Investors pumped more money into trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday but on fewer companies than on Tuesday.
The market closed with 13 securities trading against 17 on Tuesday, leading to 4 advancing, 4 declining and 5 remaining unchanged and ended with one stock closing at a new 52 weeks’ high and one at a low.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.2 points to 1,356.87. The All T&T Index lost 3.61 points to 1,790.97, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.51 points to close at 124.57 as trading ended with 321,326 shares valued at $6,534,620 changing hands compared to 259,784 shares valued at $3,801,902, on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| At the close of the market, Clico Investments rose 5 cents and completed trading of 2,096 units at $23.12, JMMB Group ended trading with 10 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.20, with 14,500 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings added 25 cents to end at $9.75, after exchanging 8,500 shares and Unilever Caribbean rose 5 cents to close $26.30 trading 13,255 units.
Stocks closing with losses| First Citizens Bank closed with a loss of 40 cents, at $38.60 in exchanging 1,173 shares, National Flour shed 3 cents to end at $1.72, trading 83,268 shares, Republic Financial Holdings lost $1.12 to end at $120, with 17,368 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $26, after exchanging 44,347 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund ended at $15.30, with 120 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $3.35, with 151 units, Guardian Holdings settled at $18.50, after exchanging 134,547 shares, Trinidad Cement ended at $2.50, with 1,132 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco settled at $112, after exchanging 869 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.