Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market index slipped slightly on Wednesday as advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones on a ratio of three to one and leaving the market with more highs and lows ahead.
First Citizens Bank hits new high and heading higher.
Trading closed with 14 securities changing hands, compared to 20 on Tuesday, with six gaining, two declining and the prices of six remaining unchanged.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 0.27 points to close at 1,500.67. The All T&T Index erased just 0.03 points to 1,907.99, while the Cross Listed Index edged 0.07 points lower to end at 148.12.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 886,493 shares, amounting to $11,155,264 compared to 81,749 shares valued at $3,862,184 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of six stocks higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank added 15 cents and settled at a record high of $48.15, as investors continue to drive this undervalued stock higher, after exchanging 320 shares. At the close, traders had a bid to buy 5,884 shares at $48.20. First Caribbean International Bank traded 1,000 shares and rose 5 cents to close at $7.90. The stock ended with over 1.4 million units on offer at $7.90. JMMB Group gained 4 cents and ended at $2.74, with investors exchanging 32,199 stock units, National Flour rose 4 cents with 1,283 units changing hands at $1.49. 
One Caribbean Media added 5 cents in transferring 1,000 shares at $8 and Scotiabank ended trading with 18,091 units after rising 27 cents to $61.49.
Losses| NCB Financial lost 4 cents trading 799,112 stock units at $11.25 and Prestige Holdings swapped 385 shares and fell 5 cents to close at $8.90.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment closed at $28.48, with 8,484 units crossing the exchange, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.95, with investors exchanging 500 shares, Guardian Holdings traded 391 units and ended at $22. Point Lisas exchanged 100 shares at $3.55, Republic Financial closed at $142, after trading just 10 stock units, but it finished with a bid of $143 for a mere 15 shares on offer to sell 422 shares at $150, Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 13,915 shares to close at $20.70 after trading as low as $20.47 and ending with the stock on offer at $20.50 and West Indian Tobacco settled at $40, with 9,803 units changing hands and looking a bit weak at the close.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined 4,862.18 points to close at 540,072.15, the JSE Market Index fell 4,352.68 points to 491,789.45 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.45 points to 132.94.
Scotia Group transferred 4,797 units at $46, after losing $1, Seprod closed $1 lower at $46 after exchanging 4,797 shares. Supreme Ventures declined $1.35 to end at $21.60, in swapping 9,714 units, Sygnus Credit Investments shed $2 to $24.50, with 21,007 shares changing hands and Victoria Mutual Investments gained 84 cents to end at $10.94, in trading 106,620 shares.
Ansa Merchant Bank dropped $1.95 to close at $36.05 with an exchange of 38 stock units, One Caribbean Media lost 5 cents in transferred 645 shares in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.95. Scotiabank ended trading with 161 units after falling 7 cents to $61.22, Trinidad Cement fell 6 cents in exchanging 2,900 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.89. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 8 cents in trading 4,898 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.70 and Unilever Caribbean fell 4 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $22.01, with investors exchanging 3,004 shares.
At the close, Sagicor Group sustained dropped $11.95 and erased the $10.95 gained of Friday. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy shed $7 followed by Eppley Caribbean Property Fund and Jamaica Broilers with losses of $4.53 and $4.75, respectively.
PanJam Investment gained $1 in transferring 2,697 shares and closed at $101, Proven Investments closed 60 cents lower at $49, with 3,166 shares changing hands, Sagicor Group plunged to $68, after losing $11.95 trading 75,067 shares, Scotia Group gained $1.30 to settle at $57 transferring 244,916 shares. Seprod closed 90 cents higher at $47, exchanging 17,379 shares. Stanley Motta lost 71 cents to end at $5, in swapping 6,000 units, Victoria Mutual Investments ended at $10.10, with a loss of 60 cents trading 151,461 shares and Wisynco Group closed the day’s trade at $23, after falling 35 cents in transferring 106,046 shares.
The market closed with 15 securities changing hands, compared to 18 on Friday, with three gaining, five declining and the prices of seven remaining unchanged. Two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ high and one at a low.
Losses| Clico Investment lost 3 cents to close at $28.45, with 10,692 units crossing the exchange, First Citizens Bank shed 1 cent and settled at $47, with investors exchanging 2,228 shares, Scotiabank ended trading with 3,885 units after falling 11 cents to $61.29. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 3 cents with 31,407 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.78 and Unilever Caribbean fell 4 cents and ended at $22.01, with investors exchanging 100 shares.
The Main Market of the continued to trek upward, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advancing 1,739.78 points to close at 549,514.06, the JSE Market Index added 1,697.56 points to 500,463.33 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.78 points to 135.65.
Trading in December resulted in an average of 595,143 units valued at $9,344,514 for each security.
NCB Financial declined by 57 cents to $188.98, after with 55,928 shares changing hands, PanJam Investment lost 90 cents transferring 9,892 shares and closed at $100, Sagicor Group soared $10.95 to $79.95 in exchanging 61,692 shares. Scotia Group closed at $55.70, after gaining $1.70 after swapping 31,812 shares, Seprod lost 90 cents transferring 15,552 shares to end at $46.10, Sygnus Credit Investments closed 50 cents higher to $26.50, with an exchange of 37,121 shares and Victoria Mutual Investments ended the day’s at $10.70, after rising 92 cents and trading 207,567 units.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market recorded gains on Friday following Thursday’s increases, even as declining ones outnumbered the number of stocks advancing. 
Volume trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange fell sharply to half of Wednesday’s level while the value of all stocks trading fell to just 15 percent of that on Wednesday.
The market closed with an average of 407,904 units at $1,243,146 for each security traded, in contrast to 856,460 units valued at an average of $8,524,367 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 626,696 units valued at $3,584,638for each security changing hands, compared to 636,606 units valued at $3,530,001 for each security traded. Trading in December resulted in an average of 595,143 units valued at $9,344,514 for each security.
JMMB Group slipped $1 to $46, with an exchange of 86,252 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed $1 lower to $10.50 transferring 21,350 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy fell $6 to end at $202, after swapping 106 units. NCB Financial Group declined by 25 cents to $189.55, after exchanging 20,814 shares, Sagicor Group ended at $69, after a loss of $1, in trading 71,403 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 80 cents to settle at $9.80, with 204,747 shares changing hands. Seprod lost $1 transferring 10,826 shares to close at $47, Sygnus Credit Investments closed 50 cents lower to $26, with an exchange of 2,474 shares and Victoria Mutual Investments ended the day’s trade at $9.78, after losing 75 cents in trading 329,895 units.
JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 3,933.74 points to close at 545,580.51, the JSE Market Index rose 3,479.77 points to 496,795.98 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.13 points to 134.65.
Trading in December resulted in an average of 595,143 units valued at $9,344,514 for each security.
Proven Investments added 60 cents to close at $49.60, in an exchange of 30,331 shares, Scotia Group ended the day’s trade at $54, after losing $2.10 and trading 70,606 units, Seprod gained $2 in transferring 13,957 stock units to end at $48. Supreme Ventures closed $1.99 higher at $23, with an exchange of 14,810 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments climbed $1.50 to $26.50, in swapping 6,031 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments closed 99 cents lower to $10.53, after exchanging 331,360 units and Wisynco Group added $1.65 to settle at $23.50 trading 251,469 shares. Productivity Business Solution preference share, fell $20 to a 52 weeks’ low of $80 with 10,000 shares trading.