Scotia in demand on TTSE

There is strong demand to buy Scotiabank shares. At the end of trading the bid on the stock was at $60.53 to buy 123,951 units but there were no sellers of the stock that has been recovering from the sell off since June this year, before bottoming at $57.95. The stock last traded at $60.51 this week.
Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended, with 9 securities changing hands of which 2 advanced, 2 declined and 5 traded firm, with a total of 54,521 units, valued at$1,397,330.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.09 points to close at 1,143.97, the All T&T Index fell by just 0.18 points to close at 1,976.75 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 40.73.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Ansa Merchant Bank that traded 287 shares and gained 1 cent to end at $39.45, for a new 52 weeks’ high and National Flour Mills gained 1 cent to end the day at $1.16 with 6,000 shares changing hands.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund traded 25,215 shares valued at $580,021 but declined by 1 cent to end at $23 and National Enterprises with 2,000 shares traded at $17.49 to close down a cent.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, ANSA McAL with 5,695 shares trading valued at $378,091 and closed at $66.39. First Citizens Bank contributed 5,467 shares with a value of $202,280 and ended at $37, Guardian Holdings traded 3,007 shares at $13.25, Massy Holdings traded 2,033 shares to close at $68, while National Commercial Bank added 4,817 shares to the total of stocks traded and closed at $1.16.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed 5 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.