The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange ended activities on Friday with increased trading leading to an equal number of rising and declining stocks after investors traded 250 percent more shares than Thursday valued slightly lower.

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The market closed with seventeen securities trading with prices of five rising, five declining and seven stocks remaining unchanged. The volume of stocks passing through the market amounted to 341,281 shares valued at $5,621,034 compared to 96,708 shares for $6,309,684 on Thursday from 16 securities.
The average trade on Friday amounted to 20,075 units at $330,649 versus an average of 6,044 stock units for $394,355 for each security. The average traded for the month to date is 13,790 shares at $339,563, versus an average of 13,197 units at $340,405. In contrast, July closed with an average of 12,712 shares for $166,390.
The T&T Composite Index declined by 9.02 points to 1,313.03. The All T&T Index dropped 10.02 points to 1,774.16, while the Cross Listed Index fell by 1.09 points to close at 115.10.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of one stock higher than its last selling price and five with lower offers.
Stocks rising│ Clico Investments gained 28 cents to finish at $27.78, with an exchange of 37,253 shares, First Caribbean International picked up 1 cent trading 3,508 units and closed at $7, Massy Holdings climbed $1 to $60, after investors transferred 2,773 units. Republic Financial Holdings ended 3 cents higher at $141.28 in exchanging 14,000 stock units and Trinidad and Tobago NGL ended at $18.99, with gains of $2 trading 73,702 shares.
Stocks declining│ Ansa McAL lost 1 cent exchanging 2,850 shares to settle at $50, Guardian Holdings shed 15 cents to close at $19.20, in trading 718 units, JMMB Group slipped 4 cents to $1.90, with 169,173 shares crossing the market. NCB Financial Group ended 14 cents lower at $7.86 after transferring 25,000 stocks unit and West Indian Tobacco dropped $1.90 to close at $35 after exchanging 1,335 units.
Stocks trading firm│ Agostini’s traded 2,000 shares at $25, Angostura Holdings closed at $15.30 in the transfer of 1,406 units, CinemaOne exchanged 51 units at $4.40. First Citizens Bank remained at $46.10, with 6,652 stock units changing hands, National Flour traded 130 stock units at $1.90, Point Lisas ended at $3.10 trading 100 shares and Scotiabank remained at $54.75, with 681 units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market was closed on Friday, the Labour Day holiday, with the number of securities trading, rose to the highest level since March 17, when 21 securities traded and the fifth time for 2020 that 20 or more securities crossed the market in a single session, this year.
Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $18.01, with a loss of 97 cents with 4,623 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent transferring 1,300 units and closed at $35.49.
Losers│ Guardian Media dropped 60 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ low of $6, in transferring 1,132 units, Massy Holdings ended 10 cents lower at $57.50 trading 175 units and Trinidad and Tobago NGL lost 1 cent to finish at $18.99, after swapping 4,135 units.
The market closed with thirteen securities changing hands of which two gained, three declined and the price of eight remained unchanged, while one stock traded at 52 weeks’ low. The volume of stocks passing through the market amounted to 188,712 shares valued at $990,863 compared to 1,393,703 shares for $4,290,531 on Friday from 14 securities.
Firm Traders│ Angostura Holdings was unchanged at $14.40 trading 5,855 stock units, Guardian Holdings exchanging 4,400 units and remained at $18.15, JMMB Group had 25,689 shares crossing the exchange at $1.95. Investors transferred 26,623 shares of National Enterprises at $4.25, National Flour traded 96,568 shares at $2, One Caribbean Media closed at $5.25, with 5,000 stock units changing hands. Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $16.25, with a transfer of 14,350 stock units and Unilever Caribbean exchanged 6,221 stock units at $16.99.
Firm Trades│ Ansa Merchant Bank traded 1,168 units and closed at $36.30, Clico Investments ended at $22.50, with an exchange of 102,745 shares, Endeavour Holdings held firm at $12.51, in transferring 75 units. First Citizens Bank traded 2,797 units at $39.40, Guardian Media swapped 957 units at $6.40, Massy Holdings closed at $50, with 118 units crossing the market. NCB Financial ended at $8, in exchanging 18,000 shares, Republic Financial Holdings swapped a mere eight units at $132.65, Trinidad & Tobago NGL remained at $16.90, in trading 583 units and Unilever Caribbean was unchanged at $17.05, after 1,271 units changed hands.
Firm Trades│ First Citizens Bank exchanged 130 units at $39.40, First Caribbean International closed at $7.69, with 668 units changing hands, Massy Holdings traded 102 units at $50. National Enterprises transferred 1,238 units at $4.15, NCB Financial closed at $8, with 2,608 stock units crossing the market, Scotiabank was unchanged at $54.75, after trading 952 units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $16.90, with an exchange of 3,115 units and West Indian Tobacco swapped 841 units at $30.90.
The T&T Composite Index declined by 3.97 points to 1,255.80. The All T&T Index gained 1.55 points to end at 1,689.41 while the Cross Listed Index lost 1.30 points to 111.16.
NCB Financial closed at $7.15, with a loss of 10 cents trading 530 stock units and Unilever Caribbean finished at a 52 weeks’ low of $18.02, after losing 23 cents in exchanging 1,703 shares.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL transferred 38,051 shares and fell 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.25.
Losses| First Citizens Bank lost 98 cents in exchanging 130 stock units to settle at $50.02, JMMB Group shed 1 cent to end at $2.68, with investors trading 30,500 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 5 cents in transferring 6,100 shares to close at $20.75.
NCB Financial shed 5 cents and closed with 4,278 units crossing the exchange at $11.25, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 10 cents in transferred 31,746 shares to close at $20.90 and West Indian Tobacco fell 10 cents to close at $38.50 while trading 5,403 stock units.