Market activity ended on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 69 percent and the value 78 percent lower following Friday’s heavy trading.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
A total of 25 securities traded up from 18 on Friday, with seven rising, six declining and 12 remained unchanged. The Composite Index popped 1.35 points to 1,399.81, the All T&T Index rose 0.65 points to 2,051.53 and the Cross-Listed Index climbed 0.29 points to settle at 98.33.
Trading ended with an exchange of 2,158,002 shares for $12,679,084 down from 6,934,173 units at $57,608,926 on Friday. An average of 86,320 units traded at $507,163 compared to 385,232 shares at $3,200,496 on Friday, with trading month to date averaging 67,741 units at $562,111 versus 64,706 units at $571,089. The average trade for May amounts to 45,890 units at $370,328.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s finished at $47.20, with 20 shares clearing the market, Angostura Holdings ended at $23 while exchanging 288 stocks, Ansa McAl remained at $56.95 with an exchange of 770 stock units. Ansa Merchant Bank rose 75 cents in closing at $43, with one unit changing hands, CinemaOne ended at $3.95 trading one unit, Clico Investment Fund dropped 1 cent to close at $28.99, crossing the market 760 stocks. Endeavour Holdings finished at $7.50, with just one share crossing the exchange, First Citizens Group remained at $50 in trading 3,406 stock units, FirstCaribbean International Bank shed 7 cents to 52 weeks’ low of $5.18 after exchanging 29,076 stocks. GraceKennedy ended unchanged at $5.50 after trading 400 units, Guardian Holdings advanced 1 cent to $27.31 with the swapping of 2,500 stock units, Guardian Media gained 6 cents in closing at $3.10, with a mere two shares crossing the market.
JMMB Group popped 10 cents to close at $2.40 while exchanging 827 stock units, L.J. Williams B share climbed 15 cents to $2.10 in trading 50 stocks, Massy Holdings remained at $5.20 in switching ownership of 2,022,895 shares. National Enterprises lost 1 cent in ending at $3.24 in an exchange of 66,896 units, National Flour Mills rallied 4 cents to $1.79 after 1,001 units were traded, One Caribbean Media fell 2 cents to $4.15 trading mere one stock unit. Point Lisas ended at $3.40, with 50 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings had an exchange of 760 shares at $141.02, Scotiabank increased 7 cents in closing at $78, with 12,557 stocks crossing the exchange. Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 1 cent to $20.82 after 6,113 stock units passed through the market, Trinidad Cement ended at $3.88 trading 15 shares, Unilever Caribbean fell $1 to a 52 weeks’ low of $13.80 in exchanging 2,661 units and West Indian Tobacco finished at $23.35 with 6,951 stocks clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
