Investors pushed all Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange indices down on Wednesday as losing stocks outnumbered advancing stocks for a second day.
The market closed with 16 securities trading compared to 18 on Tuesday, leading to 4 advancing, 6 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index lost 1.23 points on Wednesday to 1,355.27. The All T&T Index declined 1.26 points to 1,794.99, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.16 points to close at 123.57 as trading ended with 555,380 shares valued $7,981,829 changing hands, compared to 290,940 shares valued $5,103,109 shares, on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with a higher bid than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks ending with gains| At the close of the market, Sagicor Financial added 35 cents to end at $9.50, after trading 274,855 units, Scotiabank increased 34 cents to close at $62.90, after exchanging 2,780 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL climbed $1.30 to settle at $28.05, after trading 53,654 shares and Trinidad Cement rose 19 cents to end at $2.74, with 11,193 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments fell 5 cents to close at $23.40, trading 16,935 units, Grace Kennedy concluded trading 2,500 units, with a loss of 5 cents to end at $3.25, JMMB Group traded with a loss of 10 cents at $1.90, with 83,000 stock units changing hands. 
National Flour fell 2 cents $1.70, after exchanging 1,152 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed with a loss of 2 cents and closed at $121.10, with 11,498 stock units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean shed 25 cents and ended at $25.75, with 10 units trading.
Stocks closing firm| First Caribbean International Bank completed trading at $8.35, after exchanging 1,154 shares, First Citizens settled at $38.50, after 2,507 shares changed hands, Guardian Holdings completed trading of 62,296 shares at $18.50. NCB Financial Group closed at $8.45, with 20,066 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media ended at $10.30, trading 10,000 units and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $110, after exchanging 1,780 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Investors pushed the two main Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange indices down on Tuesday as losing stocks outnumbered advancing stocks almost three to one. 
Republic Financial Holdings lost $1.88 cents to end at $121.12, with 14,369 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial concluded trading of 12,780 units, with a loss of 7 cents to close at $9.15. Scotiabank traded with a loss of 44 cents and settled at $62.56, after exchanging 1,876 shares and West Indian Tobacco fell 2 cents and settled at $110, in exchanging 5,338 shares.
Grace Kennedy lost 5 cents and completed trading of 5 units at $3.30 and Unilever Caribbean fell 30 cents and completed trading at $26, with an exchange of 2,070 units.
Guardian Holdings fell 5 cents and settled at $18.45, after exchanging 7,898 shares and JMMB Group closed with a loss of 8 cents at $2.10, with 57,783 stock units changing hands.
Massy Holdings concluded trading of 1,889 stock units with a loss of 20 cents to end at $54.75. NCB Financial Group traded 13,925 stock units with a loss of 9 cents to end at $8.36, Prestige Holdings fell 25 cents to close at $9.50, after exchanging 5,000 shares and Sagicor Financial closed with a loss of 3 cents at $9.22, with 140,257 units crossing the exchange.
Investors pumped more money into trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday but on fewer companies than on Tuesday. 
and Trinidad Cement lost 24 cents and ended at $2.50, with 1,368 stock units changing hands. 
Activity picked up with a big improvement in trading resulting in one of the larger volume and value exchanged on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange in recent times but prices softened. 
Grace Kennedy lost 5 cents and settled at $3.30, with 4,800 units changing hands. Guardian Holdings ended trading 5 cents lower to close at $18.45, after exchanging 74,388 shares, Massy Holdings dropped $1.50 and completed trading of 2,792 shares at $55.50, NCB Financial Group lost 4 cents to close at $8.41 in trading 10,623 shares. Sagicor Financial closed with a loss of 10 cents at $9, trading of 573,786 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 50 cents and ended with 6,376 shares traded, at $27.50.
Prices five stocks rose and only one advanced on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with an increase in the volume traded but with less value than on Tuesday.
Sagicor Financial closed with a loss of 15 cents at $9.10, trading of 6,080 shares and Trinidad Cement completed trading of 86,925 stock units after declining 5 cents to end at $2.75.