The sharp fall in prices on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market continued on Wednesday closed with 19 declining just 8 rising and 7 holding firm and making big dents into the market indices.
At the close, the All Jamaica Composite Index diving 5,114.14 points to 409,805.35 and the JSE Index declined by 4,659.56 points to close at 373,379.06.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 1 closing with a lower offer.
A total of 34 securities traded including 2 in the US dollar market, compared to 32 trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with 3,255,602 units valued at $64,853,916 changing hands, compared with 3,865,461 units valued at $98,334,906 on Tuesday.
Trading closed with JMMB Group leading with 842,614 units and 25.9 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Carreras with 569,061 units and 17.5 percent of volume traded and Ciboney trading 500,000 units or 15.4 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 101,738 units valued at over $2,026,685, in contrast to 128,849 shares valued at $3,277,830 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 357,984 shares, valued $6,357,141 and previously, 382,244 shares, valued $6,804,156. September closed, with an average of 1,022,243 shares valued $15,752,876, for each security traded.
In the main market activity, Grace Kennedy rose 69 cents and ended trading 6,606 shares at $59.30, Jamaica Producers dropped 50 cents to close of $29.50 with 50,226 units changing hands, JMMB Group dropped $3.50 and ended at $31.50, with 842,614 shares trading. Kingston Wharves fell 43 cents in exchanging 11,112 stock units, to close at $82.07, NCB Financial Group lost 60 cents and ended at $128.40, trading 73,778 shares, Pulse Investments shed 30 cents to $2.50 trading 1,000 shares, Sagicor Group dropped $4.47 to $42.03, trading 100,416 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 50 cents to close at $14, trading 14,745 shares, Salada Foods lost 55 cents and ended trading at $24.95, with 7,800 stock units, Scotia Group dropped $2.99 trading 46,233 units to close at $56.01, Seprod lost $4.40 and finished trading at $35.60, with 15,764 shares changing hands, Stanley Motta lost 45 cents in closing at $4.55 trading 67,400 shares, Sterling Investments gained 80 cents and closed at $23.30, with 250 shares and Supreme Ventures fell $2.48 to end at $17.51, with 89,967 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market closed with 32,239 units valued at US$4,310 changing hands as Proven Investments ended trading 7,639 to close at 21 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments US dollar ordinary share traded 24,600 units to end at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index closed unchanged at 167.78.
7 stocks rose on TTSE on Wednesday
Stocks mostly rose in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with the prices of 7 securities rising, 2 declining and 4 remained unchanged.
The market ended trading of 505,143 shares at a value of $9,376,075 compared to 530,843 shares at a value of $24,133,808 changing hands on Tuesday and ended with 13 securities changing hands, against a same number trading on Tuesday.
Trading closed, with the Composite Index rising 1.68 points to 1,240.53, the All T&T Index adding 1.48 points to 1,704.67, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.26 points to close at 104.46.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 4 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Clico Investments rose 49 cents and ended at $20, with 307,017 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings closed with a gain of 1 cent and completed trading 124,882 units at $16.90, National Flour gained 5 cents and ended trading 15,000 units at $1.70, NCB Financial Group finished trading with 5 cents and settled at $6.15, after exchanging 25,980 shares, Prestige Holdings closed with an increase of 2 cents and completed trading at $7.54, with 410 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL added 10 cents and settled at $29.40, after exchanging 16,700 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed with a rise of 1 cent and completed trading of 971 units at $90.
Stocks closing with losses|Massy Holdings traded with a loss of 8 cents and closed at $46.92, after exchanging 3,153 shares and Scotiabank fell 4 cents and completed trading of 2,175 units at $64.85.
Stocks trading with no price change|JMMB Group ended at $1.70, after exchanging 2,248 shares, Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading at $106, after exchanging 611 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.69, with 5,350 stock units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean ended at $25.50, trading 646 stock units.
EM>Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
More bucks hit TTSE market – Tuesday
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange resulted in more than twice the amount of funds involved in the market on Tuesday, than the amount on Monday but with slightly less volume.
The market ended trading of 530,843 shares at a value of $24,133,808 compared to 674,102 shares at a value of $11,376,325 changing hands on Monday and ended with 13 securities changing hands, against 20 trading on Monday with the price of 3 rising, 3 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Trading closed, with the Composite Index rising 9.15 points to 1,238.85, the All T&T Index adding 0.04 points to 1,703.19, while the Cross Listed Index rose 2.53 points to close at 104.20.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 5 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Clico Investments rose 1 cent and settled at $19.51, with 11,063 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group added 36 cents and ended at $6.10, after exchanging 5,130 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 2 cents and ended at $29.30, trading 38,204 shares.
Stocks closing with losses|Angostura Holdings share fell 1 cent and settled at $15.75, with 178,717 stock units valued at $.8 million changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings shed 1 cent and completed trading at $106, after exchanging 70,412 shares valued $7,463,830 and West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent and concluded trading of 22 shares at $89.99.
Stocks trading with no price change| Ansa Merchant ended at $38.25, after exchanging 55,722 shares with a value of $2.15 million, Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 2,835 shares to close at $15.81, First Citizens ended at $32.65, after exchanging 625 shares, Massy Holdings completed trading at $47, after exchanging 2,720 units, National Enterprises settled at $8.97, with 2,500 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media completed trading at $12, after exchanging 8,132 shares and Scotiabank concluded trading at $64.89, with 154,761 units valued $10,042,335.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Prestige profit slips & slides
Profit at Trinidad’s fast food franchise operators, Prestige Holdings fell a sharp 35 percent to TT$7.7 million for the quarter ending in August, compared to $11.8 million for the similar period in 2017 as economic pressures continued to affect the Twin island state of Trinidad & Tobago, where the bulk of the income is generated.
The operation includes, Prestige Holdings’ of KFC, Pizza Hut, Subway and Starbucks, Weekenders Trinidad Limited (TGI Fridays Trinidad) and Prestige Restaurants Jamaica, (TGI Fridays Jamaica).
Revenues slipped in the quarter to $268 million from $273 in 2017 quarter, dragging down gross profit to $90 million versus $95 million in the 2017 period, as cost of sales remained flat at roughly $178 million in both periods.
For the nine months to August, revenues increased a mere 1 percent to $790 million and profit after tax declined 24 percent to $21 million, from $27.7 million in the previous year. For the 2017 fiscal year, the company reported $32.9 million in after tax profit, from revenues of $1.04 billion.
Earnings per share for the nine months ended at 34 cents compared to 45 cents for the same period in 2017. The results were generated from an average number of 123 restaurants, the company stated in a release with the quarterly results.
Other operating expenses were flat in the quarter but rose moderately, by just $5 million to $170 million for the nine months. Administrative expenses edged up slightly, in both the quarter and year to date period, to $20.6 million from $20 million and from $61 million to $63.7 million respectively.
According to the Chairman, Christian Mouttet in his report to shareholders, “our less than stellar performance for the nine months of 2018, as mentioned in my Half Year Report, has been driven primarily by higher costs, a still recovering local economy and consumers who are very price and value sensitive. As mentioned then, we are implementing initiatives and making changes to our operations that over time will improve our performance and strengthen our business. Additionally, we opened our tenth Pizza Hut restaurant in Princes Town on 1 October 2018.”
“We do not anticipate any significant changes in the macroeconomic environment in the short term and expect to finish the year broadly in line with the previous nine months.”
The Board approved an interim dividend of 12 cents per common share (2017 – 14 cents) to be paid on October 31.
Prestige closed the period with shareholders’ equity of $290 million, Current assets of $131 million and Current liabilities of $131 million. Non-current liabilities amounted to $54 million. The stock closed at $7.52 or a PE ratio of 17 on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday.
Witco jumps $1 in TTSE trading – Monday
West Indian Tobacco climbed $1 in exchanging just 32 shares, to end at $90 in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday as investors await the result of the 3 for 1 stock split vote on October 30.
The market enjoyed heightened levels of participating securities trading on Monday with 20 securities changing hands including two with just 3 units each, against 19 trading on Friday.
Trading closed with the price of 5 rising, 4 declining and 11 remaining unchanged, leading to the Composite Index rising 0.32 points to 1,229.70, the All T&T Index adding 0.75 points to 1,703.15, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.02 points to close at 101.67.
The market ended trading of 674,102 shares at a value of $11,376,325 compared to 184,966 shares at a value of $3,912,783 changing hands on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 7 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| First Caribbean International Bank gained 1 cent and concluded trading 1,000 units at $8.50, Guardian Holdings rose 14 cents to $16.89, with 59,854 units trading, National Enterprises finished trading after an increase by 1 cent and settled at $8.97, with 60,000 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank ended trading with an increase of 4 cents at $64.89, with 159 units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| First Citizens shares fell 5 cents and ended at $32.65, after exchanging 16,783 shares, Sagicor Financial share fell 1 cent and settled at $7.69, trading 453 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 3 cents and ended at $29.28, after exchanging 13,184 shares and Trinidad Cement lost 1 cent and completed trading at $2.74, after exchanging just 3 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| Ansa Mcal concluded trading of 140,003 units at $56.99, Ansa Merchant ended at $38.25, after exchanging a mere 3 shares, Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 871 shares to close at $15.81, Clico Investments settled at $19.50, with 18,426 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group completed trading at $1.70, after exchanging 4,580 shares, Massy Holdings completed trading at $47, after exchanging 2,355 shares, National Flour concluded trading at $1.65, with 7,687 units, One Caribbean Media completed trading at $12, after exchanging 4,105 shares, Prestige Holdings concluded market activity at $7.52, with 2,958 units, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading at $106.01, after exchanging 3,058 shares and Unilever Caribbean settled at $25.50, with 244 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.