Trinidad Cement investors saying no deal

TCL closed at $5.05 on Tuesday but bid and offer suggest no deal.

Trinidad Cement share price soared on the Trinidad market on Tuesday following an announcement by Sierra Trading that the offer to acquire majority shares is increased to TT$5.07 from TT$4.50. The stock advanced 38 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.05 with 6,000 shares changing hands.
The market seems to be sending a message about the offered price with 94,000 units on the bid at $5.05 with the lowest offer at $5.22 with only 1,000 units, suggesting the price could shoot past the offered price of $5.07.
Trading ended with 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ high as 13 securities changed hands compared to 14 on Monday. 3 stocks advanced, 4 declined and 6 were unchanged with 270,371 units valued at $2,062,449 compared to Monday’s 225,197 shares valued at $4,965,442.
Market activity resulted in the Composite Index advanced 2.21 points to 1,215.09, the All T & T Index rose 3.77 points to 1,837.30. The Cross Listed Index gained 0.08 points to 79.27.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Republic Financial Holdings closed at $108.44, a 1 cent gain with 1,030 units trading, Sagicor Financial added 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.01 with an exchange of 1,288 shares in addition to the gains in Trinidad Cement.
Losses| First Citizens Bank closed at $34.97, for a loss of 1 cent with 509 shares changing owners, Massy Holdings was down 1 cent, closing trading at $51.99 with 472units traded. Scotiabank lost 2 cents to $58.75 with 2,519 shares changing ownership and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $20.49, falling 1 cent with 108 units trading.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments closed trading at $22.60 with 44,075 units changing hands, valued at $996,049, Grace Kennedy traded 518 shares and closed at $2.67, Guardian Holdings exchanged 8,873 units, closing at $13. JMMB Group was unchanged at 92 cents with an exchange of 18,072 shares, National Commercial Bank, with 173,407 shares traded, valued at $537,562, closed at $3.10 and Point Lisas closed at $3.75 with 13,500 shares changing ownership.

More securities actively traded Monday

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago stock market on Monday ended with 14 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Friday. The market closed as 3 stocks advanced, 4 declined and 7 were unchanged with 225,197 units being traded at a value of $4,965,442 compared to Friday’s 222,518 shares valued at $4,418,139.
The Composite Index advanced 1.13 points to 1,212.88 points, the All T&T Index lost of 0.56 points to close at 1,833.53 points and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.39 points to 79.19 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| National Commercial Bank exchanged 8,087 shares advancing 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.10, Scotia Investments rose 5 cents, with 11,041 units trading, and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.10 and Trinidad Cement added 22 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.67 while exchanging of 121,560 shares, valued at $551,785.
< Strong> Losses| Angostura Holdings closed at $14.70, falling 5 cents with 2,221 shares changing owners, Ansa McAL lost 25 cents, closing trading at $66.25 with only 150 units traded,. Scotiabank was down 3 cents to $58.77 with 26,839 shares changing ownership, valued at $1,577,378 and Unilever Caribbean closed at $59.80, with a loss of 3 cents and a mere 40 units trading.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments closed trading at $22.60 with 7,025 units being exchanged, First Caribbean International traded 25,716 shares and closed at $8.50, Guardian Media traded 408 units, to close at $19, JMMB Group was unchanged at 92 cents with an exchange of 3,300 shares. National Enterprises with 200 shares traded, closed at $10.68, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended the day at $20.50 with an exchange of 100 units and West Indian Tobacco with 18,510 shares valued at $2,350,770 changing ownership, closed at $127.

Guardian help push TTSE index

Trading activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday continues to reflect constrains by investors with slightly more stocks falling than rising in spite of gains in all indices due mainly to a 34 cents gain in Guardian Holdings.
Trading resulted in 10 securities changing hands compared to 8 on Tuesday; 3 stocks advanced, 4 declined and 3 held firm with 117,706 units being traded at a value of $3,555,197 compared to the Tuesday’s 162,833 shares valued at $2,093,835.
The Composite Index gained 0.88 points to 1,211.45 points, the All T & T Index advanced 1.42 points to 1,834.77 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.04 points to 78.62 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings gained 34 cents to close at $13 after trading 59,500 shares valued at $772,631, JMMB Group advanced 2 cents to 92 cents with 752 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127 with an increase of 5 cents in the exchange of 15,542 units valued at $1,973,683.
Losses| Massy Holdings closed at $51.99, falling 1 cent with 161 shares changing owners, Scotiabank was down 8 cents, closing trading at $58.77 with an exchange of 1,111 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 1 cent to close at $20.99 with 633 shares changing ownership and Unilever traded 10,000 shares and lost 1 cents to closing at $59.83.
Firm Trades | Grace Kennedy was unchanged at $2.67 with an exchange of 11,000 shares, Prestige Holdings held firm at $11 with 1,373 units trading and Trinidad Cement with 17,634 units traded, closed at $4.45.

Trinidad Cement drops back to $4.15

TCL retreated from its recent record close of $5.50 to $4.15 on Tuesday

Trading levels on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday improved as the Composite index moved higher and the all Trinidad index falling, with Trinidad Cement that climbed to $5.50 closing down at $4.15.
The market closed on Tuesday with 18 securities changing hands in contrast to 10 on Monday with 8 stocks advancing, 7 declining and 3 remaining unchanged. A total of 483,249 shares valued at $2,376,016 compared to Monday’s trades of 174,656 shares valued at $3,712,321.
The Composite Index climbed 6.45 points to 1,229.47, the All T&T Index slid 2.38 points to 1,827.69 and the Cross Listed Index gained 2.10 points to 84.54.
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| Angostura Holdings added 3 cents and closed at $14.75 with an exchange of 14,100 units, Guardian Holdings rose 44 cents to $13.75 with trades of 10,000 shares, JMMB Group gained 5 cents to close at a new 52 weeks high of $1.25 with 173,162 shares being exchanged. National Commercial Bank gained 27 cents, closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.55 with 50,000 shares changing owners, Praetorian Property closed 5 cents higher, at $2.90 while trading 2,000 units. Sagicor Financial added 1 cent to close at $8.51 with an exchange of 14,294 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $21.02, gaining 2 cents with trades of 1,257 units and L.J. Williams B share advanced 5 cents to 71 cents with 93,650 units traded.
Losses| Berger Paints closed down 1 cent to $4.05 with 800 units traded, Clico Investment lost 1 cent to close at $22.51 after trading 3,777 shares, Massy Holdings dropped 30 cents, falling to $51.10 with trades of 14,243 valued at $727,818 and Republic Financial Holdings closed at $107.98, losing 21 cents with 46 units being exchanged. Scotiabank lost 5 cents to $58.70 trading 4,909 shares, Trinidad Cement fell 35 cents to $4.15, while exchanging 5,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean closed at $58.50 after sustaining a fall of $1.33 with 154 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| First Citizens closed at $34 with 300 shares traded, Scotia Investments remained at $2.23 with 95,125 shares changing owners and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127 with 432 units switching ownership.

Trinidad stocks drop 6% in 2016

Trinidad Cement closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Friday.

Trinidad based companies lost nearly 6 percent of their value in 2016 as the country’s economy faced challenges during the year based primarily on the fall in the price of oil which led to the shortage of foreign exchange and slippage in the value of the country’s currency.
While the values of the Trinidad based company declined that for the wider Caribbean grew by nearly 58 percent and resulted in the Composite index rising but by only 4 percent. The market closed the year on a positive note, with the IC bid-offer Indicator | showing the strongest reading for the last two trading days of the year with just 2 stocks closing with bids that were lower than their last sale price.
Trading on Friday resulted in 11 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Thursday. Market activity ended with 5 stocks rising, 1 declining and 5 holding firm, with 262,813 shares being traded valued at $6,001,767 compared to 155,564 shares being traded valued at $1,446,576 on Thursday.
The Composite Index rose 3.37 points to end the year at 1,209.53, the All T&T Index gained 1.35 points to 1,834.23 with a year to date loss at 6 percent. The Cross Listed Index rose 0.71 points at 78.17 points with year to date gains of 57.89 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments Fund gained 1 cent in trading 665 units at $22.62, First Citizens Bank had 6,760 units trading with a gain of 25 cents to end at $35, JMMB Group traded 181,727 units to end at 90 cents with a 1 cent rise. National Commercial Bank added 6,999 shares to stocks that traded and gained 10 cents to close at $3 and Trinidad Cement traded 2,000 units with a rise of 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.40.
Losses| Grace Kennedy traded 730 shares but lost 1 cent to close at $2.67
Firm Trades| Massy Holdings contributed just 12,350 shares with a value of $642,200 to end at $52, Readymix West Indies closed trading with 5,000 shares trading at $10.99. Republic Financial Holdings with a volume of 44,125 shares valued at $4,784,915 changing hands, closed at $108.44, Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 1,909 shares at $21 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 548 units trading, to end at $59.84.

4 stocks hit lows on TTSE – Thursday

Guardian Media is one of 4 stocks in T&T to close at 52 weeks’ low on Thursday..

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday resulted in 13 securities changing hands compared to 12 on Wednesday.
Market activity ended with 2 stocks rising, 4 declining to 52 weeks low and 7 holding firm, with 155,564 shares being traded valued at $1,446,576 compared to 318,033 shares being traded valued at $2,502,324 on Wednesday.
The Composite Index remained unchanged at 1,206.16, the All T&T Index gained just 0.01 points to 1,832.68 with a year to date loss at 6 percent. The Cross Listed Index was stuck at 77.46 points with year to date gains of 55.65 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group traded 115,000 units to end at 90 cents with a 1 cent rise and West Indian Tobacco rose 7 cents on the trading of 19 shares to close at $126.95.
Losses| All the stocks declining closed at 52 weeks lows and include Calypso Macro Index Fund that declined by 8 cents to end at $21.89 with just 91 units trading, Guardian Media lost 1 cent to close at $18.99 with 100 units changing hands. One Caribbean Media fell 9 cents to end $19.90 with 195 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 1 cent with 49 units trading, to end at 52 weeks low of $59.84.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl traded just 29 shares at $66.50, Guardian Holdings traded 26,034 units valued at $329,330 to close at $12.65, National Flour Mills closed at $2.52 with 885 units trading. Point Lisas traded 3,145 shares at $3.70, Prestige Holdings traded 265 units at $11, Republic Financial Holdings with a volume of 9,037 shares valued at $979,972 being traded, closed at $108.44 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 115 shares at $21.

6 stocks rise on TTSE – Wednesday

Sagicor Financial closed at a 52 weeks' high on Wednesday on the TTSE.

Sagicor Financial closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday on the TTSE.

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday resulted in 12 securities changing hands compared to 7 on Friday. Market activity ended with 6 stocks rising, 2 declining and 4 holding firm, with 318,033 shares being traded valued at $2,502,324 compared to 414,785 shares being traded valued at $1,433,699 on Friday.
The Composite Index rose 2.04 points to 1,206.16, the All T&T Index gained 1.11 points to 1,832.67 with a year to date loss at 5.94 percent. The Cross Listed Index advanced by 0.40 to end at 77.46 points with year to date gains of 56.45 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments Fund traded 2,000 units at $22.61 after adding 1 cent, First Citizens Bank had 5,214 units trading with a gain of 44 cents to end at $34.99, National Commercial Bank traded 145,444 units valued at $421,788 and gained 3 cents to end at $2.90. Sagicor Financial Corporation gained 7 cents to end at TTSE sum 28-12-16a 52 weeks’ high of $7.73 with 800 shares changing hands, Scotiabank gained 7 cents in trading 8,737 shares at $58.85 and Trinidad Cement traded 10,220 units with a rise of 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.35.
Losses| Republic Financial Holdings with a volume of 8,193 shares valued at $888,448 being traded, closed with a loss of 1 cent at $108.44 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL fell 25 cents, in trading 6,476 shares at $21.
Firm Trades | Guardian Holdings traded 12,558 units to close at $12.65, JMMB Group traded 101,000 units to end at 89 cents, Massy Holdings contributed just 91 shares to end at $52 and LJ Williams ended with 17,300 B shares trading at 66 cents.

Trading volume rebounds on TTSE

TTSE build Trading levels rebounded strongly on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday with 513,946 shares changing hands with a value of $9,953,673, in contrast to Wednesday’s volume of 31,204 with a value of $2,125,247.
At the close of trading, 17 securities changed hands, 2 advanced, 7 declined and 8 ended unchanged.
The Composite Index gained 0.47 points to 1,191.45 points, the All T & T Index closed 0.24 points lower to 1,804.60 points, down 7.39 percent year to date. The Cross Listed Index advanced 0.16 points to 77.31 points with year to date gains of 56.15 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s gained 11 cents to close at $17.51 with 300,618 shares changing hands with a value of $5,260,821 on strong fourth quarter results and Berger Paints gained one cent to close at a 52 weeks high of $4.06 with 500 shares changing hands.
< Strong> Losses|Ansa McAL lost 6 cents to close at $61.94 with 3,242 shares changing hands, Guardian Holdings lost 5 cents with 5,524 shares changing hands to close at $12.90, JMMB Group lost 1 cent and closed at 90 cents with 5,650 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings lost 2 cents to close at $50.97 with 3,965 shares changing hands. Scotiabank closed at $58.70, down 2 cents with 184 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 4 cents to close at $22.50 with 10,200 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean lost 2 cents to close at $59.85 with 1,404 shares changing hands.
TTSE sum 24-11-16 Firm Trades | Clico Investment closed at $22.60 with 100,500 shares changing hands with a value of $2,270,305, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 2,000 shares changing hands, National Commercial Bank closed at $2.90 with 50,000 shares changing hands. National Enterprises closed at $10.60 with 11,817 shares changing hands, Point Lisas closed at $3.70 with 750 shares changing hands. Prestige Holdings closed at $11 with 12 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial closed at $7.50 with 7,580 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127 with 10,000 shares changing hands valued at $1,270,000.

NCB hits new high on TTSE

NCB closed at a new 52 weeks' high on the TTSE on Wednesday.

NCB closed at a new 52 weeks’ high on the TTSE on Wednesday.

Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Exchange closed on Wednesday with 15 securities changing hands, up from 11 on Tuesday, 2 of which advanced, 5 declined and 8 traded unchanged.
At the close of trading market activity resulted in 2 stocks closing at 52-week high while trading closed with 795,747 shares changing hands with a value of $8,048,155, in contrast to Tuesday’s volume of 650,998 with a value of $6,697,034.
The Composite Index advanced 6.18 points to 1,188.30 points, the All T & T Index dropped 2.85 points to close at 1,800.14 points, 7.6 percent down year to date and the Cross Listed Index gained 2.08 points to close at 77.06 points, with the year to date gains rising to 55.65 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bid higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy gained 26 cents to close at a 52 weeks high of $2.80 with 238,602 shares changing hands, valued at $666,729 and National Commercial Bank gained 25 cents to close at a 52 weeks high of $2.90 with 192,307 shares changing hands with a value of $552,064.
< Strong> Losses| Guardian Holdings lost 44 cents to close at $12.56 with 1,875 shares changing hands, JMMB Group with 100,000 shares changing hands, lost 1 cent to close 90 cents. National Flour Mills dropped 6 cents to close at $2.50 with 1,125 shares changing hands, TTSE sum 16-11-16Sagicor Financial closed at $7.40, down 1 cent with 13,220 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco lost 5 cents to close at $126.90 with 28,905 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades | Angostura Holdings closed at $15.50 with 90,500 shares changing hands with a value of $1,402,750, Clico Investment Fund closed at $22.60 with 884 shares changing hands, First Citizens Bank with 1,175 shares changing hands, closed at $33, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 117,275 shares changing hands with a value of $996,737. Massy Holdings closed at $50.99 with 120 shares changing hands, Scotiabank traded 7,237 shares to close at $58.74, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22.68 with 2,472 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean with 50 shares changing hands, closed at $59.87.

3 stocks rose 2 fell on TTSE – Friday

First Caribbean traded on TTSE at a 52 weeks' high on Friday

First Caribbean traded on TTSE at a 52 weeks’ high on Friday

Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Exchange ended on Friday with only 8 securities changing hands, down from 10 on Thursday with 3 rising while 2 declined and 3 remained unchanged.
Trading activity closed with 98,234 shares valued at $2,410,845 changing hands, compared to 258,550 shares valued at $1,392,416 on Thursday as 1 stock closed at a 52 weeks’ high.
The market closed with the the Composite Index rising 1.92 points to close at 1,173.25. The All T&T Index rose 0.59 points to 1,804.59, down 7.39 percent for 2016 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.44 points to 72.33 points and is up 46.09 percent year to date.
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 lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund closed with 89,621 shares valued at $2,025,397 changing hands to end at $22.60, for a 1 cent gain. TTSE sum 28-10-16Firstcaribbean International Bank ended trading 1,232 shares with a rise of 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.10 and National Enterprises gained 5 cents, in closing at $10.40 with 2,318 shares changing hands.
Losses| National Flour Mills ended trading with 1,489 shares after slipping 1 cent to close at $2.64 and Unilever lost 3 cents to close at $59.87 with just 20 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Scotiabank closed with 434 shares changing hands at $58.75, and Trinidad and Tobago NGL fell closed at $23 with 726 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco traded 2,394 shares changing hands for a value of $304,038 to close $127.