Trading drops on Trinidad Exchange

At the close of trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday, 14 securities changed hands compared with 19 on Monday, resulting in the prices of four stocks rising, six declining and four remaining unchanged, following a 30 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded as the value fell 37 percent lower than on Monday.
Trading ended with an exchange of 69,412 shares for $746,479 down from 99,816 stock units at $1,176,523 on Monday.
An average of 4,958 units were traded at $53,320 compared to 5,253 shares at $61,922 on Monday, with trading month to date averaging 11,214 shares at $105,361 compared to 12,323 units at $114,584 on the previous day and an average for December of 17,065 shares at $239,371.
The Composite Index gained 1.62 points to wrap up trading at 1,209.42, the All T&T Index rose 4.32 points to settle at 1,810.83, the SME Index remained at 78.58 and the Cross-Listed Index fell 0.18 points to 79.19.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Angostura Holdings rallied $1.80 to close at $21.80, with 501 stock units crossing the market, First Citizens Group lost 20 cents to close at $49.30 in an exchange of 648 shares, FirstCaribbean International Bank remained at $7 with investors swapping 7,093 units. L.J. Williams B share slipped 4 cents in closing at $2.20 after 311 stocks crossed the market, Massy Holdings ended at $4.45 while exchanging 28,472 shares, National Enterprises fell 31 cents in closing at $3.65 after trading 163 stocks. National Flour Mills popped 15 cents to $1.89, with 776 units changing hands, NCB Financial shed 5 cents to close at $3.40 after a transfer of 993 stock units, Point Lisas remained at $3.90 as investors exchanged 17,710 shares. Prestige Holdings ended at $9.30 and closed after an exchange of 8,048 units, Republic Financial shed 48 cents to close at $122.50, as 2,848 stocks passed through the market, Scotiabank climbed 40 cents to close at $69.90 in switching ownership of 90 stock units. Trinidad Cement gained 14 cents to end at $3.25 with investors trading 10 shares and Unilever Caribbean dropped 24 cents in closing at $11.75 in an exchange of 1,749 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.