The number of securities trading on Wednesday, dropped to 15 against 19 on Tuesday in market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange.
The market ended with, with 3 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 11 remaining unchanged leading to slippage in the market indices.
At close the Composite Index slipped 0.94 points on Wednesday to 1,270.69, the All T&T Index declined 1.87 points to 1,704.38while Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 112.94.
Market activity ended with 104,073 shares with a value of $1,505,785 traded, compared to 283,492 shares with a value of $2,826,809 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens rose 4 cents and completed trading at $32.10, with 1,325 shares changing hands, Scotiabank added 20 cents and ended with $61.51, with 10,652 stock units changing hands. Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a gain of 2 cents and concluded trading at $26.78, with 6,986 units changing hands. Trinidad Cement rose 1 cent to complete trading at $3.75, in exchanging 45,657 shares and Unilever Caribbean gained of 1 cent and finished at $29, trading 1,319 shares.
Losses| Ansa Mcal share price fell 1 cent and ended at $60, with 461 units and Massy Holdings shed 1 cent to finish at $47.49, with 500 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant Bank concluded trading at $40, trading 2,072 shares, but trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $40.20, finished at $20.50, with 4,417 units, Clico Investments completed trading at $20.50, with 731 units changing hands, Grace Kennedy finished at $3.50, with 2,799 units trading, JMMB Group concluded trading at $1.85, with 6,259 stock units changing hands. National Flour ended with $1.95, trading 500 shares. Point Lisas finished at $3.81, with 1,222 units, Sagicor Financial completed market activity at $7.82, with 22,972 units and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $88.50, with 618 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.