Stocks mostly fall on Trinidad Exchange

The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange declined on Monday, following a decline in the value of stocks trading but with the volume of stocks traded rising 92 percent and the value 73 percent lower than on Friday, resulting in 19 securities trading compared with 18 on Friday, with three stocks rising, nine declining and seven remaining unchanged.
Investors traded 768,020 shares for $2,289,651 compared with 400,984 stock units at $8,637,659 on Friday.
An average of 40,422 units were traded at $120,508 compared to 22,277 shares at $479,870 on Friday. Trading month to date averaging 19,113 shares at $230,408 compared with 17,647 units at $237,975 on the previous day. The average trade for May ended at 23,500 shares at $216,502. The Composite Index dipped 3.45 points to 1,221.18, the All T&T Index fell 9.26 points to 1,875.98, the SME Index remained unchanged at 68.82 and the Cross-Listed Index rallied 0.39 points to close at 72.83.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s remained at $67, with 2 shares changing hands, Angostura Holdings ended at $23.10 after investors ended trading 106 units, Ansa Merchant Bank fell $1 to $48 with an exchange of 20 stock units, Calypso Macro Investment Fund gained $1.05 to close at $21.80 after an exchange of 362 stocks. CinemaOne ended at $7 as investors traded 9 stock units, Endeavour Holdings ended at $12.75 and closed with 500 stocks changing, FirstCaribbean International Bank rallied 4 cents to end at $7.05 as 12,364 shares passed through the market, Guardian Holdings declined 50 cents to $18, with 33,595 units crossing the market. JMMB Group ended at $1.35 while exchanging 450,028 shares, Massy Holdings shed 5 cents in closing at $4.80 with shareholders swapping 6,135 stocks, National Flour Mills popped 9 cents to close at $1.64 in an exchange of 100 units, NCB Financial remained at $2.70 in trading 236,378 stock units. One Caribbean Media dropped 1 cent and ended at $3.79 in an exchange of 22,170 shares, Prestige Holdings dipped 1 cent in closing at $7.99 with investors transferring 4,415 stock units, Republic Financial lost 20 cents to end at $127.80 with a transfer of 1,176 stocks. Scotiabank shed 73 cents in closing at $75.77, with 15 units crossing the exchange Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 60 cents and ended at $17.40, with 420 stock units crossing the market, Unilever Caribbean declined 39 cents to close at $12 in switching ownership of 200 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $12.48 after a transfer of 25 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.