Market activity on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange was light on Friday, with 11 securities trading against 22 on Thursday, and resulted in slightly more stocks declining than rising after trading 57 percent fewer shares, with 7 percent greater value than on Thursday.
At the close, four stocks rose, five declined and two were left unchanged.
The Composite Index declined 3.06 points to 1,466.82, the All T&T Index shed 6.42 points to end at 2,024.43 and the Cross-Listed Index added 0.08 points to settle at 121.95.
At the close, a total of 168,084 shares traded for $5,432,410 versus 393,758 units at $4,306,588 on Thursday. An average of 15,280 units traded at $493,855 compared to 17,898 at $229,720 on Thursday, with trading month to date averaging 21,831 units at $277,044 versus 22,190 units at $265,179. The average trade for November amounts to 35,109 units at $290,897.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two stocks with lower offers.
At the close, CinemaOne ended at $4 with the swapping of 400 shares, Clico Investment Fund rose $1.18 in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $30 after trading 66,032 stocks, Guardian Holdings dropped 17 cents to $30.33 in exchanging 17,904 units.
JMMB Group ended at $2.30, with 2,000 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings increased $4.45 in ending at $99.70, with 23,728 units, crossing the market, NCB Financial Group shed 3 cents to close at $8.01 with 34,000 shares changing hands. Republic Financial Holdings fell $1.49 to $136.51 after 130 stocks crossed the exchange, Scotiabank fell 50 cents to $68.50 while exchanging 100 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined $1.10 to $18.90 trading 550 units. Trinidad Cement rallied 20 cents to $3.70 in switching ownership of 240 shares and Unilever Caribbean gained 10 cents to close at $16.20 after exchanging 23,000 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Light trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange
December 17, 2021 by