Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange fell on Tuesday with just 212,987 shares valued $3,035,824 crossing the exchange compared to 646,364 shares valued $5,954,527 on Monday.
Trading ended with 14 securities changing hands compared to 18 on Monday and closed with 5 advancing, 5 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 1.50 points to 1,388.05. The All T&T Index fell 0.94 points to 1,747.55, while the Cross Listed Index slipped 0.29 points to close at 139.35.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 7 stocks closing with the bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank rose 1 cent and ended at $40.11, after trading 2,176 units, JMMB Group gained 1 cent and ended at $2.25, with 109,998 units crossing the exchange, National Flour finished trading with a rise of 4 cents at $1.68, with 350 units changing hands. Sagicor Financial closed with an increase of 25 cents and settled at $10.45, after exchanging 11,447 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 6,947 shares and rose 10 cents to close at $24.60.
Losses| Grace Kennedy dropped 5 cents and completed trading, with 16,170 stock units at $3.25, Massy Holdings declined 45 cents and closed at $54, with investors exchanging 21,528 shares, Prestige Holdings ended trading 28,322 stock units 30 cents lower at $8.10. Republic Financial shares fell 4 cents and completed trading at $121.29, with investors exchanging 6,039 shares and Scotiabank closed with a loss of 16 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $58.34, with 1,636 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund completed trading at $24.15, after exchanging 1,303 shares, CinemaOne completed trading at $8, in swapping 196 shares, Guardian Holdings settled at $18.01, with 4,288 units crossing the exchange and NCB Financial ended at $10.31, after exchanging 2,587 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.