Trading dips on the Trinidad Exchange

Trading dropped sharply on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 88 percent, with the value 47 percent lower than on Monday and resulting in trading of 21 securities, up from 15 on Monday and ended with prices of seven stocks rising, seven declining and seven remaining unchanged.
Investors exchanged 138,059 shares for $2,781,930 versus 1,133,869 stock units at $5,285,656 on Monday.
An average of 6,574 units were traded at $132,473 compared to 75,591 shares at $352,377 on Monday, with trading month to date averaging 35,331 shares at $224,100 compared with the average trade for September of 21,948 shares at $198,506.
The Composite Index rallied 4.28 points to end at 1,211.99, the All T&T Index dropped 2.53 points to settle at 1,848.15, the SME Index remained unchanged at 70.47 and the Cross-Listed Index rose 1.62 points to close at 74.37.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and five with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s remained at $68.50 after trading just 2 shares, Angostura Holdings dropped 1 cent in closing at $22.98 in switching ownership of 118 stock units, Ansa McAl declined 65 cents to close at $57.25 as 18,084 units passed through the market, Endeavour Holdings ended at $13, with investors exchanging 57 stocks. First Citizens Group popped 1 cent and ended at $49.01 with investors transferring 8,166 shares, FirstCaribbean International Bank shed 1 cent to end at $6.99 after 100 stocks were traded, Guardian Holdings dipped 5 cents in closing at $19.05, with 310 stock units crossing the market, Guardian Media ended at $2.01 with traders dealing in 805 units. JMMB Group slipped 1 cent to close at $1.41 with an exchange of 18,013 units, L.J. Williams A share rallied 1 cent and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of 21 cents with 1,000 shares clearing the market, Massy Holdings remained at $4.85 after an exchange of 33,119 stock units, National Enterprises increased 5 cents to $3.60, with 4,623 stocks changing hands. National Flour Mills fell 1 cent to end at $1.52 with shareholders swapping 700 units, NCB Financial popped 23 cents to close at $3 while exchanging 10,200 shares, One Caribbean Media rose 12 cents to $3.82 as investors exchanged 170 stocks, Prestige Holdings ended at $8.50 in trading 260 stock units. Republic Financial inched 1 cent up to close at $120.01 with a transfer of 3,436 shares, Scotiabank ended at $72.51 after a transfer of 3,334 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $12.90 with investors trading 28,158 stocks, Unilever Caribbean gained 1 cent to end at $11.80 in an exchange of 12 stock units and West Indian Tobacco lost 15 cents and ended at $10.05 with stakeholders exchanging 7,392 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.