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 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.
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.
Republic Holdings traded at $142 but closed with the bid at $145 and offered at $150 the PE ratio is just 12 based on 2020 forecasted earnings with 20 being the target. Both stocks appear to have low supply around current prices.
Losses| JMMB Group shed 4 cents and ended at $2.70, with investors exchanging 365,844 stock units, One Caribbean Media fell 5 cents in transferring 612 shares at $7.95, Scotiabank ended trading with 10 units after slipping 9 cents to $61.40. Trinidad & Tobago NGL had 12,474 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.40 after falling by 30 cents and West Indian Tobacco dropped $2 and settled at $38, with just 35 units changing hands.
One Caribbean Media added 5 cents in transferring 1,000 shares at $8 and Scotiabank ended trading with 18,091 units after rising 27 cents to $61.49.
Ansa Merchant Bank dropped $1.95 to close at $36.05 with an exchange of 38 stock units, One Caribbean Media lost 5 cents in transferred 645 shares in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.95. Scotiabank ended trading with 161 units after falling 7 cents to $61.22, Trinidad Cement fell 6 cents in exchanging 2,900 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.89. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 8 cents in trading 4,898 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.70 and Unilever Caribbean fell 4 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $22.01, with investors exchanging 3,004 shares.
The market closed with 15 securities changing hands, compared to 18 on Friday, with three gaining, five declining and the prices of seven remaining unchanged. Two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ high and one at a low.
Losses| Clico Investment lost 3 cents to close at $28.45, with 10,692 units crossing the exchange, First Citizens Bank shed 1 cent and settled at $47, with investors exchanging 2,228 shares, Scotiabank ended trading with 3,885 units after falling 11 cents to $61.29. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 3 cents with 31,407 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.78 and Unilever Caribbean fell 4 cents and ended at $22.01, with investors exchanging 100 shares.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market recorded gains on Friday following Thursday’s increases, even as declining ones outnumbered the number of stocks advancing. 
