
Ansa Mcal hits new high on Wednesday.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange bounced sharply at the close of trading on Wednesday as three stocks recorded significant upward price movements to continue its mild bullish trend since late 2019.
Trading ended, with four stocks rising, four declining while 13 closed unchanged, with two stocks ending at 52 weeks’ high. The Composite Index jumped 15.06 points to 1,489.98. The All T&T Index surged 25.40 points to 1,898.11, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.62 points to close at 146.54.
The number of securities trading on Wednesday surged to 21, resulting in an exchange of just 67,094 shares for $1,662,903, compared to 385,720 units amounting to $1,884,774, from 15 trading securities on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of three stocks higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa McAl jumped $4.80 and completed trading of just nine units at a 52 weeks’ high of $60, Endeavour Holdings traded 500 shares and rose 4 cents to close at a record high of $12.54. First Citizens Bank gained 40 cents and settled at $45, with an exchange of 4,626 shares and Republic Financial jumped $3 to a 52 weeks’ high of $135 while trading 1,000 stock units.
Losses| Clico Investments shed 1 cent to end at $27.94, with 8,077 units crossing the exchange, Guardian Holdings dropped 50 cents and ended at $21.50, after exchanging 2,081 shares. JMMB Group lost 4 cents to close at $2.61, with 550 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco fell 20 cents to $41, with an exchange of 1,025 stock units.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded ten shares at $25, Angostura Holdings ended at $16.02, with only four units crossing the exchange, CinemaOne swapped 100 shares at $6.55, First Caribbean International Bank completed trading 200 units at $8. Grace Kennedy ended trading of 2,568 shares at $3.95; Massy Holdings lost 50 cents trading of 1,658 units to close at $61.50, National Enterprises closed at $5.76, after 14,700 shares changed hands, National Flour transferred 3,651 units at $1.36. NCB Financial settled at $11, after exchanging 9,116 shares, Prestige Holdings closed at $8.90, after trading 39 shares, Scotiabank ended at $61, in trading 7,620 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed trading of 10,000 shares at $23.66 and Trinidad Cement ended at $2, with 160 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.

Firm Trades| Angostini’s concluded trading with 2,020 units at $26, Angostura Holdings closed at $16.20, with 20 units crossing the exchange, Ansa McAl settled at $55.20, after exchanging 240 shares, Endeavour Holdings traded 40 shares at $12.50. First Caribbean International Bank settled at $8, with the trading of 3,270 units, Guardian Holdings completed trading of 1,580 shares at $22, Guardian Media closed at $7.50, with investors exchanging 10,000 units. NCB Financial ended at $10.86, with an exchange of 5,000 units, Scotiabank closed at $61, with investors exchanging 1,713 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed trading of 1,614 shares at $23.75 and Trinidad Cement settled at $2, with 96,837 stock units changing hands.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed 2019 with gains for the three leading indices with the All T&T Index gaining nearly 10 percent for the year and reversing five consecutive years’ of decline.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 75 cents in trading 18,298 shares at $24 and West Indian Tobacco added 25 cents and concluded at $41.25, with investors exchanging 1,633 shares.
NCB Financial fell 5 cents and closed at $10.85, with 72,345 units changing hands and Republic Financial ended trading 5 cents lower at $131, after swapping 3,686 shares.
West Indian Tobacco gained $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $41 with investors exchanging more than 9,000 shares as some selling came out.
West Indian Tobacco rose $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $41, with 9,160 changing hands.
NCB Financial closed with an increase of 20 cents and concluded trading of 27,200 stock units at a record high of $11.20. Trinidad Cement rose 15 cents and completed trading with 51,619 units at $1.95 and LJ Williams rose 15 cents and ended at $1.35, with 5,000 stock units trading.


National Flour closed with a loss of 3 cents at $1.65, with investors exchanging 45,750 shares, Scotiabank ended with a loss of 1 cent to settle at $58.74, with 3,142 units trading and Trinidad Cement shed 10 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $2, after the swapping of 6,205 shares.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with trading in 17 securities against 16 on Monday, with 7 advancing, 2 declining and 8 remaining unchanged. 
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with trading in 16 securities against 13 on Friday, with 2 advancing, 2 declining and 12 remaining unchanged.
First Citizens Bank settled at $40.39, with 35 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings ended at $18.10, with 5,842 units crossing the exchange, JMMB Group completed trading of 8,386 units at $2.25. National Flour ended at $1.68 with 3,474 units changing hands, NCB Financial completed trading of 48 units at $10.40, One Caribbean Media settled at $10, with 607 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial ended at $10.20, with an exchange of 1,630 stock units. Scotiabank ended at $58.60, with an exchange of 3,284 units, Trinidad Cement settled at $2.10, trading 2,700 stock units and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $105, with an exchange of 508 stock shares.