Market activity ended on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange with 341,753 shares valued $5,640,590 trading, compared to 95,377 units at a value of $2,477,220 changing hands on Tuesday.
The market closed with 15 active securities against 12 on Tuesday, leading to 2 advancing, 4 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index fell 0.71 points to 1,327.09. The All T&T Index shed 1.21 points to 1,766.71, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.03 points to close at 119.72.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, stocks ending with gains| First Citizens increased 3 cents and settled at $36.58, after exchanging 1,186 shares and Republic Financial Holdings rose 7 cents and settled at $120.12, after exchanging 258 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments shares fell 19 cents and ended at $22.50, with 41,124 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 55 cents and completed trading at $18, with an exchange of 42,145 units. Sagicor Financial shed 7 cents and ended at $8.61, after exchanging 74,153 shares and West Indian Tobacco lost $1.35 and ended at $97.50, with 707 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing firm| Agostini’s closed at $23.33, after exchanging 500 shares, Ansa Mcal completed trading of 1,640 units at $55.24, Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $37, after exchanging 5,864 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.35, with 79,651 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings closed trading at $54, after exchanging 486 shares, National Flour completed trading at $1.75, with 1,730 units changing hands, NCB Financial Group settled at $8.25, after exchanging 7,753 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL completed trading of 82,526 units at $29.40, and Unilever Caribbean traded 2,030 shares at $26.30.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.