Trinidad and Tobago
Despite the abbreviated trading week because of the Easter holidays, there were 813,627 shares crossing the floor with a value of $17,347,251.03. This represented an increase of 47.60 per cent on last week's volume of 551,244 shares valued at $5,984,284.09. The volume leader this week was Jamaica Money Market Brokers Ltd (JMMB) capturing 25.94 per cent of the total volume traded with 211,041 shares.
Both the Composite and All T&T Indices maintained their positive trend this week while the Cross Listed Index closed lower. The Composite Index rose 0.78 per cent or 9.09 points to 1,178.66, the All T&T Index advanced 0.96 per cent or 19.16 points to 2,012.36 and the Cross Listed Index slipped 0.31 per cent or 0.14 points to end the week at 45.22.
Advances were outnumbered by declines by a ratio of 7 to 10. The major advance was Angostura Holdings Ltd (AHL), up 18.09 per cent or $1.99 to $12.99 and the major decline was Readymix (West Indies) Limited (RML), down 6.33 per cent or $1.33 to $19.67
There was no activity of the Second Tier Market this week. On the TTD Mutual Fund Market, 161,338 Clico Investment Fund (CIF) units traded with a value of $3,479,688.25. CIF's price increased 0.84 per cent or $0.18 to close at $21.63.
Jamaica
In Jamaica, the JSE Market Index declined 313.62 points or 0.42 per cent this week to close at 75,532.42. Trading activity resulted in 4,319,116 shares traded valued at J$26,843,342.74. The volume leader this week was Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) with 41.51 per cent of the market or 1,792,767 shares.The major advance was Hardware & Lumber (HL), up 9.24 per cent or J$0.99 to J$11.70 and the major decline was Pulse Investments (PULS), down 12.50 per cent or J$0.10 to J$0.70.