Trading ended after closing for the Christmas break with 13 securities changing hands on Thursday, against 16 on Monday and finished with 6 advancing, 3 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.75 points to 1,303.34, gained 0.80 points to 1,703.24, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.10 points to close at 122.08. Trading ended with 101,149 units valued at $3,433,867 compared to 106,024 units valued at $4,839,646 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| First Citizens gained 48 cents to close at $33.63 after exchanging 1,103 shares, Grace Kennedy advanced 5 cents and ended at $2.90, with 14,500 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings gained just 1 cent to end at $107.26, after exchanging 30 shares. Scotiabank gained 25 cents to complete trading of 17 units at $64.25, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose just 1 cent and settled at $29.25, after exchanging 35,914 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a gain of 15 cents to close trading of 22,500 units at $95.25.
Stocks closing with Losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund fell 50 cents and ended at $15, with 2,000 stock units changing hands and JMMB Group lost 2 cents to finish at $1.76 after exchanging 22,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 5 cents ended at $22.95, with 18 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing firm| Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $38.26, after exchanging 200 shares, Clico Investments concluded trading at $20.20, with 1,985 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $47 after exchanging 845 shares and Sagicor Financial ended at $9.45, with 37 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
