Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange is ending the current year on a strong note with the three leading indices up on last year’s performance and seems set to close out 2019 much higher than the previous year.
Barring any reversals in fortunes in the last 13 trading days of the year, the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange should close the year higher than it is now. Some stocks point to that development, with prices set to break higher. These stocks include First Citizens Bank, Guardian Holdings, Republic Holdings, Massy Holdings, NCB Group and West Indian Tobacco.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at Five stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer and is flashing positive signals of the fortune of the market ahead.
Compared to a rise of just 2.85 percent in the Composite Index last year, the index is up by a much stronger 11.88 percent to Tuesday this week, with apparently, more gains ahead before the year ends. The All T&T Index is up 7.45 percent for the year to date and while that may not sound like much, but it is far better than the 1.36 percent decline the index suffered for the entire 2018. 
Cross-listed stocks posted gains of 20.63 percent to date, bettering the 12.17 percent increase last year.
Trading ended Tuesday with 13 securities changing hands against 15 on Monday, with four rising, 2 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index added 0.06 points to end at 1,457.25. The All T&T Index rose 4.84 points to 1,832.28, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.65 points to close at 146.65 as three stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs.
Investors traded 158,719 shares amounting to $1,971,657 compared to 369,862 shares amounting to $5,832,895 on Monday.
Gains| Guardian Holdings gained 50 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $21, with 1,706 units crossing the exchange, the stock traded as high as $21.15 before ending lower but had a bid to buy 5,912 shares at $21, with the offer at $22 to sell 1,449 shares.
JMMB Group closed with an increase of 3 cents at $2.53, after exchanging 10,140 shares, NCB Financial gained 10 cents and settled at $11.40, with 8,868 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco climbed $1 to end at 52 weeks’ high of $42, after swapping 2,000 shares.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank dropped 22 cents lower to $8, after exchanging 8,009 shares and First Citizens Bank closed with a loss of $1 at $43, with 650 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended at $16.20, with investors exchanging 100 shares, Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 2,000 shares and closed at $15.75, Clico Investment Fund concluded trading of 49,039 units at $25, Massy Holdings closed at $59.75, in exchanging a mere seven units. National Flour ended at $1.36, with investors exchanging 63,645 shares, Scotiabank settled at $60, with 520 units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 12,035 shares to close at $21.11.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended Monday with 15 securities changing hands against 17 on Friday, with four stocks advancing, two declining and nine remaining unchanged. 
Losses|Clico Investment Fund ended trading 2 cents lower at $24.98, in swapping 2,861 shares, Ansa Mcal dropped $1.49 and completed trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $52.50, with 2,040 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 25 cents and completed trading at $59.75, with 1,054 units crossing the exchange, National Flour closed 4 cents down at $1.36, with 15,876 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial dropped 10 cents and ended at $11.20, with 79,906 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 4 cents in trading 3,707 shares to close at $21.11.
NCB Financial gained 30 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $11.30, with 15,200 units crossing the exchange, Republic Financial rose 10 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $130.10, with investors exchanging 566 shares, Scotiabank added 20 cents and ended at $60, with 1,396 stock units trading and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 3 cents in trading of 40,365 shares to close at $21.15
West Indian Tobacco gained $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $41 with investors exchanging more than 9,000 shares as some selling came out. 
West Indian Tobacco rose $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $41, with 9,160 changing hands.
NCB Financial closed with an increase of 20 cents and concluded trading of 27,200 stock units at a record high of $11.20. Trinidad Cement rose 15 cents and completed trading with 51,619 units at $1.95 and LJ Williams rose 15 cents and ended at $1.35, with 5,000 stock units trading.
Demand for West Indian Tobacco shares continues to build with the price adjusted for the 3 for one split bids to buy rising to 19,265 units at $40 well up on the adjusted last sale price of $34.98, but there are no stocks offered for sale. 
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 90 cents and settled at $42.10, in swapping 50 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 4 cents at $3.44, after exchanging 1,311 shares, JMMB Group shed 6 cents and completed trading of 201,768 shares at $2.40. Sagicor Financial declined 25 cents to end at $10.75, with investors exchanging 150,706 shares.
Republic Financial closed with a gain of 19 cents at $125.99, after exchanging 16,212 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 25 cents and ended trading of 23,566 shares at $21.
LJ Williams B shares gained 5 cents and ended at five years record high of $1.20, with 5,000 units crossing the exchange and Sagicor Financial gained 25 cents and ended at 52 weeks high of $11, with 12,034 stock units changing hands.