Ansa McAl jumped sharply on Friday and helped to give the market indices of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange a big push, resulting from trading in 21 securities, similar to Thursday and ending with prices of eight stocks rising, four declining and nine ending firm. Trading ended with the volume of stocks changing hands declining 80 percent, valued 88 percent less than on Thursday
The market closed with trading of 118,194 shares for $606,512, well below the 581,013 stock units at $4,921,525 on Thursday.
An average of 5,628 shares were traded at $28,882, down from 27,667 stock units at $234,358 on Thursday, with trading month to date averaging 13,212 shares at $101,170 compared with 15,781 units at $125,654 on the previous day and an average for June of 21,123 shares at $212,612.
The Composite Index climbed 10.17 points to 1,026.67, the All T&T Index gained 19.26 points to close at 1,503.95, the SME Index popped 4.56 points to 96.37 and the Cross-Listed Index gained 0.06 points to 72.23.
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At the close, Agostini rose 50 cents to $66.50, in trading 466 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $14.80 after closing with an exchange of 16 stock units, Ansa McAl jumped a sharp $4.50 to $43.50 with investors trading 568 shares. Calypso Macro Investment Fund remained at $23.80, with 4 units clearing the market. CIBC Caribbean Bank popped 3 cents and ended at $8.30 with traders dealing in 346 stocks, Endeavour Holdings ended at $19 as investors exchanged 392 units. First Citizens Group climbed 16 cents to $42.50 after trading of 364 shares, GraceKennedy increased 2 cents in closing at $3.80 with an exchange of 551 stock units, Guardian Holdings remained at $16.97 with 20 stocks crossing the market. Massy Holdings remained at $4 in trading 3,466 units, National Enterprises dipped 15 cents and ended at a 52 week low of $2.25 with an exchange of 7,970 stocks, National Flour Mills ended at $1.65 after a transfer of 30,290 shares. NCB Financial ended at $1.98 with 58,415 stock units changing hands, Point Lisas lost 4 cents to end at $4 in an exchange of 100 shares, 
Prestige Holdings advanced 5 cents in closing at $13 with investors swapping 3,485 stocks. Republic Financial remained at $112 following 1,830 units passing through the market, Scotiabank rallied 85 cents and ended at $51.35 in an exchange of 558 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL remained at $3.65, with 766 shares crossing the market. Trinidad Cement slipped 18 cents to a 52 week low of $2.02 after an exchange of 1 stock, Unilever Caribbean rose 39 cents and ended at $14.40 with a transfer of 114 units and West Indian Tobacco sank 17 cents to close at $4.75 after an exchange of 8,472 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 113,337 shares for $895,971, down from 340,775 stocks at $1,489,959 on Monday.
CIBC Caribbean Bank popped 3 cents and ended at $8.30, after 23 units passed through the market. Endeavour Holdings remained at $19 with a transfer of 5 stocks, First Citizens Group fell 45 cents to end at $42.05, with 592 units changing hands. GraceKennedy increased 4 cents to $3.80 after an exchange of 26 stocks, Guardian Holdings ended at $16.97 after trading 61 shares, Guardian Media remained at 98 cents with an exchange of 100 stock units. JMMB Group lost 1 cent to end at $1.07, with 2,100 shares crossing the market, Massy Holdings popped 5 cents to finish at $4.05 after a transfer of 1,516 units, National Enterprises ended at $2.40 as investors exchanged 644 stocks. National Flour Mills remained at $1.65 in trading 2,500 stock units, NCB Financial ended at $1.98 after an exchange of 90,328 shares, Point Lisas remained at $4.04 with investors trading 1,850 units. Prestige Holdings rose 34 cents to close at $12.94 in switching ownership of 2,276 stocks, 
Republic Financial sank 4 cents and ended at $112.01 with investors dealing in 4,629 stock units, Scotiabank declined 25 cents to finish at $51.35 in an exchange of 1,102 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 8 cents and ended at $3.65 with investors swapping 3,130 stocks, Trinidad Cement popped 15 cents to $2.20, with 299 units crossing the exchange, Unilever Caribbean remained at $14 and closed after an exchange of 7 stock units and West Indian Tobacco dipped 1 cent to finish at $4.91, with 267 shares clearing the market.
The market closed with trading of 340,775 shares worth $1,489,959 compared to 259,709 stock units at $1,323,795 on Friday.
Ansa Merchant Bank remained at $39 with an exchange of 200 units, Calypso Macro Investment Fund sank $1.85 to $22.15 with 400 stocks trading, CIBC Caribbean Bank declined 3 cents to end at $8.27 with investors trading 5,295 units. Endeavour Holdings rose $1 to a 52 week high of $19, with three stocks crossing the market. First Citizens ended at $42.50 in an exchange of 755 stock units, GraceKennedy fell by 4 cents to finish at $3.76 after an exchange of 1,700 stock units. Guardian Holdings gained 12 cents to close at $16.97 in trading 3 shares, Guardian Media rose 1 cent in closing at 98 cents with just one stock changing hands, JMMB Group remained at $1.08 with traders dealing in 77,339 units. Massy Holdings remained at $4 as investors exchanged 124,909 stock units, National Enterprises skidded 2 cents in closing at a 52 week low of $2.40 with 2,325 shares clearing the market. National Flour Mills climbed 2 cents and ended at $1.65 in an exchange of 8,580 units. 
NCB Financial ended at $1.98 with investors trading 90,000 stocks, Point Lisas ended at $4.04, with 10,000 stock units changing hands. Prestige Holdings lost 40 cents to end at $12.60 in an exchange of 2,266 shares. Republic Financial remained at $112.05 with investors dealing in 3,192 stock units, Scotiabank remained at $51.60 in switching ownership of 928 units, Trinidad Cement slipped 15 cents in closing at a 52 week low of $2.05 with 5,110 stocks crossing the market. Unilever Caribbean increased 10 cents to end at $14 after an exchange of 7,233 shares and West Indian Tobacco rallied 2 cents and ended at $4.92 after a transfer of 1 unit.
Investors should watch Massy Holdings, with a 50 percent potential gain, Prestige Holdings, which could gain 68 percent and Scotiabank with the potential of a 50 percent gain.
At the end of trading, prices of 9 stocks rose compared with 7 in the previous week and 6 fell, down from 10 last week. The Composite index lost 3.86 points or 0.37 percent, the All T&T index lost 4.91 points or 0.32 percent and the Cross-Listed index slipped 0.38 points or 0.51 percent. 
Investors should watch Massy Holdings with a 50 percent potential gain, Prestige Holdings, which could gain 100 percent and Scotiabank with the potential of a 50 percent gain.
The Composite index fell 12.73 points or 1.22 percent, the All T&T index lost 15.63 points or 1.02 percent and the Cross-Listed index fell 1.54 points or 1.83 percent.
Investors should watch Massy Holdings with a 50 percent potential gain, Prestige Holdings, which could gain 70 percent and Scotiabank with the potential of a 35 percent gain.
The market closed with trading of 272,853 shares worth $1,868,848 compared to 272,277 stock units at $1,837,670 on Wednesday.
At the close, Ansa McAl fell $1 in closing at $44 with an exchange of 1,140 shares, Ansa Merchant Bank dipped 1 cent to $39.49, with an exchange of just 2 stocks, Calypso Macro Investment fell 31 cents and ended at $23.20, with 16 shares changing hands. GraceKennedy ended at $3.75 with investors trading 378 stock units, Guardian Holdings dipped 25 cents to close at $16.75 in an exchange of 12,000 units, JMMB Group fell 9 cents to end at $1.06, with 5,453 stocks clearing the market. Massy Holdings dipped 5 cents to $4 after an exchange of 53,744 units, National Enterprises popped 2 cents to end at $2.44 with a transfer of just one share, National Flour Mills advanced 3 cents in closing at $1.64, with 5,000 stock units crossing the market. NCB Financial remained at $1.98 with traders dealing in 9,434 shares, One Caribbean Media rose 3 cents to close at $2.70 after an exchange of 1,851 stock units, 
Point Lisas climbed 19 cents to finish at $4.24 with investors swapping 49 units. Prestige Holdings shed 6 cents and ended at $10.45 after 13,148 stocks passed through the market, Republic Financial declined 4 cents to $112.16 in trading 4,512 shares, Scotiabank increased 60 cents to end at $54.85 after an exchange of 1,638 units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 26 cents in closing at $3.76 in trading 156,248 units, Unilever Caribbean ended at $13.75 with an exchange of a mere one stock and West Indian Tobacco remained at $5 with 8,238 units crossing the market.
The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange closed with gains for a second week, with the market Indices rising around half a percent, resulting from gains in 5 stocks and 8 declining, with Calypso Micro Index Fund being the biggest mover for the week, dropping $1.44 to $23.51. 
Investors should watch Massy Holdings with a 50 percent potential gain, Prestige Holdings, which could gain 100 percent, Trinidad and Tobago NGL, 340 percent and Scotiabank with the potential of a 50 percent gain.
At the close of a day of reduced trading, Angostura Holdings remained at $14.80 with 55 shares crossing the exchange, Ansa McAl shed $1 to $45, with 578 units changing hands, Calypso Macro Investment Fund lost $1.55 to finish at $23.40 in an exchange of 500 shares. Endeavour Holdings slipped 2 cents to close at $17.98 with traders dealing in 100 stock units, First Citizens Group ended at $43.75 after an exchange of 2,629 stocks, GraceKennedy sank 14 cents to end at $3.75, with 33 units being traded. Guardian Holdings remained at $16.50 with investors trading 2,423 stocks, JMMB Group ended at $1.15, with 283 shares clearing the market, Massy Holdings ended at $4.05 in trading 32,687 stock units. National Enterprises dipped 1 cent and ended at $2.43 after an exchange of 11,420 shares, Point Lisas remained at $4.24 with investors trading 849 stock units, Prestige Holdings sank 20 cents to end at a 52 week low of $10.40, after an exchange of 12,405 units.
Republic Financial dipped 30 cents in closing at $112.20 after investors ended trading of 3,066 shares, Scotiabank advanced $1.23 to $54.98 with a transfer of 6,952 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL remained at $3.57 with investors swapping 31,479 stocks. Trinidad Cement fell 45 cents to finish at a 52 week low $2, with 15,997 units crossing the market. Unilever Caribbean ended at $13.15 in switching ownership of 2,481 stock units and West Indian Tobacco declined 5 cents to end at $5 with 8,116 shares crossing the market.