No end to TTSE slide – Tuesday

The slide on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued on Tuesday as trading ended with 891,703 shares valued at $8,121,426 changing hands. A total of 16 securities traded with 5 falling, 8 gaining while 3 remained unchanged. Two stocks closed at a 52 weeks’ low.
The market closed with the Composite Index declined by 3.31 points to close at 1,135.45, the All T&T Index fell by 7.61 points to close at 1,816.51 and the Cross Listed Index rose 14 points to 60.35.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 9 with offers that were lower. More telling is the fact that about a third of the listings, have no bids to buy, a clear sign of a weakness.
Gains| Clico Investments Fund ended with a volume of 19,110 shares valued at $430,977 to end with a gain of 1 cent at $22.56, Guardian Holdings ended trading 54,007 shares valued at $751,021 but rose 15 cents to close at $13.95, JMMB Group contributed 348,525 shares but gained 3 cents in closing at 60 cents. National Flour ended with 707 shares changing hands and closed with a gain of 5 cents at $2, Point Lisas closed with 6,532 shares trading 5 cents higher at $4.05. Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 202,800 shares valued at $1,415,578 changing hands to end with a rise of 1 cent at $6.99, Scotia Investments contributed 197 shares, gained 6 cents to close at $1.81 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL ended trading 26,838 shares valued at $511,789 but rose 2 cents to end at $19.08.
Losses| Ansa McAl traded 20,200 shares valued at $1,270,570 but lost 50 cents to close at a new 52 weeks low of $62.85, First Citizens traded 10,029 shares with a value of $347,991 but lost 4 cents to end at $34.70. National Enterprises closed with 8,462 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.49 after falling by 51 cents, Republic Financial Holdings dropped 19 cents to close at $112 with 13,447 shares valued at $1,506,251 changing hands and West Indian Tobacco traded 3,300 shares valued $416,691 but lost 1 cent in ending at $126.27.
Firm Trades| Firstcaribbean International Bank closed at $6.50 with 171,500 units valued at $1,114,750 changing hands, Grace Kennedy traded 5,397 shares to end at $5.20 and Guardian Media traded 652 shares with the price remaining at $19.75.