Unilever Caribbean at 6-1/2 year low of $27 & clearly heading lower.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday saw a total of 11 securities trading against 14 on Friday, with 2 stocks advancing, 3 declining as 6 remained unchanged.
Market activity ended with a mere 168,640 shares with a value of $1,925,602 on the first day of 2018, up from 109,529 units on Friday, valued at $2,139,960.
The newyear started with the Composite Index rising 0.92 points on Friday to 1,266.35. The All T&T Index declined 1.16 points to 1,728.75, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.41 points higher to close at 108.38.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens closed with a rise of 2 cents to close at $32.02 with 355 shares and NCB Financial Group gained 35 cents in finishing at $6.55 with 2,050 stock units.
Losses| Point Lisas traded 107 units with the price falling 14 cents to $3.80, Republic Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $101.50 with 951 stock units trading and Unilever Caribbean closed with a loss of $2 changing hands at six and a half year low of $27, the lowest price since it closed at $28 on July 7, 2011 with 166 shares trading.Firm Traded| JMMB Group ended trading at $1.65 with 29,625 stock units, Massy ended trading at $48.02 with 210 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial concluded trading with 400 units to close at $7.83, Scotiabank ended at $60.10 with 2,864 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $26.50 after hitting a low for the day at $16.10, in trading 1,300 stock units and West Indian Tobacco ended at $100 with just 10 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
