Scotiabank heading higher on TTSE

At the end of trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange, Scotiabank traded over 40,000 shares but left unsatisfied orders to buy 129,576 units at $59.45, with no stock on offer, a sure sign of higher prices down the road. The overall market shows signs of rising prices ahead, for a number of the listings on the market.
At the market closed with 13 securities changing hands of which 2 advanced, 3 declined and 8 traded firm, for a total of 1,431,779 units, valued at $5,790,544.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.02 points to close at 1,144.80, the All T&T Index inched up by just 0.06 points to close at 1,971.71 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 41.63.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Massy Holdings in trading 1,915 shares, closed at $68.24, down a cent. Sagicor Financial Corporation contributed 56,133 shares with a value of $336,798 to gain 5 cents and end at $6 and Scotiabank traded 40,908 shares, valued at $2,431,162 to close with a gain of 1 cent at $59.43, the stock closed with a higher bid than the last selling price.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 470,000 shares traded for $206,800, lost 1 cent to end at 44 cents and National Flour Mills fell 2 cents to close at $1.10 with 2,129 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 18,685 units valued at $429,790 changing hands but remained at $23, First Citizens Bank traded 1,700 shares at $36.81. Guardian Holdings added 54,540 shares valued at $722,655 to end at $13.25, National Commercial Bank closed with 715,652 shares changing hands for a value of $794,373 at $1.11. National Enterprises with 2,291 shares trading closed at $17.43, Sagicor Financial Corporation 6.5% preference share had trading in 50,000 shares with a value of US$55,000 at $6 each and West Indian Tobacco traded 1,826 shares valued at $221,421 to close at $121.26.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with the a lower offer.