Witco had the largest trade on the TTSE on Friday.
The market closed with 12 active securities compared to 18 on Thursday with 1 stock advancing, 5 declining and 6 holding firm. A total of 104,081 shares changed hands at a value of $6,914,298 compared to Thursday’s 610,096 shares valued at $3,541,855.
The Composite Index lost 0.91 points to 1,242.08, the All T&T Index fell 1.37 points to 1,827.95 and the Cross Listed Index was down 0.06 points to 87.99.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Scotiabank closed at $59.01 with a 1 cent gain trading 226 shares.
Losses| Clico Investment traded at $22.50, losing 1 cent with 11,701 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings closed at $16, with a loss of 5 cents exchanging 17,669 shares, NCB Financial Group lost 2 cents with trades of 1,717 shares to close at $3.78,
while Trinidad Cement was down 3 cents, closing at $4.17 with an exchange of 4,769 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed 79 cents lower to $22.71 trading 3,362 shares.Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings traded 1,000 units at $15.01, Guardian Media closed at $18.65 trading 3,224 units, JMMB Group held firm at $1.22 with 1,000 units changing owners, One Caribbean Media closed at $16.48 with an exchange of 1,505 shares. Sagicor Financial remained at $9.01 trading 10,200 units and West Indian Tobacco was unchanged at $127 trading 47,708 shares valued at $6,058,916.
Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed Thursday with 23 securities changing hands and 1 trading in the US dollar market. In the main market, 12 stocks advanced and 7 declined in the main market.
The main market ended trading with an average of 184,556 units on Thursday, compared to an average of 189,413 units on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for February, ended at 223,938 units and $1,379,459.
1834 Investments gained 10 cents, closing at $1.60 with 500 shares changing hands, Palace Amusement jumped $5 in closing at an all-time high of $200, with just 100 units being exchanged, Pan Jamaican dropped $2.94 to close at $34.06 trading 1,665,400 shares, Portland JSX closed 99 cents higher to $10.99 in exchanging 850 units, Pulse Investments traded 27,271 units at $8.50. Sagicor Group closed at $33.50 with gains of 2 cents trading 298,726 shares, Scotia Group added 10 cents to close at $38.20, with 42,312 units traded, Seprod closed at $39 with trades of 3,160 shares, Supreme Ventures closed 29 cents higher to $6.29, with 1,516,503 shares changing hands. Proven Investments lost 4 US cents to close at 27 US cents trading 22,600 ordinary shares, JMMB Group 7.25% preference share exchanged 1,000 units at $1.50, and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.10 with trades of 1,047,808 units.
The average volume and value for February, ended at 223,938 units and $1,379,459.
ISP Finance had 6,490 units changing hands to close at $12.25, Jamaican Teas traded 125,563 shares to close at $8.50, Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 18,629 shares being exchanged to end at $12, KLE Group ended at $3 with 6,000 shares changing hands after rising by 20 cents, Knutsford Express traded 598 units to close at $42, Lasco Distributors ended with 6,209,536 units trading at $7, Lasco Financial fell 69 cents with 9,462 shares changing hands, to end at $3.50, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 5,697,203 units changing hands at $5.08, Medical Disposables closed at $6 with 15,925 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading had 4,600 shares changing hands, to close with a rise of 20 cents at $3.75, tTech ended with 2,000 units changing hands at $7 and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 14,665 units changing hands to close at $2.10.
On the immediate preceding trading day the average volume and value for the month to date, were 113,155 units with an average value of $673,038. The average volume and value for February, ended at 223,938 units and $1,379,459.
Jamaican Teas traded 10,160 shares to close at $8.50, Jetcon Corporation rose $1 and closed trading with 125,851 shares being exchanged to end at $12, Knutsford Express traded 1,173 units to close at $42, Lasco Distributors ended with 2,764,503 units trading at $7, Lasco Financial fell 5 cents with 3,258 shares changing hands, to end at $4.19, Lasco Manufacturing rose 38 cents and closed with 10,068,440 units changing hands at $5.08, Main Event had 43,992 shares changing hands, to close with a rise of 1 cent at $4.51, Medical Disposables closed at $6 with 11,000 shares changing hands, Sweet river traded just 1,000 shares at $3.50 and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 1,200 units changing hands to close at $2.10.
At the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange all three indices recorded modest gains as 5 stocks advanced, 1 declined and 12 were unchanged. 
Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40 with 25,765 shares traded at a value of $1,030,608, Clico Investment closed at $22.51 with an exchange of 17,588 shares valued at $395,997 and First Caribbean International closed at $8.85 trading 1,200 units. JMMB Group held firm at $1.22 trading 21,959 units, Massy traded 200 shares at $53, One Caribbean Media closed at $16.48 trading 300 shares. Republic Financial Holdings exchanged just 20 units at $105.48, Sagicor Financial remained at $9.01 trading 10,000 units, Scotiabank closed at $59 with 2,616 shares changing hands, Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 trading 1,103 units and West Indian Tobacco exchanged 50 shares at $127.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 18 securities changing hands up from 13 on Tuesday, with 193,335 shares valued at $2,067,973 in contrast to Tuesday’s 103,351 shares valued at $982,037, leading to 2 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 14 holding firm. 
Ansa Merchant Bank closing at $40 with 308 shares traded, Clico Investment that closed at $22.51 with an exchange of 13,800 shares valued at $310,652, First Citizens ended at $32 trading 184 units. Grace Kennedy traded 11,183 units at $2.66, Guardian Holdings was unchanged at $16.01 with 19,889 shares exchanged at a value of $318,429, JMMB Group held firm at $1.22 trading 78,729 units, Massy traded 1,800 shares at $53, National Enterprises closed at $10.88 with 8,931 shares changing owners. National Flour Mills traded 150 units at $2.64, Sagicor Financial held firm at $9.01 with an exchange of 30,000 units, Scotiabank exchanged 2,025 shares at $59, Trinidad Cement closed at $4.20 with trades of 5,307 units and West Indian Tobacco traded 2,934 shares valued at $372,618 at $127.
Investors are keeping keen eyes on the operations of 
Trading ended with 3 stocks had bids higher than their last sale prices and 3 ended with lower offers, than the last sale.
Jetcon Corporation closed trading a rise of 90 cents with 1,700 shares being exchanged to end at $11, Knutsford Express traded 5,990 units but lost 50 cents to close at $42, Lasco Distributors ended with 6,399 units trading at $7 after gaining 20 cents, Lasco Financial gained 1 cent with 25,000 shares changing hands, to end at $4.24, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 110,927 units changing hands at $4.70, Main Event had 15,004 shares changing hands, to close with a fall of 10 cents at $4.50, Medical Disposables closed at $6 with 1,000 shares changing hands and Paramount Trading lost 15 cents and ended with 61,750 units changing hands at $3.55. Tech ended with 17,912 units changing hands at $7 after rising by 95 cents, Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 2,665 units changing hands to close at $2.10 and Eppley 9.5% preference share, traded 500,000 units at $6.04.
Jamaica’s exports to CARICOM region jumped sharply for the 11 months to November last year with an increase of 45.3 percent.
Losses| Ansa Merchant Bank lost 2 cents to close at $40 trading 1,764 shares, First Caribbean International Bank closed 9 cents lower to $8.85, with trades of 7,939 units and Point Lisas closed at $3.50, for a loss of 15 cents with 8,369 units changing owners.
