6 stocks up on paltry volume

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended moderately with 10 securities changing hands of which 6 advanced, 2 declined and 2 traded firm with a total of only 40,158 units, valued at $891,371 crossing the exchange system.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.76 points to close at 1,159.49, the All T&T Index fell by just 1.52 points to close at 1,969.42 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 45.86.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Ansa Merchant Bank while adding 1,000 shares, gained 1 cent in closing at $38.92, Clico Investment Fund with 1,285 shares gained 1 cent, to end the day at $22.51. Guardian Holdings with 16,854 shares changing hands, for a value of $239,301, gained a cent, in closing at $14.20, followed by Massy Holdings trading 638 shares, to close with a gain of 1 cent, at $64.01. Trinidad Cement that traded 88 shares to close with a gain of 2 cents at $2.77 and West Indian Tobacco had 148 shares trading and gained 2 cents to close at $125.27.
Declines|First Citizens Bank traded 7,017 shares with a value of $251,209 to close $35.80, down 1 cent and Scotiabank declined at the end of trading with the price shedding 47 cents to end at $62.53 while trading just 69 shares.
Firm Trades|Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Agostini’s with a volume of 12,611 shares being traded for a value of $217,540, closed at $17.25 and Republic Bank traded 448 shares at $115.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 7 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with a lower offer.