Trading ended on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed on the first day of 2019 with all three main indices ending with modest gains.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 4.41 points to 1,306.89, the All T&T Index gained 1 points, to close at 1,706.17, while the Cross Listed Index added 1.08 points to close at 122.65.
The market closed with 14 securities changing hands on Wednesday, against 14 on Monday and finished with 5 advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with units 1,076,008 valued at $6,913,140 compared to 140,142 units valued at $3,083,731 on Monday as Grace Kennedy dominated the volume traded with nearly 1 million shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| Ansa Merchant gained 24 cents to $38.50, after exchanging 383 shares, Clico Investments gained 16 cents and ended at $20.16, with 3,516 stock units changing hands, First Citizens advanced by 3 cents to settle at $34 after exchanging 10,657 shares. Grace Kennedy concluded trading with a gain of 10 cents to end at $3, with 967,000 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial Group gained 15 cents and settled at $8.65, after exchanging 397 shares,
Stocks closing with losses| Massy Holdings to finish at $46.95 concluded at $46.95, after exchanging 52,181 shares, National Flour completed trading of 25 units at $1.65 and Point Lisas lost 5 cents and ended at $3.65, with 4,019 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing firm| Agostini’s closed at $23.4 concluded at $23.40, after exchanging 200 shares, Ansa Mcal advanced $55 completed trading at $55.00, with 1,000 units, Calypso Macro Index Fund ended trading 630 shares to close at $15. First Caribbean International Bank completed trading of 986 units at $8.30, Trinidad & Tobago NGL completed trading with 32,740 units at $29.10 and Unilever Caribbean closed at $23.00 after exchanging 2,274 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
