Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended trading on Thursday with 10 securities changing hands compared to 18 on Wednesday but volume and value traded rose strongly over Wednesday’s levels.
At the close of the market, 4 stocks rose, 4 declined and 2 remained unchanged resulting in the Composite Index added 0.14 points to end at 1,408.90. The All T&T Index rose 2.79 points to 1,754.48, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.35 points to close at 144.15.
Trading ended with, as 134,220 shares changing hands at $6,588,966, compared to 79,629 shares changing hands at $1,539,070 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks closing with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings added 15 cents and ended at $18.30, with 4,052 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings gained 3 cents and ended at $54.55, trading 104,474 units, 
Republic Financial rose $1.11 and settled at $123, with 3,774 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco settled at $105, with 500 units crossing the exchange.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 5 cents and completed trading of 554 units at $40.20, Guardian Media closed with a loss of 10 cents and completed trading of 825 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.50. NCB Financial shed 5 cents and settled at $10.50, in swapping of 15,206 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 4,000 units and shed 10 cents to close at $25.50.
Firm Trades| Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 320 shares and closed unchanged at $15.75 and Sagicor Financial ended at $10.50, with 515 units.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
