Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 15 securities trading against 15 on Tuesday, with 3 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 8.91 points to 1,400.44. The All T&T Index declined 3.24 points to close at 1,755.85, while the Cross Listed Index shed 2.01 points to close at 141.60.
Trading ended with 375,891 shares valued $4,147,273, compared to 195,765 shares valued $3,121,985 shares on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank closed with an increase of 29 cents and settled at $40.80, with 2,520 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial ended trading of 1,052 stock units with a rise of 3 cents to close at $10.68 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 1 cent in exchanging 3,143 units to close at $25.69.
Losses| Calypso Micro Index Fund lost I cent in trading 200 shares and closed at $15.75, Clico Investment Fund fell 4 cents to end at $24.06, with investors exchanging 29,967 stock units, First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 45 cents and completed trading at $8.55, after exchanging 27,361 shares. Guardian Holdings shed 7 cents and completed trading at $18.35, with 200 units crossing the exchange and Republic Financial dropped $1.19 and ended at $122.06, with 235 shares crossing the exchange.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $35.75, with 26 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $3.40, trading 57,991 units, National Flour completed trading at $1.49, with investors exchanging 20,000 shares. NCB Financial settled at $10.65, after exchanging 230,437 stock units, Scotiabank settled at $59.47, with just 5 units changing hands, Unilever Caribbean closed at $24.50, after exchanging 112 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $105, with investors exchanging 2,642 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.