All Jamaica Index up 1,039.11 points
Low sink in TTSE trading – Monday
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market closed on Monday with very modest volume and losses in two of the main market indices as no stock gained, one fell and 6 remained unchanged.
Market activity sank to just 28,668 shares valued at only $302,443 changing hands, well below the $4,238,930 traded on Friday.
The Composite Index declined 2.76 points to close at 1,153.92, the All T&T Index fell 5.50 points to close at 1,812.86 and the Cross Listed Index ended unchanged at 65.90 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with offers that were lower.
Gains| No stock recorded gains based on the last traded price in the market on Monday.
Losses| National Enterprises lost 45 cents to close with 5,000 shares changing hands at $10.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl traded 1,000 units to close at $62.70, Guardian Holdings ended with 12,022 shares changing hands at $12.80, Massy Holdings ended with 61 shares changing hands at $54.80, National Flour with 5,000 shares changing hands, closed at $2.50. Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.52 with 5,460 units changing hands and Trinidad Cement traded 125 shares to close at $3.12.
Republic jumps $4 on TTSE – Friday
Market activity resulted in 251,003 shares valued at $4,238,930 changing hands, well below the $22,225,458 traded on Thursday.
The Composite Index declined 0.02 points to close at 1,156.68, the All T&T Index fell 0.03 points to close at 1,818.36 and the Cross Listed Index ended unchanged at 65.90 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 2 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Angostura Holdings ended with 6,000 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ high with a gain of 5 cents at $14.05, Republic Financial Holdings jumped $4 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $114, with 4,076 shares changing hands at a value of $448,814. Scotiabank gained 1 cent and closed with 13,737 shares changing hands with a value of $ $794,823 to end at $57.86 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL that closed at $23.52 with 3,674 units changing hands after rising 1 cent.
Losses| National Enterprises lost 1 cent to close with 765 shares changing hands at $10.45 and West Indian Tobacco traded 2,500 shares valued at $316,875 to close $126.75 after falling 25 cents.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded 21,683 shares valued at $375,131, to end at $17.30, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 100 units to close at $40.01, Clico Investment Fund closed with 75,630 shares changing hands, valued at $1,708,505, to end at $22.60, First Citizens traded 1,106 units at $35. Grace Kennedy closed with 75,000 shares changing hands at $2.52, Guardian Media ended with 805 shares changing hands at $19.75, Massy Holdings ended with 50 shares changing hands, to end at $54.80, National Commercial Bank ended with 9,960 shares changing hands to close at $2.64, Point Lisas closed with 1,420 shares trading to close at $3.51, Prestige Holdings with 6,060 units changing hands ended at $10.83 and Trinidad Cement traded 18,142 shares to close at $3.12.
5 juniors rise 2 down – Friday
Jetcon Corporation was the only stock trading at a new high, the price rose 30 cents in closing at new record high of $4.30 with 84,170 units changing hands. At the close the stock had a bid of $4.35 to buy 15,000 units, 10,200 units was the lowest offer at $4.80. Key Insurance did not trade, but seems set to trade at a new low with the offer at $2.38 compared with the last sale of $2.49, there were no bids on the stock at the close.
The market index gained 18.92 points, to close at 2,296.85. Market activities ended with 4 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
Trading ended with 4,977,327 units changing hands, 253 percent more than on Thursday, while the value traded jumped 465 percent, with $32,514,713, compared to $5,750,259 changing hands on Thursday.
At the close, AMG Packaging traded 10,243, shares with the price dropping 22 cents to close at $15, Caribbean Cream gained 30 cents and closed with 81,236 shares changing hands at of $9, earlier in the trading session the stock traded at $9.50. Caribbean Flavours traded 7,000 shares to close at $8, Caribbean Producers traded just 2,000 shares and rose 15 cents to close at $3.45. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a gain of 4 cents t0 $2.44 with 2,549 units changing hands. General Accident closed trading with 10,000 units, to close at $2.29, Knutsford Express Services dropped 50 cents to end with 2,746 units trading at $24.50, Lasco Distributors closed with 3,769,952 units trading and ended with a gain of 8 cents at $7.05. Lasco Financial with 10,000 shares changing hands closed at $3.30. Lasco Manufacturing rose 45 cents and closed at $4.90 with 801,743 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 53,000 shares and closed at $4, Sweet River had just 1,150 shares changing hands at $3.85 and Eppley redeemable 2019 preference share, traded 80,000 shares, unchanged at $6.10.
Grace trade 27.9m shares
Grace Kennedy traded 27.9 million shares valued at $1,161,862,567 but Scotia Group’s traded at earlier $32.40 helping to move the main market indices upwards. Scotia eventually fell back from the mornings high by mid-morning.
The junior market rose moderately, Jetcon Corporation rose 10 cents to a new high of $4.10 with 4,300 units trading and Lasco Distributors traded 3,734,752 units at $7.05. In the main market, Cable & Wireless traded 513,700 shares at 80 cents, National Commercial Bank traded 309,258 units at $40 and Scotia Group traded 190,191 units and fell back $1.45 to $30.06.
At 10:45 am 22 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 33,336,371 shares carrying a value of $1,215,936,825 changing hands compared to 3,624,650 shares carrying a value of $1,765,042 on Thursday. The average number of shares traded amounts to 1,515,290 units compared to 9,488 units on Thursday. The number of stocks falling are 4 while the prices of 8 securities rose as the market continues to consolidate.
The all Jamaica Composite Index gained 820.63 points to 178,889.28, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index climbed 733.78 points to 161,000.59, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index rose 752.52 points to close at 172,783.54 and the junior market index rose 7.01 points to 2,284.94.