First Citizens Bank trades at 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday.
Financial stock prices rose sharply in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, as 15 securities changed hands against 13 on Tuesday, with 4 advancing, 3 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 387,240 shares with a value of $7,802,674 compared to 186,598 shares with a value of $1,863,064 on Tuesday.
At close of the market the, Composite Index jumped 11.36 points on Wednesday to 1,241.47, the All T&T Index gained 10.52 points to 1,708.94, while the Cross Listed Index rose 1.67 points to close at 104.19.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows the market continuing to be weak as it closed with 5 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers, an indication of the continuation of a weak market currently.
Gains| First Citizens gained $1.45 and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $34, after exchanging 6,552 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 25 cents and ended at $5.75, trading 100,000 shares, Scotiabank closed with a gain of 22 cents at $63.23, after exchanging 45,567 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 1 cent and settled at $28.01, with 51,967 units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investments closed with a loss of 14 cents at $20, with 56,523 units, JMMB Group shed 4 cents and completed trading at $1.75, with 20,000 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent and closed at $88.50, with 2,000 stock units traded. 
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings completed trading at $15.72, with 22,002 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank concluded trading at $8.90, after exchanging 62,320 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.30, in exchanging 100 shares, Massy Holdings completed trading at $47.40, with 2,100 stock units changing hands, National Flour concluded market activity at $1.80, after exchanging 2,900 shares, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading at $101.60, with 1,466 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial settled at $7.80, with 13,249 units and Unilever Caribbean ended at $33.50, after exchanging 494 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
