Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 16 securities changing hands compared to 15 on Tuesday, with 6 advancing, 4 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with JMMB Group continuing to rally to new 52-week highs as the price closed at $1.76 with trades of only 54 units while three securities closed at 52 weeks’ lows. By the end of trading a total of 120,210 shares traded at a value of $4,165,527 compared to Tuesday’s trades of 649,685 valued at $4,049,106. Ansa McAL and Clico Investment led with 53 percent and 29 percent of the value of securities traded.
The Composite Index added 0.48 points to 1,250.45, the All T&T Index declined by 0.24 points to 1,760.59 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.16 points to 99.60.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded price of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are, Ansa McAL with gains of 4 cents, closed at $63.05 with 35,000 shares valued at $2,206,750, Ansa Merchant Bank settling at $40, in gaining 5 cents with 344 units changing hands, JMMB Group closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.76, after rising 3 cents with only 54 units. Point Lisas traded 19 cents higher to $4 with 5,500 shares trading, Scotiabank closed with a 1 cent gain, at $58.06 with a mere 16 units being exchanged and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $23.11, after rising 1 cent with trades of 2,000 shares.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining and the volume changing hands are Guardian Holdings closed 11 cents lower to $15.15 with 450 units, Guardian Media hit a 52 weeks’ low of $18, having lost 34 cents trading 80 units, National Flour Mills ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.99, with a loss of 1 cent while exchanging 800 units and Republic Financial Holdings lost 3 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $101.76 with 4,151 shares valued at $422,525 changing hands.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are, Agostini’s trading 1,927 units at $20.53, Clico Investment that closed at $21 with 58,300 shares valued at $1,224,300, First Citizens closing at $31.80 with 223 units. Grace Kennedy remained at $2.89 exchanging 8,300 shares, Massy Holdings closed at $49 with 3,015 shares and One Caribbean Media ended at $14 trading 50 units.
Rising stocks out pace decliners – TTSE
2 Jamaican stocks closed at record high
NCB Financial Group closed at a record TT$5.55 on Tuesday on TTSE.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 15 securities changing hands compared to 17 on Monday. NCB Financial Group and JMMB Group attained new 52-week highs of $5.55 and $1.73 respectively.
At the close, 6 stocks advanced, 4 declined and 5 held firm as 649,685 shares traded at a value of $4,049,106 compared to Monday’s trades of 251,273 valued at $2,661,981.
The Composite Index advanced 4.55 points to 1,249.97, the All T&T Index declined by 1.77 points to 1,760.83 and the Cross Listed Index climbed higher by 1.49 points to 99.44.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 1 stock with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Prices reported, are those of the last trade of each security and the volumes changing hands during trading.
Gains| First Citizens gained 4 cents, closing at $31.80 with 1,909 units, Grace Kennedy ended at $2.89, with a 1 cent gain trading 41,500 shares, JMMB Group closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.73, after rising 3 cents with 35,854 shares. NCB Financial Group traded 20 cents higher to a 52 weeks’ high of $5.55 with 61,500 shares valued at $341,175, Trinidad Cement rose 5 cents and closed at $4 with trades of 415,625 shares valued at $1,662,000 and 
Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 4 cents, settling at $23.10 exchanging 7,522 shares.
Losses| Ansa Merchant Bank ended trading with a loss of 5 cents, to close at $39.95 with 240 units, Clico Investment dropped 40 cents, closing at $21 trading 30,854 shares valued at $647,934, Massy Holdings ended at $49, having lost $1 exchanging a mere 5 units and Point Lisas closed 19 cents lower to $3.81 with 1,963 units.
Firm Trades|Angostura Holdings remaining at $15 with 50,000 shares valued at $750,000, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.26 with 645 units and National Enterprises traded 39 units at $10. Republic Financial Holdings exchanged 1,975 units at $101.79 and Scotiabank closed at $58.05 with 54 units.
Prices of 5 stocks slipped 1 rise
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 17 securities changing hands compared to 14 on Friday with NCB Financial reaching a new high of $5.35 with gains of 3 cents, trading 5,448 shares.
The market ended with 1 stock advancing, 4 declining and 12 holding firm as a mere 251,273 shares traded at a value of $2,661,981 compared to Friday’s trades of 309,397 valued at $2,564,070.
The Composite Index lost 0.25 points to 1,245.42, the All T&T Index declined by 2.00 points to 1,762.60 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.21 points to close at 97.95.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 1 stock with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Losses| Grace Kennedy fell 2 cents, closed at $2.88 with 6,270 shares trading, Massy Holdings lost 1 cent to settle at $50 with 1,193 units, Scotiabank ended at $58.05, losing 1 cent in trading 2,698 shares and Trinidad Cement closed 26 cents lower to $3.95 while exchanging only 250 units.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of the market are Angostura Holdings closing at $15 with 39,700 shares valued at $595,500, Ansa McAL trading 1,262 units at $63.01, 
Clico Investment remained at $21.40 trading 24,000 units valued at $513,052. First Citizens closed at $31.76 with 5,198 shares. Guardian Holdings held firm at $15.26 with 7,427 shares trading, JMMB Group ended at $1.70 with trades of 120,896 shares, National Enterprises closed at $10 with 700 units. National Flour Mills remained at $2 with 1,900 units, Point Lisas exchanged 5,000 shares at $4, Prestige Holdings traded 174 units, closed at $10.75, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $101.79 with 256 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 28,901 shares at $23.06 valued at $666,251.
TTSE remains under pressure
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Friday with 14 securities changing hands compared to 12 on Thursday with 3 rising, 4 falling and 7 were left unchanged.
The market closed with two securities trading at 52 weeks’ low and one at 52 weeks’ high.
At the close, only 309,397 shares traded at a value of $2,564,070 compared to Thursday’s trades of just 162,830 units valued at $1,808,056.
The Composite Index dropped 2.97 points to 1,245.67, the All T&T Index declined by 6.08 points to 1,764.60 but the Cross Listed Index added 0.03 points to close at 97.74.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| At the close of trading NCB Financial Group closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $5.32, having gained 1 cent with 400 units. Scotiabank rose 1 cent and closed at $58.06 with 22,071 shares valued at $1,281,442 changing hands and Trinidad &Tobago NGL settled at $23.06, rising 5 cents with 4,250 shares having traded.
Losses| Massy Holdings ended with a loss of 46 cents, to close at $50.01 after trading just 50 units, National Enterprises fell by 35 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $10 with 300 shares trading, Sagicor Financial lost 25 cents and closed at $7.75, 
with 11,460 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean dropped $1.90 lower to a 52 weeks’ low of $40 in exchanging a mere 10 units.
Firm Trades| Securities trading unchanged at the close are Ansa McAL with 290 units at $63.01. Ansa Merchant Bank exchanged 3,156 shares at $40, First Citizens remained at $31.76 with 3,388 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $2.90 with 15,000 shares. Guardian Holdings ended at $15.26 with 23,120 shares valued at $352,811, JMMB Group held firm at $1.70 while trading 225,372 shares valued at $383,132 and Republic Financial Holdings settled at $101.79 with 530 units.
JMMB Group hits J$30 in Trinidad
JMMB Group traded at a new high of $1.60 in Trinidad on Tuesday.
JMMB Group jumped to $1.60 in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday reaching an equivalent of J$30 or $3 more than the $27 it traded at in Kingston. The market closed with 11 securities changing hands compared to 18 on Monday.
Trading resulted in 452,687 shares changing hands at a value of only $3,307,105 compared to Monday’s trades of 778,140 units valued at $10,430,581, at the close 5 stocks advanced, 1 declined and 5 remained unchanged. Market movements resulted in the Composite Index advancing 4.71 points to 1,246.63, the All T&T Index gaining 0.05 points to 1,770.50 and the Cross Listed Index added 1.29 points to close at 97.18.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded price of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are First Caribbean International Bank gaining 12 cents to close at $8.25 with 6,080 shares trading, Grace Kennedy closed at $2.90, with a 1 cent gain, exchanging 700 units, 
Guardian Holdings settled at $15.26, rising 1 cent with 103,061 shares valued at $1,572,711, JMMB Group advanced 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.60 with 24,600 shares, at the close the bid was at $1.60 to buy 5,400 units, there were no stock offered for sale and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 1 cent higher to $23.02 with 4,884 shares.
Losses| Clico Investment was the sole securities declining in value at the close of trading, ending at $21.40, with a loss of 5 cents as 4,819 shares were exchanged.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of the market are, Angostura Holdings that remained at $15 with 8,000 shares, First Citizens closing at $31.76 with 8,328 shares changing hands. National Flour exchanged 231,130 shares at $2 valued at $462,260, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $101.76 with 984 units and Sagicor Financial ended at $8 with 60,101 shares valued at $480,532.
9 stocks fell on TTSE – Monday
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday closed with 18 securities changing hands compared to 16 on Thursday, leading to modest changes in the indices, after the market was closed for a public holiday, on Friday.
At the close, 3 stock advanced, 9 declined and 6 were unchanged as 778,140 shares traded valued at $10,430,581 versus 566,014 shares trading at a value of $7,445,207 on Thursday. The market closed trading with one security ending at a 52 weeks’ high and 3 at a 52 weeks’ low.
The Composite Index slipped 0.04 points to 1,241.92, the All T&T Index declined by 0.21 points to 1,770.45 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.02 points to close at 95.89.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Securities recording gains at the last prices took place at, are, Ansa McAl traded 33,796 units valued at $2,129,486 and gained 1 cent in closing at $63.01, JMMB Group climbed to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.50 after rising by 10 cents in trading 52,486 units and Scotiabank rose 2 cents to $58.02 and ended with 20,903 shares valued at $1,212,779 changing hands,
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining and the volume changing hands are Agostini’s lost 1 cent in trading a mere 79 units at $20.52,Clico Investment closing at $21.45, with a loss of 3 cents and shares trading valued at $432,208, Grace Kennedy exchanged 88,845 shares at $2.89, after a loss of 1 cent, National Enterprises lost 1 cent to close at $10.35 with 138,130 units trading for a value of $1,429,647, One Caribbean Media lost 3 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $14 trading 1,141 shares. Republic Financial Holdings lost 4 cents in exchanging 21,577 shares at $101.76 with a value of $2,195,684, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $23, having lost 4 cents with 28,820 stock units valued at $663,724 trading and 
Unilever Caribbean shed 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $41.90 with 5,100 shares and LJ Williams A ordinary share lost 3 in trading 1,225 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of 22 cents.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 10,436 units with a value of $417,440 at $40, First Citizens closed at $31.76 in exchanging 2,000 units. Guardian Holdings ended at $15.25 with trades of 11,000 shares, Massy Holdings remained at $50.50 with 5,558 units changing hands. National Flour closed at $2 trading 10,000 shares and Trinidad Cement remained at $4.21 with 350,000 shares changing hands for a value of $1,473,500.
NCB stock hits J$100 in Trinidad
NCBFG trading at J$100 on the Trinidad Stock Exchange.
NCB gained 5 cents on the Trinidad Stock Exchange while trading 5,000 shares to be the sole stock to record a gain on Thursday. Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday closed with declining stocks overwhelming advancing ones 6 to 1 as 16 securities changed hands compared to 10 on Wednesday leading to modest fall in the indices. The market closed trading with two securities ending at a 52 weeks’ low and one at a 52 weeks’ high.
At the close, 1 stock advanced, 6 declined and 9 were unchanged as 566,014 shares traded at a value of $7,445,207 as Angostura Holdings led with 60 percent of the value of securities traded. Volume traded was ahead of Wednesday’s trades of 400,836 units, but the value was lower than the $9,581,269.
The Composite Index slipped 0.29 points to 1,241.96, the All T&T Index declined by 2.34 points to 1,770.66 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.24 points to close at 95.87.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Losses| The last traded prices of the securities declining and the volume changing hands are Clico Investment closing at $21.48, with a loss of 2 cents and 3,500 shares trading, National Enterprises lost 1 cent to close at $10.36 with 70 units trading, One Caribbean Media lost 7 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $14.03 trading 4,000 shares. Sagicor Financial dropped 14 cents, closing at $8 after exchanging 67,500 shares valued at $540,876, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $23, having lost 4 cents with trades of 28,820 stock units valued at $663,724 and Unilever Caribbean tumbled $4.07 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $41.95 with 5,100 shares.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are Angostura Holdings holding firm at $15 with 300,000 shares valued at $4,500,040, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 1,950 units at $40, First Citizens closed at $31.76 exchanging 2,375 units. Grace Kennedy exchanged 50,020 shares at $2.90, Guardian Holdings ended at $15.25 with trades of 4,073 shares, Massy Holdings remained at $50.50 with 2,733 units changing hands. Point Lisas closed at $4 trading 4,000 shares, Republic Financial Holdings exchanged 5,000 shares at $101.80 with a value of $509,000 and Trinidad Cement remained at $4.21 with 81,873 shares trading valued at $344,478.
Ansa McAl dominates trading
Carib Beer brewed in Trinidad by Ansa McAl Group
Trading continued to be moderate and was dominated by Ansa McAL with 59 percent of the value of securities exchanged, followed by Angostura Holdings with 24 percent.
Market activities ended with 3 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 6 holding firm as 400,836 shares traded at a value of $9,581,269 compared to Tuesday’s trades of 424,600 valued at $2,945,941.
The Composite Index gained 0.19 points to 1,242.25, the All T&T Index slipped 0.28 points to 1,773.00 and the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.09 points to close at 95.63.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 1 stock with the bid higher than last selling price and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| The last traded prices of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are First Citizens with a 1 cent gain to $31.76 exchanging 3,001 shares, Massy Holdings closing at $50.50, after rising 1 cent with 1,831 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL that ended 3 cents higher to close at $23.04, with 31,828 shares valued at $732,264 changing hands.
Losses| Republic Financial Holdings was the sole security to fall in price and ended at 52 weeks’ closing low of $101.80, with a loss of 5 cents with 5,000 shares trading valued at $509,000.Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close are Angostura Holdings closing at $15 with 151,500 shares valued at $2,272,500, Ansa McAL traded 89,176 units at $63, valued at $5,618,088, Grace Kennedy exchanging 6,500 shares at $2.90. JMMB Group held firm at $1.40, trading 2,000 units, while National Flour Mills closed at $2 trading 100,000 shares and Point Lisas closed at $4 trading 10,000 unit.
Angostura grabs 51% TTSE value traded
Angostura Holdings was the most valued trade on the TTSE on Tuesday.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 10 securities changing hands compared to 15 on Monday but with an increase level of trading of 424,600 shares carrying a value of $2,945,941 compared to Monday’s 285,854 units valued at $1,798,521.
At the close of market activities, 1 stock advancing, 1 declining and 8 holding firm as Angostura Holdings accounted for 51 percent of the value of securities traded and National Flour Mills accounted for 75 percent of the volume.
Price movements led to moderate changes to the indices, with the Composite Index slipping just 0.10 points to 1,242.06, the All T&T Index inched 0.19 points higher to 1,773.28 and the Cross Listed Index eased 0.05 points to close at 95.54.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 1 stock with bid higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Scotiabank , rose 1 cent in trading 7,253 shares valued at $420,677 to close at $58.01.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank fell 2 cents in closing at $8.13, exchanging 439 units.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are, Angostura Holdings remaining at $15 with 99,715 shares changing hands, valued at $1,495,725, Ansa McAL trading 3,992 shares at $63, First Citizens closing at $31.75 with 1,558 units.Grace Kennedy exchanged 1,000 units at $2.90, National Flour Millsclosed at $2 trading 301,400 shares valued at $602,800, Readymix closed with 4,713 shares at $11, Sagicor Financial ended at $8.14 with trades of 2,500 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGLholding firm at $23.01 as 2,000 shares were traded.
Ansa McAL tumbles $2.80
Ansa McAL the parent company of Ansa Coating that is currently involved with attempt to buy out all the minority shares in Berger Paints Jamaica, tumbled $2.80 in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday.
At the close of the market 15 securities changed hands compared to 12 on Friday with the prices of 4 advancing, 5 falling and 6 closed with prices unchanged, with one trading at a 52 weeks’ high. A total of 285,854 shares traded at a value of $1,798,521 compared to Friday’s trades of 751,888 units valued at $8,886,453.
The Composite Index dropped 4.05 points to 1,242.16, the All T&T Index declined by 9.27 points to 1,773.09 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.17 points to close at 95.59.
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| The last traded price of the securities rising and the volume changing hands are First Caribbean International Bank closing at $8.15, with gains of 5 cents, exchanging 7,040 shares, JMMB Group gained 3 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.40 with 9,480 shares trading, Massy Holdings advanced 49 cents to $50.49 with a mere 2 units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean with a 1 cent gain, settled at $46.02 with 112 units.
Losses| The last traded price of the securities declining and the volume changing hands are Ansa McAL tumbling $2.80 to $63 with just 100 units trading, First Citizens with a loss of 24 cents to $31.75 with 11,149 shares valued at $353,982. Republic Financial Holdings traded 4 cents lower, to $101.85 with 5,000 shares valued at $509,250, Sagicor Financial ended at $8.14, losing 1 cent in trading 2,130 shares and Scotiabank was down 2 cents to close at $58 with 695 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| The last traded prices of securities and the volume traded unchanged at the close of trading are, Angostura Holdings exchanged 15,856 shares at $15, Clico Investment traded 150 units at $21.50, Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40 with 550 units. National Flour Millsclosed at $2 exchanging 226,000 shares valued at $452,000, Trinidad Cement remained at $4.21 with 5,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGLsettled at $23.01 trading 2,590 shares.