Investors pushed the two main Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange indices down on Tuesday as losing stocks outnumbered advancing stocks almost three to one.
The market closed with 18 securities trading compared to 22 on Monday, leading to 3 advancing, 8 declining and 7 remaining unchanged and ended with one stock closing at a new 52 weeks’ high and one at a low.
At close of the market, the Composite Index lost 2.38 points to close at 1,356.50. The All T&T Index declined 5.77 points to 1,796.25, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.15 points to close at 123.73 as trading ended with 290,940 shares valued $5,103,109 changing hands, compared to 459,109 shares valued $2,635,399 shares, on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with a higher bid than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks ending with gains| At the close of the market, Clico Investments traded 16,324 units and gained of 25 cents to close at $23.45, NCB Financial Group closed with an increase of 9 cents at $8.45, with 988 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading of 3,319 shares with a rise of 20 cents to $26.75.
Stocks closing with losses| Ansa Mcal fell 5 cents and completed trading of 4,000 units at $55.24, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 10 cents to end at $2, with 193,753 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings shed 20 cents and ended at $54.75, with 21,286 stock units changing hands. National Enterprises lost 5 cents and settled at $6.75, after exchanging 2,020 share,
Republic Financial Holdings lost $1.88 cents to end at $121.12, with 14,369 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial concluded trading of 12,780 units, with a loss of 7 cents to close at $9.15. Scotiabank traded with a loss of 44 cents and settled at $62.56, after exchanging 1,876 shares and West Indian Tobacco fell 2 cents and settled at $110, in exchanging 5,338 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Angostura Holdings ended at $15.80, with 1,932 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $8.35, after exchanging 115 shares, First Citizens closed at $38.50, after exchanging 1,000 shares. Guardian Holdings settled at $18.50, after exchanging 7,584 shares, National Flour ended at $1.72, after trading 1,000 shares, Prestige Holdings concluded at $9.75, after exchanging 2,506 shares and Unilever Caribbean completed trading at $26, with 750 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with 18 securities trading against 11 on Friday, leading to 6 advancing, 5 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Massy Holdings fell 50 cents and completed trading at $55, with 6,690 stock units changing hands. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 50 cents and ended at $26.50, after exchanging 8,210 shares and Unilever Caribbean shed 5 cents and settled at $26.25, with 12,730 units changing hands.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading took place in 17 securities against 12 on Thursday, with 6 advancing, 4 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
shares, Clico Investments shed 3 cents and settled at $23, with 80,145 units, Republic Financial Holdings declined $2.89 to close at $120.11 in trading 3,329 shares and West Indian Tobacco dropped $2 to $110, with 350 stock units changing hands.
trading of 1,625 shares at $10.25, Sagicor Financial closed 16 cents lower and completed trading of 124 shares at $8.74 and Scotiabank concluded trading with a loss of 4 cents at $63.51, with 2,500 stock units changing hands.
West Indian Tobacco recovered the $3 lost on Monday to close back at the 52 weeks’ high of $110 on Tuesday, on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on a day when rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by a big margin.
Sagicor Financial finished trading with a rise of 10 cents to end at $8.90, after exchanging 38,894 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a gain of 10 cents and completed trading 3,405 units at $29.50 and West Indian Tobacco advanced $3 and ended at $110, with 260 stock units changing hands.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday in 18 securities trading compared to 15 on Monday, with 6 advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
shares, JMMB Group ended trading with a loss of 5 cents to close at $1.65, after exchanging 21,200 shares. National Enterprises lost 20 cents and completed trading of 10,000 stock units at $7 and One Caribbean Media fell 10 cents and ended at $10.20, after exchanging 2,900 shares.
Market activity ended on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange with 341,753 shares valued $5,640,590 trading, compared to 95,377 units at a value of $2,477,220 changing hands on Tuesday.
trading at $18, with an exchange of 42,145 units. Sagicor Financial shed 7 cents and ended at $8.61, after exchanging 74,153 shares and West Indian Tobacco lost $1.35 and ended at $97.50, with 707 stock units changing hands.
The volume and value of stocks trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange dived on Wednesday but the number of securities changing hands rose to 20, compared 14 on Tuesday but 7 were for a mere 10 units each. 

$8.79, after exchanging 13,754 shares.
exchanging 692 shares.