The collapse of Unilever share price.
After closing for the Independence holiday on Friday, the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange got shook up, with sharp decline in the prices of a series of securities in trading on Monday.
When the market closed, First Citizens lost 84 cents and completed trading at $34.01, after exchanging 5,443 shares, Massy Holdings fell 90 cents and closed at $47, trading 1,101 shares, NCB Financial Group lost 47 cents and completed trading of 3,590 shares at $5.67, Scotiabank dropped 64 cents to end at $64.36, trading 1,460 units and Unilever Caribbean closed with 3,450 shares changing hands as the price dropped $1.75 to end at $25, the lowest price since May 11, 2011.
The market closed with 15 securities changing hands against 18 on Thursday, 2 advanced, 5 declined and 8 remained unchanged and trading of 168,289 shares at a value of $2,804,863, compared to 1,412,439 shares at a value of $53,377,248, previously traded.
At close of the market the, Composite Index the Composite Index dropped 14.06 points to 1,223.10, the All T&T Index declined 4.56 points to 1,696.74, while the Cross Listed Index lost 3.26 points to close at 100.75.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| JMMB Group added just 1 cent to settle at $1.71, after exchanging 7,633 shares and Republic Financial Holdings gained 2 cents 
settled at a 52 weeks’ high of $103.52, after exchanging 10 shares but closed with the bid at $105 to buy just 10 units.
Stocks trading with no price change| Agostini’s settled at $21.11, after exchanging 9,315 shares, Clico Investments closed at $20, with 376 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank traded 463 units to finish at $8.49, Grace Kennedy concluded trading at $2.82, with 32,514 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings closed at $17 exchanging 84,280 units, One Caribbean Media closed at $12.11, after exchanging 163 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading at $29.50, after exchanging 17,235 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $87.90, trading 1,256 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange enjoyed heavy trading on Thursday with 1,412,439 shares at a value of $53,377,248, compared to just 65,448 shares at a value of $1,366,823, previously traded as several securities traded in relatively large volumes. 
One Caribbean Media shed 7 cents and concluded market activities at $12.11, exchanging 100 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading of 15,274 shares with a loss of 25 cents and settled at $29.50, Unilever Caribbean traded with a loss of 10 cents and ended at $26.75, with 153 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco fell 10 cents and completed trading of 131,900 units at $87.90.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Wednesday with 12 securities changing hands against 13 on Monday, none advanced, 5 declined and 7 remained unchanged. 
National Enterprises lost 5 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ low of $8.95, with 1,500 stock units changing hands, 
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday in 14 securities against 8 on Thursday, with 1 advancing, 4 declining and 9 trading unchanged at the close as republic closed at a 52 weeks’ high.
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Guardian Holdings completed trading at $16.60, with 11,215 units, JMMB Group closed at $1.70, after exchanging 23,282 shares, Massy Holdings exchanged 2,468 shares and concluded trading at $47, Point Lisas ended at $3.70, with 11,893 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.75, with 3,920 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $30.05, after exchanging 8,382 shares and Trinidad Cement closed at $2.90, after exchanging 21,329 shares.
Stocks trading with no price change| Agostini’s completed trading at $21.11, after exchanging 54,565 shares, 
First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8.40, with 1,278 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings exchanged 10,100 units at $16.60, JMMB Group settled at $1.80, after exchanging 2,725 shares, LJ Williams B Share completed trading of 5,000 shares at 75 cents, National Flour ended at $1.70, trading 4,304 units, NCB Financial Group completed trading at $6.15, after exchanging 49,632 shares, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $103, in exchanging 1,020 shares, Sagicor Financial concluded trading 2,720 stock units at $7.75 and Scotiabank ended at $65.01, with 3,929 units changing hands.
National Enterprises ended trading 1 cent lower and settled at $9, with 6,991 stock units changing hands and 
finished trading with a rise of 10 cents to end at $7.60, with 5,135 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank ended trading 171 units with an increase of 1 cent to end at $65.01.
Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with just 12 securities being exchanged versus 19 on Tuesday, with 3 advancing, 2 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. 