1st Quarter Report 2012 Overview Overall trading volume decreased by 78%, while trading value decreased by 93% for the 1st quarter of 2012. The Regular and Put-Through Markets were the two markets to register decreases in trading activity. Regular Market activity fell by 79% in terms of volume and by 94% in value and the Put-Through Market experienced a decreases of 35% and 29% in terms of volume and value respectively. Odd-Lot Market activity showed minor increases of 2% for volume and 3% for value while the total number of trades increased by 1.35% from 446 in 2011 to 452 in 2012. There were also increases in all market indices with the exception of the local index which recorded a minor decrease of 0.18% when compared to its December 31st 2011 figure. All market capitalization measures recorded increases when compared to their respective positions at the close of 2011. It must be noted, however, that the decline in market activity can be attributed to a decrease in the number of significant transactions on the Board of the BSE for the first quarter of 2012. To date there has only been one significant transaction for ANSA McAL (Barbados) Limited. During the first quarter of 2011 AMCL Holdings Limited commenced the purchase of all remaining shares of ANSA McAL (Barbados) Limited while EMERA (Barbados) Holdings No. 2 Incorporated also commenced similar action to purchase all outstanding common shares of Light and Power Holdings Limited; there were a total of 12 significant transactions recorded in the first quarter of 2011. Table 1 – Year to date Statistics
Market
Year-to-Date
Year-to-Date
Year-to-Date
Year-to-Date
% Change
% Change
2012 Volume
2011 Volume
2012 Value
2011 Value
Volume
Value
Regular
2,347,651
11,092,623
$
13,993,341
$
219,324,630
-79%
-94%
Odd-Lot
48,575
47,435
$
222,328
$
214,863
2%
3%
Put - Through
67,960
104,030
$
404,146
$
569,493
-35%
-29%
-
-
$
-
$
-
NA
NA
-
-
$
-
$
-
NA
NA
2,464,186
11,244,088
$
14,619,815
$
220,108,986
-78%
-93%
Junior Block Trade Total