Only 2 TTSE stocks rose & 3 fall – Thursday

Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market continued with relatively low volumes when it closed on Thursday with 14 securities changing hands resulting in 132,758 shares valued at $3,006,849 traded. At the close, 2 stocks rose, 3 declined and 8 remained unchanged, leading to marginal changes in all the market indices. Two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ lows and one at a 52 weeks’ high.
The Composite Index gained 0.67 points to close at 1,151.80, the All T&T Index lost 1.07 points to close at 1,813.46 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.33 points to at 65.24.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with offers that were lower.
Gains| JMMB Group ended with 64,571 shares changing hands to close 4 cents higher at 64 cents and Tobago Trinidad and NGL rose by just 1 cent with 1,000 shares changing hands at $23.76.
Losses| Prestige Holdings traded 5,365 shares to close 10 cents lower at $10.80, Readymix dropped 65 cents to close at a new 52 weeks’ low of $11.60 with 160 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean dived $1.32 with 5,000 shares trading to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $63.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl traded only 29 units to end at $62, First Citizens traded 4,328 units at $35, Clico Investment Fund ended at $22.65 with 13,717 shares trading, Grace Kennedy contributed 1,729 shares, to close at $2.20, Massy Holdings ended with 10,000 shares valued at $549,800 changing hands to end at $54.98. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $109.98 with 10,100 shares at a value of $1,110,521 changing hands, Trinidad Cement traded 13,610 shares to close unchanged at $3.05 and West Indian Tobacco had 3,149 shares changing hands at $126.31.