The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continues to show some signs that prices of most stocks will likely move higher. On Monday, 15 securities changed hands against 16 on Friday, with the prices of 6 advancing, 1 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close the Composite Index rose 3.87 points on Monday to 1,276.08, the All T&T Index gained 6.06 points to 1,710.24, while Cross Listed Index inched 0.22 points up to close at 113.61.
Market activity ended with 283,597 shares with a value of $4,409,625 traded, compared to 153,453 shares with a value of $1,756,529 on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank gained 6 cents and finished at $32.06, trading 1,610 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a rise of 2 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.47, with 150,000 units, JMMB Group ended trading with a rise of 4 cents to $1.85, with 6,000 stock units, National Enterprises finished trading 2 cents higher to $9.67, with 8,574 units, 
Prestige Holdings rose by 1 cent to finished at $10.50, trading 17,643 shares and Scotiabank jumped $1.85 and finished at a 52 weeks’ high of $63, with 1,000 stock units changing hands.
Losses|> Clico Investments shed 4 cents and concluded at $20.95, trading 5,605 units.
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with 39,934 units, Ansa Merchant close at $40, trading 1,168 shares, Strong> Guardian Holdings finished with $17, trading 1,619 shares, LJ Williams B share ended at $0.7, trading 3,454 shares, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.6, trading 18,714 shares. Sagicor Financial finished at $7.9, with 58 units, , Trinidad & Tobago NGLconcluded at $27.5, with 27,174 units and Unilever Caribbean finished at $29, trading 1,044 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
At close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, 16 securities changed hands against 15 on Friday, with 2 stocks advancing, 3 declining and 11 remaining unchanged. 
Firm Traded| Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with 1,740 units, Clico Investments finished at $20.99, with 1,708 units trading, Grace Kennedy concluded at $3.45, with 10,000 units, Guardian Holdings ended at $17, trading 5,100 shares, JMMB Group closed at $1.81, with 8,668 stock units. NCB Financial Group ended at $6.60, trading 30,596 shares, Republic Financial Group closed at $101.50, with 919 stock units, Sagicor Financial ended at $7.90, with 2,287 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished at $27.50, with 9,116 units. Trinidad Cement close at $3.75, trading 3,519 shares and West Indian Tobacco finished at $88.50, with 2,145 stock units trading.
Losses| Clico Investments lost 51 cents and concluded trading at $20.99, with 2,801 units, Massy Holdings shares fell 50 cents to $47, with 10,788 stock units, National Enterprise close with the loss of 15 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.65, with 244 units and One Caribbean price fell 9 cents and close at $13.06, with 1,103 stock units.
Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 10 cents at $47.90, with 1,890 stock units, NCB Financial Group share fell 15 cents and finished at $6.60, trading 53,088 shares after trading as high as $6.75 and Republic Financial Holdings closed with a fall of 1 cent and ended at $101.50, with 1,159 stock units.
Trading activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange may be getting a lift with the price of oil on the world market having risen to the $60 region, this seems to be helping the market to exhibit more positive tones since the start of the year. 
Losses| First Caribbean International Bank lost 15 cents and finished at $9.15, trading 9,000 shares valued at $3,900,425.
West Indian Tobacco dropped $5 and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $85, with 734 stock units trading.
One Caribbean Media jumped 94 cents and closed at $14, with 10,733 stock units trading and Republic Financial Holdings increased 1 cent and ended at $101.51, with 150 stock units changing hands.
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Market activity ended with all market three indices rising at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday.
Firm Traded| Clico Investments ended at $21, with 3,550 units, First Citizens finished at $32, trading 125 shares, Guardian Holdings finished with $17, trading 4,680 shares, National Flour ended at $1.99, trading 2,500 shares, NCB Financial Group finished at $6.75, trading 2,445 shares. One Caribbean closed at $13.06, with 1,000 stock units, Sagicor Financial finished at $8, with 46,848 units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading at $26.50, with 7,015 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement ended with $3.75, trading 1,210 shares, Unilever Caribbean finished trading 3,925 shares at $28 and West Indian Tobacco closed at $90, with 100 stock units changing hands.
Key Shareholders’ GHL Shares by which the parties agreed to limit their rights to dispose of any GHL Shares until the expiry of three years from May 12, 2016. The agreement required NCBFG to make a take-over bid within three years to gain a minimum of 62% of the outstanding GHL shares and that the Key Shareholders agreed to tender all their GHL Shares (approximately 21.84 percent of the GHL shares) pursuant to such take-over bid. The price of the take-over bid would be, an offer up to May 12, 2017, a minimum price of TT$17, or an offer after May 2017 but up to May 2018, at TT$18 and TTS19 if made after May 2018 to May, 2019.
