The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed out February, with the volume of stocks trading on Thursday rising 11 percent but with a 43 percent lower value than on Wednesday resulting in 14 securities trading compared with 17 on Wednesday and ending with prices of seven stocks rising, only one declining and six remaining unchanged.
Republic Financial was the only stocks to fall on Thursday.
The market closed trading with an exchange of 84,203 shares for $896,314 compared to 75,574 stock units at $1,559,727 on Wednesday.
An average of 6,015 shares were traded at $64,022 compared to 4,446 units at $91,749 on Wednesday, with trading month to date averaging 21,839 shares at $159,828 compared with 22,609 units at $164,485 on the previous day and an average for January of 15,998 shares at $167,627.
The Composite Index declined 4.40 points to close at 1,190.33, the All T&T Index skidded 8.91 points to end trading at 1,781.26, the SME Index advanced 1.19 points to end the day at 78.90 and the Cross-Listed Index rallied 0.06 points to end the day at 78.09.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s increased 25 cents to end at $68.50 in switching ownership of 1,620 units, Angostura Holdings climbed $1.01 in closing at $20 with investors trading 2,283 stocks, Calypso Macro Investment Fund ended at $23.50, with 21 shares crossing the market. Endeavour Holdings popped 1 cent and ended at $15 with traders dealing in 1,051 stock units, First Citizens Group rose by 25 cents to close at $49.25, with 1,290 shares crossing the exchange, FirstCaribbean International Bank remained at $7.04 with investors swapping 100 stocks. 
GraceKennedy rose 2 cents to end at $3.98 with an exchange of 250 units, Guardian Holdings remained at $17.75 and closed with an exchange of 585 stock units, Massy Holdings rallied 1 cent and ended at $4.38 with investors transferring 63,192 shares. Prestige Holdings ended at $10.30 in an exchange of 787 stocks, Republic Financial gained 75 cents to close at $120 after trading 2,125 units, Scotiabank dropped $3 to close at $70 with a transfer of 180 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL remained at $9 after 10,619 shares passed through the market and Unilever Caribbean ended at $11.77 after a transfer of 100 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.