West Indian Tobacco climbs $3.90 on Friday.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday saw Massy Holding recovering $3 of recent losses and West Indian Tobacco climbing $3.90 as investors respond to improved results and a pending stock split.
Market activities ended with 12 securities trading versus 11 on Thursday, with 5 advancing, 3 declining and 4 remaining unchanged. The market closed with two stocks trading at 52 weeks’ low as 451,756 units valued at $6,455,226 traded, compared to 769,673 units valued at $3,207,315 changing hands on Thursday.
The Composite Index climbed 14.86 points to 1,244.65. The All T&T Index rose 11.99 points to 1,700.52, while the Cross Listed Index gained 2.44 points to close at 106.21.
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 2 with lower offers.
Stocks to Watch include, a number of companies that are exhibiting bullish tendencies and may be moving higher in the days ahead, the group includes, NCB Financial, Republic Holdings, and West Indian Tobacco.
Stocks closing with gains| First Citizens closed with an increase of 1 cent to $32.66, after exchanging 3,162 shares, Guardian Holdings finished 26 cents higher and completed trading of 105,016 units at $16.91, Massy 
Holdings closed at $3 higher to $47, after exchanging 10,000 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 35 cents and settled at $6.50, after exchanging 50,140 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a gain of $3.90 to close at $94, with 200 units.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments closed with a loss of 15 cents to end at $20, with 93,016 stock units changing hands, National Enterprises shed 7 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.44, in trading 175,000 stock units and Sagicor Financial lost 3 cents and ended at at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.42, with an exchange of 1,630 stock units.
Stocks trading with no price change| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 643 shares to close at $15.81, Scotiabank completed trading at $64.50, with 360 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.50, after exchanging 12,399 shares and Unilever Caribbean ended at $24, with 190 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
