The All Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange index closed up on Friday, as rising stocks outnumbered declining ones after the market resumed trading after the Christmas holidays break.
Trading ended with just 10 securities changing hands, against 12 on Tuesday, with three rising advancing, one declining while the prices of six closed unchanged, as 80,428 shares traded at $1,196,495, compared to 125,924 shares traded for $913,114 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index added 1.15 points to close at 1,481.51. The All T&T Index rose 3.48 points to end at 1,864.08, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.16 points to close at 148.92.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of six stocks higher than their last selling prices and just two with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa Merchant Bank gained 40 cents and closed at $35.90, with 16,776 units crossing the exchange, Massy Holdings rose $1 and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $61, with 200 units changing hands and Prestige Holdings gained 75 cents and completed trading of 54 stock units at $9.25.
Losses| West Indian Tobacco fell 41 cents to settle at $41.60, with investors exchanging 39 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl ended at $55, with 544 stock units trading, First Citizens Bank closed at $44.75, after exchanging 1,360 shares, Guardian Holdings concluded trading of 1,109 shares at $21.50. JMMB Group closed at $2.75 with 45,527 stock units crossing the exchange, Scotiabank completed trading at $61, after exchanging just 8 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL had 14,811 shares changing hands at $23.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Losses| Ansa McAl closed with a loss of 19 cents at $55, with 5,000 units, CinemaOne closed 30 cents lower at a new low of $6.50, with 3,353 stock units changing hands and Guardian Holdings declined 50 cents trading 951 shares at $21.50.
NCB Financial fell 5 cents and closed at $10.85, with 72,345 units changing hands and Republic Financial ended trading 5 cents lower at $131, after swapping 3,686 shares.
Declining stocks crushed advancers at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, on Wednesday, ending seven days of unbroken positive movement for the market and ending with one stock trading at 52 weeks’ high and one a 52 weeks’ low. 
Massy Holdings closed 40 cents down and ended at $59.30, after exchanging 39 shares, One Caribbean Media shed 50 cents and concluded trading of 31,575 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.50. Scotiabank dropped 15 cents to close at $59.85, with 39 stock units trading and Unilever Caribbean declined by 9 cents and completed trading of 500 units at $23.40.
The upward rise of Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued apace on Tuesday with the three primary market indices rising with advancing stocks bettering decliners 5 to 2.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl traded 40 shares to close at $52.50, Calypso Micro Index Fund exchanged 1.000 shares at $15.75, Endeavour Holdings traded 400 shares at $12.50, First Citizens Bank settled at $44.75, with 648 stock units changing hands. JMMB Group closed at $2.80, after exchanging 57,466 shares, National Enterprises ended at $5.55, with 700 units crossing the exchange. National Flour ended at $1.36, after exchanging 10,000 shares, Point Lisas closed at $3.55, after swapping 1,015 shares, Prestige Holdings settled at $8.40, with an exchange of 6,057 shares. Republic Financial concluded trading of 27,863 stock units at $131.00, West Indian Tobacco closed at $42.50, with investors exchanging 14,318 shares and Trinidad Cement completed trading of 7,500 stock units at $1.95.
Losses|Clico Investment Fund ended trading 2 cents lower at $24.98, in swapping 2,861 shares, Ansa Mcal dropped $1.49 and completed trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $52.50, with 2,040 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 25 cents and completed trading at $59.75, with 1,054 units crossing the exchange, National Flour closed 4 cents down at $1.36, with 15,876 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial dropped 10 cents and ended at $11.20, with 79,906 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 4 cents in trading 3,707 shares to close at $21.11.
Demand for West Indian Tobacco shares continues to build with the price adjusted for the 3 for one split bids to buy rising to 19,265 units at $40 well up on the adjusted last sale price of $34.98, but there are no stocks offered for sale. 
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 90 cents and settled at $42.10, in swapping 50 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 4 cents at $3.44, after exchanging 1,311 shares, JMMB Group shed 6 cents and completed trading of 201,768 shares at $2.40. Sagicor Financial declined 25 cents to end at $10.75, with investors exchanging 150,706 shares.
