First Citizens trades $6.7M on TTSE

Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Exchange closed on Friday with First Citizens having the largest value of shares trading as the market closed with 13 securities changing hands, up from 10 on Thursday, 2 of which advanced, 2 declined and 9 traded unchanged on a day when 1 stock ended at 52-week’s high.
Trading activity closed with 510,441 shares changing hands with a value of $$8,337,500, in contrast to Thursday’s volume of 168,658 units valued at $4,011,086.
The Composite Index advanced 1.01 points to 1,182.43 points, the All T & T Index gained 2.12 points to close at 1,804.61 points to be down 7.38 percent year to date and the Cross Listed Index dipped 0.01 points to close at 74.84 points and is up 51.16 percent for 2016.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bid higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings gained 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.01 with 2,000 shares changing hands and Guardian Holdings gained 45 cents to close at $13 with 3,994 shares changing hands.
< Strong> Losses| Grace Kennedy traded 192,759 shares valued at $491,577 but lost 2 cents in closing at $2.55 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 1 cent to close at $22.70 with 500 shares trading.
Firm Trades | Ansa McAl closed at $62 with 2,000 shares changing hands, Ansa Merchant Bank ended with 46 shares changing hands at $40.01, Clico Investment Fund closed at $22.60 with just 45 shares changing hands with a value of $896,994, First Citizens traded 201,792 shares valued at $6,659,136 to close at $33. First Caribbean International Bank closed at $8.50 with 95,736 shares with a value of $813,754 changing hands, JMMB Group closed at 91 cents with 1,841 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $50.99 with 1,310 shares trading, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed at $7.20 with 7,995 shares changing hands and Scotiabank closed at $58.74 with 423 shares changing hands.