Honours shared in trading on Trinidad Stock Exchange on Monday as investors pumped 17 percent more funds into trading and purchased 30 percent fewer shares than Friday, resulting in 19 securities trading compared with 17 on Friday, with five stocks rising, five declining and nine remaining unchanged.
Investors exchanged 184,633 shares for $2,237,079 compared with 263,127 units at $1,908,338 on Friday.
An average of 9,718 units were traded at $117,741 compared with 15,478 shares at $112,255 on Friday. Trading month to date averaged 23,481 units at $199,797, down from 24,376 at $205,136 on the previous trading day. The average trade for April ended at 17,776 shares at $261,442.
The Composite Index climbed 1.15 points to 1,272.52, the All T&T Index advanced 1.62 points to 1,929.65, the SME Index closed at 62.13 and the Cross-Listed Index rose 0.09 points to end at 79.67.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and seven with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s remained at $64.50, with 1,051 shares crossing the market, Angostura Holdings ended at $23.10 as investors exchanged 155 stock units,
Ansa McAl ended at $51 after investors traded 100 units, Calypso Macro Investment Fund advanced 28 cents to end at $21.80 with a transfer of 58 stocks, First Citizens Group remained at $48.50, with 358 stock units crossing the exchange, GraceKennedy rose 1 cent to close at $4.04 in an exchange of 10,500 shares, Guardian Holdings rallied 45 cents and ended at $21 with 24,090 stocks changing hands, JMMB Group ended at $1.40 in trading 4,895 units. Massy Holdings rallied 24 cents to $5.24 in an exchange of 28,671 shares, National Enterprises slipped 3 cents to end at $3.72 after 65,833 units changing hands, National Flour Mills declined 5 cents and ended at $1.65 with an exchange of 70 stocks, One Caribbean Media dipped 5 cents to close at $3.70 after 1,577 stock units were traded. 
Point Lisas shed 23 cents to end at $3.27 after exchanging 112 shares, Prestige Holdings remained at $8 after 200 units cleared the market, Republic Financial ended at $132 after an exchange of 1,596 stocks, Scotiabank closed at $77.01 with shareholders swapping 4,259 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL climbed 50 cents to $19 with 5,416 shares changing hands, Unilever Caribbean ended at $15.45, with 18,371 stocks crossing the market and West Indian Tobacco lost 50 cents to close at $14 after a transfer of 17,321 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
