Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market closed Wednesday with gains in the two of the market indices. Volume traded fell below 50,000 units changing hands. At the close 9 securities changed hands, just 4 rose, 1 fell while 4 remained unchanged.
Market activity ended with only 42,593 shares valued at a mere $694,381 changing hands, well off from the $5,056,419 traded on Tuesday.
The Composite Index rose 1.48 points to close at 1,156.91, the All T&T Index fell 2.87 points to close at 1,818.93 and the Cross Listed Index ended with a gain of 0.01 points to 65.89.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Ansa McAl rose 70 cents and traded 2,500 units to close at $62.70, National Flour rose 8 cents to close with 10,470 shares changing hands at $2.50, Scotiabank gained 17 cents and closed with 3,528 shares changing hands at $57.80 and Scotia Investments gained 1 cent in trading 8,200 shares to close at $1.73.
Losses| The sole stock declining is Trinidad and Tobago NGL that closed at $23.50 with 1,158 units changing hands after falling 20 cents.
Firm Trades| First Citizens traded 3,383 units at $35, Guardian Holdings ended with 8,701 shares changing hands at $12.80, Prestige Holdings with 1,374 units changing hands ended at $10.83 and Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with just 3,282 shares changing hands at $6.60.
4 stocks rise 1 fall on TTSE – Wednesday
4 stocks rise 3 fall on TTSE on Tuesday
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market closed Tuesday with gains in the two of the market indices. Volume traded fell back below 350,000 units changing hands. At the close 10 securities changed hands, just 4 rose, 3 fell while 3 remained unchanged.
Market activity ended with 332,193 shares valued at $5,056,419 changing hands, up from the $3,107,756 traded on Monday. The Composite Index fell 0.42 points to close at 1,155.43, the All T&T Index fell 1.08 points to close at 1,816.06 and the Cross Listed Index ended with a gain of 0.03 points to 65.88.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| National Enterprises rose 10 cents and closed with just 200 shares changing hands at $10.50, Sagicor Financial Corporation rose 2 cents to close with 3,706 shares changing hands at $6.60. Scotiabank gained 3 cents and closed with 10,100 shares, valued at $581,902, changing hands at $57.63 and West Indian Tobacco traded 7,042 shares with a value of $894,334 to close at a 52 weeks high of $127.
Losses| Ansa McAl lost 70 cents and traded 4,601 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $62, Clico Investment Fund closed with 15,420 shares valued at $348,624 changing hands, and lost 4 cents to end at $22.60 and Guardian Holdings lost 21 cents and ended with 205,214 shares, for a value of $2,626,739 changing hands to end at $12.80.
Firm Trades| First Citizens traded 2,168 units at $35, Grace Kennedy ended with 33,000 shares trading at $2.52 and National Commercial Bank ended with 50,742 shares changing hands to close at $2.64.
5 stocks rise on TTSE on Monday
Angostura Holdings ended with 10,300 shares changing hands to close unchanged at $14.
Market activity ended with 98,192 shares valued at $3,107,756 changing hands, up from the $1,194,344 traded on Friday.
The Composite Index rose 0.04 points to close at 1,155.85, the All T&T Index rose 0.15 points to close at 1,817.14 and the Cross Listed Index ended flat at 65.85.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy ended with 5,529 shares trading as the price gained 1 cent to $2.52, National Flour rose 1 cent and ended with 3,200 shares changing hands to close at $2.41, Prestige Holdings had 2,500 shares changing hands and rose 5 cents to end at $10.85. Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 14,284 shares changing hands and gained 6 cents to $6.58, and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.70 with 16,541 units with a value of $392,462 trading, after rising 1 cent.
Losses| Ansa McAl lost 30 cents and traded 12 units at $62.70, Massy Holdings lost 4 cents and ended with 300 shares changing hands to end at $54.95 and National Commercial Bank ended with 3,160 shares changing hands to close at $2.64, with a gain of 10 cents.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended with 10,300 shares changing hands to close unchanged at $14, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 3,304 units to end at $40.01, Clico Investment Fund closed with 17,303 shares valued at $391,740 changing hands, to end at $22.64. First Citizens traded 4,222 units at $35, Republic Financial Holdings ended with 25 shares changing hands at $109.99, Scotiabank closed with 1,554 shares changing hands at $57.60, West Indian Tobacco traded 12,958 shares with a value of $1,636,855 to close $126.32 and L.J. Williams B share closed with 3,000 shares changing hands close at 72 cents after.
TTSE slips on Friday
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market closed Friday with losses in the three market indices. Volume traded fell back from 732,985 units changing hands on Thursday only 89,258. At the close just 9 securities changed hands, just 2 rose, 4 fell while 3 remained unchanged.
Market activity ended with 133,041 shares valued at $1,194,344 changing hands, down from the $3,195,862 traded on Thursday.
The Composite Index declined 0.30 points to close at 1,155.81, the All T&T Index rose 0.41 points to close at 1,816.99 and the Cross Listed Index ended down by 0.14 points at 65.85.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Scotiabank gained 3 cents and closed with 1,890 shares changing hands at $57.60 and 
Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.69 with 26,671 units with a value of $631,820 trading, after rising 18 cents.
Losses| Bourse Brazil Latin Fund lost $1.40 and ended with 1,000 shares changing hands at $8.10 for a 52 weeks’ low, Clico Investment Fund closed with 4,745 shares changing hands, to end 1 cent lower at $22.64, Grace Kennedy ended with 68,440 shares trading as the price slipped 5 cents to $2.51 and L.J. Williams B share closed with 27,000 shares changing hands close at a 52 weeks’ low of 72 cents after slipping by 12 cents.
Firm Trades| First Citizens traded 2,170 units at $35, Guardian Holdings had 1,025 shares changing hands to end at $13.01 and Republic Financial Holdings ended with 100 shares changing hands at $109.99.
TTSE down on Thursday
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market closed Thursday with losses in the three market indices. Volume traded picked up with over 732,000 units changing hands compared with only 89,258 on Wednesday. At the close just 10 securities changed hands, just 4 rose, 3 fell while 3 remained unchanged.
Market activity ended with 732,985 shares valued at $3,195,862 changing hands, up from the $1,450,746 traded on Wednesday.
The Composite Index declined 0.50 points to close at 1,156.11, the All T&T Index fell 0.67 points to close at 1,816.58 and the Cross Listed Index ended unchanged at 65.99 with a loss of 0.05 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with offers that were lower.
Gains| National Flour rose 6 cents, with 3,850 shares changing hands, to close at $2.41, Scotiabank rose 4 cents and closed with 1,671 shares changing hands, at $57.57, 
Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.51 with 2,500 units trading, after rising 1 cent and Trinidad Cement gained 2 cents and closed at $3.12 with 686,998 shares valued at $2,143,434 changing hands.
Losses| JMMB Group lost 1 cent and ended with 2,976 shares changing hands at 61 cents, National Enterprises closed with just 1,646 shares changing hands close at a 52 weeks’ low of $10.40 after slipping by 9 cents and Republic Financial Holdings ended with 1,793 shares changing hands at $109.99 with the loss of a cent.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund closed with 25,992 shares valued at $326,637 changing hands, to end at $22.65, First Citizens traded 500 units at $35 and Guardian Holdings had 5,059 shares changing hands to end at $13.01.
TTSE Unilever drops $4.50 – Wednesday
Unilever products fighting in a weakened T&T economy leading to a big drop in the stock price.
Market activity ended with 89,258 shares valued at $1,450,746 changing hands, down from the $2,665,520 traded on Tuesday.
The Composite Index declined 1.03 points to close at 1,156.61, the All T&T Index fell 2.04 points to close at 1,817.25 and the Cross Listed Index ended unchanged at 66.04.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Trinidad Cement closed at $3.10 with 15,500 shares changing hands to gain 5 cents.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund closed with 14,420 shares valued at $326,637 changing hands, to end 1 cent down at $22.65, Massy Holding lost 1 cent in trading 5,718 shares valued at $314,433 to close at $54.99 and Unilever Caribbean traded 2,643 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $58 after nosediving $4.50. Unilever’s stock has been under pressure from early 2015 after it suffered from problems in a new software package followed by a weakening domestic market that saw revenues coming under pressure. The latest results to June, shows slightly reduced revenues in the June quarter, compared to 2015, with 13.6 percent more after tax profit, after gross profit increased by percent.
At the present price and likelihood of earnings per share hitting $2 this year, the stock is priced close to 30 times this year’s earnings, well ahead of others in that market and could undergo more decline in the price as the market adjusts it to be more in line with its peers.Firm Trades| First Citizens traded 13,058 units with a value of $457,030 at $35, Grace Kennedy ended with 36,950 shares changing hands at $2.56, Scotiabank closed with 955 shares changing hands to end at $57.53 and West Indian Tobacco with 14 shares changing hands closed at $126.32.
5 TTSE’s stocks climb none fell – Tuesday
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market closed Tuesday with marginal gains in the market indices. The volume traded remained subdued with just over 200,000 units changing hands. At the close 12 securities changed hands, 5 of which rose, 7 remained unchanged with no losing stocks at the end of the day.
Market activity ended with 208,021 shares valued at $2,665,520 changing hands, down from the $3,417,455 traded on Monday.
The Composite Index gained 1.10 points to close at 1,157.64, the All T&T Index rose 0.51 points to close at 1,819.29 and the Cross Listed Index ended 0.23 point higher at 66.04.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Agostini’s gained 25 cent in trading 4,000 shares, to end at $17.30, Angostura Holdings rose 2 cents and ended with 18,685 shares valued at $587,776 changing hands to close at $14.02. Firstcaribbean International Bank ended trading with 13,165 shares and closed with a rise of 5 cents at $6.95, Guardian Holdings gained 1 cent to end at $13.01 with 9,800 shares changing hands and 
Sagicor Financial Corporation gained 1 cent to close with 2,961 shares changing hands at $6.52.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund closed with 28,732 shares valued at $650,997 changing hands, to end 15 cents higher at $22.66, First Citizens traded 4,521 units at $35, Republic Financial Holdings ended with 5,310 shares changing hands at $110, Scotiabank closed with 610 shares changing hands to end at $57.53. Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.50 with 12,056 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement closed at $3.05 with 107,740 shares valued at $328,607 changing hands and West Indian Tobacco with 441 shares changing hands closed at $126.32.
More gains ahead for BUY RATED stocks
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The Jamaican market has seen strong reaction by investors on the announcement of stock splits with the price of each company stock climbing. IC Insider added Seprod to the list while lifting the watch on Sagicor Group, thus restoring a BUY RATED status on it. There are no other changes to the list.
AMG Packaging is IC Insider’s top junior market stock for growth in the next 12 months.
Caribbean Flavours price lost flight earlier this year, but with reported audited earnings of $0.82 per share, the price is rebounding. Caribbean Producers suffered from competitive pressures in the Jamaican market and wrote down inventory but should see some reversal of that pressure in the New Year.
However, it does not have a high ranking on the BUY RATED list at this time. Dolphin Cove is up 34 percent since its recent elevation to the BUY RATED list and should trend higher. ISP Finance, a recent addition, gained 140 percent since listing. The company is in the process of raising funds through a bond issue, which will provide funding for an expanded loan portfolio. The stock is very scarce, but 2017 could be a big year for the company and the stock.
Investors are ignoring the robust profit performance of Jetcon Corporation but may regret it as the price is likely to grow strongly. Profits have climbed nearly 100 percent over 2015 to June,
Barita is the top IC Insider’s stock for growth over the next 12 months in the main market.
In the main Jamaica stock market, Caribbean Cement remains undervalued and is poised for a big price rise as the company increases revenues from a growing economy and reduce cost. Many investors keep focusing only on the reported earnings, but these include one off cost that should be taken out in assessing earnings and value.
Better yet, come 2017 the one off costs won’t be there, importantly, not only will the cost relating to staff separation not be there but the ongoing cost for staffing will be reduced by amounts that approximate redundancy cost. GraceKennedy is benefiting from an improving economy locally and overseas and should see more gains ahead in profits and the stock price.IC Insider sees JMMB Group as highly undervalued with decent profit results for the current fiscal year and could surprise to the upside. Barita Investments is having a better 2016 than 2015 and has a big pool of unrealised investment gains on its balance sheet that can be released to profit at any time. The stock seems poised for more growth in the years ahead. Jamaica Stock Exchange’s stock could trend higher with the expectation of a stock split, the price may be getting a bit rich for much short term gains.
IC Insider considers the future to be bright for the stock, as trading activities rise in future years, consequent on growth in the local economy and further declines in interest rates that are bound to drive more money into the market seeking decent return. National Commercial Bank is on target to earn around $6 per share in 2016 while Scotia Group’s results to July showed strong growth in the second quarter over 2015, suggesting that increased profits are once more on the table for this entity. Investors should consider that the year end for these two entities is September and October as such very early in 2017 fresh results will be out before even some of companies with 2016 December year end, release their final numbers for this year. Seprod is engaged in cutting cost in various areas and with growth in the economy, the company is in a good position to do well for investors.
The Trinidad market remains a tough one with the price of oil under pressure. Trinidad Cement seems the only compelling buy, but pressure in the construction sector will be seen as negative for the company. [Read more…]
3 TTSE’s stocks rise 2 down – Monday
Guardian Holdings dropped 53 cents on the TTSE on Monday.
Market activity ended with 197,318 shares valued at $3,417,455 changing hands, up from the $2,244,588 traded on Friday.
The Composite Index fell 1.40 points to close at 1,156.54, the All T&T Index declined 2.84 points to close at 1,818.78 and the Cross Listed Index ended 0.01 point higher at 65.81.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund closed with 20,430 shares valued at $462,879 changing hands, to end 15 cents higher at $22.66, Sagicor Financial Corporation gained 1 cent to close with 5,065 shares changing hands at $6.51 and Trinidad Cement rose 1 cent and closed at $3.05 with 5,600 shares changing hands.
Losses| Guardian Holdings dropped 53 cents to end at $13 with 51,000 shares for a value of $663,010 changing hands and Massy Holdings closed with 22,607 shares, valued at $1,243,390 changing hands with a fall of 5 cents to $55.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended with 41,984 shares valued at $587,776 changing hands to close at $14, First Citizens traded 845 units at $35, Grace Kennedy contributed 15,666 shares to close at $2.56, JMMB Group closed with 29,540 shares changing hands at 62 cents, National Enterprises closed with just 1,000 shares changing hands at $10.49. Republic Financial Holdings ended with 237 shares changing hands at $110, Scotiabank closed with 476 shares changing hands to end at $57.53, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.50 with 1,010 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco with 1,858 shares changing hands closed at $126.32.
Falling TTSE’s stocks beat risers – Friday
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market closed Thursday with marginal fall in the two main indices. The volume traded remained subdued with just over 100,000 units changing hands. At the close 13 securities changed hands, 2 of which rose, 5 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
Market activity ended with 158,085 shares valued at $2,244,588 changing hands, up from the $1,289,094 traded on Thursday. The Composite Index fell 1.44 points to close at 1,157.94, the All T&T Index declined 0.65 points to close at 1,821.62 and the Cross Listed Index ended 0.30 points lower at 65.80.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy contributed 1,000 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.56 after rising 1 cent and Scotiabank closed with 890 shares changing hands and gained 2 cents to end at $57.53.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund closed with 2,237 shares changing hands to end at 15 cents lower at $22.51, JMMB Group fell 2 cents with 50.000 shares changing hands at 62 cents, Massy Holdings closed with 18,545 shares, valued at $1,022,765 changing hands with a fall of 45 cents to close at $55.05.
One Caribbean Media traded 200 shares to end with a loss of 5 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.75, Sagicor Financial Corporation fell 25 cents to close with 46,021 shares changing hands at $6.50 and Trinidad Cement fell by 1 cent and closed at $3.04 with 6,100 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended with 27 shares changing hands to close at $14, First Citizens traded 3,080 units at $35, National Enterprises closed with just 7 shares changing hands at $10.49. Scotia Investments traded 1,350 shares at $1.72 and West Indian Tobacco with 85 shares changing hands at $126.32.