Scotia ends at $62 on TTSE

In trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange, Scotiabank climbed to $62 to be the stock with the highest gain at the close. Trading resulted in 18 securities changing hands, at the close on Tuesday, of which 4 advanced, 4 declined and 10 traded firm, with a total of 385,169 units, valued at $8,973,527 trading.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 1.04 points to close at 1,152.11, the All T&T Index rose fell by 1.86 points to close at 1,985.23 and the Cross Listed Index increased by a 0.03 points to end at 41.77.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, ANSA McAL traded 4,098 units at $66.50 while gaining 5 cents. Jamaica Money Market Brokers added 27,400 shares at 44 cents to gain a cent, National Flour with 11,495 shares advanced by 2 cents to end at $1.18 and Scotiabank jumped 48 to end the day at $62 with 3,264 shares changing hands.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, First Citizens Bank lost 4 cents in trading 20 shares and closed at $37.03. Massy Holdings with 95,095 shares traded for $6,487,335, closed at $68.22 with a 1 cent loss, National Enterprises had 773 shares changing hands at $17.42, down a cent and Readymix with 156 shares traded at a loss of 1 cent to close at $18.79.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Agostini’s exchanged 288 shares at $17.50 each, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 200 shares at $39.45, Clico Investment Fund traded 59,367 shares valued at $1,395,125, to close at $23.50, Guardian Holdings traded 8,008 shares to close at $13.25. Guardian Media closed with 652 units trading at $19.75. National Commercial Bank with 105,000 shares changing hands for a value of $120,800 and ended at $1.15, One Caribbean Media closed at $25 with 5,031 units trading, Point Lisas Industrial Port with 2,500 shares ended at $3.75, Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 8,970 shares to close at $5.95 and Trinidad Cement contributed 52,852 shares with a value of $132,130 to close at $2.50.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with the offer that was lower.