Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with trading in 14 securities against 15 on Wednesday, with 6 advancing, 4 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
The Composite Index lost 0.63 points to close 1,311.25. The All T&T Index rose 2.77 points to 1,716.45, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.56 points to close at 122.39.
Trading ended with 217,203 shares with a value of $3,760,569 compared to 479,923 shares with a value of $10,071,918 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| First Citizens finished 1 cent higher at $34.51, trading 1,107 shares, Republic Financial Holdings jumped $1.37 to close at $110, in exchanging 2,089 shares, Sagicor Financial added 3 cents to close at $9.98, after trading 6,300 shares. Scotiabank gained 13 cents and ended at $63.63, with just 31 stock units changing hands, Trinidad Cement rose 5 cents and settled at $2.55, in exchanging 6,412 shares and West Indian Tobacco rose just 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $96.01, with 1,660 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| Angostura Holdings lost 3 cents to complete trading of 200 shares at $16, Clico Investments closed with a loss of 5 cents at $20.15, with 110,102 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank lost 15 cents in closing at $8.35 with 15,596 shares changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 40 cents trading of 19,059 units at $29.60.
Stocks closing firm | Grace Kennedy traded 21,600 shares to end at $3.10, Guardian Holdings traded 969 units at $18, JMMB Group close trading of 27,980 shares at $1.80 and Massy Holdings closed at $48.01, after exchanging 4,098 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.