Price changes at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange were small leading to modest movement in the market indices on Wednesday.
At the close, the Composite Index inched 0.77 points higher to 1,404.78, the All T&T Index shed 0.01 points to 1,747.22, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.21 points to close at 144.03 as 270,524 shares traded amounting to $12,714,020, compared to 459,866 shares at $6,026,691 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with 14 securities trading against 16 on Tuesday, with 2 advancing, 5 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 3 stocks closing with bids higher than the last selling prices and none with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 5 cents and settled at $2.15, after exchanging 6,525 shares and Sagicor Financial rose 1 cent and ended at $10.21, with 5,659 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund fell 10 cents and completed trading at $24, with 2,968 units, First Citizens Bank closed with a loss of 5 cents at $40.10, swapping of 3,430 shares, Massy Holdings ended with a loss of 1 cent at $54.50, with 222,065 stock units trading. 
National Enterprises shed 14 cents and settled at $5.76, with 2,848 units crossing the exchange and West Indian Tobacco dipped 58 cents and completed trading of 42 units at $104.32.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $35.75, swapping of 90 shares, Guardian Holdings settled at $18.16, with 785 units changing hands, National Flour concluded at $1.57, with 1,413 units, NCB Financial ended at $10.55, with 9,829 units crossing the exchange. Point Lisas concluded at $3.60, swapping of 9,155 shares, Republic Financial completed trading at $121.85, after exchanging 65 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanging 5,650 units to close at $25.50.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed higher on the first trading day of October following the big gains of more than 4,700 points on Monday to close out September. 
Portland JSX lost 50 cents, in closing at $8 with 5,000 units changing hands, Sagicor Group dropped $3 to settle at $70 in trading 38,663 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 50 cents in trading 5,750 units at $11, Salada Foods closed 35 cents higher at $32, exchanging 15,000 shares. Scotia Group lost $1.40 to end at $61 with 30,034 shares changing hands, Seprod ended the day’s trade $1 higher to settle at $56 in trading 22,594 shares and Wisynco gained 49 cents to end at $23.99, after trading 86,977 shares. In the Preference segment, Eppley 7.5% lost 50 cents in trading 58,400 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.
The trend of a large number of stocks rising at the end of one month, followed by falling prices at the start of the next, was evident at the end of September and October on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Honey Bun ended with a loss of $1 at $6 with 73,900 stock units changing hands, iCreate ended trading with 10,000 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at 72 cents, Indies Pharma ended with 79,613 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 2 cents to end at $3.32. Jetcon Corporation closed 20 cents higher at $2.20, with 83,296 stock units trading, Lasco Distributors dipped 30 cents in trading of 23,246 units at $3.55. Lasco Manufacturing closed with a loss of 10 cents at $5.40, in swapping of 20,753 shares, Limners and Bards lost 22 cents in exchanging of 201,729 units at $2.75 and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped by 81 cents to settle at $11.59. In the junior market preference segment, Paramount Trading close with a loss of 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.05 after swapping of 500 shares.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed the first day of October on a positive note with 16 securities trading against 17 on Monday, resulting in 8 gaining, 1 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. 
Sagicor Financial closed with an increase of 5 cents to settle at $10.20, after trading 22,363 shares, Trinidad Cement rose 4 cents and settled at $2.04, with 4,000 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL recovered 50 cents exchanging 6,900 units to close at $25.50.
