Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed with 13 securities changing hands of which 5 advanced, 2 declined and 6 traded firm with a total of 256,617 units, valued at $3,637,097.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose by 0.45 points to close at 1,149.02, the All T&T Index gained 0.15 points to close at 1,972.82 and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.14 points to end at 42.61.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, National Commercial Bank with 17,000 shares trading and closed 1 cent higher, at a new 52 weeks’ high of $1.37. Scotiabank gained 3 cents in trading 462 shares to end at $62.20, Trinidad Cement contributed 16,500 shares and closed 1 cent higher at $2.31, Unilever Caribbean gained 17 cents to end at a new 52 weeks’ high of $65.35 while trading 653 shares and West Indian Tobacco traded 1,728 shares to advance by 1 cent to $125.04.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Angostura Holdings with 1,500 shares trading, closed with a loss of 4 cents, at $14.96 and Agostini’s added 10,000 shares valued at $174,000 and suffered a 20 cents loss, to close at $17.40.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund trading 107,156 shares valued at $2,411,010 to end at $22.5, First Citizens Bank trading 5,917 shares, valued at $209,817 to close at $35.46. Grace Kennedy trading 1,500 shares at $3.60, National Flour Mills exchanging 800 shares at $1.55, Point Lisas Industrial Port Development with 7,551 shares closed at $3.50 and Sagicor Financial Corporation with 85,850 shares changing hands for a value of $437,965, closed at $5.10.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
5 stocks gained on TTSE Wednesday
March 11, 2015 by