6 stocks rise 6 fall on TTSE on Friday

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Friday with an increased number of 16 securities changing hands compared to 15 on Thursday. A total of 6 stocks advanced, 4 were unchanged and 6 declined as 662,006 units were exchanged, for $5,506,299 compared to 482,036 shares valued at $3,773,912 on Thursday.
The Composite Index advanced 1.17 points to 1,225.08, the All T & T Index gained 0.28 points to 1,834.21 and the Cross Listed Index also gained 0.28 points to 82.43.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment closed 2 cents higher at $22.52, with 142,187 units traded at a value of $3,200,232, First Caribbean International gained 3 cents trading 31,963 units to close at a 52 weeks high of $8.53, Guardian Holdings exchanged 7,600 shares and gained 18 cents to end at $13.31. JMMB Group added 4 cents to close at a 52 weeks high of $1.20 with an exchange of 364,378 units valued at $437,724, Scotia Investments closed at $2.23, gaining 2 cents with 76,418 shares changing hands and Scotiabank gained 5 cents, in closing at $58.75 with 1,000 shares traded.
Losses| Massy Holdings closed at $51.40, losing 2 cents with only 75 units changing owners, National Commercial Bank was down 7 cents to $3.28 trading 1,000 shares and Point Lisas lost 5 cents to close at $3.70 with an exchange of 530 units. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $108.28, after falling 6 cents with 9,302 shares being exchanged at a value of $1,007,221, Trinidad Cement slid 5 cents to $4.50, with 18,402 shares traded and West Indian Tobacco exchanged 100 units to close at $127.
Firm Trades| Grace Kennedy closed at $2.68 with 100 shares traded, Prestige Holdings remained unchanged at $11 with 169 units changing hands, Sagicor Financial closed at $8.50 trading 2,582 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL held firm at $21 with an exchange of 6,200 units.