Trading was steady on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with an almost equal number of stocks rising and falling, leaving the market indices with modest changes.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 0.13 points to close at 1,510.01. The All T&T Index added 1.72 points to end at 1,928.22, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a decline of 0.27 points to end at 147.48.
The market ended with three stocks gaining, four declining while nine remained unchanged.
Trading resulted in 16 securities changing hands with an exchange of 318,961 shares valued $14,710,897, compared to 484,954 shares for $9,602,347, with 17 securities trading on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of five stocks higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Gainers| Angostura Holdings traded 1,083 shares and rose 5 cents to close at $16.35, Guardian Holdings exchanged 22,175 stock units and rose 4 cents to end at $22.29. National Enterprises gained 14 cents to end at $5.65 with 2,600 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco gained 25 cents and closed at $39.25 while trading 25,030 stock units.
Losers| Endeavour Holdings lost 5 cents after trading 5,600 shares to land at an all-time low of $12.60, JMMB Group shed 5 cents to end at $2.60, with 4,093 stock units crossing the market and
Trinidad & Tobago NGL transferred 38,051 shares and fell 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.25.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl exchanged just 100 shares at $55.55, Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 1,100 shares at $16, Clico Investment closed trading with 34,440 units at $28.60, First Citizens Bank exchanged 996 stock units to settle at $49. National Flour traded 7,087 shares to end at $1.45, NCB Financial exchanged 400 shares at $11.35, Prestige Holdings exchanged 546 at $8.99, Scotiabank had 181,110 units changing hands to end at $62.50 and Republic Financial Holdings traded 150 shares to close at $145.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 3.32 points to close at 1,510.14. The All T&T Index dropped 9.81 points to end at 1,926.50, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a rise of 0.44 points to end at 148.16.
Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 1,840 shares at $16, Clico Investment closed trading with 228,730 units at $28.60, Grace Kennedy traded 1,000 units to close at $3.85. Guardian Holdings traded 18,187 shares to end at $22.25, National Enterprises traded 765 shares to end at $5.51.,NCB Financial traded 5,081 shares at $11.35, Point Lisas traded 194,126 shares at $3.75. Prestige Holdings exchanged 275 at $8.99, Scotiabank traded 10,180 units to end at $62.50, One Caribbean Media close at $7.75 while exchanging 1,100 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed at $39 while trading 300 stock units.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 1.42 points to close at 1,516.20. The All T&T Index gained 0.91 points to end at 1,941.56, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a loss of 0.52 points to end at 147.75.
JMMB Group gained 1 cent to end at $2.70, with investors trading 1,756,480 stock units and Republic Financial Holdings traded 811 shares and gained 26 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $145.01.
Trinidad Cement lost 7 cents to close at $1.85 after exchanging just one stock units and Unilever Caribbean lost 50 cents in trading 100 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $21.
NCB Financial shed 5 cents and closed with 4,278 units crossing the exchange at $11.25, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 10 cents in transferred 31,746 shares to close at $20.90 and West Indian Tobacco fell 10 cents to close at $38.50 while trading 5,403 stock units.
Ansa Merchant Bank dropped $1.95 to close at $36.05 with an exchange of 38 stock units, One Caribbean Media lost 5 cents in transferred 645 shares in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.95. Scotiabank ended trading with 161 units after falling 7 cents to $61.22, Trinidad Cement fell 6 cents in exchanging 2,900 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.89. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 8 cents in trading 4,898 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.70 and Unilever Caribbean fell 4 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $22.01, with investors exchanging 3,004 shares.
The market closed with 15 securities changing hands, compared to 18 on Friday, with three gaining, five declining and the prices of seven remaining unchanged. Two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ high and one at a low.
Losses| Clico Investment lost 3 cents to close at $28.45, with 10,692 units crossing the exchange, First Citizens Bank shed 1 cent and settled at $47, with investors exchanging 2,228 shares, Scotiabank ended trading with 3,885 units after falling 11 cents to $61.29. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 3 cents with 31,407 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.78 and Unilever Caribbean fell 4 cents and ended at $22.01, with investors exchanging 100 shares.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market recorded gains on Friday following Thursday’s increases, even as declining ones outnumbered the number of stocks advancing. 
