Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with more stocks falling than rising and leaving the market indices with losses for a second day after Republic Holdings and Guardian Holdings traded at 52 weeks’ highs.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 2.16 points to 1,501.13. The All T&T Index shed 3.49 points to end at 1,915.36, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a decline of 0.11 points at 147.23.
The market closed with five stocks rising, six declining while five remained unchanged as the number of securities changing hands remained constant over the past three days, at 16. The volume of stocks passing through the market fell to 383,853 shares valued $7,140,746, compared to 638,454 shares for $7,493,916 on Thursday.
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 three with lower offers.
Gainers| CinemaOne exchanged 1,375 shares and rose 22 cents to close at $5.97, Guardian Holdings added 1 cent in exchanging 76,290 stock units to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $23. Massy Holdings gained 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $63 with 5,430 shares changing hands, Prestige Holdings added 25 cents in transferring 106 stock units at $9.25 and Republic Financial Holdings traded 67 shares and gained 40 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $145.40
Losers| Angostura Holdings exchanged 65 shares and fell 15 cents to end at $16.20, First Citizens Bank dropped $1.35 as 17,947 stock units changed hands to settle at $46.80, JMMB Group shed 1 cent to end at $2.48, with 600 stock units crossing the market. Trinidad & Tobago NGL transferred 105,933 shares and fell 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20, Unilever Caribbean traded 36 stock units and slipped 50 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $20.50 and West Indian Tobacco lost $1 to close at $38 while trading 69 stock units.
Firm Trades| Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 60 shares at $16, Clico Investment closed trading of 18,926 units at $28.61. First Caribbean International Bank saw 600 changing hands, to close at $7.89, National Flour ended with 1,700 units crossing the market at $1.45 and NCB Financial traded 171,000 shares at $11.35.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 0.13 points to close at 1,510.01. The All T&T Index added 1.72 points to end at 1,928.22, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a decline of 0.27 points to end at 147.48.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL transferred 38,051 shares and fell 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.25.
JMMB Group shed 2 cents to end at $2.68, with investors trading 255,000 stock units. National Flour transferred 3,342 shares and fell 4 cents to end at $1.45, Trinidad & Tobago NGL transferred 2,303 shares and fell 25 cents to close at $20.50 and West Indian Tobacco lost 45 cents and closed at $39 while trading 99 stock units.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 1.42 points to close at 1,516.20. The All T&T Index gained 0.91 points to end at 1,941.56, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a loss of 0.52 points to end at 147.75.
JMMB Group gained 1 cent to end at $2.70, with investors trading 1,756,480 stock units and Republic Financial Holdings traded 811 shares and gained 26 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $145.01.
Losses| First Citizens Bank lost 98 cents in exchanging 130 stock units to settle at $50.02, JMMB Group shed 1 cent to end at $2.68, with investors trading 30,500 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 5 cents in transferring 6,100 shares to close at $20.75.
Trinidad Cement lost 7 cents to close at $1.85 after exchanging just one stock units and Unilever Caribbean lost 50 cents in trading 100 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $21.
The market ended with 14 securities changing hands versus 16 on Thursday and leading to the prices of four gaining, two declining and the prices of eight remaining unchanged.
Losses| Clico Investment lost 2 cents to close at $28.46, with 72,954 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 1 cent transferring 3,980 shares to close at $20.89.
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.
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.
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.
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.