Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 15 securities changing hands, compared to 12 on Wednesday and ended with 5 advancing, 5 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Three stocks closed at 52 weeks’ low and one at a 52 weeks’ high as 585,230 shares valued $8,422,142 crossed the exchange from 19 securities trading compared to 528,435 shares valued $3,191,853 on Wednesday
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 1.06 points on Thursday to 1,382.97. The All T&T Index declined 2.09 points to 1,755.39, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged points to close at 136.84.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 3 stocks closing with the bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Agostini’s rose 25 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $24 in exchanging 511 shares, Angostura Holdings traded 5,100 shares after rising 5 cents to close at $15.84, Clico Investment Fund rose 3 cents to settle at $24.18, with 1,630 stock units changing hands. First Citizens Bank closed with a rise of 8 cents in trading of 1,510 units at $40.10 and Republic Financial gained 4 cents and settled at $121.33, with 736 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Massy Holdings lost 45 cents and settled at $54.05 with 480 stock units trading, National Enterprises lost 2 cents settled at a 52 weeks’ low of $6, with an exchange of 1,863 shares, National Flour traded 2,730 shares after falling 3 cents to end at $$1.65. Scotia Group lost 2 cents closed at a 52 weeks’ low $59.48, with an exchange of 500 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 81,869 units and lost 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $25.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl traded 1,290 shares at $55.20, Ansa Merchant Bank exchanged 27,858 shares to end at $36, First Caribbean International Bank traded 270 stock units at $8.50, Guardian Holdings closed unchanged at $18.01, after exchanging 25,000 shares. NCB Financial Group traded 110,000 shares unchanged at $10.01 and Sagicor Financial closed trading of 328,983 units to close at $10.45.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.