Stocks ended with mostly losses on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, following a 94 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded valued at 242 percent more than in trading on Wednesday and resulting in 19 securities trading up from 17 on Wednesday and ending with prices of five rising, eight declining and six ended firm.
The market closed, with investors trading 207,388 shares for $4,103,821 compared to 106,679 stock units at $1,198,303 on Wednesday.
An average of 10,915 shares were traded at $215,991 compared with 6,275 units at $70,488 on Wednesday, with trading month to date averaging 8,881 shares at $118,819 compared with 8,756 units at $112,864 on the previous day and an average for May of 15,629 shares at $129,694.
The Composite Index sank 9.54 points to conclude trading at 1,129.43, the All T&T Index climbed 3.56 points to close trading at 1,707.57, the SME Index remained at 86.99 and the Cross-Listed Index dipped 3.30 points to 71.50.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Angostura Holdings remained at $18, with 34 shares changing hand, Ansa Merchant Bank popped $1 to $42.50 with a transfer of 23 stocks, Calypso Macro Investment Fund ended at $24 after closing with an exchange of 625 units. 
First Citizens Group ended at $42.50 with 2,541 stocks being traded, FirstCaribbean International Bank fell 6 cents to end at $6.94 with an exchange of 58,166 shares, Guardian Holdings gained $1.19 to close at $16.88, with 24,540 stock units crossing the exchange. JMMB Group dipped 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.24 after 332 stocks were traded, Massy Holdings fell 1 cent in closing at $4.05 after 34,963 stock units passed through the market, National Enterprises rose 4 cents to $3.34 in an exchange of 5,304 shares. National Flour Mills dipped 1 cent to finish at $2.13 with a mere 1 unit being traded, NCB Financial shed 33 cents and ended at $2.67 in switching ownership of 1,000 stocks, One Caribbean Media remained at $3.68, with 33,052 stock units crossing the market.
Point Lisas ended at $3.40 with investors dealing in 110 shares, Prestige Holdings dipped 5 cents in closing at $12.85, with 51 stock units crossing the market, Republic Financial rallied $1.50 to finish at $117.50 with investors swapping 22,375 stock units. Scotiabank fell 5 cents and ended at $65.20 in an exchange of 850 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 3 cents to end at $7.03 with traders dealing in 4,179 shares, Unilever Caribbean remained at $11.25 as investors exchanged 742 stock units and West Indian Tobacco dropped $1.49 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.50 after a transfer of 18,500 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Main Market closed with trading of 13,147,467 shares for $113,060,902 up from 11,380,554 units at $102,771,663 on Tuesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.1. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy jumped $6.94 to $90 with a transfer of 35 stocks, Pan Jamaica fell 75 cents to finish at $50.75 after traders swapped 254,028 stocks, Sagicor Group climbed 50 cents and ended at $41 in an exchange of 8,573 shares. Scotia Group slipped 89 cents to close at $44 with investors trading 29,563 units, Sygnus Credit Investments popped $1.47 to end at $12.16 after shareholders traded 1,330,198 stocks and Wisynco Group lost 44 cents in closing at $20.56 with investors dealing in 10,176 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Junior Market closed trading of 13,584,564 shares for $21,955,901 up from 11,922,796 units at $18,343,744 on Tuesday.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
Knutsford Express fell 10 cents to $11.10, with 279 shares crossing the exchange, Limners and Bards rose 20 cents to finish at $1.68 with 50,000 stocks changing hands, Medical Disposables rose 28 cents to $2.16 after an exchange of 26 units. MFS Capital Partners slipped 7 cents to close at $1 after stakeholders traded 839,936 stocks, Omni Industries popped 8 cents in closing at $1.10 after an exchange of 4,546,653 shares, One Great Studio added 7 cents to end at 86 cents and closed with 472,449 stocks being traded. Paramount Trading sank 9 cents to $1.20 in switching ownership of 130,555 stocks, Regency Petroleum climbed 8 cents and ended at $2.25, with 42,756 stock units crossing the market, Spur Tree Spices advanced 13 cents to end at $2.44 with investors trading 62,306 shares and Tropical Battery dipped 7 cents in closing at $2.15 with 25,595 units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 137,354 shares for US$22,495, down from 1,221,116 units at US$112,024 on Tuesday.
Proven Investments ended at 13 US cents after an exchange of 1,528 stock units, Sterling Investments dipped 0.06 of a cent to 1.54 US cents after it closed with an exchange of 595 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments sank 1.8 cent in closing at a 52 weeks’ low 6 US cents in switching ownership of 27,200 stocks and Transjamaican Highway ended at 2 US cents as investors exchanged 91,713 units.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 1,589.37 points to 332720.64, the All Jamaican Composite Index rose 803.03 points to 357,537.00, the JSE Main Index rallied 1,434.43 points to close at 319,656.54. The Junior Market Index rallied 30.50 points to end the day at 3,771.19 and the JSE USD Market Index jumped 17.10 points to wrap-up trading at 236.20.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preference share rallied $50 to $1,100 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% rose $2 to end at $110.
This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The market closed with 106,679 shares trading for $1,198,303 compared with 105,213 stock units at $1,681,407 on Tuesday.
At the close, Agostini’s ended trading at $68.25 after 3,268 stock units passed through the market, Ansa McAl remained at $62 after an exchange of 30 shares, First Citizens Group closed at $42.50 with 1,892 stocks being traded. FirstCaribbean International Bank rose 6 cents and ended at $7 in an exchange of 1,551 units, GraceKennedy shed 15 cents to close at $3.55, with 6,006 stocks crossing the market, JMMB Group remained at $1.25 with investors trading 10,520 units. Massy Holdings closed at $4.06, with 9,475 shares changing hands, National Enterprises slipped 4 cents to end at $3.30 with investors swapping 16,204 stock units, National Flour Mills fell 1 cent in closing at $2.14 with an exchange of 4,346 shares. NCB Financial skidded 13 cents to finish at $3 and closed after 4,069 stock units were traded, 
One Caribbean Media rose 1 cent to end at $3.68 after an exchange of 35,981 stocks, Prestige Holdings ended at $12.90 in trading 993 stock units. Republic Financial lost 99 cents to close at $116 with an exchange of 4,283 shares, Scotiabank remained at $65.25 with a transfer of 612 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $7 as investors exchanged 7,400 stocks. Unilever Caribbean ended at $11.25 in switching ownership of 5 units and West Indian Tobacco remained at $9.99 with investors transferring 44 shares.
Investors buying into the public offer of NCB Financial Group stock at $65 each in May are hugging up an 18 percent loss on their investment since, with the stock hitting a 52 weeks’ low of $54.66 on Monday and ending at a closing low of $55 after more than 1.5 million shares were traded, following a sizable 3 million share trade on June 17, when the stock closed at $59.
NCB is a diversified financial group, providing services in general insurance, life insurance, banking and investments management. The group is also geographically diversified with operations in Trinidad, Bermuda and Jamaica. It has a solid base that it can use to produce increased revenues and profits in the future.
Investors traded 11,380,554 shares at $102,771,663 down from 13,700,341 units at $172,344,664 on Monday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.1. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
Pan Jamaica increased 50 cents to $51.50 after an exchange of 40,296 units, Proven Investments climbed 50 cents to end at $20 with investors transferring 68,892 stock units, Sagicor Group rose 50 cents to $40.50, with 10,575 shares crossing the market. Sagicor Real Estate Fund advanced 52 cents to finish at $8.02 after exchanging 250 stock units, Scotia Group rose $2.04 and ended at $44.89 with investors swapping 5,550 stocks, Stanley Motta fell 50 cents to close at $6, with 9,984 stock units changing hands. Supreme Ventures rallied 99 cents to $23.99 with 84,590 shares changing hands and Wisynco Group increased $1 to end at $21 in trading 41,618 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading surged on Tuesday with 1,221,116 shares changing hands for US$112,024 compared with a mere 3,378 units at just US$273 on Monday.
At the close of trading, Proven Investments rallied 0.5 of a cent to 13 US cents with an exchange of 736,716 stock units, Sterling Investments added 0.12 of one cent to finish at 1.6 US cents, with 25 units crossing the market and Transjamaican Highway ended at 2 US cents with investors trading 479,116 shares.
Trading ended with 11,922,796 shares for $18,343,744 down from 44,365,992 units at $81,000,955 on Monday.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index surged 60.76 points to close trading at 3,740.69.
Express Catering dipped 38 cents to $4.02 in trading 2,493 stocks, Fontana advanced 34 cents and ended at $8.59 with 7,747 stock units changing hands, Fosrich increased 8 cents to end at $2.30 as investors exchanged 1,047,630 shares. Honey Bun climbed 18 cents in closing at $8.35 in switching ownership of 7,636 stock units, iCreate rose 8 cents to finish at 68 cents with trading of 1,834,027 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance rallied 10 cents to close at $1.90 after a mere 897 units crossed the market. Knutsford Express gained 55 cents to $11.20 with an exchange of 838 shares, Mailpac Group climbed 12 cents to close at $2.27 and closed with an exchange of 254,374 stocks, MFS Capital Partners popped 13 cents and ended at $1.07 with investors trading 613,128 units and tTech gained 14 cents to finish at $2.49 in an exchange of 12,958 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
