Stocks mostly steady on Trinidad Exchange

Stocks ended trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, with the majority ending with no price movements resulting from trading of 19 securities compared with 21 on Thursday and ending with prices of three rising, four declining and 12 ended firm after an 819 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded, valued 245 percent more than on Thursday.
The market closed with trading of 945,555 shares for $3,878,705 up from 102,849 stocks at $1,122,683 on Thursday.
An average of 49,766 shares were traded at $204,142 up from 4,898 units at $53,461 on Thursday, with trading month to date averaging 18,704 shares at $129,229 up from 16,535 stocks at $123,987 on the previous day and an average for July of 12,380 shares at $139,960.
The Composite Index declined 4.07 points to end at 1,067.16, the All T&T Index dipped 3.46 points to 1,602.81, the SME Index remained unchanged at 78.26 and the Cross-Listed Index slipped 0.66 points to 69.14.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Agostini’s ended at $66 after 5 stocks were traded, Angostura Holdings closed at $18.06 with a transfer of 28 units, Ansa McAl ended at $63 after an exchange of 8,805 shares. Calypso Macro Investment Fund closed at $23.60 with investors trading 43 stocks, First Citizens Group ended trading of 1,000 shares at $45, FirstCaribbean International ended at $7.03, with 100 stock units changing hands. GraceKennedy shed 9 cents to $3.41 in trading 31,163 units, JMMB Group declined 5 cents and ended at $1 and closed after trading of 1,957 stock units, Massy Holdings remained at $3.60 with investors trading 165,045 shares. National Enterprises finished trading of 672,389 stock units at $3.14, National Flour Mills fell 10 cents to finish at $1.80 with 36,625 stocks clearing the market, Point Lisas ended at $3.10 in an exchange of 752 units. Prestige Holdings remained at $10.50, with 66 stocks crossing the market, Republic Financial advanced 46 cents to $112.96 after a transfer of 2,205 shares, Scotiabank slipped $2.30 to close at $55.50 as investors exchanged 800 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL remained at $5 after 5,812 units passed through the market, Trinidad Cement popped 4 cents and ended at $2.53 with investors swapping 1,453 stocks, Unilever Caribbean rose 1 cent to finish at $10.78 after an exchange of 3,060 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $6.50 following the trading of 14,247 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.