Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market index slipped slightly on Wednesday as advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones on a ratio of three to one and leaving the market with more highs and lows ahead.
First Citizens Bank hits new high and heading higher.
Trading closed with 14 securities changing hands, compared to 20 on Tuesday, with six gaining, two declining and the prices of six remaining unchanged.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 0.27 points to close at 1,500.67. The All T&T Index erased just 0.03 points to 1,907.99, while the Cross Listed Index edged 0.07 points lower to end at 148.12.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 886,493 shares, amounting to $11,155,264 compared to 81,749 shares valued at $3,862,184 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of six stocks higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank added 15 cents and settled at a record high of $48.15, as investors continue to drive this undervalued stock higher, after exchanging 320 shares. At the close, traders had a bid to buy 5,884 shares at $48.20. First Caribbean International Bank traded 1,000 shares and rose 5 cents to close at $7.90. The stock ended with over 1.4 million units on offer at $7.90. JMMB Group gained 4 cents and ended at $2.74, with investors exchanging 32,199 stock units, National Flour rose 4 cents with 1,283 units changing hands at $1.49. 
One Caribbean Media added 5 cents in transferring 1,000 shares at $8 and Scotiabank ended trading with 18,091 units after rising 27 cents to $61.49.
Losses| NCB Financial lost 4 cents trading 799,112 stock units at $11.25 and Prestige Holdings swapped 385 shares and fell 5 cents to close at $8.90.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment closed at $28.48, with 8,484 units crossing the exchange, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.95, with investors exchanging 500 shares, Guardian Holdings traded 391 units and ended at $22. Point Lisas exchanged 100 shares at $3.55, Republic Financial closed at $142, after trading just 10 stock units, but it finished with a bid of $143 for a mere 15 shares on offer to sell 422 shares at $150, Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 13,915 shares to close at $20.70 after trading as low as $20.47 and ending with the stock on offer at $20.50 and West Indian Tobacco settled at $40, with 9,803 units changing hands and looking a bit weak at the close.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
