Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange resulted in 13 securities changing hands on Tuesday compared to 9 on Monday. Market activity led to 3 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 4 unchanged with 113,158 shares traded at a value of $864,641 compared to Monday’s 50,550 shares valued at $1,371,638.
The Composite Index lost 0.12 points to 1,233.73, the All T&T Index declined 0.28 points to 1,802.82 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.01 point to close at 89.19.
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| Sagicor Financial gained 2 cents to close at $9.02 exchanging 1,000 units, Scotia Investments closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.75, with gains of 5 cents, trading 11,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL added 1 cent, closing at $22.50, with 250 shares changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investment closed at $22.50, with a loss of 1 cent trading 19,179 shares valued at $431,534, JMMB Group traded 1 cent lower to close at $1.30 exchanging 71,262 units, 
National Flour Mills lost 2 cents to close at $2.53 with 800 shares changing hands. Readymix traded at $12, losing 62 cents with an exchange of 5,583 units, Republic Financial Holdings closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $101.90, with a 10 cent loss, trading 1,047 shares and Trinidad Cement lost 1 cent to close at $4.21 with trades of 116 units.
Firm Trades| First Citizens closed at $32 with 920 units changing owners, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.45 with trades of 100 shares, Massy Holdings closed at $51.43 exchanging 1,611 shares and One Caribbean Media traded 290 shares at $16.85.
Falling stocks 2 to 1 over gainers
TTSE ends with moderate trading
Trading levels on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange fell back on Monday resulted in 9 securities exchanged compared to 17 on Friday with lower volume and value than on Friday.
At the close, 2 stocks advanced, 3 declined and 4 were unchanged with just 50,550 shares changing hands valued at $1,371,638 compared to Friday’s 229,684 shares valued at $1,612,238.
The Composite Index gained 0.55 points to 1,233.85, the All T&T Index added 0.77 points to 1,803.10 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.05 points to close at 89.18.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 10 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Republic Financial Holdings gained 10 cents to close at $102 trading 120 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL advanced 49 cents, closing at $22.49, with an exchange of 15,579 shares valued at $350,504.
Losses| Massy Holdings closed at $51.43, with a loss of 2 cents exchanging 369 shares, National Flour Mills lost 1 cent to close at $2.55 with 200 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean closed $1.25 lower to $57, with an exchange of just 100 units.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 with 1,833 units changing owners, Clico Investments closed at $22.51 with trades of 400 shares, First Citizens closed at $32 trading 26,424 shares valued at $845,568 and JMMB Group exchanged 5,525 shares at $1.31.
TTSE still consolidating
Trading volume picked up in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday from Thursday’s low level but the value of stocks traded ended up just slightly lower as the number of securities rose.
Market activity resulted in 17 securities changing hands compared to 12 on Thursday with 5 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 10 holding firm. Trading closed with an exchange of 229,684 shares valued at $1,612,238 compared to Thursday’s 70,937 shares valued at $1,807,695.
The Composite Index gained 1.71 points to 1,233.30, the All T&T Index advanced 8.77 points to 1,802.33 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.74 points to close at 89.13.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 10 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings gained 10 cents to close at $15 exchanging 5,000 units, Clico Investment closed at $22.51, with a 1 cent gain, trading 1,000 units, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.45, gaining 45 cents with an exchange of 20,186 shares valued at $311,597. National Enterprises traded 49 cents higher to close at $10.50, with 1,038 shares changing hands and Readymix closed at $12.62, gaining 12 cents in the process with 600 units trading.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank 
closed at $8.60, with a loss of 15 cents exchanging 11,851 shares and Sagicor Financial lost 10 cents to close at $9, with 10,494 shares changing owners.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 trading 650 units, First Citizens traded 590 shares at $32, Grace Kennedy closed at $2.70 with trades of 135,978 units valued at $367,141, JMMB Group exchanged 31,617 shares at $1.31, National Flour Mills closed at $2.56 with an exchange of 520 shares. Scotia Investments traded 1,955 units at $2.70, Scotiabank exchanged 7,027 shares at $58 valued at $407,816, Trinidad Cement held firm at $4.22 with just 10 shares changing hands. Trinidad & Tobago NGL was unchanged at $22 trading 430 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127 with 738 units traded.
Republic dominates TTSE
Republic Financial Holdings had the largest value of trading on Thursday on the TTSE.
Market activity resulted in 12 securities changing hands with 3 rising, 2 declining and 7 remaining unchanged compared to 14 securities trading on Wednesday.
The Composite Index rose 0.82 points to 1,231.59, the All T&T Index gained 0.18 points to 1,793.56 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.20 points to close at 89.87.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy gained 1 cent, closing at $2.70 with 25,667 units changing hands, Scotia Investments closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.70, with gains of 20 cents trading
13,045 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL advanced 60 cents to close at $22, with an exchange of a mere 70 units.Losses| Guardian Holdings closed at $15, with a loss of 25 cents exchanging 4,754 shares, and Massy Holdings lost 3 cents to close at $51.45, with 38 shares changing owners.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s closed at $18.50 trading 5,995 units, Ansa Merchant Bank exchanged 1,000 shares at $40, First Citizens traded 200 shares at $32, National Enterprises closed at $10.01 with an exchange of 312 units. NCB Financial Group closed at $3.99 with trades of 5,000 shares, Republic Financial Holdings exchanged 13,356 shares at $101.90, valued at $1,360,982 and Scotiabank held firm at $58 with 1,500 shares changing hands.
60% of trading for Trinidad Cement
Trinidad Cement closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Friday.
At the close 14 securities changed hands with 3 trading higher 4 declining and 7 trading unchanged compared to 13 trading on Tuesday. A total of 583,316 shares traded at a value of $3,038,295 compared to Tuesday’s 262,613 shares valued at $6,532,372.
The Composite Index declined 1.13 points to 1,230.77, the All T&T Index dropped by 6.54 points to 1,793.38 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.59 points to close at 89.67.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 1 cent to close at $1.31 exchanging 115,911 units, NCB Financial Group advanced 10 cents to $3.99 trading 2,480 shares and Trinidad Cement closed at $4.22, gaining 2 cents with an exchange of 440,340 units valued at $1,857,749.
Losses| Clico Investment lost 1 cent to close at $22.50 trading 7,444 shares,
Massy Holdings was down 2 cents, closing at $51.48 with 3,000 shares changing owners, Grace Kennedy closed at $2.69, losing 1 cent exchanging 333 units and National Enterprises fell 59 cents to close at $10.01 with trades of 500 shares.Firm Trades| Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 trading 1,571 units, Ansa Merchant Bank exchanged 1,000 shares at $40, National Flour Mills closed at $2.56 with an exchange of 431 units. Republic Financial Holdings exchanged 3,524 shares at $101.90 valued at $359,096, Sagicor Financial held firm at $9.10 trading 2,161 shares, Scotiabank was unchanged at $58 trading 1,851 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL remained at $21.40 exchanging 2,770 shares.
Massy dominant on TTSE on Tuesday
Massy Holdings was the leading trade accounted for more than 50 percent of traded value on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Market activity resulted in 13 securities exchanged compared to 16 on Thursday as 2 stocks advanced, 3 declined and 8 were unchanged.
Trading closed with 262,613 shares changing hands at a value of $6,532,372 compared to Thursday’s 437,400 shares valued at $7,816,009.
The Composite Index declined 0.77 points to 1,231.90, the All T&T Index fell 0.55 points to 1,799.92 and the Cross Listed Index was down 0.13 points to close at 89.08.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment gained 1 cent to close at $22.51, with 43,661 units valued at $982,394 changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $21.40, gaining 28 cents exchanging 13,161 units.
Losses| Guardian Holdings traded 20 cents lower to close at $15.25 with an exchange of 500 shares, JMMB Grouplost 5 cents, closing at $1.30 with 84,655 shares changing ownership 
and Sagicor Financial closed 5 cents lower at $9.10 trading 540 units.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings traded 34,900 shares at $14.90 valued at $520,050, Ansa McAL closed at $66.50 with trades of 67 units, Massy Holdings exchanged 68,195 shares valued at $3,512,098 shares to end at $51.50, National Enterprises closed at $10.60 with an exchange of 2,312 units. Prestige Holdings closed at $11 trading 2,279 units, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.90 while exchanging 8,739 shares valued at $890,509 Scotiabank remained at $58 trading 2,904 shares and Trinidad Cement held firm at $4.20 exchanging 700 shares.
Republic dominates trade on TTSE
Republic Financial Holdings had the largest value of trading on Thursday on the TTSE.
A total of 437,400 shares were exchanged at a value of $7,816,009 compared to Wednesday’s 391,982 shares valued at $3,344,255.
The Composite Index declined 1.68 points to 1,232.67, the All T&T Index fell 4.50 points to 1,800.47 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.16 points to close at 89.21.
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| Ansa McAL traded 4 cents higher to $66.50, with an exchange of a mere 30 units, First Citizens closed 20 cents higher at $32 trading 12,930 units valued at $413,760, JMMB Group gained 4 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.35 while exchanging 108,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $21.12, gaining 12 cents with 39,542 units valued at $830,622, changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investmentlost 2 cents to close at $22.50 with trades of 23,790 shares valued at $535,305, Guardian Holdings lost 5 cents to close at $15.45 with an exchange of 634 shares, Massy Holdings closed 16 cents lower to $51.50 trading 10,711 units valued at $551,648, National Enterprises closed at $10.60, losing 20 cents exchanging 4,400 shares.
National Flour Mills lost 4 cents to close at $2.56, with 3,000 units changing hands and Scotiabank closed at $58, with a loss of 50 cents while trading 905 shares.Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded 19,700 shares at $18.50 valued at $364,450, Angostura Holdings traded 94,015 units at $14.90 valued at $1,400,824, Grace Kennedyclosed at $2.70 with trades of 19,000 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $3.89 with an exchange of 49,610 units. Republic Financial Holdings traded 30,679 shares at $101.90 valued at $3,126,211 and Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 as 20,454 shares changed hands.
Stocks rise in Trinidad
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday resulted in 14 securities changing hands compared to 16 on Tuesday with 4 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 9 unchanged.
A total of 391,982 shares were exchanged at a value of $3,344,255 compared to Tuesday’s 70,109 shares valued at $577,875.
The Composite Index rose 2.97 points to 1,234.35, the All T&T Index advanced 1.07 points to 1,804.97 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.67 points to close at 89.05.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment traded at $22.52, gaining 2 cents with 2,242 units changing hands, First Citizens closed 7 cents higher to $31.80 exchanging 2,718 units, JMMB Group gained 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.31 with an exchange of 35,000 shares and NCB Financial Group closed at $3.89 with gains of 9 cents trading 2,150 units.
Losses| Republic Financial Holdings lost 4 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $101.90 with a mere 20 units trading.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings traded 86,454 units at $14.90 valued $1,288,165, Grace Kennedy closed at $2.70 with trades of 100,720 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.50 exchanging 24,898 units valued at $385,919. Massy Holdings traded just 65 shares at $51.66, Prestige Holdings closed at $11 with 800 units changing hands, Sagicor Financial held firm at $9.15 trading 103 units, Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 with an exchange of 101,167 shares valued at $424,901, Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 35,473 units at $21 valued at $744,862 and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127 with 172 units changing owners.
Readymix now 14% above TCL offer
Readymix price rose for the third consecutive day on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, adding 50 cents, for a 13.6 percent increase over the Trinidad Cement’s offer price of $11. Ansa McAL dominated trading and led with more than 100,000 units valued at more than $7.5 million.
Trading resulted in 14 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Tuesday with the price of 4 rising, 2 falling and 8 remaining unchanged. A total of 317,668 shares were exchanged at a value of $8,880,820 compared to Tuesday’s 445,375 shares valued at $5,118,190.
The Composite Index rose 1.30 points to 1,232.55, the All T&T Index lost 0.24 points to 1,807.58 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.39 points to end at 88.19.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa McAL gained 13 cents to close at $66.50 with trades of 114,214 shares valued at $7,590,863, JMMB Group closed at $1.25 with gains of 7 cents trading 47,529 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $3.80, after gaining 2 cents with an exchange of 63,778 units. Readymix closed 50 cents higher at $12.50 exchanging 1,567 shares and
Losses| Angostura Holdings closed 5 cents lower at $14.90 with an exchange of 40 shares and National Enterprises lost 2 cents, closing at $10.80 while trading 26,885 units.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded 502 units to close at $18.50, Clico Investment traded 2,260 shares at $22.50, First Caribbean International closed at $8.85 with 50 shares changing hands, Point Lisas exchanged 10,000 units at $3.76, Sagicor Financial remained at $9 with trades of 6,202 shares. Scotia Investments closed at $2.50 with 2,000 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement traded 34,900 units at $4.20, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $21 with 5,741 units exchanged and West Indian Tobacco was unchanged at $127 trading 2,000 units.
Readymix heads higher on Tuesday
TCL may be challenged to succed with its bid to buy out the minority shares in Reaymix at TT$11.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday resulted in 13 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Monday with 3 rising, 6 falling and 4 remaining unchanged. At the close, 445,375 shares were exchanged at a value of $5,118,190 compared to Monday’s 238,247 shares valued at $1,151,376.
The Composite Index fell 1.62 points to 1,231.25, the All T&T Index declined 2.39 points to 1,807.82 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.11 points to 87.80.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group closed at $1.18 with a 1 cent gain trading 112,080 shares, Point Lisas traded 1 cent higher with 7,159 shares changing hands to close at $3.76, Readymix advanced 49 cents, closing at $12 with an exchange of 155,862 shares valued at $1,870,387. In the last two years the company stock traded only 11,218 units prior to the buy-out offer.
Losses| Guardian Holdings closed at $15.50, losing 40 cents trading 454 shares, Massy Holdings lost 4 cents to close at $52.95 with an exchange of 188 units,
NCB Financial Group closed 1 cent down to $3.78 exchanging 24,872 shares. One Caribbean Media lost 10 cents to close at $16.90 with trades of 1,450 units, Republic Financial Holdings closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $101.95, with a loss of 4 cents trading 203 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded at $21, losing 12 cents with an exchange of 120,691 shares valued at $2,534,710.Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings closed at $14.95 with 333 shares changing hands, Clico Investment traded 14,000 shares at $22.50 valued at $315,000, National Enterprises exchanged 1,234 shares at $10.82 and Sagicor Financial closed at $9 with trades of 4,590 shares.
