
Grace Kennedy shares ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
The Composite Index gained 2.84 points to close at 1,151.13, the All T&T Index advanced 2.58 points to close at 1,814.53 and the Cross Listed Index rose 0.42 at 64.91.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Angostura Holdings ended with 7,049 shares changing hands to close 49 cents higher at $14, Grace Kennedy contributed 22,529 shares, gaining 23 cents in trading, to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.20. Guardian Holdings with 18,340 shares changing hands, gained 2 cents to end at $13.57, Prestige Holdings traded 271 shares to close 10 cents higher, at $10.90 and Scotiabank gained 12 cents to close with 1,284 shares changing hands at $55.70.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund lost 5 cents to end at $22.65 with 8,400 shares trading, Sagicor Financial Corporation with 56,503 shares being traded for $392,181, lost 4 cents, to close at $6.94 and One Caribbean Media lost 9 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.80 with 3,100 units changing hands.Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 1,858 units to end at $40, National Enterprises ended with 1,000 shares changing hands to close at $10.50, National Commercial Bank contributed 37,000 shares to close at $2.65. National Flour ended with 103,852 shares changing hands to close at $2.31, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with 23,451 shares valued at $556,961, changing hands at $23.75 and Trinidad Cement ended at $3.05 with 1,000 shares changing hands.
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market continued with low volumes and when it closed on Tuesday, 11 securities changed hands, resulting in a mere 43,810 shares valued at $787,615 being traded. At the close, 3 stocks rose, 3 declined and 5 remained unchanged, leading to marginal changes in all the market indices. One stock closed at 52 weeks’ lows and one at a 52 weeks’ high.
Losses| First Citizens dipped 50 cents in trading 700 units, to end at $35, Massy Holdings closed with 499 shares changing hands with the loss of 1 cent at $55.98 and Unilever Caribbean traded 15 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $64.32 after falling 8 cents.
Losses| Massy Holdings closed with 275 shares changing hands with the loss of 1 cent at $55.99, Prestige Holdings traded 1,091 shares and fell 10 cents to close at $10.80 and L.J. Williams B share traded 33,700 units but lost 10 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of 84 cents.
Gains| Scotiabank closed with 1,066 shares changing hands and gained 1 cent to end at $55.51 and West Indian Tobacco traded 12,137 shares to close $126.31 after rising 1 cent.
National Commercial Bank contributed 15,000 shares and fell 1 cent to close at $2.83 and National Flour with 12,000 shares changing hands, lost 1 cent to end at $2.30.
Losses| Massy Holding dropped $1.73 while trading 27,750 units to close at $55, National Enterprises closed with 3,636 shares changing hands with a loss of 10 cents to end at $10.50 and Scotia Investments contributed 77,569 shares and fell 5 cents to close at $1.70.
Firstcaribbean International Bank ended trading 1,921 shares to end at $7, Guardian Holdings closed at $12.69 as 524 shares were traded, Guardian Media traded 500 shares with the price remaining at $19.75. JMMB Group ended with 9,026 shares changing hands to close at 64 cents, Massy Holdings had 1,175 shares changing hands to close at $56.73, Scotiabank ended with 2,355 shares changing hands to close at $55.25 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with 4,338 shares changing hands at $23.75.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded 2,000 shares, to end at $17.05, Angostura Holdings ended with 5,000 shares changing hands to close unchanged at $13.50, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 37 units at $40, First Citizens traded 55 shares and closed at $35, Prestige Holdings traded 6,000 shares to end at $10.90. Republic Financial Holdings traded only 11 shares to close at $109.98, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 17,625 shares changing hands at $7.01, Trinidad Cement closed at $3 with 2,327 units trading and Scotiabank contributed 2,159 shares to end at $55.
Guardian Holdings traded 380 shares and gained 6 cents to close at $12.64, Scotiabank contributed 1,945 shares and jumped $2.97 to end at $55 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with 3,500 shares changing hands at $23.49 after gaining 29 cents.
Republic Financial Holdings lost 50 cents to end with 5,361 shares valued at $589,710 changing hands at $110 and Scotiabank contributed 6,891 shares valued at $365,430 and dropped 81 cents to end at $53.03.