Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange is ending the current year on a strong note with the three leading indices up on last year’s performance and seems set to close out 2019 much higher than the previous year.
Barring any reversals in fortunes in the last 13 trading days of the year, the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange should close the year higher than it is now. Some stocks point to that development, with prices set to break higher. These stocks include First Citizens Bank, Guardian Holdings, Republic Holdings, Massy Holdings, NCB Group and West Indian Tobacco.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at Five stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer and is flashing positive signals of the fortune of the market ahead.
Compared to a rise of just 2.85 percent in the Composite Index last year, the index is up by a much stronger 11.88 percent to Tuesday this week, with apparently, more gains ahead before the year ends. The All T&T Index is up 7.45 percent for the year to date and while that may not sound like much, but it is far better than the 1.36 percent decline the index suffered for the entire 2018. 
Cross-listed stocks posted gains of 20.63 percent to date, bettering the 12.17 percent increase last year.
Trading ended Tuesday with 13 securities changing hands against 15 on Monday, with four rising, 2 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index added 0.06 points to end at 1,457.25. The All T&T Index rose 4.84 points to 1,832.28, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.65 points to close at 146.65 as three stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs.
Investors traded 158,719 shares amounting to $1,971,657 compared to 369,862 shares amounting to $5,832,895 on Monday.
Gains| Guardian Holdings gained 50 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $21, with 1,706 units crossing the exchange, the stock traded as high as $21.15 before ending lower but had a bid to buy 5,912 shares at $21, with the offer at $22 to sell 1,449 shares.
JMMB Group closed with an increase of 3 cents at $2.53, after exchanging 10,140 shares, NCB Financial gained 10 cents and settled at $11.40, with 8,868 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco climbed $1 to end at 52 weeks’ high of $42, after swapping 2,000 shares.
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank dropped 22 cents lower to $8, after exchanging 8,009 shares and First Citizens Bank closed with a loss of $1 at $43, with 650 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended at $16.20, with investors exchanging 100 shares, Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 2,000 shares and closed at $15.75, Clico Investment Fund concluded trading of 49,039 units at $25, Massy Holdings closed at $59.75, in exchanging a mere seven units. National Flour ended at $1.36, with investors exchanging 63,645 shares, Scotiabank settled at $60, with 520 units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 12,035 shares to close at $21.11.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
