5 up 1 down on TTSE – Thursday

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday resulted in 11 securities changing hands, the same as on Wednesday with 5 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
At the close, 322,943 shares were exchanged at a value of $11,771,171 compared to Wednesday’s trades of 283,405 units valued at $21,769,873.
The Composite Index advanced 1.34 points to 1,209.87, the All T&T Index rose 0.81 points to 1,791.87 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.26 points to 84.14.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment closed with a gain of 1 cent to $22.40 trading 84,000 shares valued at $1,881,279, First Caribbean International gained 5 cents to close at $7.67, with an exchange of 5,200 shares, while Grace Kennedy closed at $2.81, with a 1 cent gain exchanging 10,500 shares. Scotia Investments advanced 10 cents to $2.20, with 30,000 shares switching owners, Trinidad & Tobago NGL added 1 cent to close at $23.51, with 22,370 shares changing hands valued at $525,719.
Losses| West Indian Tobacco closed at 52 weeks’ low of $125.80, losing 30 cents in trading 65,647 shares valued at $8,242,806.
Firm Trades| First Citizens traded 3,200 shares at $31.65, JMMB Group held firm at $1.20 with 87,966 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $49 exchanging 400 units. Sagicor Financial traded 660 units at $8 and Scotiabank closed at $58.02 trading 13,000 shares valued at $754,260.