Wednesday, 16th October 2013 | Buying interest in the Trinidad market is on the rise with 3 stocks hitting new 52 weeks high and sharp price gains in some stocks after a long period of consolidation of the market.
In Wednesday’s trading there were good price movements in Angostura Holdings, which climbed 60 cents to end at a new 52 weeks high of $12.60 with no stock on offer at the close. With the PE of close to 21 times ongoing earnings, the stock is close to being fully priced and is subject to being removed from the IC Insider Buy List. National Enterprises traded less than 500 shares and gained 90 cents to end at a new 52 weeks high at $17.99 and National Flour Mills added 46,848 shares, closing up 3 cents at 97 cents a new 52 weeks high. Based on recent activity and the closeness of the 2013 year end for companies, IC Insider has upgraded the market sentiment to bullish selective buying.
There was trading in 14 securities of which 8 advanced, 1 declined and 5 traded firm, resulting in 1,620,478 shares changing hands valued at $10,385,707.
First Citizens traded 30,079 and gained 5 cents to close at $35.05; Guardian Holdings gained 14 cents to end at $15.15 while trading 1,000 units; Jamaica Money Market Brokers had 142,994 shares traded for $90,686. Point Lisas Industrial Port Development saw 1,109,112 shares changing hands for a value of $4,181,352 and the price fell a cent to end the day at $3.77; Scotia Investment traded 24,256 units firm at $1.95; Trinidad Cement contributed 47,430 shares valued at $110,976, while National Flour Mills added 46,848 shares valued at $45,443.
Clico Investment had a volume of 206,616 shares valued at $4,520,072 trading as the price advanced by 38 cents to end at $21.88.
IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed bids for 3 stocks being higher and 2 stocks with offers lower than their last selling price. This coupled with the lack of supply in the market t0 meet demand is suggesting that the market is looking somewhat more bullish than a few weeks ago.
The stocks with bids above last selling prices includes a stock that has hardly traded recently, Praetorian Property Fund with a bid at $3.60 for 6,000 shares versus the last sale of $3.41. Republic Bank a Buy Rated stock has a bid for 34,188 shares at $111 and no sock being offered and should be going higher in the days and weeks ahead.
JMMB which traded as high as 65 cents today has dried up in Jamaica at the low price and seems to have dried up in the Trinidad market as well and should move higher in both markets, having closed higher in Jamaica.
The potential gains are not confined to the above as there are others that are showing signs of gains.
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