2 Trinidad stocks rise 6 fall on Thursday

February 1, 2018 by

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday, with trading in 15 securities, against 16 on Wednesday, with 2 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index rose 1.68 points to 1,274.21, the All T&T Indexgained 3.03 points to 1,706.80, while Cross Listed Index closed added just 0.04 points to end at 113.57.
Market activity ended with 128,336 shares with a value of $4,248,142 traded, compared to 334,468 shares with a value of $9,456,041 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa Mcal closed at $61, with 200 units and Unilever Caribbean ended trading with an increase of 1 cent to close at $29, trading 320 shares.
Losses| First Citizens closed with a loss of 1 cent at $32, trading 53,628 shares, National Flour share fell 4 cents, in finishing at $1.95, with 5,000 shares trading, Sagicor Financial closed with a fall of 1 cent to $7.89, with 2,565 units changing hands. Scotiabank finished 69 cents lower to close trading at $61.31, with 1,005 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 3 cents and ended at $26.51, with 10,323 units and West Indian Tobacco finished trading with a loss of 1 cent and ended at $88.50, with 2,650 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Agostini’s closed trading with 196 shares at $20.76, Clico Investments ended at $20.50, with 3,643 units, JMMB Group finished at $1.85, with 6,000 stock units changing hands., Massy Holdings concluded trading at $47.49, with 2,532 units changing hands. National Enterprises ended at $9.67, with 2,000 units, NCB Financial Group closed at $6.60, in trading 23,223 shares and Republic Financial Holdings finished at $101.50, with 15,051 stock units changing hands.

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

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Trinidad stocks decline again

January 31, 2018 by

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with trading in 16 securities against 14 on Tuesday, with 4 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close, the Composite Index lost 0.50 points to 1,272.53, the All T&T Index fell 0.99 points to 1,703.77, while Cross Listed Index closed unchanged at 113.53.
Market activity ended with 334,468 shares with a value of $9,456,041 traded, compared to 194,026 shares with a value of $3,847,017 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 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s gained 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $20.76, with 200 shares trading, Angostura Holdings gained 70.00 cents and ended at $15.70, with 80 stock units changing hands, Bourse Brazil finished trading with a gain of 30 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.40, with 500 stock units changing hands and Guardian Holdings closed with an increase of 25 cents, to finish at $17.25, trading 93,718 shares.
Losses| Clico Investments fell by 40 cents and close at $20.50, with 7,654 units, Massy Holdings shares fell 1 cent and finished at $47.49, with 102 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings fell 20 cents and finished at $10.30, trading 450 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell $1.01 and close at $26.54, with 96,007 units.
Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40, trading 2,434 shares trading, First Citizens finished at $32.01, trading 150 shares trading, National Enterprises close at $9.67, with 6,168 units, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.60, trading 30,700 shares trading, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $101.50, with 41,534 stock units changing hands. Sagicor Financial finished at $7.90, with 5,145 units, Trinidad Cement ended at $3.75, trading 46,495 shares trading and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $88.51, with 3,131 stock units changing hands.

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

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TTSE stocks reverse most of Monday’s gains

January 30, 2018 by

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continues to show some signs that prices of most stocks will likely move higher. On Monday, 14 securities changed hands against 15 on Monday, with the prices of just 2 advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index lost 3.05 points on Tuesday to 1,273.03, the All T&T Index fell 5.48 points to 1,704.76, while Cross Listed Index inched 0.08 points lower to close at 113.53.
Market activity ended with 194,026 shares with a value of $4,409,625 traded, compared to 283,597 shares with a value of $4,409,625 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with an increase of 5 cents and ended at $27.55, with 4,176 units and West Indian Tobacco rose 1 cent to end at $88.51, with 1,437 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investments shed 5 cents and ended at $20.90, trading 2,553 units, First Citizens had 10,200 shares changing hands, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $32.01, Scotiabank declined by 1 cent to close at $62.00, with 11,600 stock units changing hands, after trading as low as $61.20 and Unilever Caribbean shares fell 1 cent, in concluding trading at $28.99, with an exchange of 79 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa Mcal ended trading at $60, with 6,458 units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank finished at $9.30, trading 47,200 shares, Grace Kennedy finished at $3.47, with 12,000 units, JMMB Group finished at $1.85, with 28,930 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings closed at $47.50, with 25,476 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group concluded trading at $6.60, with 27,021 shares, Republic Financial Holdings finished at $101.50, with 735 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial concluded trading at $7.90, with 16,161 units.

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

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Republic Financial reports more profit

January 26, 2018 by

Republic Bank pretax profit rise 8% in Q1.

Trinidad’s Republic Financial Holdings reported net profit of $340 million for the quarter ended December 2017. Profit after tax increased a mere 3 percent or $10 million over 2016.
Revenues net of interest cost rose 13 percent to $560 million from $496 million in 2016 and profit before tax rose 8 percent to $508 million, but increase taxation in the quarter reduced the net results.
According to the directors, the improved results came from better performance in the overseas territories while results in Trinidad and Tobago declined due to a $34 million increase in loan loss provision.
Segment results were mixed with Trinidad and Tobago contributing flat results of $1.08 billion. Barbados rose from $55 million to $102 million. Guyana fell from $39 million to $34 million. Cayman, Suriname and the Eastern Caribbean continues contributed $55 million versus $40 million in 2016 and Ghana jumped from just $724,000 to $31 million.
The performance also benefitted by a reduction in operating expenses that fell from $698 million to $667 million.
Loans net of loan loss provisions, grew 6 percent to $37 billion from $34.8 billion in 2016 and from $35.5 billion at the end of September 2017. Republic closed on the Trinidad Stock Exchange at $101.50 on Thursday with a PE ratio of 12.
All figures are in TT$

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Trinidad stocks slightly up – Thursday

January 25, 2018 by

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.

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Trinidad stocks falls – Wednesday

January 24, 2018 by

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.

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Trinidad stocks slightly up – Tuesday

January 23, 2018 by

At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, 13 securities changed hands against 14 on Monday, with 5 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with the Composite Index slipped 1.15 points on Tuesday to end at 1,275.45, the All T&T Index rose 1.90 points to 1,714.84, while Cross Listed Index shed 0.58 points to close at 112.80 as 97,658 shares with a value of $1,151,114 traded, compared to 215,486 shares with a value of $1,243,006 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments closed 45 cents higher and ended at $21.46, with 5,159 units trading, Grace Kennedy added 14 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.45, with 1,000 units changing hands, JMMB Group added 1 cent to finish at $1.81, with 34,867 stock units trading, Scotiabank finished trading after rising 48 cents to close at $61, with 279 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 49 cents and ended at $27, with 18,905 units changing hands.
Losses| Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 40 cents at $47.50, with 2,826 stock units trading, Prestige Holdings ended trading 1 cent lower and closed at $10.49, trading 27 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent and ended at $88.98, with 420 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| First Citizens finished at $32, trading 600 shares, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.60, trading 16,000 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.50, with just 10 stock units trading, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.90, with 17,015 units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean ended at $29, trading 550 shares.

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

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Trinidad stocks fairly stable on Monday

January 22, 2018 by

At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, 14 securities changed hands against a similar number on Friday, with 3 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with the Composite Index slipped 0.41 points on Monday to end at 1,276.03, the All T&T Index lost 0.58 points to 1,712.94, while Cross Listed Index shed 0.03 points to close at 113.38. as 215,486 shares with a value of $1,243,006 traded, compared to 674,993 shares valued at $11,049,643 on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| At the close of trading Grace Kennedy added 1 cent to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.31, with 60,000 units changing hands, Point Lisas finished trading after rising 1 cent to $3.81, with 20,000 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with an increase of 1 cent at $26.51, with 392 units changing hands.
Losses| First Citizens lost 1 cent and finished at $32, trading 4,594 shares, Guardian Holdings closed with a fall of 5 cents and finished at $17, trading 4,325 shares, JMMB Group share price fell 1 cent to $1.80, with 65,644 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 10 cents at $47.90, with 1,890 stock units, NCB Financial Group share fell 15 cents and finished at $6.60, trading 53,088 shares after trading as high as $6.75 and Republic Financial Holdings closed with a fall of 1 cent and ended at $101.50, with 1,159 stock units.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments closed at $21.01, with 1,148 units trading, LJ Williams B ended trading 546 shares to close at 70 cents, Prestige Holdings finished at $10.50, trading 215 shares, Sagicor Financial finished trading at $7.90, with 2,185 units and Unilever Caribbean ended at $29, trading 300 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Witco recovers $3.99 on Friday

January 19, 2018 by

Trading activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange may be getting a lift with the price of oil on the world market having risen to the $60 region, this seems to be helping the market to exhibit more positive tones since the start of the year.
At close of trading on the market on Friday, 14 securities changed hands against 17 on Thursday, with 6 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index gained 3.24 points on Friday to end at 1,277.01, the All T&T Index rose 7.63 points to 1,713.52, while Cross Listed Index shed 0.17 points to close at 113.41.
Market activity ended with 674,993 shares with a value of $11,049,643 traded, compared to 295,409 shares with a value of $3,238,095 on Thursday.

West Indian Tobacco jumps $3.99 on friday.

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| Clico Investments ended trading with an increase of 1 cent to end at $21.01, trading 7,587 units, First Citizens concluded trading and rose 1 cent close at $32.01, trading 121,850 shares valued $, Grace Kennedy added 15 cents and finished at 52 weeks; high of $3.30, with 27,500 units, Scotiabank increased 2 cents and concluded trading at $60.52, with 5,000 stock units, Trinidad Cement rose 10 cents and finished at $3.85, trading 53,188 shares and West Indian Tobacco recovered $3.99 of the $5 loss on Thursday and ended at $88.99, with 1,110 stock units trading.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank lost 15 cents and finished at $9.15, trading 9,000 shares valued at $3,900,425.
Firm Traded| Guardian Holdings ended at $17.05, trading 239,592 shares valued at $4,085,309, JMMB Group finished trading at $1.81, with 41,046 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings concluded at trading at $48, with 435 stock units, NCB Financial Group closed trading at $6.75, exchanging 124,461 shares with a value of $840,111, Republic Financial Holdings finished trading at $101.51, with 3,900 stock units valued at $395,865, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.90, with 14,733 units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended with $26.50, with 25,591 units carrying a value of $678,162 being exchanged.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Witco drops $5 to new 5 years low

January 18, 2018 by

West Indian Tobacco hits 52 weeks’ low on Thursday.

At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, West Indian Tobacco suffered a big fall of $5 and ended at a 5 years’ low of $85, as the price continues to adjust to lower profits for 2017.
The fall in the price of Witco, plus 4 others helped to push the two main indices down at the close of trading, leading to the Composite Index in shedding 4.05 points to 1,273.77. The All T&T Index fell 8.24 points to 1,705.89, while Cross Listed Index gained 0.03 points to close at 113.58.

Unilever Caribbean added $1 to close at $29.

A total of 17 securities traded the market on Thursday against 11 on Wednesday, with 3 advancing, 5 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with 295,409 shares with a value of $3,238,095 traded, compared to 138,336 shares with a value of $1,844,415 on Wednesday.
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 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings finished trading 51,527 shares valued at $878,575 and gained 4 cents in closing at $17.05, JMMB Group finished trading after an increase by 1 cent at $1.81, with 169,190 stock units valued at $306,371 changing hands and Unilever Caribbean climbed $1 to $29, trading just 93 shares.
Losses| National Flour shed 1 cent and finished at $1.98, trading 740 shares, Prestige Holdings finished trading 20 cents lower and ended trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $10.50, trading 2,196 shares, Sagicor Financial lost 10 cents and close at $7.9, with 100 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading 2 cents lower and ended with $26.5, with 49,652 units and West Indian Tobacco dropped $5 and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $85, with 734 stock units trading.
Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant ended at $40, trading 50 shares, First Caribbean International Bank finished at $9.3, trading 1,290 shares, First Citizens close at $32, trading 1,554 shares, Massy concluded trading at $48, with 3,305 stock units, NCB Financial Group close at $6.75, trading 10,000 shares. Point Lisas finished with $3.8, with 150 units, Republic Financial Holdings finished at $101.51, with 2,400 stock units, Scotiabank concluded at $60.50, with 1,828 stock units and Trinidad Cement finished at $3.75, trading 600 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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