First Citizens dropped 70 cents to a 52 weeks’ low on Thursday.
The slide on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued on Thursday as trading ended with 391,678 shares valued at $4,904,496 changing hands. Trading resulted in 5 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ lows as total of 16 securities traded with 8 falling, 3 gaining while 5 remained unchanged.
The market closed with the Composite Index advanced by 3.57 points to close at 1,133.16, the All T&T Index advanced by 7.17 points to close at 1,812.34 and the Cross Listed Index declined by 0.01 points at 60.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 7 with offers that were lower. The market still reflects signs of weakness with about a third of the listings with no bids to buy.
Gains| National Enterprises closed with 15,111 shares changing hands at $10 after gaining $1, National Flour ended with 25,000 shares changing hands and closed with a gain of 6 cents at $2.06 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $20.10 with a gain of 10 cents as 23,625 units changed hands.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund lost 4 cents to end at $22.56 with 298 shares changing hands, First Citizens had 3,165 shares changing hands with the price declining by 70 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $34, Massy Holdings had 200 shares changing hands with the price declining 1 cent to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $54.87. One Caribbean Media traded 67 shares and fell 5 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $21.70, Republic Financial Holdings dropped 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $111.49 with 176 shares changing hands. 
Sagicor Financial lost 1 cent and closed at $7 with 130,000 units changing hands, Scotiabank closed with 87 shares changing hands, after losing 2 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $57.41 and Trinidad Cement closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.50 with 75,596 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| ANSA McAl added 43,008 shares at $2,709,599 to end at $63, Firstcaribbean International Bank closed at $6.50 with 1,000 units changing hands. Guardian Holdings traded 950 shares at $13.80, JMMB group traded 5,095 shares to close at 59 cents and National Commercial Bank traded 67,600 shares at $2.40.
