TTSE stocks mostly declined when trading resumed on Monday after the market suffered from three days of losses towards the end of last week, at the close market sentiments were negative with stocks closing with a three to one bias towards declines.
The market closed with just two stocks rising, eight declining while four remained unchanged, which similar to trading on from last Wednesday when no more than two securities gained. The T&T Composite Index declined by 13.49 points to 1,470.53. The All T&T Index fell 10.70 points to end at 1,888.19, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a decline of 2.22 points at 142.61.
The volume of stocks passing through the market rose to 553,555 units, with a value of $11,598,176 compared to 347,621 shares for $8,785,947 on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the three bids of stocks higher than their last selling prices and ten with lower offers.
Gainers| Angostura Holdings gained 4 cents trading 58 stock units to close at $25.55 and JMMB Group rose 1 cent to close at $2.10, with 198,308 units crossing the market.
Losers| Ansa McAL fell 18 cents, transferring 750 units to end at $55.32, Clico Investment shed 47 cents trading 1,675 units and closed at $27.90, Grace Kennedy slid 40 cents exchanging 102,000 stock units to end at $3.35. Massy Holdings dived $1.60 to $60 in transferring 511 shares,
National Enterprises traded 3,000 stock units and slipped 5 cents to close at $5.55, National Flour closed at $1.45 in exchange of 288 units and lost 2 cents. NCB Financial shed 35 cents trading 58,043 shares to end at $11, Republic Financial Holdings lost 3 cents and closed at $145.47, transferring 21,224 units and West Indian Tobacco fell $1 to $37, with 3,201 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank exchanged 133,869 stock units at $47.01, Prestige Holdings traded 1,754 shares at $9, Scotiabank ended at $62.52, with 1,531 units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL with 26,203 shares crossing the exchange at $16.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.