
NCB Financial traded at an all time high on Thursday.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange increased on Thursday with trading in 18 securities against 13 on Wednesday as stocks gaining outnumbered those falling 3 to 1.
Trading ended with 9 advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged as NCB Financial closed trading at an all time high.
The Composite Index gained 7.67 points to close at 1,394.37. The All T&T Index rose 2.08 points to 1,800.55, while the Cross Listed Index moved 1.83 points higher to close at 133.62.
Trading ended with 589,237 shares valued $3,306,026 changing hands, compared to 122,312 shares valued $1,414,884 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 2 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Ansa McAL traded 6,855 shares and rose 16 cents to $55.18, Clico Investments rose 5 cents and settled at $24.15, with 1,202 stock units trading, First Caribbean International Bank gained 2 cents in trading just 20 shares to close at $8.32, Grace Kennedy rose 1 cent in trading 191,823 shares to close at $3.24. JMMB Group rose 1 cent and ended at $2.10, with 264,723 changing hands, Massy Holdings gained 3 cents to close at $55.08 while trading 3,571 units, NCB Financial finished trading with a gain of 27 cents and settled at record $9.77, after exchanging 380 shares.
Republic Financial Holdings jumped 75 cents trading of 146 units at $121.75 and West Indian Tobacco added 2 cents and ended at $110.27, with 655 units crossing the exchange.
Stocks closing with losses| One Caribbean Media traded 5,000 shares and lost 3 cents in closing at $10.07, Prestige Holdings dropped 48 cents trading 2,134 shares to close at $9 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 7 cents and ended at $28.24 trading 3,010 units.
Stocks traded unchanged| Angostura Holdings traded 3,000 shares at $16.05, First Citizens Bank traded 1,210 shares at $40, Sagicor Financial Corporation exchanged 96,102 shares to close at $10, Scotiabank closed at $62.15 exchanging 338 shares, Trinidad Cement ended at $2.45, with 1,000 stock units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean added 8,068 shares at $25.25.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JMMB Group dropped 2 cents to $2.03, trading 87,836 stock units, Scotiabank declined 5 cents and ended at $62.50, with 9,430 stock units crossing the exchange. Trinidad Cement ended trading 5 cents lower and settled at $2.50, trading 1,192 units and West Indian Tobacco fell $1.73 and ended at $110.27, with 3,048 stock units changing hands.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with all market indices after advancing as trading increased over Tuesday’s level after being closed on Wednesday.
Republic Financial Holdings shed 3 cents and ended at $121.12, with 3,153 stock units trading, Scotiabank closed with a loss of 39 cents at $62.50, after exchanging 3,122 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 30 cents to complete trading of 1,316 units at $25.

Investors pushed the two main Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange indices down on Tuesday as losing stocks outnumbered advancing stocks almost three to one.
Republic Financial Holdings lost $1.88 cents to end at $121.12, with 14,369 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial concluded trading of 12,780 units, with a loss of 7 cents to close at $9.15. Scotiabank traded with a loss of 44 cents and settled at $62.56, after exchanging 1,876 shares and West Indian Tobacco fell 2 cents and settled at $110, in exchanging 5,338 shares.
Grace Kennedy lost 5 cents and completed trading of 5 units at $3.30 and Unilever Caribbean fell 30 cents and completed trading at $26, with an exchange of 2,070 units.
Guardian Holdings fell 5 cents and settled at $18.45, after exchanging 7,898 shares and JMMB Group closed with a loss of 8 cents at $2.10, with 57,783 stock units changing hands.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with trading took place in 15 securities against 17 on Friday, with 4 advancing, 3 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
Scotiabank traded 4,000 shares and lost 32 cents to close at $63 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost $1.10 in trading 40,266 units to end at $29.