Advancing stocks outnumbered losers on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday after resuming from a one day break, with the market indices hardly changing.
At close of the market, the Composite Index inched 0.01 point higher to 1,355.28 with a rise of 4 percent for the year to date. The All T&T Index rose 1.20 points to 1,796.19, in recording a year to date gain to 5.34 percent, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.17 points to close at 123.40 to be up just 1.5 percent for the year so far.
The market closed with 15 securities trading compared to 16 on Wednesday, leading to 5 advancing, 2 declining and 8 remaining unchanged as 126,457 shares valued $2,247,280 changed hands, compared to 555,380 shares valued $7,981,829, on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with a higher bid than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks ending with gains| At the close of the market, Clico Investments gained 5 cents and completed trading 13,367 units, at $23.45, Massy Holdings rose 20 cents and ended at $54.95, with 1,790 stock units changing hands. National Enterprises gained 5 cents to settled at $6.80, after exchanging 763 shares, Republic Financial Holdings added 2 cents to end at $121.12, with 2,194 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 45 closed at $28.50, after exchanging 12,965 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Trinidad Cement lost 19 cents and ended at $2.55, with 22,000 stock 
units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean lost 20 cents in completing trading of 588 units at $25.55.
Stocks closing firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund ended at $15.30, with 4,000 stock units changing hands, First Citizens Bank closed at $38.50, after exchanging 310 shares, Guardian Holdings settled at $18.50, after exchanging 31,804 shares, National Flour ended at $1.70, after exchanging 2,600 shares. One Caribbean Media completed trading of 300 units, at $10.30, Sagicor Financial completed trading of 32,264 units, at $9.50, Scotiabank settled at $62.90, after exchanging 100 shares and West Indian Tobacco settled at $110, after exchanging 1,412 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
