Falling stocks beat rising ones 4 to 1 on TTSE

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday resulted in only 9 securities changing hands compared to 7 on Monday. Market activity ended with only 1 stock that advanced, 4 declined and 4 held firm with 107,398 units being traded at a value of $1,567,701 compared to Monday’s 140,454 shares valued at $1,002,987.
The Composite Index slipped 0.15 point to 1,205.40, the All T&T Index lost 0.29 point to 1,833.09 with its year to date loss at 5.91 percent. The Cross Listed Index remained at 77.20 points with year to date gains of 55.93 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Massy Holdings jumped $1 on the trading of 1,351 shares to close at $52 to be the sole stock rising.
< Strong> Losses| First Citizens Bank closed at $34.55, after falling by 37 cents with 112 shares changing owners, LJ Williams lost 1 cent in closing at 66 cents with 39,168 shares changing hands. Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 24 cents to close at $21.25 with 2,123 shares changing ownership and West Indian Tobacco lost 5 cents to end at $126.90 with 10,000 units changing hands.
Firm Trades | Clico Investments with 87 shares being traded, closed at $22.60, JMMB Group was unchanged at 89 cents with an exchange of 48,223 shares, National Flour traded 45,000 shares at $2.52 and Trinidad Cement closed at $4.25 while trading 9,644 shares.