First Citizens dominated trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, accounting for $7 million of trades. The market closed with 11 active securities and the price of 3 stocks rose, with one at a new high, 1 fell and 7 remained unchanged.
At the close, activity ended with 488,982 shares changing hands valued at $10,645,968, the Composite Index ended with a rise of 0.79 points to 1,159.25, the All T&T Index declined 1.00 points to 1,947.54 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.35 points to end at 48.81.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 7 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| First Citizens traded 199,910 units valued at $6,995,474 to close with a 2 cents gain ta $35, Grace Kennedy had 111,963 units valued at $447,852 changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $4, for a 38 cents gain and ended gaining of 1 cent, with 1,000 shares trading to close at $126.26.
Declines| The sole stock trading is Trinidad Cement that lost 15 cents to end at $4 with 25,878 shares.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments traded 44,900 shares valued at $1,021,532 to close at $22.75, JMMB Group traded 50,000 shares at 51 cents, National Commercial Bank traded 13,322 shares at $2.05, Republic Financial Holdings, the new entity holding shares in Republic Bank, ended with 10,658 shares valued at $1,192,534 changing hands at $111.89. Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $21 with 30,350 shares changing hands, valued at $637,350 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 1,000 shares trading at $68.49.
First Citizens dominates TTSE – Wednesday
December 23, 2015 by
Republic & NGL dominate TTSE – Tuesday
December 22, 2015 by
Republic Financial Holdings enjoy big trade on the TTSE
At the close, activity ended with 323,414 shares changing hands valued at $10,848,081, the Composite Index ended with a fall of 0.11 points to 1,158.46, the All T&T Index declined 0.88 points to 1,948.54 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.19 points to end at 48.46.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 7 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| FirstCaribbean International Bank traded 987 shares and closed at $5.01 with a 1 cent rise and Unilever Caribbean ended with 4,105 shares trading with a gain of 31 cents, for a new 52 weeks’ high of $68.49.
Declines| ANSA McAL contributed 333 shares but lost 29 cents in closing at $66.99.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments traded 19,280 shares valued at $438,620 to close at $22.75, Guardian Holdings held firm at $13.20 with 100 shares trading,
JMMB Group traded 50,532 shares shares to close at 51 cents, One Caribbean Media traded 7,805 units to end at $22. Republic Financial Holdings, the new entity holding shares in Republic Bank, ended with 51,590 shares valued at $5,772,405 changing hands at $111.89. Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 1,481 shares changing hands, to end at $6.05, Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded at $21 with 185,398 shares for changing hands, valued at $3,893,358 and West Indian Tobacco ended with 1,803 shares trading to close at $126.25.
4 TTSE’s stocks up 3 down on Wednesday
November 25, 2015 by
Unilever Caribbean traded at a new high on Wednesday
At the close, the Composite Index ending with a rose of 0.87 points at 1,160.53 the
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund closed with 11,760 shares valued at $266,326 changing hands, 7 cents higher at $22.65, Prestige Holdings traded 2,603 units to end at $10.10, having risen 5 cents to a 52 weeks’ high. Trinidad Cement closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $4.33 with 200 shares changing hands, after adding 13 cents and Unilever Caribbean ended with 12,085 shares valued at $823,593 trading with a gain of 12 cents, for a new 52 weeks’ high of $68.15.
Declines| First Citizens Bank traded 2,733 shares carrying a value of $326,328, to close with a fall of 1 cent at $35.01, Point Lisas fell 4 cents in trading 1,000 units at $3.91 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with a loss of 1 cent at $22 as 34,957 shares changed hands for a value of $769,101.Firm Trades| Republic Bank closed at $112, with 279 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 206 shares changing hands at $6.03, and infrequent trader L.J. Williams B share traded 615 units to close with a gain of 2 cents to end at 99 cents.
6 TTSE’s stocks rise 1 fall on Monday
November 23, 2015 by
TCL closed at yet another new high on Monday
At the close, the Composite Index ending with a rose of 0.23 points at 1,159.37 the
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund closed with 18,450 shares valued at $416,416 changing hands 1 cent higher at $22.57, National Flour Mills gained 1 cent, to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.22 with 1,600 units changing hands. Prestige Holdings traded 8 units to end with a gain of 5 cents at $10.05, a new 52 weeks’ high. Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with a gain of 1 cent, at $21.56 as 19,444 shares changed hands for a value of $419,200. Trinidad Cement gained 4 cents, in ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.20, with 75,700 units changing hands for $317,940 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 9,630 shares valued at $655,033 trading, to gain of 2 cents, for a new 52 weeks’ high of $68.03.
Declines| National Enterprises ended trading with 7,380 shares to close with a loss of 1 cent at $16.49, a new 52 weeks’ low.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank traded 12,214 shares to close at $35, Guardian Holdings with 2,200 shares changing hands closed at $12.91, National Commercial Bank contributed 46,000 shares at a closing price of $1.95,
One Caribbean Media traded 100 shares at $22. Republic Bank closed at $112 with 209 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 2,350 shares changing hands at $6.02, Scotiabank ended with at $62.50 while 79,236 units for a value of $4,952,250 were traded. Scotia Investments closed at $1.59, with only 55 shares changing hands and infrequent trader L.J. Williams $0.10 A added 25,000 shares to close at 25 cents and West Indian Tobacco traded just 5,000 shares carrying a value of $630,745 to close at $126.11.
Sale and profit down at Unilever
November 17, 2015 by
Unilever products
For the third quarter revenues fell 3.5 percent to TT$139 million from $144 million last year, which is better than the 5 percent fall suffered in the second quarter. The company’s revenues have been recovering, from a 10 percent fall for the six months revenues are now off by 8 percent for the nine months, to reach $393 million, down from $427 million in 2014.
Profit fell from $13.9 million to $10.45 million for the third quarter and from $45 million for the 2014 nine months period to $29 million for 2015. Profit before taxation declined even more than the after tax profit with a fall from $19.2 million down to $13.9 million or 27.6 percent. Earnings per share amounts to 40 cents in the quarter and $1.10 for the nine months. In 2014 Unilever earned $2.52 per share.
Unilever spent 13.8 percent more on selling and distribution this contrast with a 3 percent increase for the nine months which all the increase coming in the third quarter moving the amounts spent to $93.3 million. Administrative cost fell $3 million in the last quarter to $5.8 million and is down nearly $5 million in the nine months to $21 million.
The company had blamed the first quarter results as being negatively affected by computer glitzes from the software change over late in 2014. With the release of second quarter results the company had stated that “Looking forward we expect the challenges of the regional economies to impact our growth prospects. In Trinidad and Tobago the uncertainty of the upcoming elections continues to affect the business environment. Regionally, recovery continues to be slow due to the depreciation of local currencies and shortage of US dollars across markets, which is cause for concern. While the recovery from the first half of the year remains a challenge, Unilever Caribbean is optimistic that the investment in our new IT systems and infrastructure will build the foundation for future growth. However, at this time the outlook for the rest of the year remains moderate” Pablo Garrido, Chairman of the company reported to shareholders.
The company’s stock traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange at $67.54.
6 stocks rise 3 down on TTSE
November 12, 2015 by
Witco closed at a 52 week high on Thursday
At the close, the Composite Index ending with a gain of 3.41 points at 1,152.45, the All T&T Index rose 1.14 points to 1,951.74 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.78 to 46.37 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Guardian Holdings gained 9 cents with 20,539 shares changing hands with a value of $264,903 and closed at $12.90, JMMB Group with 89,500 units changing hands and ended 3 cents higher at 53 cents. National Commercial Bank gained 9 cents while trading 2,584 shares at $1.76. Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 16,500 shares changing hands at $5.78 with a gain of 3 cents. Trinidad Cement rose 13 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high, of $4.02 with 872,000 shares changing hands, valued at $3,483,941 and West Indian Tobacco traded with a gain of 1 cent to end at $126.04 with 504 shares trading at a 52 weeks’ high.
Declines| ANSA McAL contributed 760 shares in trading, to close at $67.01, after falling 2 cents, Clico Investment Fund fell 1 cent with 53,440 shares changing hands valued at $1,204,279 and closed at $22.53 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with a 1 cent decline to $21.49 with 35,227 shares changing hands for a value of $757,036.
Firm Trades|First Citizens Bank traded 440 shares and closed at $35, FirstCaribbean International Bank traded 1,108 shares and closed at $5, Grace Kennedy traded 312 units at $3.60, National Enterprises with 91 shares changing hands at $16.50. One Caribbean Media traded 450 shares at $22, Scotia Investments closed with 1,500 shares changing hands at $1.65, Scotiabank closed with 410 shares changing hands at $62.50 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 2,081 shares trading at $67.54.
National Gas drops 98c on TTSE
October 26, 2015 by
New high for TCL on Monday after strong Q3 results
Newly listed Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday to close at $23 with 69,027 shares valued at $1,604,115 changing hands as the price slipped 98 cents. The stock closed with a bid of $23 to buy 136,181 shares with 1,500 units on offer at $23.48.
Activity on the Stock Exchange, ended with 13 securities trading. At the close, there were 3 stocks closing higher, 5 declining and 5 remained unchanged as a total of 297,852 units, valued at $7,435,092 changed hands.
At the close the Composite Index ending with a fall of 1.03 points at 1,150.13, the All T&T Index declined by 1.15 points to 1,954.51 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.12 at 45.36
Gains| JMMB Group traded 206,164 units to close at 43 cents after gaining 1 cent, Trinidad Cement closed at $3.30 with 42,325 shares changing hands as the price rose 11 cents to a new 52 weeks’ high of $3.31, the stock closed with the at $3.31 to buy 167,675 shares with no stock being offered for sale and Unilever Caribbean ended with 2,200 shares trading 2 cents up, for a new 52 weeks’ high of $67.29.
losses| Clico Investment Fund closed with 31,483 shares trading, to end at $22.50 after losing 1 cent, National Commercial Bank lost 1 cent in trading 223,595 shares at $1.67, National Flour Mills with 45,001 shares trading, lost 5 cents in closing at $1.91. Point Lisas traded 40,000 shares to close at $3.90, after losing 5 cents and Sagicor Financial Corporation declined by 25 cents with 70,000 shares changing hands, to end at $5.75.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings had 19,921 shares changing hands with the price to close at $14, First Citizens Bank traded 3,870 shares and closed at $35. Guardian Holdings closed with 300 shares changing hands at $13.05, Republic Bank traded 18,175 shares and closed at $112, West Indian Tobacco traded 1,600 shares to close at $126.01.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Moderate fall for TTSE
October 6, 2015 by
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday ended with 15 securities trading, none closed trading higher, 2 declined and 13 remained unchanged as a total of 110,711 units traded, valued at $1,069,356.
At the close the Composite Index ending with a modest loss of 0.6 at 1,146.26, the All T&T Index lost 0.12 to 1,948.30 and the Cross Listed Index was unchanged at 45.16.
Losses| ANSA McAL contributed 7,002 shares in trading, to close at $67.03 after losing 2 cents and Guardian Holdings with 500 shares changing hands closed 1 cents lower at $13.11.
Firm Trades|, Angostura Holdings with 9,925 shares changing hands, closed at $14, Clico Investment Fund with 4,000 shares changing hands to closed at $22.50, First Citizens Bank traded 2,500 shares to close at $35, FirstCaribbean International Bank traded 20 shares and closed at $5. Grace Kennedy had 26,983 units changing hands at $3.60, Guardian Media traded 375 shares with the price ending at $19.77, 
National Flour ended trading with 8,000 shares changing hands and closed at $1.90, Praetorian Property Mutual Fund contributed 4,000 shares at $3.06. Sagicor Financial contributed 1,500 shares to end at $5.99, Republic Bank with 400 shares changing hands, closed at $112, Scotia Investments traded 35,100 shares and ended at $1.60, Trinidad Cement closed with 10,366 shares changing hands at $3.15 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 30 shares trading at $67.26.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Prices mostly down on TTSE
October 2, 2015 by
Unilever products – the company’s stock closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Friday
At the close the Composite Index ending with a modest loss of 0.11 at 1,147.13, the All T&T Index lost 0.08 to 1,950.03 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.02 to 45.16.
Gains| Unilever Caribbean ended with 45 shares trading 1 cent up, for a new 52 weeks’ high of $67.26.
Losses| Grace Kennedy had 77,892 units a value of $280,416 changing hands at $3.60 for a 4 cents loss, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 45,000 shares valued at $269,550 changing hands, 1 cent lower at $5.99 and Point Lisas traded 5,135 shares at $3.96 after shedding 10 cents.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund with 2,000 shares changing hands to closed at $22.50. First Citizens Bank traded 1,741 shares to close at $35, Guardian Holdings with 41,987 shares changing hands for a value of $550,869, closed at $13.12, National Flour ended trading with 250 shares changing hands, and closed at $1.98 and Trinidad Cement closed with 148 shares changing hands at $3.15.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 7 stocks with offers that were lower.
4 stocks rise 2 fell on TTSE
September 16, 2015 by
Unilever products – the company’s stock closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday
At the close the Composite Index was up 0.03 points to 1,146.60, the All T&T Index added 0.12 points at 1,950.01 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.01 to 45.02.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 1 cent, to close at 43 cents while trading 49,405 shares, Prestige Holdings with 965 units changing hands, ended at $9.90 with a 1 cent rise, Scotiabank contributed 8,198 shares with a value of $512,389 to the overall trading to close at $62.51 with a 1 cent rise and Unilever Caribbean traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $67.20, after gaining 5 cents, with 5,107 shares valued at $343,190.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund closed with just 46,080 shares valued at $5,626,160 changing hands, 1 cent lower at $22.51 andSagicor Financial Corporation closed with 2,330 shares changing hands, 1 cent lower at $5.99.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank had 2,920 shares changing hands
to end at $35, National Commercial Bank traded 518 shares at $1.63, Trinidad Cement had 60,000 shares changing hands, valued at $180,310 and ended at $3 and West Indian Tobacco traded just 2,657 shares to close unchanged at $125.43.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.