Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange dropped sharply below Wednesday’s level with 204,580 shares valued $2,106,628 crossing the exchange compared to 579,491 shares valued $9,023,878 Wednesday.
Trading ended with 15 securities changing hands compared to 18 on Wednesday and ended with 3 advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index gained 1.11 points to 1,390.45. The All T&T Index shed 0.70 points to 1,750.77, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.41 points to close at 139.57.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 2 stocks closing with bids higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
Gains| Grace Kennedy added 1 cent in trading 102,000 shares to end at $3.30, NCB Financial rose 30 cents and ended at $10.50, with 2,933 units crossing the exchange and West Indian Tobacco gained 45 cents to close at $106 in exchanging 250 shares.
Losses| One Caribbean Media lost 10 cents and ended at $10, with 15,000 units crossing the exchange. Point Lisas closed with a loss of 3 cents and settled at $3.72, with 203 units changing hands, Republic Financial fell 33 cents and ended at $121, trading 5,650 units and Unilever Caribbean shed 25 cents and concluded trading of 5,897 stock units at $24.50.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund settled at $24.15, with 409 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8.50, with 50,000 stock units trading, First Citizens Bank completed trading at $40.10, with 2,267 units, Guardian Holdings settled at $18.02, with 5,006 units crossing the exchange. Guardian Media ended at $9, with 500 units passing through the market, JMMB Group settled at $2.25, with 10,800 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings ended at $8.40, with an exchange of 117 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 3,548 units to close at $24.51.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange climbed well above Tuesday’s level with 579,491 shares valued $9,023,878 crossing the exchange compared to 646,866 shares valued $8,173,637 on Tuesday.
Scotiabank ended trading 49 cents lower and settled at a 52 weeks’ low of $58.01, after swapping 24,994 shares and Trinidad Cement shares fell 5 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.25, with 500 units crossing the exchange.
Losses| First Citizens Bank closed with a loss of 8 cents and completed trading of 8,223 units at $40.02, Republic Financial lost 3 cents and settled at $121.29, with 74 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 52,787 units and lost 25 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $25.50.
crossing the exchange, Scotiabank closed with a loss of 1 cent and ended at $59.49, with 39,704 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed with a loss of 2 cents at $107, exchanging 257 stock units.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday resulted in 15 securities changing hands versus 13 on Friday with modest changes to the market indices.
Guardian Holdings shed 35 cents and ended at $18, with investors exchanging 47,512 units. Sagicor Financial lost 1 cent and ended at $10.10 in trading 68,808 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 500 units and fell 10 cents to close at $27.90.
An unusually high number of securities were active on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday and led to the market indices falling.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange gave back all the gains recorded on Monday when trading closed Tuesday, without a stock rising.
First Citizens Bank settled at $40, with a mere 6 shares trading, Grace Kennedy concluded trading at $3.35, with 325 units crossing the exchange, Guardian Holdings settled at $18.50, with investors exchanging 49,780 shares. JMMB Group settled at $2.50, with an exchange of 16,105 units, Massy Holdings closed at $55, trading 4,503 stock units, National Flour ended at $1.69, with 24,519 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings settled at $9, after exchanging 2,809 shares. Republic Financial closed at $121.20, in trading 8,366 shares, Sagicor Financial settled at $10, after exchanging 162,050 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 5,546 units to close at $28.30 and West Indian Tobacco ended trading 956 shares for 21 cents lower to $109.99.

Trading activity rose on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, with 1,052,606 shares trading for $6,701,584, compared to 167,098 shares traded for $1,432,757, on Wednesday. 
