The number of securities trading on Tuesday jumped to 19 against 11 on Monday in market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange.
The market ended with, with 3 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 11 remaining unchanged leading to slippage in the market indices. The market slippage belies an underlying tone of strength for a number of securities that seem poised to rise, in the trading days ahead.
At close the Composite Index slipped 2.92 points on Tuesday to 1,271.63, the All T&T Index declined 0.79 points to 1,706.25, while Cross Listed Index eased just 0.69 points to end at 112.94.
Market activity ended with 283,492 shares with a value of $2,826,809 traded, compared to 137,895 shares with a value of $2,265,920 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens rose 5 cents and completed trading at $32.06, with a mere 80 shares changed hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a gain of 16 cents and concluded trading at $26.76, with 3,841 units and West Indian Tobacco gained 1 cent and closed at $88.50, with 2,287 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Angostura Holdings traded with a loss of 3 cents and ended at $15.67, with 17,096 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings fell 25 cents and ended at $17 trading 17,500 shares, NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of 10 cents to conclude trading at $6.50, in exchanging 55,295 shares, Prestige Holdings shed 30 cents and completed trading 2,140 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $10.00, and Trinidad Cement lost 1 cent and ended at $3.74, trading 13,129 shares.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments finished at $20.50, with 4,417 units, First Caribbean International Bank finished at $9.30, trading 85,032 shares, Grace Kennedy concluded trading at $3.50, with 61,815 units, JMMB Group completed at $1.85, with 1,000 stock units changing hands., LJ Williams B share ended with at 70 cents, trading 5,000 shares. Massy Holdings finished at $47.50, with 5,151 stock units changing hands. National Enterprises completed trading at $9.67, with 120 units, National Flour finished at $1.95, trading 1,450 shares, Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading at $101.50, with 588 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.82, with 5,029 units and Unilever Caribbean finished at $28.99, trading 2,522 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 10 cents and finished at $26.61, with 1,900 units.
Firm Traded| Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40, trading 2,434 shares trading, First Citizens finished at $32.01, trading 150 shares trading, National Enterprises close at $9.67, with 6,168 units, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.60, trading 30,700 shares trading, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $101.50, with 41,534 stock units changing hands. Sagicor Financial finished at $7.90, with 5,145 units, Trinidad Cement ended at $3.75, trading 46,495 shares trading and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $88.51, with 3,131 stock units changing hands.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continues to show some signs that prices of most stocks will likely move higher. On Monday, 14 securities changed hands against 15 on Monday, with the prices of just 2 advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged. 
Unilever Caribbean shares fell 1 cent, in concluding trading at $28.99, with an exchange of 79 shares.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continues to show some signs that prices of most stocks will likely move higher. On Monday, 15 securities changed hands against 16 on Friday, with the prices of 6 advancing, 1 declining and 8 remaining unchanged. 
Prestige Holdings rose by 1 cent to finished at $10.50, trading 17,643 shares and Scotiabank jumped $1.85 and finished at a 52 weeks’ high of $63, with 1,000 stock units changing hands.
One Caribbean Media share fell 85 cents and finished with $13.15, with 523 stock units, Trinidad Cement closed with a fall of 10 cents at $3.75, trading 300 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished 48 cents lower at $88.50, with 1,204 stock units.
Trading activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange may be getting a lift with the price of oil on the world market having risen to the $60 region, this seems to be helping the market to exhibit more positive tones since the start of the year. 
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank lost 15 cents and finished at $9.15, trading 9,000 shares valued at $3,900,425.
West Indian Tobacco dropped $5 and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $85, with 734 stock units trading.
National Enterprises finished trading with a gain 1 cent and concluded at $9.79, with 2,790 units, National Flour closed with an increase of 8 cents and ended with $1.99, trading 73,529 shares, Scotiabank closed with a rise of 99 cents and finished at $61, with 2,418 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 50 cents to end at $26.50, with 44,283 units, with a value of $1,165,984 and West Indian Tobacco ended trading with an increase of 1 cent to close at $90, with 1,603 stock units changing hands.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a fall of 20 cents at $26, trading 35,892 shares valued at $933,269.