Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 20 securities against 13 on Thursday, with 5 advancing, 7 declining and 8 remaining unchanged with NCB Financial hitting a record high of $6.99.
At close of the market the Composite Index gained 9.59 points on Friday to 1,248.09. The All T&T Index lost 2.46 points to close at 1,695.30, while the Cross Listed Index rose 3 points to close at 107.88.
Trading ended with 221,886 shares at a value of $3,379,494, compared to 164,712 shares on Thursday valued at $2,186,571.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| NCB Financial Group closed with a gain of 44 cents and settled at record close of $6.99, after exchanging 144 shares, One Caribbean Media gained 25 cents and ended at $11.25, after exchanging 1,400 shares, Prestige Holdings rose 15 cents to end at $7.50, in exchanging 1,000 units, Sagicor Financial closed with an increase of 25 cents at $7.25, with 36,375 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading with a rise of 9 cents at $29.40, after exchanging 13,705 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Angostura Holdings fell 25 cents and ended at $15.75, with 6,600 stock units changing hands, Ansa Mcal lost 1 cent and completed trading of just 27 units at $55, Clico Investments shed 5 cents and ended at $20.10, with 7,306 stock units changing hands, First Citizens lost 25 cents and settled at $32.75, after exchanging 805 shares, LJ Williams B share ended trading 5 cents lower at 70 cents, after exchanging 1,000 shares, Massy Holdings concluded trading with a loss of 80 cents at $46, in trading 3,734 shares and Trinidad Cement traded with a loss of 19 cents to close at $2.55, after 42,303 shares changed hands.
Stocks trading with no price change| First Caribbean International Bank completed trading of 50,000 units, at $8, Grace Kennedy ended the day at $3, with 2,000 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings completed trading of 37,800 units, at $18, JMMB Group ended at $1.75, after exchanging 7,323 shares, National Flour completed trading 500 units at $1.68, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $107.27, after an exchanging 8,199 shares, Scotiabank completed trading at $64.50, with 16 units and West Indian Tobacco closed trading of 1,649 units at $95.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.