Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange rose on Friday for the fifth day in a row, with 17 securities changing hands, up from 15 securities on Thursday as trading ended with 8 stocks rising, 2 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Composite Index gained 3.30 points to 1,415.63. The All T&T Index rose 5.53 points to 1,764.79, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.14 points to close at 144.56.
Trading ended with 389,919 shares trading for $7,052,818, compared to 235,934 shares for $1,468,834 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy rose 4 cents and closed at $3.48, with investors exchanging 1,700 shares, Massy Holdings increased by 1 cent and completed trading of 33 units at $56.06, National Enterprises gained 6 cents and ended at $5.76, in swapping 52 shares. Prestige Holdings finished trading with a rise of 4 cents and settled at $8.10, with 70 units crossing the exchange, Republic Financial gained $2 to end at $125, with 2,218 units changing hands, Scotiabank added 1 cent and settled at $59.47, after trading 210 shares. West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent to $102.28, with an exchange of 10 units and Unilever Caribbean added 50 cents to settle at $24, with 100 units crossing the exchange.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 50 cents and settled at $41, with investors exchanging 273 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 20 cents in exchanging 111,705 shares to close at $25.50.
Firm Traded| Clico Investment Fund ended at $24.07, with investors swapping 71,642 shares, First Caribbean International Bank traded 1,000 shares at $8.99, Guardian Holdings exchanged 2,000 shares to end at $18.50. National Flour completed trading at $1.49, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial settled at $10.75, with 194,074 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial ended at $10.68, with 3,551 units changing hands and Trinidad Cement ended at $1.95 with investors switching ownership of 281 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
