Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on the final day of the week ended with 12 securities changing hands of which 5 advanced, 2 declined and 5 traded firm with a total of 614,768 units, valued at $5,248,832.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.80 points to close at 1,148.87, the All T&T Index fell by 0.22 points to close at 1,980.78 and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.24 points to end at 41.50.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Firstcaribbean International Bank traded 1,100 shares to close with a gain of 1 cent, at $5.03, Grace Kennedy closed with 3,200 shares and advanced by 1 cent to 3.61. Jamaica Money Market Brokers ending with 329,033 shares changing hands for a value of $142,484 at 44 cents, after gaining 1 cent, followed by National Commercial Bank trading 13,940 units at a cent higher at $1.19 and Sagicor Financial Corporation with 99,221 shares traded for $520,910 and increasing 14 cents to end at $5.25.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Guardian Holdings suffered a loss of 4 to close at $13.10 and Massy Holdings contributed 35,216 shares with a value of $2,243,499 but the price slipped 8 cents to $63.64.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund trading 86,142 shares valued at $1,938,195 with the price remaining at $22.50, First Citizens Bank trading 2,387 shares closed at $35.75, while Scotia Investments added 22,858 shares, at $1.45, Trinidad Cement closed with 13,671 shares trading at $2.55 and West Indian Tobacco trading 1,000 shares at $125.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
5 stocks gained on TTSE Friday
February 20, 2015 by