Massy Holdings led trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, taking 32.5 percent of the volume of stocks traded as Republic Financial climbed $2 to lead the market. Trading finished with a 41 percent drop in the volume traded, while the value jumped 200 percent over that on Tuesday. The market closed with an exchange of 17 securities, down from 23 on Tuesday and ended with the prices of three stocks rising, five declining and nine ending firm.
The market closed with trading of 226,906 shares for $7,360,981, with the volume declining from 385,821 stock units, while the value climbed over $2,456,283 on Tuesday.
An average of 13,347 shares were traded at $432,999 compared to 16,775 stock units at $106,795 on Tuesday. Trading for the month to date averages 11,645 shares at $136,575 compared with 11,558 units at $121,488 on the previous day and an average for October of 34,584 shares at $266,203.
The Composite Index dropped 2.62 points to 947.64, the All T&T Index shed 5.43 points to end at 1,369.80, the SME Index remained at 96.18 and the Cross-Listed Index rallied 0.06 points to 69.38.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the conclusion of trading, on Wednesday, Agostini ended at $62.40 with 75 shares passing through the market, Ansa McAl closed at $43.50 after trading of 2,220 stock units, AS Bryden declined by 13 cents to $1.85 with 2,853 shares crossing the exchange. CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $8.30 after trading of 17,623 units, First Citizens Group gained 75 cents to finish at $35 as investors exchanged 2,530 stocks, Guardian Holdings remained at $14.45 with 827 shares crossing the market. JMMB Group dipped 4 cents to 76 cents in an exchange of 3,478 stocks, Massy Holdings remained at $3.60 with investors trading 66,871 shares, Medcorp ended at $48 after traders cleared the market of a mere 2 stock units. National Flour Mills ended at $1.50 with investors dealing in 5,074 shares, Point Lisas remained at $4 after a transfer of 542 units, 
Prestige Holdings popped 48 cents and ended at $14 with investors trading 250 stocks. Republic Financial rallied $2 to $104 after an exchange of 38,699 stock units, Scotiabank fell 44 cents to finish at $44.85 with investors swapping 45,765 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 3 cents and ended at $2.92 after an exchange of 934 units. Unilever Caribbean ended at $18 with 36,571 stocks crossing the market and West Indian Tobacco lost 15 cents to close at $2.85 with a transfer of 2,592 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 135,644 shares for $573,594 after rising from just 67,273 stock units at $620,755 on Friday.
AS Bryden remained at $1.98 with the trading of 505 stocks, CIBC Caribbean Bank dipped by just 1 cent to close trading at $8.29 after an exchange of 486 units, Endeavour Holdings ended at $18.50 with a transfer of 272 stocks. Eric Solis Marketing closed at $3.99 with investors dealing in 5 units, First Citizens Group sank 85 cents to $33.40 with 1,282 shares changing hands, Guardian Holdings gained 19 cents to close at $14.50 with investors trading 172 stock units. JMMB Group remained at 75 cents after switching ownership of 66,557 shares, Massy Holdings rose 5 cents in closing at $3.60 with traders dealing in 21,839 units, Medcorp climbed $3.44 to finish at $51.50 as investors exchanged 25 stocks. National Enterprises lost 14 cents and ended at $1.65 with 101 stocks passing through the market, National Flour Mills popped 5 cents to $1.55 after an exchange of 15,587 shares, NCB Financial rallied 2 cents to close at $1.93 with investors swapping 5,999 units. 
Republic Financial shed $1 to finish at a 52 weeks low of $104 after an exchange of 749 stock units, Scotiabank increased 11 cents in closing at $45.10 following trading of 2,787 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL advanced 5 cents to end at $2.95 with an exchange of 6,831 shares. Trinidad Cement fell 2 cents to a 52 weeks low of $1.86 with 5,962 units crossing the market, Unilever Caribbean remained at $18 after a transfer of 4,056 stocks and West Indian Tobacco ended at $3 with 1,700 units crossing the exchange.
The market closed with trading in 256,522 shares for $2,069,104, with a slide from 331,499 stock units at $2,761,359 on Tuesday.
Ansa McAl remained at $40 with 1,469 stock units passing through the market, Ansa Merchant Bank remained at $31.45 with investors trading 9 stocks. AS Bryden gained 7 cents and ended at a 52 weeks high of $1.87 in an exchange of 15 shares, CIBC Caribbean Bank fell 2 cents to finish at $8.28 after trading of 1,010 stock units, First Citizens Group rose $1.50 in closing at $34.50 with 2,015 shares clearing the market. GraceKennedy ended at $3.51 with investors trading 1,388 units, JMMB Group fell 4 cents to finish at a 52 weeks low of 75 cents with an exchange of 13,806 stocks, Massy Holdings skidded 2 cents and ended at a 52 weeks low of $3.58 with 31,074 stock units crossing the market. National Enterprises ended at $1.54 with traders dealing in 18,208 shares, National Flour Mills slipped 3 cents to end at $1.52 in an exchange of 8,974 stock units, 
NCB Financial remained at $1.93 with 154,400 stock units crossing the market. Republic Financial rallied 99 cents to $105.99 with a transfer of 8,691 stock units, Scotiabank dropped $1.10 and ended at a 52 weeks low of $44.90 after an exchange of 10,136 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 10 cents to end at $2.90 with 1,800 stock units crossing the exchange. Unilever Caribbean shed 35 cents in closing at $18 with investors dealing in 2,177 shares and West Indian Tobacco remained at $3 after an exchange of 600 stock units.
An average of 3,770 shares were traded at $63,367 after it declined sharply from the 13,024 units at $138,942 on Friday, with trading month to date averaging 11,868 shares at $142,341 compared with 12,641 units at $149,882 on the prior trading day and an average for October of 34,584 shares at $266,203. 
CIBC Caribbean Bank fell 1 cent in closing at $8.34 with investors trading 816 stocks, Endeavour Holdings remained at $18.50, with 10 units clearing the market, First Citizens Group dropped $3 to close at a 52 weeks low of $32 in trading 7,164 stocks. GraceKennedy rose 4 cents to close at $3.49 in an exchange of 24,999 units, JMMB Group ended at 76 cents with traders dealing in 80 shares, Massy Holdings remained at $3.45 after closing with 7,776 stock units changing hands. National Enterprises sank 25 cents to close at a 52 weeks low of $1.54 in trading 797 shares, National Flour Mills ended at $1.55 with 6,000 stocks changing hands, One Caribbean Media rallied 22 cents to finish at a 52 weeks high of $1.77, as brokers traded 647 stock units. Point Lisas remained at $4 with a transfer of 5,200 stock units, 
Republic Financial ended at $105.44 with investors dealing in 7,249 shares, Scotiabank remained at $47 with 427 stocks crossing the exchange. Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 20 cents in closing at $2.95 with investors trading 5,837 units, Trinidad Cement ended at $1.88 after a transfer of 3,402 stock units, Unilever Caribbean popped 51 cents to finish at $16.03 as traders switched ownership of 500 shares and West Indian Tobacco slipped 24 cents to a 52 weeks low of $3 with investors swapping 100 units.
At the close of the market, Agostini skidded $1.11 to close at $61.39 in an exchange of 100 shares, Ansa McAl sank $1 to $41 with 2 stock units crossing the market, AS Bryden dropped 18 cents to finish at $1.80 with investors trading 6,550 shares. Calypso Macro Investment Fund climbed 14 cents to end at $23.14 after closing with an exchange of 1,873 stocks, CIBC Caribbean Bank sank 4 cents to end at $8.30 with investors swapping 2,000 units, First Citizens Group rose 3 cents in closing at $33.92 after brokers transferred 12,335 stocks. GraceKennedy rallied 4 cents to $3.49 with traders switching ownership of 1,140 shares, Guardian Media remained at 73 cents after an exchange of 3 units, JMMB Group ended at 81 cents with a transfer of 1,618 stock units. Massy Holdings ended at $3.45 with 2,011 shares crossing the market, 
National Enterprises slipped 1 cent and ended at $1.79 with an exchange of 5,802 stock units, Prestige Holdings fell 32 cents to close at $13.25 in trading 927 stocks. Republic Financial remained at $105 with 2,305 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank ended at $47, with 1,404 shares crossing the exchange, Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 10 cents in closing at $2.95 with investors trading in 20,764 units. Unilever Caribbean remained at $13.50 after an exchange of 95 stocks and West Indian Tobacco ended at $3.24 with investors trading 910 stock units.
The market closed with trading of 458,340 shares for $2,149,060, after soaring from 94,939 stock units at $1,455,792 on Tuesday.
AS Bryden fell 2 cents to end at $1.98 with traders swapping 23 units, Calypso Macro Investment Fund dropped 50 cents to finish at $23 in trading of 836 shares, Endeavour Holdings remained at $18.50 after an exchange of 50 units. Eric Solis Marketing ended at $3.99 with investors dealing in just one stock, First Citizens Group rose $1.39 to $33.89 with trading of 2,634 shares, GraceKennedy gained 15 cents and ended at $3.45 with 75,140 stock units passing through the market. Guardian Holdings popped 35 cents to end at $14.35 with traders dealing in 20,000 shares, Guardian Media remained at 73 cents in an exchange of 4,070 stocks, JMMB Group lost 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks low of 81 cents after trading of 711 units. L.J. Williams A share ended at 22 cents with 24,350 stock units crossing the market, Massy Holdings slipped 5 cents in closing at a 52 weeks low of $3.45 with an exchange of 319,712 shares, 
National Enterprises remained at $1.80 as 2,546 units crossed the market. National Flour Mills ended at $1.56 in an exchange of 413 stocks, Republic Financial jumped $4 to close at $105 with investors swapping 3,281 stock units, Scotiabank remained at $47 after an exchange of 205 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $2.85 with 500 stock units clearing the market, Trinidad Cement ended at $1.88 after traders transferred 1,500 stock units, Unilever Caribbean remained at $13.50 as investors exchanged 263 stock units and West Indian Tobacco fell 31 cents to finish at a 52 weeks low of $3.24 with 1,810 shares changing hands.
An average of 4,747 shares were traded at $72,790 below 7,969 units at $29,129 on Monday, with trading month to date averaging 12,397 shares valued at $171,866 versus 13,694 units at $188,659 on the previous day and an average for October of 34,584 shares at $266,203.
Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $31.45 with brokers trading 9 units, AS Bryden advanced 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks high of $2, following trading of 25,428 stocks, CIBC Caribbean Bank dipped 1 cent to $8.34 with 339 units crossing the market. First Citizens fell $1.50 to end at a 52 weeks low of $32.50 after an exchange of 1,136 stocks, GraceKennedy dipped 1 cent to end at $3.30 with traders dealing in 21,084 shares, Massy Holdings sank 6 cents in closing at a 52 weeks low of $3.50 with 14,510 stock units crossing the market. Medcorp rose 50 cents and ended at $49.50 in trading 20 shares, National Enterprises ended at $1.80, with 505 shares clearing the market, National Flour Mills climbed 4 cents to close at $1.56, with traders exchanging 5,026 units. NCB Financial popped 6 cents to $1.89 with 7,895 stock units passing through the market, Prestige Holdings slipped 3 cents to finish at $13.57 with investors swapping 1,451 shares, Republic Financial increased 93 cent
s and ended at $101 after a transfer of 6,860 stocks. Scotiabank dipped 1 cent in closing at a 52 weeks low of $47 as investors exchanged 820 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL remained at $2.85 with traders switching ownership of 500 stock units, Trinidad Cement rallied 3 cents to close at $1.88 with investors trading 363 shares. Unilever Caribbean skidded 5 cents to a 52 weeks low of $13.50 in an exchange of 389 stock units and West Indian Tobacco fell 5 cents and ended at a 52 weeks low of $3.55, with investors dealing in 1,540 units.
The market closed with a 72 percent drop following trading, of 151,420 shares, with a 90 percent fall in value to $553,458, down from 538,047 stock units at $5,285,685 on Friday.
At the close, Agostini ended at $64.75 in switching ownership of mere three shares, Angostura Holdings climbed 30 cents to $13.05 in trading 23 stock units, Ansa McAl fell $2.25 to finish at a 52 weeks low of $40.75 as investors traded 4,265 shares. Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $31.45 with a mere one unit crossing the market, AS Bryden ended at $1.99 after traders transferred 657 stocks, Calypso Macro Investment Fund remained at $23.50 with traders dealing in 5 units. First Citizens Group increased $3 to $34 in an exchange of 2,252 shares, Guardian Holdings dipped 2 cents and ended at a 52 weeks low of $14 after closing, with an exchange of 4,413 stock units, JMMB Group lost 6 cents to close at 82 cents with brokers trading 49,919 stocks. L.J. Williams B share remained at $1.18 with a mere one share changing hands, Massy Holdings popped 1 cent in closing at $3.56 in trading 5,933 stock units, 
National Enterprises ended at $1.80 after traders exchanged 500 units. National Flour Mills dropped 9 cents to $1.52 with investors trading 51,000 stock units, NCB Financial ended at $1.83 with 26,000 units crossing the exchange, Republic Financial shed $6.55 in closing at a 52 weeks low of $100.07 with investors dealing in 209 stocks. Scotiabank declined 24 cents and ended at a 52 weeks low of $47.01 in an exchange of 357 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL sank 9 cents to finish at $2.85 with investors swapping 3,994 stock units, Unilever Caribbean remained at $13.55 after brokers exchanged 41 shares and West Indian Tobacco remained at $3.60 with a transfer of 1,847 stocks.
At the close, Agostini fell $2.25 to $64.75 in trading 6 shares, Angostura Holdings ended trading at $12.75 with a transfer of 40 units, Ansa McAl rallied $1 in closing at $43 after closing with an 1,000 shares being traded. AS Bryden ended at $1.99, with 500 stock units clearing the market, CIBC Caribbean Bank rose $1.15 and ended at $8.35 with investors swapping 25,030 stocks, Endeavour Holdings ended at $18.50 after an exchange of 250 shares. First Citizens Group shed $2.75 and ended at a 52 weeks low of $31 in trading 17,879 stock units, GraceKennedy gained 1 cent to finish at $3.31, with 50 units crossing the market, Guardian Holdings remained at $14.02 with traders dealing in 1,957 stocks. Guardian Media remained at 73 cents in an exchange of 50 shares, Massy Holdings popped 5 cents in closing at $3.55 with investors dealing in 454,464 stock units, 
National Enterprises ended at $1.80 in switching ownership of 1,000 units. National Flour Mills remained at $1.61, 5,001 stocks crossing the exchange, Prestige Holdings sank 15 cents to finish at a 52 weeks low of $13.60 with investors trading 53 shares, Republic Financial jumped $3.62 and ended at $106.62 after an exchange of 26,230 stocks. Scotiabank dipped 60 cents to end at a 52 weeks low of $47.25 with investors trading 101 units, Unilever Caribbean ended at $13.55 with an exchange of 500 stock units and West Indian Tobacco ended at $3.60, with 3,936 shares changing hands.