6 stocks rise on TTSE none fell

Trading picked up on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, after closing for the public holiday on Tuesday and ended with 16 securities trading of which 5 stock closing higher, only 1 declining and 4 remaining unchanged as 140,102 shares changing hands for a value of $3,257,508.
At the close, the Composite Index ending with a gain of 0.27 points at 1,149.04 the All T&T Index rose 0.54 points to 1,950.60 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 45.59.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund gained 1 cent and closed with 918 shares changing hands at $22.54, National Flour Mills gained 1 cent in trading 800 shares at $1.99, Point Lisas ended with just 100 units changing hands at $3.95, to record a gain of 5 cents. Trinidad Cement ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $3.90 with 7,545 shares changing hands as price rose by of 9 cents, Unilever Caribbean ended with 436 shares trading with a gain of 13 cents up, for a new 52 weeks’ high of $67.54 and West Indian Tobacco traded with a gain of 1 cent to end at $126.03 with 405 shares trading at a 52 weeks’ high.
The rise of the price for Unilever comes against the back ground of continuing decline in sales and profit, for the year to date and the third quarter, with revenues of $139 million in the quarter versus $144 last year and for the nine months, $393 million down from $427 million. Profit fell from $13.9 million to $10.45 million for the third quarter and from $45 million for the 2014 nine months period, to $29 million for 2015.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded 900 shares at $18.19, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 134 shares at $38.95, First Citizens Bank traded 5,995 shares and closed at $35, Grace Kennedy traded 10,071 units at $3.60, Guardian Holdings with 2,715 shares changing hands and closed at $12.82. JMMB Group with 10,000 units changing hands ended at 50 cents, Massy Holdings had 261 units changing hands at $62, One Caribbean Media traded 50 shares at $22, Scotiabank closed with 15,992 shares valued at $999,499 changing hands at $62.50 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $21.50 with 83,720 shares changing hands for a value of $1,799,614.