Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market indices dropped at the close of trading on Friday with 16 securities being active against 13 on Thursday. The market ended with 5 stocks rising, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index dipped 3.45 points to 1,399.42. The All T&T Index fell 6.51 points to 1,754.14, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.04 points to close at 141.56.
Trading ended with 68,899 shares valued $1,404,017, compared to 452,601 shares valued $19,844,573 shares on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 7 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Gains| Clico Investments Fund gained 4 cents and ended at $24.10, with 8,118 units crossing the exchange, First Citizens Bank added 19 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ high of $40.99 as 765 stock units changed hands, NCB Financial gained 1 cent to end at $10.66, after exchanging 60 shares. Scotiabank rose 7 cents to $59.47, with 675 units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL inched 1 cent higher in exchanging 4,110 shares to close at $25.66.
Losses| Grace Kennedy fell 4 cents and ended at $3.36, with 774 units crossing the exchange, Guardian Media shed 25 cents and settled at $8.25, with 2,000 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media slipped 1 cent and ended at $9.99, with 2,000 units crossing the exchange. Republic Financial declined by 25 cents and closed at $123.25, with 1,970 units trading, Unilever Caribbean fell 50 cents and settled at $23.50, with 11,888 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco ended trading 49 cents lower at $104.50, with 2,227 units crossing the exchange.
Firm Trades | Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 200 shares and closed at $15.75, Guardian Holdings ended at $18.35, with investors exchanging 500 shares, National Flour completed trading of 13,425 units at $1.49, Sagicor Financial closed at $10.68, with 19,042 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad Cement ended at $2, after exchanging 1,145 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.