Stocks mostly rose in trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, with the price of 6 security rising, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
The market ended trading of 276,756 shares at a value of $7,002,384 compared to 143,335 shares at a value of $2,574,472 changing hands on Thursday and ended with 18 securities changing hands, similar to the number trading on Thursday.
Trading closed, with the Composite Index declining 1.51 points to 1,233.15, the All T&T Index rose 1.10 points to 1,700.08, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.57 points to close at 103.06.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 5 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers. The market closed with a number of stocks exhibiting a posture for moving higher in the days ahead, the group are, Agostini’s, Ansa McAl, Republic Holdings, Point Lisas, Trinidad and Tobago NGL and West Indian Tobacco with a 3 for 1 stock split to come to make the stock more attractive for investors to trade.
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Stocks closing with gains| Clico Investments gained 35 cents and ended at $20.35, with 525 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings added 2 cents and completed trading of 500 units at $16.92, National Enterprises increased 4 cents and ended at $9.01, with 770 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings rose 5 cents and ended trading at $106, after exchanging 48,007 shares, Scotiabank closed with a gain of 5 cents in trading 3,700 units at $64.85 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 10 cents and settled at $29.50, exchanging 1,000 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| First Caribbean International Bank traded with a loss of 10 cents at $8.40, 
trading 7,500 units, First Citizens fell 7 cents and settled at $32.68, after exchanging 4,135 shares, Prestige Holdings closed with a loss of 4 cents and completed trading 2,663 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.50 and Sagicor Financial shed 14 cents and ended at $7.55 with 70,472 stock units changing hands.
Stocks trading with no price change| Angostura Holdings ended at $15.75, with 500 stock units changing hands, Ansa Merchant settled at $38.25, after exchanging 3,000 shares, Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 800 shares to close at $15.81, JMMB Group ended at $1.63, after exchanging 7,500 shares, National Flour completed trading at $1.70, with 15,928 units changing hands, NCB Financial Group settled at $6.15, after exchanging 108,531 shares, Trinidad Cement concluded at $2.70, in exchanging 962 shares and West Indian Tobacco completed trading of 263 units at $90.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
