The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed down at the end of trading on Tuesday with the 16 securities changing hands up from 15 on Monday from lower volume and value.
Trading closed, with five gaining, one declining and the prices of nine remaining unchanged, but Unilever Caribbean continues to be under pressure, with stock on offer at $21 compared to the last traded price of $21.50 and the bid at $19 to buy just 100 shares.
The T&T Composite Index lost 2.05 points to close at 1,508.84. The All T&T Index dipped 5.35 points to 1,922.42, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.18 points to close at 148.37.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 182,050 stock units valued at $2,454,654 compared to 219,223 shares at $5,094,367 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of three stocks higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings traded just ten shares and gained 4 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.34, Clico Investment rose 3 cents to close at $28.50, with 60,320 units crossing the exchange, JMMB Group added just one cent and ended at $2.71, with investors trading 73,610 stock units.
Republic Financial, with the loss of 8 cents to close at 54 weeks’ high of $142.08, after exchanging 1,386 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL, traded 60,015 shares and added one cent to close at $21.
Losses| The only stock declining on Tuesday is West Indian Tobacco, with a fall of $1.40 after settling at $38.60, with 135 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded 379 shares to close at $25.45, First Citizens Bank settled at $51.50, as investors after exchanged 2,987 shares at a record high of $51.78, First Caribbean International Bank traded 10,480 units at $7.89, Guardian Holdings had 9,324 units crossing the exchange at $22. National Enterprises closed trading with 1,500 shares at $5.50. National Flour closed with 1,152 units changing hands at $1.49, NCB Financial exchanged 9,931 shares at $11.30, Point Lisas traded 547 shares to land at $3.75, Scotiabank ended trading with 351 units at $61.40 and Trinidad Cement traded 3,615 shares to close at $1.92.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed higher at the end of trading on Monday with the number of securities changing hands being similar to Friday, at 15. 
First Citzens’ stock closed with the bid at $51.50 to buy 3,430 shares but ended trading with no offers on the board at the close.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 36,818 shares and gained 7 cents to close at $20.47, Trinidad Cement exchanged 3,227 shares and rose 5 cents to close at $1.90. LJ Williams B share rose 5 cents and ended at $1.60, with investors swapped just 83 shares and West Indian Tobacco rose $2 and settled at $40, with 3,461 units changing hands.
Republic Holdings traded at $142 but closed with the bid at $145 and offered at $150 the PE ratio is just 12 based on 2020 forecasted earnings with 20 being the target. Both stocks appear to have low supply around current prices.
Losses| JMMB Group shed 4 cents and ended at $2.70, with investors exchanging 365,844 stock units, One Caribbean Media fell 5 cents in transferring 612 shares at $7.95, Scotiabank ended trading with 10 units after slipping 9 cents to $61.40. Trinidad & Tobago NGL had 12,474 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.40 after falling by 30 cents and West Indian Tobacco dropped $2 and settled at $38, with just 35 units changing hands.
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.
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.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market recorded gains on Friday following Thursday’s increases, even as declining ones outnumbered the number of stocks advancing. 






Massy Holdings ended trading 11 cents higher at $62, after a transfer of 18,201 shares, Scotiabank increased 27 cents to $61.49, with 3,923 units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 5 cents in trading 6,977 shares to close at $20.95.