The slide on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued on Friday with several new lows recorded. More stocks declined than on Thursday while fewer rose, as the weakness in the market remains elevated with the country in the midst of a recession.
Trading ended with 1,626,064 shares valued at $5,597,508 changing hands. A total of 18 securities traded with 7 security falling, 4 gaining while 7 remained unchanged. A total of 5 stocks closed at a 52 weeks’ low.
The market closed with the Composite Index falling 2.61 points to close at 1,160.51, the All T&T Index dropping 4.87 points to close at 1,866.68 and the Cross Listed Index declined by 0.05 points to close at 60.29.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with 4 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 6 with offers that were lower. More telling is the fact that a third of the listings have no bids to buy.
Gains| JMMB Group traded 15,406 shares to close with a gain of 2 cents at 60 cents. National Flour closed with 19,525 shares changing hands with a gain of 10 cents at $1.95, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 84,981 shares changing hands with a value of $594,867 at $7 after rising 1 cent and Trinidad and Tobago NGL jumped 75 cents in trading 55,321 shares valued at $1,050,007 to close at $19.
Losses| Ansa McAl contributed 84 shares in closing with a loss of 7 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $63.68, Massy Holdings ended with 39 shares changing hands as the price dropped 5 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $57.79. Mora Ven Holdings traded for the first time had just 1 units changing hands but shed $1.09 to close at a new low of $17.70, National Enterprises closed with 10,080 shares changing hands at $12.50 after declining 50 cents, to close at a 52 weeks’ low. READYMIX traded just 1 share but dropped $1.09 to close at a new low of $17.70, after it failed to trade for several months, having exhibited weak demand, Scotiabank closed with 15 shares changing hands to end at $59.72 after slipping 2 cents and Scotia Investments closed with a loss of 20 cents at $1.80 while trading 112,064 shares.
Firm Trades| Berger Paint ended with 900 shares changing hands to close at $3.68, Clico Investments traded 16,150 shares to close at $22.55, Firstcaribbean International Bank closed with 4,042 units changing hands at $6.50. Grace Kennedy close with 500 units changing hands to close at $5.13, Guardian Media traded 100 shares to close at $19.75, National Commercial Bank had 1,280,044 shares valued at $ $3,072,106 changing hands to close at $2.40 and Trinidad Cement closed with a loss of 1 cent at $3.70 with 26,812 shares changing hands.