Falling prices resume on TTSE – Tuesday

Prices mostly slipped in trading on Tuesday as more securities were active in trading than on Monday. The market closed with 14 active securities changing hands and ended with 1 stock rising, 4 declining while 9 remaining unchanged, as 405,952 shares valued at $3,302,930 changed hands. The market ended with 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ lows.
The Composite Index inched down by 0.49 points to close at 1,108.39, the All T&T Index declined by 0.98 points to close at 1,763.23 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 60.29.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling prices and 7 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Guardian Holdings lead with 135,215 shares changing hands for a value of $1,761,417 and gained 1 cents to end at $13.03.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 10 cents to a 52 week’ low of $29.90, with 5,000 changing hands, One Caribbean Media traded 1,000 shares but declined by 17 cents to $21.30. Point Lisas lost 12 cents in trading 10,988 shares, to close at $3.82 and Scotiabank ended with just 18 units trading at a new 52 weeks’ low of $53.95 after shedding 5 cents.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund traded 18,217 shares valued at $411,755 to close at $22.60, Firstcaribbean International Bank closed at $6.51 with 475 shares traded, JMMB Group closed at 65 cents, with 64,427 shares changing hands, National Commercial Bank traded 80,828 shares to end at $2.35. National flour closed at $2.20 as 10,357 shares changed hands, Sagicor Financial closed with 8,760 units changing hands at $7.15, Praetorian Property Mutual Fund traded 50,000 units at $2.70, Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 20,222 units valued at $404,440 to close at $20 and West Indian Tobacco traded 445 shares to close at $126.36.