Securities trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, slipped from 15 on Tuesday to 13, with increased volume but with a lower value as the market closed with 2 stocks ending at 52 weeks’ highs.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 2,054,838 shares at $8,221,178 crossing the market, compared to 728,969 shares valued at $9,898,339 changing hands on Tuesday.
At close of the market, with 5 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 6 remaining unchanged, leading the Composite Index down 0.59 points to 1,329.05. The All T&T Index lost 0.84 points to 1,763.95, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.05 points to close at 120.66.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, stocks ending trading with gains| Clico Investments gained 50 cents and settled at $22, with 4,500 stock units changing hands, First Citizens rose 5 cents rise to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $35.70, after exchanging 2,100 shares. Grace Kennedy finished 2 cents higher and settled at $3.27, with 1,977,217 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL jumped 75 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $31, with 32,311 units and Trinidad Cement added 3 cents and ended at $2.55, after exchanging 33 shares.
Stocks closing losses| Massy Holdings concluded trading with a loss of $1.25 cents at $53.50, after exchanging 5,910 shares and NCB Financial Group traded 2,188 shares with a loss of 10 cents to end at $8.25.
Stocks closing firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 1,100 shares to close at $14.45, Angostura Holdings settled at $15.80, with 13,956 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings concluded trading of 1,088 units at $18.25. JMMB Group completed trading at $1.80, after exchanging 11,650 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $8.80, after exchanging 2,510 units and Unilever Caribbean completed trading at $26, after exchanging 275 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.