The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed higher at the end of trading on Wednesday with the 17 securities changing hands up from 16 on Tuesday, with four securities closing at 52 weeks’ high and one at a 52 weeks’ low.
The market closed with a much higher volume and value than on Tuesday and ended with six gaining, two declining and the prices of nine remaining unchanged.
The T&T Composite Index rose 2.39 points to close at 1,511.23. The All T&T Index advanced by 4.76 points to 1,927.18, while the Cross Listed Index closed unchanged at 148.37.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 593,235 shares for $10,578,281, compared to 182,050 stock units atr $2,454,654 on Tuesday.
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 one with a lower offer.
Gains| First Citizens Bank exchanged 10,014 shares and climbed $1.50 to settle at a 52 weeks’ high of $53, Guardian Holdings had 4,187 units crossing the exchange with a rise of 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $22.01. Massy Holdings exchanged just 14 shares and rose 62 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $62.62, Prestige Holdings rose 9 cents and settled at $8.99, with 50 units changing hands. Republic Financial gained 92 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $143, after exchanging 6,140 shares and Scotiabank ended trading with 2,234 units, with a rise of 9 cents to close at $61.49.
Losses| Clico Investment lost 3 cents to close at $28.47, with 258,070 units crossing the exchange and JMMB Group lost one cent and ended at $2.70, with investors trading 34,477 stock units.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded 75 shares to close at $25.45, First Caribbean International Bank exchanged 165 units at $7.89, 
Grace Kennedy had 122 shares changing hands, to close at $3.95, National Enterprises closed trading with 100 shares at $5.50. National Enterprises swapped 100 units at $5.50, National Flour closed with 43,837 units crossing the exchange at $1.49, Point Lisas traded 194,174 shares to land at $3.75, Trinidad & Tobago NGL transferred 31,746 shares to close at $21. LJ Williams B share traded 6,144 units at $1.60 and Unilever Caribbean exchanged 1,686 shares and closed at $21.50 after hitting a 52 weeks intraday low of $21.10.
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.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market recorded gains on Friday following Thursday’s increases, even as declining ones outnumbered the number of stocks advancing. 
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange bounced at the close trading on Tuesday to continue its mild bullish trend since late 2019 but with an equal number of rising and declining stocks.
Losses| Clico Investments fell 30 cents and completed trading of 1,000 units, at $27.95, Angostura Holdings closed with a loss of 18 cents at $16.02, with investors exchanging 8,500 shares, Prestige Holdings declined by 10 cents to end at $8.90, in swapping of 1,653 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 9 cents and closed trading of 7,565 shares at $23.66 and West Indian Tobacco fell 2 cents to $41.20, with 4,165 units crossing the exchange.
Losses| Ansa McAl closed with a loss of 19 cents at $55, with 5,000 units, CinemaOne closed 30 cents lower at a new low of $6.50, with 3,353 stock units changing hands and Guardian Holdings declined 50 cents trading 951 shares at $21.50.
Losses| Massy Holdings fell 5 cents and closed at $59.70, with just 15 units crossing the exchange, National Flour closed with a loss of 5 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.30, with investors exchanging 16,660 shares. NCB Financial dropped 45 cents and settled at $10.90, with 124,465 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank closed with a loss of 10 cents at $59.90, after swapping of 49 shares.