The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange rose modestly at the close on Friday with the three main market indices rising with advancing stocks be dominant movers.
The market closed with 13 securities trading similar to Thursday, leading to 6 advancing, 2 declining and 5 remaining unchanged as 260,178 shares valued $3,039,820 changed hands, compared to 228,214 shares valued $4,565,216 from 13 securities trading on Thursday.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.57points on Friday to 1,358.40. The All T&T Index gained 0.29 points to 1,798.29, while the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.12 points to close at 123.97.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 2 stocks with higher bids than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| Agostini’s closed with an increase of 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $23.75, after exchanging 113 shares, Grace Kennedy ended with a rise of 10 cents at $3.25 trading 91 units, Guardian Holdings ended trading with 10,137 shares and rose by 5 cents to settle at $18.45. JMMB Group added 4 cents and ended at $2.04, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings gained 5 cents and ended at $55, after exchanging 200 stock units and NCB Financial Group increased 1 cent and ended at $8.45, with 160,000 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 13 cents and settled at $8.25, after exchanging 55,500 shares and Scotiabank closed down 9 cents and settled at $62.50, after exchanging 2,061 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund ended at $15.30, with 728 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments completed trading of 2,402 units at $24.45, First Citizens Bank ended at $39.30, after exchanging 2,581 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $28.80, after trading 23,365 shares and Unilever Caribbean completed trading of 2,000 units at $25.30.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

NCB Financial Group fell 1 cent to close at $8.44, after exchanging 4,490 stock units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 20 cents and settled at $28.80, with 100,234 shares changing hands.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with the three main market indices declining, as the numbers of declining and advancing stocks were equal.
with a loss of 4 cents at $18.45, after exchanging 3 shares, NCB Financial Group fell 5 cents and completed trading of 132,200 stock units at $8.45, Point Lisas shed 8 cents to end at $3.62, after exchanging 102,128 shares and Scotiabank dropped 1 cent and closed at $62.59, after trading 22,452 shares.
Prestige Holdings dropped 18 cents and completed trading of 567 shares at $9.50, Republic Financial Holdings declined 2 cents and settled at $120, with 8,697 stock units crossing the exchange and Sagicor Financial dropped of 80 cents and closed at $9.50 after trading 73,500 units.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with all three market indices declining as trading levels dropped sharply compared to Friday.
Sagicor Financial ended trading 5 cents lower and completed trading at $10.30, with 60,450 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shares fell 25 cents and concluded at $29, after exchanging 39,542 shares.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with all market indices after advancing as trading increased over Tuesday’s level after being closed on Wednesday.
Republic Financial Holdings shed 3 cents and ended at $121.12, with 3,153 stock units trading, Scotiabank closed with a loss of 39 cents at $62.50, after exchanging 3,122 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 30 cents to complete trading of 1,316 units at $25.

The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with modest changes in the market indices hardly after advancing and declining stocks were deadlocked at 4 each.
units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean lost 20 cents in completing trading of 588 units at $25.55.