Trading fell back on TTSE on Wednesday

Trading resumed on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, following the break for the Christmas holidays and ended with the volume of stocks traded declining 18 percent with the value 79 percent lower than on Friday resulting from trading in 13 securities compared with 15 on Friday, with the price of just one stock rising, four declining and eight remaining unchanged.
Investors exchanged 407,014 shares for $2,676,279 down from 498,663 stock units at $13,047,460 on Friday.
An average of 31,309 shares were traded at $205,868 down from 33,244 stock units at $869,831 on Friday.  Trading for the month to date averages 18,102 shares at $263,234 compared with 17,478 units at $265,945 on the prior trading day. The average trade for November amounts to 19,241 shares at $227,402.
The Composite Index inched 1.04 points higher to end at 1,205.38, the All T&T Index rallied 2.01 points to close at 1,799.39, the SME Index remained at 72.62 and the Cross-Listed Index ended unchanged at 79.74.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Angostini’s slipped 35 cents to $68.15 with investors swapping 1,441 shares, CinemaOne ended at $7.20 with an exchange of 192,579 stock units, First Citizens Group shed 10 cents to end at $49.11 after 1,018 shares were traded. FirstCaribbean International Bank ended at $7.05 after an exchange of 4,025 stock units, Guardian Media rose 19 cents and ended at $2.20 in trading 200 shares, L.J. Williams B share declined 4 cents to $2.20, with 2,570 stocks crossing the exchange. Massy Holdings ended at $4.44 in switching ownership of 6,142 units, National Enterprises ended at $4.15 with investors exchanging 176,055 stock units, Prestige Holdings closed at $9.25, with an exchange of 9,942 shares. Republic Financial lost $1.84 to end at $121 in an exchange of 832 stock units, Scotiabank slipped 4 cents to $69.95 in trading 475 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL remained at $10.30 with investors trading 10,985 stocks and Unilever Caribbean dipped 10 cents in closing at $11.25 after 750 units changed hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.