Price changes at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange were small leading to modest movement in the market indices on Wednesday.
At the close, the Composite Index inched 0.77 points higher to 1,404.78, the All T&T Index shed 0.01 points to 1,747.22, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.21 points to close at 144.03 as 270,524 shares traded amounting to $12,714,020, compared to 459,866 shares at $6,026,691 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with 14 securities trading against 16 on Tuesday, with 2 advancing, 5 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 3 stocks closing with bids higher than the last selling prices and none with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 5 cents and settled at $2.15, after exchanging 6,525 shares and Sagicor Financial rose 1 cent and ended at $10.21, with 5,659 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund fell 10 cents and completed trading at $24, with 2,968 units, First Citizens Bank closed with a loss of 5 cents at $40.10, swapping of 3,430 shares, Massy Holdings ended with a loss of 1 cent at $54.50, with 222,065 stock units trading.
National Enterprises shed 14 cents and settled at $5.76, with 2,848 units crossing the exchange and West Indian Tobacco dipped 58 cents and completed trading of 42 units at $104.32.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $35.75, swapping of 90 shares, Guardian Holdings settled at $18.16, with 785 units changing hands, National Flour concluded at $1.57, with 1,413 units, NCB Financial ended at $10.55, with 9,829 units crossing the exchange. Point Lisas concluded at $3.60, swapping of 9,155 shares, Republic Financial completed trading at $121.85, after exchanging 65 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanging 5,650 units to close at $25.50.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed the first day of October on a positive note with 16 securities trading against 17 on Monday, resulting in 8 gaining, 1 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Sagicor Financial closed with an increase of 5 cents to settle at $10.20, after trading 22,363 shares, Trinidad Cement rose 4 cents and settled at $2.04, with 4,000 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL recovered 50 cents exchanging 6,900 units to close at $25.50.
Point Lisas declined 2 cents and closed at $3.60, with 20,845 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial fell 6 cents to $10.15, in swapping of 47,614 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 50 cents exchanging 200 units to close at $25.
At the close of trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, price changes were mostly down with 13 securities being active against 16 on Wednesday, as 2 gained, 7 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
Republic Financial dropped 11 cents and settled at $121.85, with 393 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial declined 4 cents and to $10.21, with 11,404 stock units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 80,307 units and lost 20 cents to close at $25.50.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund shed 4 cents and ended at $24.11, with 30,830 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $9.25 with 300 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 6,640 units and lost 10 cents to close at $25.90 and West Indian Tobacco dropped 99 cents and concluded at $105, with 25 units.
JMMB Group shed 5 cents and completed trading of 45,000 units at $2.15 and Scotiabank ended with a loss of 15 cents to settle at $58.50, with the trading of 1,734 units.
National Flour closed with a loss of 3 cents at $1.65, with investors exchanging 45,750 shares, Scotiabank ended with a loss of 1 cent to settle at $58.74, with 3,142 units trading and Trinidad Cement shed 10 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $2, after the swapping of 6,205 shares.
First Citizens Bank settled at $40.39, with 35 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings ended at $18.10, with 5,842 units crossing the exchange, JMMB Group completed trading of 8,386 units at $2.25. National Flour ended at $1.68 with 3,474 units changing hands, NCB Financial completed trading of 48 units at $10.40, One Caribbean Media settled at $10, with 607 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial ended at $10.20, with an exchange of 1,630 stock units. Scotiabank ended at $58.60, with an exchange of 3,284 units, Trinidad Cement settled at $2.10, trading 2,700 stock units and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $105, with an exchange of 508 stock shares.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 13 securities against 15 on Thursday, with 4 advancing, 2 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Trinidad Cement share fell 1 cent and settled at $2.10, with 26,910 stock units changing hands.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange resulted in a near 50 percent dominance of stocks gaining at the close of trading on Thursday but on sharply reduced trading volumes. 