Trinidad Cement closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Friday.
While the values of the Trinidad based company declined that for the wider Caribbean grew by nearly 58 percent and resulted in the Composite index rising but by only 4 percent. The market closed the year on a positive note, with the IC bid-offer Indicator | showing the strongest reading for the last two trading days of the year with just 2 stocks closing with bids that were lower than their last sale price.
Trading on Friday resulted in 11 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Thursday. Market activity ended with 5 stocks rising, 1 declining and 5 holding firm, with 262,813 shares being traded valued at $6,001,767 compared to 155,564 shares being traded valued at $1,446,576 on Thursday.
The Composite Index rose 3.37 points to end the year at 1,209.53, the All T&T Index gained 1.35 points to 1,834.23 with a year to date loss at 6 percent. The Cross Listed Index rose 0.71 points at 78.17 points with year to date gains of 57.89 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments Fund gained 1 cent in trading 665 units at $22.62, First Citizens Bank had 6,760 units trading with a gain of 25 cents to end at $35, JMMB Group traded 181,727 units to end at 90 cents with a 1 cent rise.
National Commercial Bank added 6,999 shares to stocks that traded and gained 10 cents to close at $3 and Trinidad Cement traded 2,000 units with a rise of 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.40.Losses| Grace Kennedy traded 730 shares but lost 1 cent to close at $2.67
Firm Trades| Massy Holdings contributed just 12,350 shares with a value of $642,200 to end at $52, Readymix West Indies closed trading with 5,000 shares trading at $10.99. Republic Financial Holdings with a volume of 44,125 shares valued at $4,784,915 changing hands, closed at $108.44, Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 1,909 shares at $21 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 548 units trading, to end at $59.84.
One Caribbean Media fell 9 cents to end $19.90 with 195 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 1 cent with 49 units trading, to end at 52 weeks low of $59.84.
a 52 weeks’ high of $7.73 with 800 shares changing hands, Scotiabank gained 7 cents in trading 8,737 shares at $58.85 and Trinidad Cement traded 10,220 units with a rise of 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.35.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday resulted in 7 securities changing hands compared to 9 on Thursday. Market activity ended with no stock rising, 3 declining and 5 holding firm, with 414,785 shares being traded valued at $1,433,699 compared to 435,352 shares being traded valued at $9,756,871 on Thursday. 
Losses| Angostura Holdings lost 50 cents with 36,443 shares valued at $546,651 closing at $15 and JMMB Group lost 3 cents in trading 353,350 units valued at $304,612 to end at 86 cents.
Losses| Clico Investments lost 20 cents with 54,459 shares being traded, to close at $22.60, Readymix West Indies closed at a 52 week’s low of $10.99, after falling by 1 cent, with 2,999 shares changing owners and West Indian Tobacco fell 2 cents on the trading of 101 shares to close at $126.88.
traded 3,502 units at $12.52, after rising by a cent and Sagicor Financial Corporation gained 2 cents on the trading of 4,088 shares to close at $7.66 to be the sole stock rising.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday resulted in only 9 securities changing hands compared to 7 on Monday. Market activity ended with only 1 stock that advanced, 4 declined and 4 held firm with 107,398 units being traded at a value of $1,567,701 compared to Monday’s 140,454 shares valued at $1,002,987. 
owners, LJ Williams lost 1 cent in closing at 66 cents with 39,168 shares changing hands. Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 24 cents to close at $21.25 with 2,123 shares changing ownership and West Indian Tobacco lost 5 cents to end at $126.90 with 10,000 units changing hands.
Gains| First Citizens Bank closed at $34.92, rising 2 cents with 13,224 shares changing owners and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 4 cents to close at $21.49 with 227 shares changing ownership.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday resulted in 6 securities changing hands compared to 10 on Thursday. Market activity ended with only 1 stock that advanced, 3 declined and 2 held firm with 90,693 units being traded at a value of $416,211 compared to Thursday’s 32,776 shares valued at $570,141. 
Losses| First Citizens Bank closed at $34.90, falling 1 cent with 1,250 shares changing owners, L.J. Williams was down 4 cents, closing trading at 52 weeks’ low of 67 cents with an exchange of 18,500 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 6 cents to close at $21.45 with 773 shares changing ownership.
Scotiabank fell 87 cents to $58.78 with an exchange of only 239 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed trading at $21.50, losing 46 cents with 13,201 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco lost 2 cents to close at $126.95 with a mere 100 shares switching owners.