‘Vegetables and Starchy Foods’ had a strong impact on November price movement.
Price movements as measured by the consumer index amounts to just 1.7 percent compared to the November 2015. Inflation for the fiscal year-to-date registered an increase of 2.8 percent.
The price movement in November this year, is mainly as a result of a 0.5 percent rise in Food and Non Alcoholic Beverages and a 0.7 per cent increase in Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels’ division. Higher prices for vegetables and starchy foods and a rise in the cost of electricity were items that were most impactful.
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The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 178,088 shares compared to an average of 140,477 units traded on Thursday. The average for the month to date ends at 150,187 shares compared to an average of 122,285 units for the month up to Thursday. November ended with an average of 208,466 units.
138 Student Living lost 50 cents in trading 607,162 shares at $4.50, PANJAM Investment gained 98 cents, while trading 183,299 shares to close at $26.98, Sagicor Group closed with 185,900 shares changing hands to end 25 cents lower at $27.05. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 5,620 units at $10.90, Scotia Group with 126,594 shares changing hands closed at $34, Scotia Investments rose 50 cents with 1,100,891 units changing hands to close at $30.50, Supreme Ventures rose 5 cents to end at $4.85, with 2,000 units changing hands and Proven Investments ordinary share traded 45,900 units at 20.99 US cents, up from 20.5 US cents.
closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 4 ending with lower offers.
C2W Music with 10,393 units changing hands, closed unchanged at 35 cents. Derrimon Trading exchanged 675 shares and closed at $3.55 after falling by 35 cents. Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 60,000 units, the price rose 1 cent to end at $5.89, Lasco Distributors had 212,610 shares trading with a fall of 40 cents to close at $6.40. Lasco Manufacturing ended at $5.05 with a rise of 5 cents after 2,898,885 shares changed hands, Medical Disposables traded 15,410 shares with a rise of 60 cents to close at $4.80 and Eppley 9.5% preference share traded 1,000 units at $6.18.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday resulted in 6 securities changing hands compared to 10 on Thursday. Market activity ended with only 1 stock that advanced, 3 declined and 2 held firm with 90,693 units being traded at a value of $416,211 compared to Thursday’s 32,776 shares valued at $570,141. 
Losses| First Citizens Bank closed at $34.90, falling 1 cent with 1,250 shares changing owners, L.J. Williams was down 4 cents, closing trading at 52 weeks’ low of 67 cents with an exchange of 18,500 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 6 cents to close at $21.45 with 773 shares changing ownership.
The Jamaican dollar selling rate slipped against the US and Canadian dollar and made gains versus the British pound and the euro in foreign exchange trading on Friday. At the close of the market, dealers bought the equivalent of US$44,831,673 of all currencies and sold US$39,459,521, compared to US$41,707,136 purchased and US$29,836,153 sold on Thursday. 
The average rate for buying the British Pound dropped $2.04 to $157.80 for the purchase of £1,779,653 while £1,159,661 was sold with a fall of $1.53 to end at $159.67.
The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar fell $3.10 to end at $96.90, the lowest buying rate declined $1.95 to $77.19, while the highest selling rate dipped $2.54 to $100.44 and the lowest selling rate rose $1.30 to $92.30. The highest buying rate for the British Pound jumped $2.35 to $165, The lowest buying rate fell $2.07 to $129.90, while the highest selling rate dipped $2.70 to end at $169.02 and the lowest selling rate fell by $1 to $153. The highest buying rate for the Euro dropped $5.70 to $133.50, the lowest buying rate dropped $2.57 to $107.90, while the lowest selling rate dropped $2.50 to $128.
With revenues posited to be in the range of $1 billion to $1.5 billion for 2015, 
A total of 9 stocks advanced and 8 declined, resulting in a volume of 4,246,518 shares changing hands carrying a value of $53,841,841, compared 914,337 shares changing hands carrying a value of $10,866,734. The average number of shares traded, amount to 193,024 units versus mere 26,892 units on Thursday.
The Jamaican dollar selling rate held against the US dollar and made more gains versus the British pound and the Canadian dollar and declined against the euro in foreign exchange trading on Thursday. At the close of the market, dealers bought the equivalent of US$41,707,136 of all currencies and sold US$29,836,153, compared to US$58,868,333 purchased and US$36,828,727 sold on Wednesday. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate dropped $3.12 to $94.43, with dealers buying C$2,145,822 and selling C$839,400 at an average rate that declined $1.29 to finish at $96.74. The average rate for buying the British Pound slipped 13 cents to $159.84 for the purchase of £1,752,754 while £1,397,593 was sold with a fall of $1.72 to end at $161.20.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates for the regularly traded foreign currencies on Thursday, include a jump of $19.05 in the lowest selling rate of the US dollar to $123. A rise of $1.49 in the highest selling rate for the Canadian dollar to end at $102.98 and a $1 fall in the lowest selling rate to $91. The highest buying rate for the Euro jumped $4.70 to $139.20, the lowest buying rate dropped $6.57 to $110.47, while the highest selling rate gained $4.30 to end at $143.75 and the lowest selling rate dropped $1.80 to $130.50.
