Market activity jumped sharply on Monday over Thursday after the market reopened from the Independence holiday on Friday, resulting in just one stock falling at the close of trading. After trading 637 percent more shares, having 305 percent greater value than the previous trading day, the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed higher.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator flashed a short-term bullish signal, with seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and only two with lower offers.
Twelve securities traded compared to 14 on Friday, with six stocks rising, one declining and five ended unchanged. The Composite Index popped 7.48 points to 1,432.93, the All T&T Index gained 4.17 points to settle at 1,933.05 and the Cross-Listed Index gained 1.54 points to settle at 125.83.
A total of, 240,192 shares traded, for $3,264,363, up from 32,569 units at $805,417 on Friday. An average of 20,016 units traded at $272,030 compared to 2,326 at $57,530 on Friday, with trading month to date averaging 23,539 units at $432,063 versus 23,680 units at $438,465. The average trade for August amounts to 16,186 units at $226,311.
At the close, Agostini’s traded 80 shares at $24.55, Clico Investment Fund ended at $26.57 while exchanging 4,153 stocks, First Citizens Bank rose 23 cents to $50.74 after trading ten stock units. GraceKennedy remained at $6.30 with 37,000 units clearing the market, Guardian Holdings closed at $32.75 after exchanging 250 shares, JMMB Group popped 2 cents to $2.22, with an exchange of 20,060 stocks. Massy Holdings inched 1 cent higher to $82.01 in an exchange of 13,849 stock units, NCB Financial Group rose 19 cents to $8.25 after finishing trading of 157,000 units, Republic Financial Holdings dropped $2.08 to $136.42 in trading 2,310 stock units. Scotiabank gained 75 cents to close at $60.55, with 242 stocks crossing the exchange, Trinidad & Tobago NGL popped 75 cents to $17.50 after exchanging 4,129 shares and West Indian Tobacco remained at $30.99 in switching ownership of 1,109 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.