Stocks recorded more gain for the second consecutive day of trading for the year trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on Thursday, as the market closed with all three main indices ending higher.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 1.90 points to 1,308.79, the All T&T Index gained 2.80 points, to close at 1,708.97, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.13 points to close at 122.78.
The market closed with 19 securities changing hands on Thursday, against 14 on Wednesday and finished with 5 advancing, 3 declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with units 908,602 valued at $14,315,716 compared to 1,076,008 valued at $6,913,140 on Thursday as Grace Kennedy dominated the volume traded with nearly 1 million shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with just 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and none with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| Grace Kennedy added 5 cents and completed trading at $3.05, with 6,447 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings increased 90 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ high of $19, with an exchange of 2,500 units, Massy Holdings rose 5 cents and ended at $47, after exchanging 125,979 shares. National Enterprises closed with a gain of 1 cent to close at $8.01, with 666,562 stock units 
changing hands and Prestige Holdings gained 20 cents and settled at $7.50, after trading 250 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments fell 16 cents and completed trading at $20, with 3,853 shares changing hands, Scotiabank closed with a loss of 25 cents and completed trading at $64, with 312 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement shed 2 cents and concluded trading at $2.70, after exchanging 4,750 shares.
Stocks trading firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund ended trading of 7,160 shares to close at $15. First Caribbean International Bank settled at $8.30, with the trading of 49,999 units, First Citizens ended at $34, after exchanging 1,173 shares, JMMB Group exchanged 200 shares to end at $1.75, NCB Financial Group concluded trading 1,100 shares at $8.65, One Caribbean Media closed at $10.25, after trading 2,879 shares. Point Lisas finished trading at $3.65, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $107.26, after exchanging 188 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $9, in swapping 6,372 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.10, with 6,978 units trading and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $95.25, with 20,900 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
