The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with the three main market indices declining, as the numbers of declining and advancing stocks were equal.
The market closed with 14 securities trading similar to Wednesday, leading to 4 advancing, 4 declining and 6 remaining unchanged as 331,800 shares valued $5,963,334 changed hands, compared to 200,941 shares valued $3,739,120 from 18 securities trading on Tuesday.
At close of the market, the Composite Index shed 1.72 points to close at 1,358.72. The All T&T Index lost 0.84 points to 1,799.28, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.36 points to close at 123.92.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with three stocks with higher bids than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| First Citizens gained 5 cents and ended at $39.30, after exchanging 2,123 shares, Republic Financial Holdings added $1 and completed trading of 576 stock units at $121. Sagicor Financial rose 5 cents to $9.55, with 3,563 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco finished trading with a rise of $1.73 at $112, after exchanging 65 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Guardian Holdings closed
with a loss of 4 cents at $18.45, after exchanging 3 shares, NCB Financial Group fell 5 cents and completed trading of 132,200 stock units at $8.45, Point Lisas shed 8 cents to end at $3.62, after exchanging 102,128 shares and Scotiabank dropped 1 cent and closed at $62.59, after trading 22,452 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Clico Investments settled at $24.50, with 5,692 units crossing the exchange, First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.35, after exchanging 4,360 shares, JMMB Group completed trading with 1,000 stock units at $2.05. Massy Holdings closed at $54.95, with 39,712 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $29, in exchanging 17,923 shares and Unilever Caribbean settled at $25.30, trading just 3 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Prestige Holdings dropped 18 cents and completed trading of 567 shares at $9.50, Republic Financial Holdings declined 2 cents and settled at $120, with 8,697 stock units crossing the exchange and Sagicor Financial dropped of 80 cents and closed at $9.50 after trading 73,500 units.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with all three market indices declining as trading levels dropped sharply compared to Friday.
Sagicor Financial ended trading 5 cents lower and completed trading at $10.30, with 60,450 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shares fell 25 cents and concluded at $29, after exchanging 39,542 shares.

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with all market indices after advancing as trading increased over Tuesday’s level after being closed on Wednesday.
Republic Financial Holdings shed 3 cents and ended at $121.12, with 3,153 stock units trading, Scotiabank closed with a loss of 39 cents at $62.50, after exchanging 3,122 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 30 cents to complete trading of 1,316 units at $25.

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with modest changes in the market indices hardly after advancing and declining stocks were deadlocked at 4 each.
units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean lost 20 cents in completing trading of 588 units at $25.55.
National Flour fell 2 cents $1.70, after exchanging 1,152 shares, Republic Financial Holdings closed with a loss of 2 cents and closed at $121.10, with 11,498 stock units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean shed 25 cents and ended at $25.75, with 10 units trading.
Investors pushed the two main Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange indices down on Tuesday as losing stocks outnumbered advancing stocks almost three to one.
Republic Financial Holdings lost $1.88 cents to end at $121.12, with 14,369 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial concluded trading of 12,780 units, with a loss of 7 cents to close at $9.15. Scotiabank traded with a loss of 44 cents and settled at $62.56, after exchanging 1,876 shares and West Indian Tobacco fell 2 cents and settled at $110, in exchanging 5,338 shares.