Republic drops $2.65 on Friday

Republic Financial Holdings gave back a large portion of the gains made on Thursday by closing $2.65 lower on Friday on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange.
Trading ended on Friday with 11 securities changing hands compared to 16 on Thursday. At the close 2 stocks advanced, 5 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
A total of 161,647 shares traded at a value of $2,116,016 in contrast to Thursday’s 388,620 shares valued at $8,599,471.
The Composite Index lost 5.25 points to 1,237.55, the All T&T Index declined 10.90 points to 1,815.39 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.07 points to 88.46.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 9 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 3 cents to close at $1.28 with an exchange of 17,064 shares and Scotiabank advanced 50 cents with trades of 3,598 units to close at $58 after trading at $58.75 during the trading session.
Losses| Grace Kennedy closed at $2.63, down 1 cent with 19,400 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings lost 50 cents to close at $15 with trades of 19,040 shares, National Commercial Bank closed at $3.60, losing 1 cent with an exchange of 6,735 units. Republic Financial Holdings closed $2.65 lower to $106.35 with 6,050 units traded at a value of $631,713 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 60 cents to close at $22.65 with 3,250 units changing owners.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings closed at $15 trading 20,940 units valued at $314,110, National Flour Mills traded 39,500 shares at $2.70, Scotia Investments closed with trades of 23,350 units at $2.19 and West Indian Tobacco held firm at $127 trading 2,720 shares valued at $345,440.