Stocks recorded more gain for the second consecutive day of trading for the year trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on Thursday, as the market closed with all three main indices ending higher.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 1.90 points to 1,308.79, the All T&T Index gained 2.80 points, to close at 1,708.97, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.13 points to close at 122.78.
The market closed with 19 securities changing hands on Thursday, against 14 on Wednesday and finished with 5 advancing, 3 declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with units 908,602 valued at $14,315,716 compared to 1,076,008 valued at $6,913,140 on Thursday as Grace Kennedy dominated the volume traded with nearly 1 million shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with just 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and none with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| Grace Kennedy added 5 cents and completed trading at $3.05, with 6,447 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings increased 90 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ high of $19, with an exchange of 2,500 units, Massy Holdings rose 5 cents and ended at $47, after exchanging 125,979 shares. National Enterprises closed with a gain of 1 cent to close at $8.01, with 666,562 stock units 
changing hands and Prestige Holdings gained 20 cents and settled at $7.50, after trading 250 shares.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments fell 16 cents and completed trading at $20, with 3,853 shares changing hands, Scotiabank closed with a loss of 25 cents and completed trading at $64, with 312 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement shed 2 cents and concluded trading at $2.70, after exchanging 4,750 shares.
Stocks trading firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund ended trading of 7,160 shares to close at $15. First Caribbean International Bank settled at $8.30, with the trading of 49,999 units, First Citizens ended at $34, after exchanging 1,173 shares, JMMB Group exchanged 200 shares to end at $1.75, NCB Financial Group concluded trading 1,100 shares at $8.65, One Caribbean Media closed at $10.25, after trading 2,879 shares. Point Lisas finished trading at $3.65, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $107.26, after exchanging 188 shares, Sagicor Financial ended at $9, in swapping 6,372 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL settled at $29.10, with 6,978 units trading and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $95.25, with 20,900 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
units trading but fell $2 to $72, Sagicor Group rose 99 cents to end at $39.99, trading 16,220 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund declined $1.63 after trading 63,513 shares to end at $14.07. Salada Foods traded 10,000 but fell $3.50 to close at $31.50, Scotia Group traded 1,620 shares with a loss of $1 to close at $54, Supreme Ventures lost $1.50 to close at $16.50 trading 13,430 shares and Wisynco Group lost 49 cents and ended at $10.50 with 25,118 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Index rose on the first day of the new year, with the market index rising 17.84 points to 3,264.68, as the price of 10 securities rose 8 declined and 3 remained unchanged. 
$3.62, with 4,523 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma rose 5 cents in trading 16,005 shares to close at $3.25, Jamaican Teas finished 60 cents down to $3.90, in exchanging 55,680 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with rise of 39 cents at $3.43, with 162,415 shares changing hands but only after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $2.50. KLE Group traded 300 units with a loss of 20 cents to close at $3. Lasco Distributors lost 9 cents and closed at $3.90, with an exchange of 97,487 shares, Lasco Financial added 25 cents and ended at $4.75, trading 25,500 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 134,261 stock units, 28 cents higher at $3.98. SSL Venture Capital traded 500 shares to end at $1.95 and Stationery and Office traded 20 cents lower at $8.15, with 25,972 shares changing hands.
Trading ended on the Trinidad Stock Exchange closed on the first day of 2019 with all three main indices ending with modest gains. 
Stocks surged on the last day of the year on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with the main market ending 2018 with a gain of 31.7 percent after rising over 10,000 points on Monday. Four stocks with gains of more than 100 percent contributed to the year’s performance.
Trading in the main market included Eppley ordinary share that has migrated from the Junior Market. Barita Investments moved to another record high, with the price moving to $56 but pulling back by the close to a record closing high of $52.
stock units at $76.50, NCB Financial Group gained $2 as 42,537 shares changed hands, to close at $150. PanJam Investment closed with 413,486 units trading with a gain of $2 to finish at $74, Sagicor Group lost $1 to end at $39, trading 48,381 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose $4.23 after trading 2,286,480 shares to end at $15.70. Seprod traded 41,618 shares and rose $1.49 to close at $31, Supreme Ventures rose $2 and closed at $18 trading 103,314 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 60 cents and ended at $11 with 77,195 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Index rose by a strong 64.45 points to close at 3,246.84, a rise of 18.8 percent above the close of 2017 as 5 stocks gained over 100 percent and 4 others gained between 50 to 73 percent for the year. 
trading of 110,629 shares at $1.60. Iron Rock ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.90, with 100 units changing hands, Indies Pharma rose 10 cents in trading 70,468 shares to close at $3.20, Jamaican Teas finished 50 cents higher at $4.50, in exchanging 2,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 41 cents at $3.04, with 82,400 shares changing hands. KLE Group traded 16,000 units with a loss of 20 cents to close at $3.20. Knutsford Express finished trading 1,500 shares and rose $1.20 to $13, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.99, with 135,566 shares being exchanged, Lasco Financial ended at $4.50, trading 46,204 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 25 cents higher at $3.70, with 36,612 stock units. Main Event finished $1.10 higher at $7, with 4,700 units changing hands, Medical Disposables settled at $6.50, with 5,579 shares and Stationery and Office traded 25 cents higher at $8.35, with 1,950 shares changing hands.
and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 15 cents and ended at $29.10, after exchanging 25,660 shares.
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