Clico chips in with $13.7m on TTSE

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange was primarily dominated by Clico Fund, with more than 82 percent of the value and volume trading, on Thursday. There was trading in 15 securities, 4 advanced, 4 declined and 7 traded firm, with 729,054 stocks changing hands, with a value of $16,618,607.
The Composite Index lost 0.09 points to close at 1,164.83, the All T&T Index fell by 0.18 points to close at 2,009.45 and the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 41.92.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close, are Ansa Merchant Bank with 25 units to close with a 2 cents gain at $39.09, a new 52 weeks high, Clico Investment Fund 612,990 shares valued at $13,680,616, advanced by 33 cents, to end at $22.01. First Citizens Bank traded just 2 shares to close at $35.51 as the price moved up by 9 cents, One Caribbean Media gained of 2 cents to close at $23.28 while trading 600 units.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Flavorite Foods with just 2 shares losing a cent to close at $5.74, Guardian Holdings traded 1,000 units to close with a 5 cents loss at $14.35, Massy Group traded 35,443 shares for a value of $2,459,609 as the price slipped 3 cents to end at $69.42 and National Enterprises traded only 2 units, but lost a cent, in closing at $18.23,
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading, are Angostura Holdings contributing 13,570 shares with a value of $173,018, to close at $12.75, National Flour Mills with 61,000 shares changing hands for a value of $61,000 closed at $1, while Point Lisas Port development traded 7 units at $4.15, Republic Bank traded 80 units at $122, Sagicor Financial Corporation added 2,748 shares to end at $6.68, Scotia Investment had a mere 2 units trading at $1.55 and West Indian Tobacco contributed 1,583 shares to close at $118.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had one stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and one with the offer lower.