Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with trading in 16 securities against 15 on Wednesday, with just one advancing, 5 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index shed 3.17 points on to 1,404.75. The All T&T Index fell 0.98 points to 1,753.49, while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.74 points to close at 143.14.
Trading ended with 373,409 shares at a value of $17,808,818, compared to 175,816 shares for $2,075,581 shares on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 3 stocks closing with the bids higher than the last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings gained 5 cents and concluded trading at $16.05, with investors exchanging 13,003 shares.
Losses| Massy Holdings dropped 44 cents and concluded at $54.01, with investors trading 277,001 shares, NCB Financial declined 15 cents and ended at $10.35, with 3,542 stock units changing hands. Point Lisas fell 10 cents and concluded at $3.62, with 650 units crossing the exchange, Scotiabank ended with a loss of 9 cents to settle at $58.65, with the trading of 27,931 units and West Indian Tobacco fell 1 cent to $105.99, with an exchange of 5,431 units.
Firm Trades| Ansa Mcal ended at $55, after exchanging 35 shares, Calypso Macro Index Fund traded just 1,000 shares in closing at $15.50, Clico Investment Fund settled at $24.15, with 2,365 stock units changing hands, First Citizens Bank ended at $40.15, in swapping of 3,282 shares, JMMB Group settled at $2.20, with 8,433 stock units changing hands. Prestige Holdings ended at $8.10, with 100 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial completed trading at $121.85, with 108 stock units trading, Sagicor Financial settled at $10.21, in moving 3,571 shares and Trinidad Cement settled at $2, with 24,500 stock units trading and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 2,457 units to close at $26.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
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. 
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange rose above Friday’s level with 646,364 shares valued $5,954,527 crossing the exchange compared to just 181,380 shares valued $4,101,034 Friday. 
Sagicor Financial fell 25 cents and ended at $10.20, with 80,456 units changing hands. Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 21,214 units and lost 1 cent to close at $24.50 and West Indian Tobacco fell 41 cents and settled at $105, after swapping of 100 shares.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange dropped sharply below Thursday’s level with 181,380 shares valued $4,101,034 crossing the exchange compared to 204,580 shares valued $2,106,628 Thursday.
Grace Kennedy lost 1 cent trading 1,000 shares to close at $3.29, Guardian Holdings share fell 1 cent and completed trading of 61,742 units at $18.01 and JMMB Group shed 1 cent to end at $2.24 with 500 shares crossing the exchange.
One Caribbean Media shed 9 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ low of $10.01, after exchanging 41 shares. Scotiabank shed 50 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ low of $58.50, with 6,813 stock units trading and West Indian Tobacco dropped 45 cents and concluded at $105.55, with 1,588 units crossing the exchange.
Guardian Media closed with a loss of 41 cents and settled at a 5 year’s low of $8.99, after exchanging 1,000 shares. NCB Financial shed 9 cents and completed trading of 15,892 shares at $10.01. Point Lisas declined 18 cents and ended at $3.75, with an exchange of 1,000 stock units, Republic Financial lost 43 cents and settled at $121.32, with 931 stock units changing hands and Sagicor Financial closed trading of 18,037 units with a loss of 5 cents to finish at $10.45.
JMMB Group finished trading 26,000 shares and gained 3 cents to end at $2.15 and Sagicor Financial concluded trading of 33,089 shares after rising 10 cents in closing at $10.45.
An unusually high number of securities were active on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday and led to the market indices falling.
First Citizens Bank closed with a loss of 1 cent to settle at $40, with an exchange of 2,537 units and Unilever Caribbean fell 1 cent and ended at $24, with 328 units crossing the exchange.