
JMMB closed at a record high of $2.75 on the TT Stock Exchange of Thursday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued its upward climb on Thursday, but with modest index gains with advancing stocks, edged out decliners four to one.
The market added the second Ordinary shares listing on the Small and Medium Enterprise market on Thursday with Endeavor Holdings, a real estate investment company, starting trading and exchanged 500 shares at $12.50.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at four stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Trading ended with 15 securities changing hands, against 12 on Wednesday, with 4 advancing, 1 declining while 10 remained unchanged. Clico Investment Fund, JMMB Group and LJ Williams B share traded at a new 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index added 2.41 points to close at 1,462.74. The All T&T Index gained just 0.18 points to 1,841.57, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.64 points to end at 147.54.
Investors traded 562,988 units for $6,445,127, compared to 363,101 units valued at $10,508,456 on Wednesday.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund climbed $1 and settled at $26, with 18,400 units crossing the exchange, JMMB Group rose 21 cents and settled at $2.75, with investors exchanging 390,000 shares. Scotiabank gained 5 cents to end at $59.80 with 1,125 shares changing hands and LJ Williams closed with a gain of 15 cents and completed trading with 5,000 units at $1.50.
Losses| Massy Holdings lost 5 cents and settled at $59.70, with 100 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8, after swapping of 14,452 shares, Guardian Holdings traded 5,000 units at $21, National Enterprises ended at $5.55, after exchanging 200 shares. NCB Financial settled at $11.30, with 4,862 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media concluded trading of 100 units at $9.50, Point Lisas ended at $3.58, with an exchange of 19,883 units. Republic Financial settled at $131, swapping 1,125 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 1,700 shares to close at $21.50 and West Indian Tobacco ended at $42.50, with 101,200 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.

NCB Financial closed with an increase of 20 cents and concluded trading of 27,200 stock units at a record high of $11.20. Trinidad Cement rose 15 cents and completed trading with 51,619 units at $1.95 and LJ Williams rose 15 cents and ended at $1.35, with 5,000 stock units trading.
Demand for West Indian Tobacco shares continues to build since the price adjusted for the three for one split last week. Bids to buy the stock have been rising and are now at 20,465 units at $40, above the adjusted last sale price of $34.98 but there are no stocks offered for sale. 

LJ Williams B shares gained 5 cents and ended at five years record high of $1.20, with 5,000 units crossing the exchange and Sagicor Financial gained 25 cents and ended at 52 weeks high of $11, with 12,034 stock units changing hands.

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange experienced a sharp fall-off in the number and volume of shares trading on Monday, with just 10 securities changing hands, down from 17 stocks on Friday.
One Caribbean Media ended 2 cents lower and settled at $9.98, with 100 units changing hands, Point Lisas shares fell 2 cents and closed at $3.58, with 500 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 1 cent in exchanging 680 shares to close at $25.49.
Guardian Media ended trading of 1,718 shares after slipping 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.60, NCB Financial closed with a loss of 4 cents and ended at $10.55, with investors exchanging 10,000 stock units, Republic Financial closed 11 cents down and ended at $121.89, after exchanging 1,428 shares. Unilever Caribbean dropped 50 cents and ended at $24.50, in swapping 120 shares and West Indian Tobacco shed 2 cents and ended at $104, with 50 units crossing the exchange.
Price changes on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange were more pronounced at the close of trading on Friday than in recent days, with three securities having price changes close to 50 cents each.
Firm Trades| First Caribbean International Bank ended at $9.25, with investors exchanging 200 shares, First Citizens Bank completed trading at $40.10, after exchanging 450 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.30, with 52,468 units changing hands. LJ Williams B share closed at $1, with investors exchanging 3,000 shares, NCB Financial settled at $10.55, after trading 950 shares, Point Lisas ended at $3.60, with investors exchanging 1,200 shares. Republic Financial settled at $121.85, with 940 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial ended at $10.20, swapping 1,195 units and West Indian Tobacco settled at $104.32, after trading 45 units.
At the close of trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, price changes were even with 9 securities being active against 13 on Thursday, as 3 gained, 3 declined and 3 remained unchanged. 
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange resulted in 18 securities changing hands on Wednesday versus 16 on Tuesday leading to gains in the market indices.
First Citizens traded 5,981 shares at $40.01, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.55, with 44,425 stock units crossing the exchange, Massy Holdings settled at $54.98, with 100,000 stocks trading. One Caribbean Media concluded exchanging 200 shares at $10.10, Point Lisas ended at $3.75, with 25 stock units changing hands, Scotiabank settled at $59.70, after exchanging 837 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 6,560 units to close at $27.90, LJ Williams B shares completed trading at $1, after swapping of 14,620 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading at $110, with 954 units crossing the exchange.