Declining stocks clobbered advancers by a wide margin again on Thursday as nearly five stocks fell for every one that rose and pushing all three leading market indices lower, with 488,591 units valued $11,813,231 traded versus 543,204 shares for $18,439,225 on Wednesday.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
At the close, the T&T Composite Index declined by 4.32 points to 1,485.99. The All T&T Index fell 4.58 points to end at 1,901.62, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a decline of 0.55 points at 144.99.
The market closed with two stock rising, nine declining while seven remained unchanged as 18 securities changed hands up from 17 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of five stocks higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
Gainers| Clico Investment exchanged 160,044 shares and rose 5 cents to close at $28.50 and National Enterprises traded 450 units and gained 9 cents to end at $5.60.
Losers| Calypso Macro Index Fund slipped 3 cents trading 200 units and closed at $15.87, First Citizens Bank shed $1.11 in transferring 8,047 stock units to end at $47.05, Guardian Holdings declined by 29 cents to $22, with 21,698 units crossing the market. JMMB Group lost 2 cents to close at $2.10 after exchanging 174,625 shares. Massy Holdings fell 5 cents to $62.95 in transferring 49,769 shares, One Caribbean Media slid 25 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $7.25, with 5,000 stock units crossing the market, Prestige Holdings lost 3 cents trading 500 units and closed at $9. Republic Financial declined by $1 to $144 in transferring 16,440 shares and 
Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 7,950 stock units and dropped $1.50 to end at the lowest price of $17 since the stock was listed, in 2015.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings exchanged 663 stock units at $16.25, Ansa McAL traded 200 shares at $55.50, Grace Kennedy transferred 7,429 units at $3.75, National Flour closed at $1.47, with 100 units crossing the market. Scotiabank ended at $62.52, with 1,000 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement traded 30,368 shares at $1.75 and West Indian Tobacco exchanged 4,108 stock units at $38.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
