Trading ended after closing for the Christmas break with 13 securities changing hands on Thursday, against 16 on Monday and finished with 6 advancing, 3 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.75 points to 1,303.34, gained 0.80 points to 1,703.24, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.10 points to close at 122.08. Trading ended with 101,149 units valued at $3,433,867 compared to 106,024 units valued at $4,839,646 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| First Citizens gained 48 cents to close at $33.63 after exchanging 1,103 shares, Grace Kennedy advanced 5 cents and ended at $2.90, with 14,500 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings gained just 1 cent to end at $107.26, after exchanging 30 shares. Scotiabank gained 25 cents to complete trading of 17 units at $64.25, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose just 1 cent and settled at $29.25, after exchanging 35,914 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a gain of 15 cents to close trading of 22,500 units at $95.25.
Stocks closing with Losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund fell 50 cents and ended at $15, with 2,000 stock units changing hands and JMMB Group lost 2 cents to finish at $1.76 after exchanging 22,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 5 cents ended at $22.95, with 18 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing firm| Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $38.26, after exchanging 200 shares, Clico Investments concluded trading at $20.20, with 1,985 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $47 after exchanging 845 shares and Sagicor Financial ended at $9.45, with 37 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

at $7.30 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading 1 cent lower at $29.24, after exchanging 3,650 shares.
completed trading at $107.08, after exchanging 20,869 shares.
units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a loss of 15 cents at $29.10, after exchanging 50,000 shares.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Monday with trading in 17 securities against 13 on Friday, with 4 advancing, 4 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
exchange of 4,007 units, NCB Financial Group shed 10 cents and ended at $8.50, after exchanging 1,175 shares and Sagicor Financial lost 5 cents and settled at $9.45, with 850 stock units changing hands.
Tobacco finished 33 cents higher and completed trading 3,206 units at $95.40.

hands, National Flour concluded trading with a loss of 7 cents at $1.63, with an exchange of 5,526 units, Republic Financial Holdings traded with a loss of 20 cents to close at $107.06, after exchanging 315 shares, Scotiabank fell 7 cents and completed trading at $64.66, with a mere 4 units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a loss of 2 cents and settled at $29.21, after exchanging 46,313 shares and Unilever Caribbean shed 5 cents and ended at $22.95, with 2,000 stock units changing hands.
exchanging 64,810 shares, Mora Ven Holdings that is listed on the Second Tier Market, exchanged 1,000 shares and declined by $2.01 to end at 52 weeks’ low of $12.48. NCB Financial Group shed 10 cents and settled at $8.60, after exchanging 200 shares, Sagicor Financial lost 25 cents and ended at $9.50, with 700 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank ended trading of 205 units after falling by just 1 cent to close at $64.73.