Activity on the Stock Exchange, ended with 13 securities trading with 3 stocks closing higher, 1 declined and 9 remained unchanged as a total of 209,912 units, valued at $3,879,300 changed hands.
At the close the Composite Index ending with a gain of 0.41 points at 1,147.87, the All T&T Index advanced by 0.80 points to 1,950.84 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 45.24.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund closed 1 cent higher with 48,296 shares valued at $1,087,074 to end trading at $22.50, National Flour Mills with 51,618 shares trading, gained 6 cents in closing at $1.96 and Trinidad Cement closed 10 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.40 with 5,950 shares changing hands as investors responded positively to the company’s nine months results showing profit rising to $394.5 million from $60 million in 2015.
losses| Massy Holdings lost 5 cents to close with 3,978 shares trading at $62.40.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank traded 18,085 shares valued at $632,975 and closed at $35, Guardian Holdings closed with 16,287 shares valued at $208,473 changing hands at $12.80, Guardian Media traded 651 shares with the price remaining at $19.77, JMMB Group with a volume of 160,215 shares being traded at43 cents.
National Commercial Bank in trading 54,404 shares closed at $1.67, National Enterprises with 914 shares changing hands, closed at $16.50, Republic Bank traded 4,347 shares valued at $486,864 and closed at $112. Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 1,886 shares changing hands at $5.75, Scotiabank traded 6,540 units with a value of $408,750 at $62.50 and Scotia Investments traded 25,000 units at $1.61.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
