1st Quarter Report 2013 Overview Overall trading volume increased by 15%, while trading value decreased by 19% for the 1st quarter of 2013. The Put-Through Market was the only market to record increases in trading activity; 687% in terms of volume and 495% in terms of value. Regular Market activity fell by 2% in terms of volume traded and by 33% in terms of value traded. On October 8th, 2012 the BSE ceased operation of the OddLot Market by instituting a threshold system for trades occurring in the Regular Market. The result of this is that small trades below a set threshold would not affect the final price of a security in the Regular Market. The total number of trades decreased by 36% from 452 in 2012 to 298 in 2013. There were increases in all market indices when compared to their December 31st 2012 figures. The Local and Composite Market Capitalization measures recorded minor decreases when compared to their respective positions at the close of 2012. The Cross-Listed measures was the best performer for both market measures recording increases of 2.84% and 2.57% for the index and market capitalization measures respectively. Takeover transactions for Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited continued into 2013. There were a total of ten (10) trades recorded with a total trading volume of 1,279,356 shares and a total trading value of $6,396,780.00. In the first quarter of 2012, there was only one (1) takeover transaction which saw 761,324 shares in ANSA McAL (Barbados) Limited trading with a total trading value of $8,945,557.00. Table 1 – Year to date Statistics
Market
Year-to-Date
Year-to-Date
Year-to-Date
Year-to-Date
% Change
% Change
2013 Volume
2012 Volume
2013 Value
2012 Value
Volume
Value
Regular
2,304,524
2,347,651
$
9,394,932
$
13,993,341
-2%
-33%
Odd-Lot
-
48,575
$
-
$
222,328
-100%
-100%
535,156
67,960
$
2,405,582
$
404,146
687%
495%
-
-
$
-
$
-
NA
NA
-
-
$
-
$
-
NA
NA
2,839,680
2,464,186
$
11,800,514
$
14,619,815
15%
-19%
Put - Through Junior Block Trade Total