The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with the three main market indices declining, as the numbers of declining and advancing stocks were equal.
The market closed with 14 securities trading similar to Wednesday, leading to 4 advancing, 4 declining and 6 remaining unchanged as 331,800 shares valued $5,963,334 changed hands, compared to 200,941 shares valued $3,739,120 from 18 securities trading on Tuesday.
At close of the market, the Composite Index shed 1.72 points to close at 1,358.72. The All T&T Index lost 0.84 points to 1,799.28, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.36 points to close at 123.92.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with three stocks with higher bids than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| First Citizens gained 5 cents and ended at $39.30, after exchanging 2,123 shares, Republic Financial Holdings added $1 and completed trading of 576 stock units at $121. Sagicor Financial rose 5 cents to $9.55, with 3,563 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco finished trading with a rise of $1.73 at $112, after exchanging 65 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Guardian Holdings closed 
with a loss of 4 cents at $18.45, after exchanging 3 shares, NCB Financial Group fell 5 cents and completed trading of 132,200 stock units at $8.45, Point Lisas shed 8 cents to end at $3.62, after exchanging 102,128 shares and Scotiabank dropped 1 cent and closed at $62.59, after trading 22,452 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Clico Investments settled at $24.50, with 5,692 units crossing the exchange, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.35, after exchanging 4,360 shares, JMMB Group completed trading with 1,000 stock units at $2.05. Massy Holdings closed at $54.95, with 39,712 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $29, in exchanging 17,923 shares and Unilever Caribbean settled at $25.30, trading just 3 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.