Trading fell sharply on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, just 497,052 shares changing hands for $5,397,435, from exchanging 11 securities against 17 on Wednesday, when 1,505,311 shares changing hands at a value of $16,484,194.
At the close of the market, the prices of one stock rose, 3 declined while 7 remained unchanged, leading the Composite Index to lose 2.57 points to close at 1,409.15. The All T&T Index shed 2.09 points to 1,764.42, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.42 points to close at 142.82.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund rose 1 cent and concluded trading of 4,200 shares at $24.26.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 2 cents and settled at $41.94, with investors exchanging 6,351 shares JMMB Group lost 15 cents and settled at $2.20, with 219,079 units crossing the exchange and Unilever Caribbean closed with a loss of 25 cents and completed trading 100 shares at $23.75.
Firm Trades| Grace Kennedy settled at $3.44, in trading 1,000 shares, Guardian Holdings ended at $18.50, with 157 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial settled at $10.85 with 116,500 stock units changing hand. Sagicor Financial closed at $10.69, in trading 7,570 stock units, Scotiabank completed trading at $59.35, after exchanging 162 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $22 with an exchange of 141,470 shares and West Indian Tobacco settled at $102.30, after swapping of 463 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.


Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended with 515,411 shares changing hands at a value of $3,304,366, from exchanging 14 securities against 16 on Monday, when 466,784 shares changed hands valued at $4,100,222.
Losses| JMMB Group declined 15 cents and closed at $2.35, with 258,958 units crossing the exchange.
One Caribbean Media shed 2 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.96, after trading 3,800 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost a further 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $23 with exchange 5,139 shares. The decline on Monday brings to the losses for the past three days to $3.84.

Jumping sharply with more than TT$48 million and 2 million shares, trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday activity dropped to more moderate levels on Wednesday. 
A sharp rise in the level of trading resulted in more TT$48 million going after 2 million shares on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday with Clico Investment Fund accounting for more than 90 percent. 
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange experienced a sharp fall-off in the number and volume of shares trading on Monday, with just 10 securities changing hands, down from 17 stocks on Friday.
One Caribbean Media ended 2 cents lower and settled at $9.98, with 100 units changing hands, Point Lisas shares fell 2 cents and closed at $3.58, with 500 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 1 cent in exchanging 680 shares to close at $25.49.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange rose on Friday for the fifth day in a row, with 17 securities changing hands, up from 15 securities on Thursday as trading ended with 8 stocks rising, 2 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. 

