Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with 17 securities trading against 18 on Monday, leading to 6 advancing, 3 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 2.77 points to 1,356.85. The All T&T Index lost 1 point to end at 1,794.58, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.91 points to close at 124.06 as trading ended with 259,784 shares valued at $3,801,902 changing hands compared to 107,045 shares for $2,201,412, on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with higher bids than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| At the close of the market, First Citizens rose 40 cents to close at $39, after exchanging 1,275 shares, Grace Kennedy gained 5 cents and ended trading of 100,000 units, at $3.35, JMMB Group finished 15 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.10, with 7,200 stock units changing hands. One Caribbean Media concluded trading of 500 units after rising 5 cents to close at $10.30, Sagicor Financial added 3 cents and completed trading of 8,843 units at $9.25 and Scotiabank increased 19 cents and settled at $62.75, after exchanging 537 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 5 cents at $54.95, with 23,526 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises shed 10 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ low of $6.70, after exchanging 1,500 shares and Trinidad Cement lost 24 cents and ended at $2.50, with 1,368 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing firm| CinemaOne completed trading of 500 units at $9.95, First Caribbean International Bank settled at $8.31, after exchanging 800 shares, Guardian Holdings settled at $18.50, after exchanging 13,919 shares, National Flour concluded at $1.75, after exchanging 32,680 shares, NCB Financial Group ended at $8.45, with 12,190 stock units changing hands. Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $26.50 after trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $26.17, in exchanging 52,908 shares, Unilever Caribbean completed trading of 788 units at $26.25 and West Indian Tobacco settled at $112, after exchanging 1,250 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.