3 stocks up on TTSE 3 down

Trading picked up on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday and ended with 15 securities trading of which 3 stocks closed higher, 3 declined and 9 remained unchanged as 344,076 shares changed hands for a value of $6,934,138.At the close, the Composite Index ending with a gain of 1.20 points at 1,153.65 the All T&T Index rose 0.05 points to 1,951.79 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.32 at 46.69.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 2 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| National Commercial Bank closed with a gain of 4 cents with 22,336 units trading at $1.80, Republic Bank gained 1 cent to land at $112, with 50 shares changing hands and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with a gain of 1 cent at $21.50 with 227,168 shares changing hands for a value of $4,883,947.
Declines| Agostini’s traded 15,000 shares at $18.10 after dropping 9 cents, Massy Holdings had 3,240 units changing hands at $61.99 after slipping 1 cent to end at a 52 weeks’ low and Trinidad Cement ended at a $4.01 with 500 shares changing hands as the price fell 1 cent.

Firm Trades| > Clico Investment Fund closed with 9,655 shares changing hands at $22.53, valued $217,527, First Citizens Bank traded 1,619 shares and closed at $35, FirstCaribbean International Bank traded 400 shares and closed at $5, Grace Kennedy traded 850 units at $3.60, Guardian Holdings with 2,900 shares changing hands and closed at $12.90. National Flour Mills traded 3,892 shares at $1.99, Point Lisas ended with 37,974 units changing hands at $3.95, Prestige Holdings traded 1,906 shares at $1.96 and Scotiabank closed with 16,586 shares valued at $1,036,625 changing hands at $62.50.