Stocks mostly up on TTSE

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 14 securities changing hands of which 6 advanced, 3 declined and 5 traded firm, with a total of 593,232 units, valued at $2,541,131 be active.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index gained 1.90 points to close at 1,144.80, the All T&T Index rose by just 0.69 points to close at 1,971.69 and the Cross Listed Index increased by 0.41 points to end at 41.63.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Angostura Holdings in trading 1,000 shares, closed with a gain of 1 cent at $12.78, First Citizens Bank traded 3,324 shares to close 3 cents higher at $36.80, National Commercial Bank traded 300,170 units with a value of $334,667 to close at $1.11, up by 6 cents. Praetorian Property Mutual Fund traded 6,575 units to close at $3.50 after gaining 10 cents, Scotiabank contributed only 43 shares as the price closed up 7 cents to $59.40 and Trinidad Cement with 182,745 shares valued at $475,137 closed at $2.60 after gaining 9 cents.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Ansa Merchant Bank with 32 shares, declined by 1 cent to close at $38.42, Clico Investment Fund with shares 49,397 shares valued at $1,136,169 lost 1 cent to end at $23 and Republic Bank with 400 shares traded at $119.94 and lost 2 cents.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, Flavorite Foods with 35 shares changing hands to end at $4.80, followed by Guardian Holdings with 17,666 shares valued at $234,075 to end at $13.25. Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 20,367 shares valued at $121,184 to close at $5.95, Scotia Investments contributed 11,368 shares at $1.45 and West Indian Tobacco traded 110 units to close at $121.26.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with the offer that was lower.