For the second consecutive day of trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange, the price of Scotiabank share fell by more than a dollar as investors marked the price down, to better reflect the marked fall in results that were reported for the second quarter to April.
The fall in the bank’s price, was the main contributor to the downward movement in the market, on Tuesday. In overall trading, 13 securities changed hands, the price of only 1 stock advanced, 5 declined and 7 traded firm as 454,888 units changed hands, with a value of $11,302,210.
The Composite Index lost 3.34 points to close at 1,155.61, the All T&T Index fell by 6.66 points to close at 1,995.66 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 41.31.
Gains| The only stock increasing in price at the close, is Clico Investment Fund Traded 374,294 shares valued at $8,234,491 and advanced by 49 cents to end at $22.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading, are Republic Bank with 6,513 shares changing hands, valued at $794,288 while losing 4 cents to $121.95, Scotiabank with a volume of 19,286 shares valued at $1,255,336, but dropped $1.01 to close at $64.98, a new 52 weeks low and Trinidad Cement with 4,000 units at 4 cents less, at $1.86.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, ANSA Mcal with 2,000 shares at $66.30, Ansa Merchant Bank with 6,395 shares at $39.11, valued at $250,108, First Citizens traded 9,812 units at $36, with a value of $353,296, Guardian Holdings with 3,500 at $14.30, Massy Group with 2,000 shares, traded at $69, National Enterprises traded 575 units at $18, National Flour Mills with 4,650 shares at $1.05, Scotia Investments with 21,513 shares changing hands for a value of $30,058 and closed at $1.40 and West Indian Tobacco traded 350 units to close at $118.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
Scotiabank pulls down market
August 5, 2014 by
