FirstCaribbean traded at a new 52 weeks’ high on Friday.
The market closed with modest movements in the indices and ended with 5 stocks gaining, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged as 14 securities traded.
The Composite Index rose 6.44 points to close at 1,171.59, the All T&T Index gained 1.68 points to close at 1,819.56 and the Cross Listed Index grew by 1.53 points to 69.82 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 200,000 units for a value of $8,002,000 and gained 1 cent to end at $40.01, Firstcaribbean International Bank ended trading 5,000 shares and closed with a rise of 31 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.65. JMMB Group gained 2 cents to end with 100,000 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ high of 73 cents, Praetorian Property Mutual Fund ended with 87,800 shares changing hands to close at $2.65 after rising 5 cents and Trinidad Cement had 7,300 shares changing hands and rose 25 cents to close at $3.50.
Losses| Asna McAl traded 15,000 shares valued at $940,200 and lost 2 cents to end at $62.68,
Calypso Macro Index Fund dropped 1 cent while trading 20,000 units valued at $439,725 to end at 52 weeks’ low of $21.99 and Guardian Holdings traded 13,540 shares with the price closing at $12.60 after falling 2 cents.Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded just 70,556 shares valued at $1,220,619 to end at $17.30, Clico Investment Fund closed with 4,955 shares changing hands to end at $22.60, Massy Holdings ended with 7,668 shares with a value of $398,733 changing hands to end at $52. National Commercial Bank ended with 175,370 shares being traded for $457,800 with the price closing at $2.60, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.65 with 20,925 units changing hands and Unilever traded 10,775 shares valued at $646,500 at $60.