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GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 751’s trading results showed consideration of $8,273,912 from 213,873 shares traded in 3 transactions as compared to session 750’s trading results which showed consideration of $166,994,000 from 4,550,110 shares traded in 5 transactions.  The stocks active this week were DIH and DDL.

Banks DIH Limited’s (DIH) single trade of 190,539 shares at $40.0 represented 89.09% of the total shares traded. DIH’s shares were traded at a Mean Weighted Average Price (MWAP) of $40.0, which showed an increase of $4.0 from its previous close of $36.0. DIH’s trade contributed 92.12% ($7,621,560) of the total consideration.

Demerara Distillers Limited’s (DDL) two trades totalling 23,334 shares represented 10.91% of the total shares traded. DDL’s shares were traded at a Mean Weighted Average Price (MWAP) of $28.0, which showed an increase of $0.3 from its previous close of $27.7. DDL’s trades contributed 7.88% ($652,352) of the total consideration. DDL’s first trade of 20,000 shares was at $28.0, while its second trade of 3,334 shares was at $27.7.

Best bid:              The highest price that a buyer is willing to pay for a security.

Best offer:          The lowest price at which a seller is offering to sell securities.

TERM OF THE WEEK

Diagonal Spread: An option spread where one option is bought and another sold. The sold option has a different strike price and expiry date from the bought. The spread will be constructed with either all calls or all puts on the same underlying asset.

Source: Dictionary of Financial and Securities Terms.

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GASCI Summary of Financials Session 751 December 11, 2017

Notes

1 – Interim Results 

2 – Prospective Dividends

3 – Shows year-end EPS but Interim Dividend

4 – Shows Interim EPS but year-end Dividend

EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared. These include:

2005 – Final results for GTI.

2015 – Final results for CJL.

2016 – Interim results for PHI.

2016 – Final Results for HCL and JPS.

2017 – Interim results for DIH, CCI, CBI, DDL, DTC, BTI, GSI, RDL and SPL.

2017 – Final results for DBL and RBL.

As such, some of these EPS calculations are based on un-audited figures.

P/E Ratio: Price/Earnings Ratio = Last Trade Price/EPS

Dividend yield = Dividends paid in the last 12 months/last trade price.