The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed slipped again on Thursday with increased trading but with more stocks declining than rising.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 225,598 shares, for a sum of $3,601,556 compared to 36,138 shares, amounting to $1,010,495 on Wednesday.
The market closed on Thursday with only 11 securities trading, similar to Wednesday, with three stocks gaining, five declining as the prices of three closed unchanged.
The T&T Composite Index lost 1.01 points to end at 1,486.28. The All T&T Index declined by 0.82 points to 1,888.60, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.16 points to close at 146.85.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of four stocks higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments added 13 cents and closed at $28.25, with 7,295 stock units trading, Ansa McAl increased 5 cents after exchanging 1,164 shares at $55.30, and First Citizens Bank rose 75 cents and ended at an all-time high of $46, with 5,980 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Guardian Holdings fell 48 cents and settled at $21.51, with 57,711 units crossing the exchange, JMMB Group lost 4 cents and ended at $2.66, with investors exchanging 23,036 shares. Massy Holdings fell 49 cents and completed trading of 2,813 stock units at $61.51, Trinidad & Tobago NGL dived $1.40 in trading 9,766 shares and closed at $21.60 and West Indian Tobacco closed with a loss of 19 cents and settled at $41, after swapping 1,405 shares.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International Bank concluded trading with 523 stock units at $7.85, NCB Financial ended at $11.15 with 115,000 units crossing the exchange and Unilever Caribbean settled at $22.15, with investors exchanging 905 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.