Trading ended on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday with a 52 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded but with a 30 percent drop in value compared to Tuesday, resulting in 17 securities trading down from 21 Tuesday, with prices of six stocks rising, six declining and five remaining unchanged.
Investors traded 342,162 shares for $2,112,627 compared with 225,137 stock units at $3,032,026 on Tuesday.
An average of 20,127 shares were exchanged for $124,272 compared to 10,721 units at $144,382 on Tuesday. Trading for the month to date averaged 10,909 shares at $148,041 compared to 9,739 units at $151,051 on the previous day. The average trade for June amounts to 23,515 shares at $224,325.
The Composite Index inched 0.15 points higher to 1,235.74, the All T&T Index dipped 0.02 points to 1,881.72, the SME Index slipped 0.23 points to 70.01 and the Cross-Listed Index popped 0.05 points higher to 76.19.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling price and three with lower offers.
At the close, Ansa McAl popped 1 cent to $51.01 after 35 shares passed through the market, Calypso Macro Investment Fund dropped 20 cents to end at $21.60 in an exchange of 178 stock units, CinemaOne advanced 50 cents to end at $7.70 with stakeholders exchanging 130 units, Endeavour Holdings dipped 25 cents to close at $12.75 in switching ownership of 78 stocks. First Citizens Group fell 5 cents in ending at $48.05 with an exchange of 1,225 stocks, FirstCaribbean International Bank rallied 5 cents to $7.25 after 84,953 stock units crossed the market, GraceKennedy remained at $3.43 with just one stock clearing the market, L.J. Williams B share ended at $2.80 crossing the exchange 10 shares. Massy Holdings lost 5 cents and ended at $4.85 with shareholders swapping 101,918 shares, National Enterprises popped 7 cents to close at $4 with a transfer of 75,373 stock units, 
National Flour Mills shed 12 cents to close at $1.52 after 788 units were traded. NCB Financial ended at $3.10 with 58,685 stocks being traded, Prestige Holdings closed at $8 after 458 units changed hands, Republic Financial gained 10 cents to end at $127.55 in an exchange of 646 stocks. Scotiabank ended at $75.99, with 1,525 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 30 cents in closing at $17.90, with 10,000 stock units crossing the market and Unilever Caribbean climbed 15 cents to close at $12.25 as investors exchanged 6,159 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
