Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on Monday, the trading day after the market closed for Emancipation day, was low with 13 securities changing hands of which only 1 advanced, 6 declined and 6 traded firm, with 59,661 stocks changing hands at a value of $1,557,124.
The Composite Index lost 1.86 points to close at 1,158.95, the All T&T Index fell by 3.59 points to close at 2,002.32 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.02 points to end at 41.31.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close, are National Flour Mills in contributing 9,834 units with a value of $10,326 and gained 5 cents, to end at $1.05.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading, are Clico Investment Fund that traded 8,544 units valued at $183,775, the price declined by 10 cents to end at $21.60, First Citizens traded 2,165 units to close down by 66 cents at $36, Prestige Holdings shed a cent, while trading 2,000 units at $9.40, Republic Bank added 7,666 shares valued at $935,142, but the price fell by a cent to $121.99, Sagicor Financial Corporation with 12,500 shares changing hands for a value of $83,075, closed at $6.63, down 3 cents, Scotiabank traded 771 units but the price slid 73 cents, to close at a new 52 weeks low of $65.99.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are Agostini’s with 500 units, to close at $17.45, Angostura Holdings with 2,000 shares ended at $12.75, Grace Kennedy traded only 248 units at $3.45, Guardian Holdings with 11,000 shares traded for $157,300, ended at $14.30, while, National Commercial Bank with 833 shares, closed at $1.05 and Trinidad Cement closed at $1.90 while trading 1,600 shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with the bids higher than their last selling price and no stock closed with an offer that was lower.
Declines dominate post emancipation trades
August 4, 2014 by