4 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 11 holding firm as 603,478 shares traded at a value of $3,215,253 compared to Wednesday’s 496,027 shares valued at $2,056,193.
The Composite Index added 0.90 points to 1,221.73, the All T&T Index lost 0.52 points to 1,800.56 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.32 points to close at 86.21.
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| NCB Financial Group gained 10 cents to close at $4 with an exchange of 32,500 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $102, with a gain of 1 cent with 962 shares changing hands, Scotiabank advanced 10 cents to close at $58.16 with 2,482 units changing hands and Scotia Investments gained 5 cents and closed at $2.75 with 56,700 shares trading.
Losses| JMMB Group lost 8 cents to close at $1.20, with 326,521 units traded at a value of $391,825, Massy Holdings closed 4 cents lower to $51.45 exchanging 3,166 shares, Unilever Caribbean traded $3.50 lower to close at $53.50 with an exchange of 13 units and West Indian Tobacco closed at $126.50 after losing 50 cents trading 1,946 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 with trades of a mere 3 units, Calypso Macro Index Fund exchanged 2,325 shares at $21.50 and Clico Investment was unchanged at $22.52, with 2,346 shares changing owners. Grace Kennedy held firm at $2.76 with trades of 40,701 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.51 with an exchange of 38,421 units valued at $595,910, L.J. Williams B share traded 6,000 units at 85 cents, National Flour Mills exchanged 11,000 units at $2.50. Readymix closed at $11 trading 3,147 units, Sagicor Financial closed at $9, with 44,009 units changing hands at a value of $397,427, Trinidad Cement held firm at $4.20 exchanging 5,100 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL was unchanged at $22.50, with an exchange of 26,136 shares valued at $588,052.
Jamaican stocks only winners on TTSE
JMMB Group 1 of 2 jamaican stocks to advance on the TTSE.
A mere 316,137 shares valued at $2,505,928 traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, versus 1,141,204 shares valued at $11,232,310 on Monday.
The market closed with 13 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Monday with 2 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 6 holding firm.
The Composite Index declined 1.22 points to 1,220.80, the All T&T Index fell 0.12 points to 1,800.95 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.32 points to close at 85.90.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| GraceKennedy gained 6 cents to close at $2.76, with an exchange of 137,900 units valued at $380,604 and JMMB Group closed at $1.28, with gains of 3 cents while trading 21,000 shares.
Losses| First Citizens lost 1 cent to close at $31.99, with 300 units changing hands, National Flour Mills closed at $2.50, losing 2 cents trading 5,125 shares, 
NCB Financial Group closed 9 cents lower to $3.90, with an exchange of 60,000 shares, Readymix closed at $11, with a loss of 6 cents exchanging 1,437 units and Republic Financial Holdings lost 1 cent to close at $101.99, with 10 units traded.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International closed at $8 with 4,088 units being exchanged, One Caribbean Media closed at $16.85, with trades of 37,113 shares valued at $625,354 and Scotiabank held firm at $58.06 trading 4,540 shares. Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 with 6,100 units changing owners, Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded at $22.50, with an exchange of 38,417 units valued at $864,348 and West Indian Tobacco exchanged 107 units at $127.
Sagicor dominates trading on TTSE
Sagicor dominated trading on the TTSE on Monday.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday saw increased volume over Friday’s level but with the value being lower. Sagicor Financial traded the largest volume of shares and 75 percent of the market value.
At the close, 4 stocks advanced, 2 declined and 8 were unchanged. A total of 1,141,204 shares were exchanged at a value of $11,232,310 compared to Friday’s 607,866 shares valued at $22,247,214.
The Composite Index fell 0.85 points to 1,222.02, the All T&T Index gained 0.16 points to 1,801.07 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.26 points to close at 86.22.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s gained 1 cent to close at $18.51 trading 800 units, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.51, with gains of 7 cents exchanging 23,881 shares valued at $370,158, Sagicor Financial gained 1 cent to close at $9.01 with trades of 941,250 shares valued at $8,480,663 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.50, gaining 1 cent, with 62,639 units changing hands valued at $1,408,546.
Losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund lost 38 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $21.50, exchanging 300 units, Scotia Investments traded 5 cents lower to close at $2.70, with 93,463 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40 with 856 units traded, Clico Investment closed at $22.52 with trades of 1,126 shares,First Caribbean International closed at $8, trading 1,000 shares, JMMB Group traded 1,000 shares at $1.25. National Flour Mills closed at $2.52, with an exchange of 1,000 shares, Prestige Holdings closed at $11.01 with 35 units changing owners, Scotiabank remained at $58.06 while trading 10,555 units valued at $612,823 and Trinidad Cement exchanged 3,299 units at $4.20.
Biggest 2017 trading day for TTSE
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed out April with the biggest trading day on Friday resulting the highest number of securities trading with the highest dollar for the year. A total of 19 securities changed hands, accounting for 607,866 shares valued at $22,247,214, compared to 13 on securities trading on Thursday.
Trading closed with Ansa McAL and Republic Financial Holdings accounting for 69 percent of traded value. Overall 3 stocks advanced, 6 declined and 10 holding firm. On Thursday trading resulted in 167,340 shares valued at $2,265,872.
The Composite Index declined 2.61 points to 1,222.87, the All T&T Index fell 1.87 points to 1,800.91 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.46 points to close at 86.48.
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| Massy Holdings gained 2 cents and closed at $51.45 with 185 units changing owners, Prestige Holdings closed at $11.01, with a 1 cent gain exchanging 15 shares and Republic Financial Holdings gained 10 cents, closing at $102 with 60,818 shares changing hands valued at $6,203,436.
Losses| First Caribbean International closed at $8, losing 10 cents trading 1,025 shares, Guardian Holdings lost 6 cents to close at $15.44, with an exchange of 29,948 shares valued at $463,471, JMMB Group traded 4 cents lower to close at $1.25 while exchanging 16,760 units. Readymix closed $1.44 lower at $11.06 trading 2,710 units, Sagicor Financial lost 5 cents, closing at $9 with trades of 65,254 shares valued at $588,173 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.49, losing 1 cent with an exchange of 196,575 shares valued at $4,417,061.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings closed at $15 with 10,000 units traded, Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 while trading of 138,271 shares valued at $9,195,022, Clico Investment traded 664 shares at $22.52, National Enterprises closed at $10.50 with trades of 550 units, National Flour Mills closed at $2.52 with 54,380 units changing hands,One Caribbean Media exchanged 1,637 units at $16.85. Scotia Investments traded 13,000 units at $2.75, Scotiabank exchanged 15,939 shares at $58.06 valued at $925,435, Unilever Caribbean closed at $57 trading 35 units, after trading at an 52 weeks’ intraday low of $53 and West Indian Tobacco rose 1 cent to $127 with 100 units changing hands.
TTSE falls as 4 stocks rising & 4 falling
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange remained at a subdued level at the close of the market on Thursday with 13 securities changing hands compared to 15 on Wednesday with the value and volume being much lower than on Wednesday.
The market closed with 4 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 5 holding firm. A total of 167,340 shares were traded at a value of $2,265,872 compared to Wednesday’s 235,696 shares valued at $9,797,031.
The Composite Index declined 7.81 points to 1,225.48, the All T&T Index lost 0.12 points to 1,802.78 and the Cross Listed Index fell 2.12 points to close at 86.94.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment gained 1 cent to close at $22.52 trading 250 units, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.50, with gains of 6 cents exchanging 17,048 shares, Massy Holdings gained 2 cents, closing at $51.45, with a mere 12 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed 1 cent higher at $127, with 969 units trading.
Losses| First Caribbean International closed at $8.10, losing 47 cents trading 540 shares, 
JMMB Group traded 2 cents lower to close at $1.29 exchanging 15,294 units, National Flour Mills lost 1 cent to close at $2.52 with an exchange of 1,152 units and Trinidad Cement declined by 1 cent, closing at $4.20 with 21,446 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| National Enterprises closed at $10.50 with 1,000 units traded, NCB Financial Group closed at $3.99 with trades of 68,720 shares, Republic Financial Holdings traded 11,909 shares at $101.90 valued at $1,213,527. Scotia Investments closed at $2.75 with 20,000 units changing owners and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 9,000 units at $22.50.
Advancing stocks just ahead in Trinidad
Trading closed on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday with 15 securities changing hands including 1,000 units of the US Mutual fund, compared to 13 on Tuesday.
At the close 5 stocks advanced, 4 declined and 6 were unchanged as 235,696 shares traded at a value of $9,843,087 compared to Tuesday’s 113,158 shares valued at $864,641.
The Composite Index lost 0.44 points to 1,233.29, the All T&T Index gained 0.08 points to 1,802.90 and the Cross Listed Index declined 0.013 points to close at 89.06.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 9 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment gained 1 cent to close at $22.51 trading 62,153 units valued at $1,399,060, JMMB Group closed at $1.31, with a 1 cent gain exchanging 3,705 shares, Readymix advanced 62 cents, closing at $12.62, with 912 shares changing hands. Sagicor Financial closed at $9.05, gaining 3 cents with trades of 2,271 shares and Scotiabank added 6 cents to close at $58.06 with 60,000 units traded at a value of $3,483,600.
Losses| First Caribbean International closed at $8.57, with a loss of 3 cents trading 200 shares and Guardian Holdings traded 1 cent lower to close at $15.44 exchanging 103 units, 
West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent and closed at $126.99 trading 35,490 shares valued at $4,506,880 and Bourse Brazil Latin Fund traded 1,000 units at a 52 weeks’ low of US$8.08, after losing 2 cents.
Firm Trades| First Citizens closed at $32 with 232 units traded, even as reports out of Trinidad suggest that the block of shares the government placed on the market was not fully taken up. Massy Holdings closed at $15.43 exchanging 82 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $3.99 with trades of 34,800 shares, One Caribbean Media traded a mere 10 shares at $16.85, Scotia Investments closed at $2.75 with 29,000 units changing owners and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 5,738 units at $22.50.