strong>Investors pushed the prices of more stocks on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, than those rising.
The market closed with 17 securities trading similar to the numbers trading on Wednesday, leading to 4 advancing, 6 declining and 7 remaining unchanged and ended with one stock closing at a new 52 weeks’ high and one at a low.
At close of the market, the Composite Index declined by 4.78 points to 1,352.09. The All T&T Index rose 0.65 points to 1,791.62, while the Cross Listed Index lost 1.41 points to close at 123.16 as trading ended with 280,457 shares valued $2,832,804, changing hands, compared to 321,326 shares valued at $6,534,620 shares, on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 1 stock with a higher bid than their last selling price and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| At the close of the market, Clico Investments gained 8 cents and concluded trading of 1,689 units at $23.20, Scotiabank added 15 cents and settled at $62.90, after exchanging 179 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 40 cents while exchanging 25,232 shares at $26.40 and Trinidad Cement rose 5 cents and ended at $2.55, with 5,025 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| First Caribbean International Bank lost 11 cents to close at $8.20, after exchanging 10,000 shares, JMMB Group closed 2 cents lower at $2.18, with 3,703 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings concluded trading of 1,889 stock units with a loss of 20 cents to end at $54.75. NCB Financial Group traded 13,925 stock units with a loss of 9 cents to end at $8.36, Prestige Holdings fell 25 cents to close at $9.50, after exchanging 5,000 shares and Sagicor Financial closed with a loss of 3 cents at $9.22, with 140,257 units crossing the exchange.
Stocks closing firm| First Citizens ended at $38.60, after exchanging 1,093 shares, Grace Kennedy completed trading at $3.35, with 50,000 units, Guardian Holdings settled at $18.50, after exchanging 2,410 shares. National Enterprises settled at $6.70, after trading 3,800 shares, One Caribbean Media completed trading of 14,826 units, at $10.30, Point Lisas settled at $3.65, in exchanging 429 shares and Unilever Caribbean completed trading of 1,000 units at $26.30.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.