Republic Financial Holdings jumped sharply in Friday’s trading
Market activity resulted in 251,003 shares valued at $4,238,930 changing hands, well below the $22,225,458 traded on Thursday.
The Composite Index declined 0.02 points to close at 1,156.68, the All T&T Index fell 0.03 points to close at 1,818.36 and the Cross Listed Index ended unchanged at 65.90 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Angostura Holdings ended with 6,000 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ high with a gain of 5 cents at $14.05, Republic Financial Holdings jumped $4 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $114, with 4,076 shares changing hands at a value of $448,814. Scotiabank gained 1 cent and closed with 13,737 shares changing hands with a value of $ $794,823 to end at $57.86 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL that closed at $23.52 with 3,674 units changing hands after rising 1 cent.
Losses| National Enterprises lost 1 cent to close with 765 shares changing hands at $10.45 and West Indian Tobacco traded 2,500 shares valued at $316,875 to close $126.75 after falling 25 cents.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded 21,683 shares valued at $375,131, to end at $17.30, Ansa Merchant Bank traded 100 units to close at $40.01, Clico Investment Fund closed with 75,630 shares changing hands, valued at $1,708,505, to end at $22.60, First Citizens traded 1,106 units at $35. Grace Kennedy closed with 75,000 shares changing hands at $2.52, Guardian Media ended with 805 shares changing hands at $19.75, Massy Holdings ended with 50 shares changing hands, to end at $54.80, National Commercial Bank ended with 9,960 shares changing hands to close at $2.64, Point Lisas closed with 1,420 shares trading to close at $3.51, Prestige Holdings with 6,060 units changing hands ended at $10.83 and Trinidad Cement traded 18,142 shares to close at $3.12.
Trading activity on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market closed Thursday with losses in the two of the market indices. Volume traded rose above the 43,000 units changing hands on Wednesday. At the close 13 securities changed hands, 4 rose, 2 fell while 7 remained unchanged. 
Losses| Massy Holdings lost 15 cents and ended with 64,689 shares carrying a value of $3,551,396 changing hands, to end at $54.80 and National Enterprises lost 5 cents to close with 1,029 shares changing hands at $10.45,
Losses| Ansa McAl lost 70 cents and traded 4,601 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $62, Clico Investment Fund closed with 15,420 shares valued at $348,624 changing hands, and lost 4 cents to end at $22.60 and Guardian Holdings lost 21 cents and ended with 205,214 shares, for a value of $2,626,739 changing hands to end at $12.80.
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At the present price and likelihood of earnings per share hitting $2 this year, the stock is priced close to 30 times this year’s earnings, well ahead of others in that market and could undergo more decline in the price as the market adjusts it to be more in line with its peers.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended with 41,984 shares valued at $587,776 changing hands to close at $14, First Citizens traded 845 units at $35, Grace Kennedy contributed 15,666 shares to close at $2.56, JMMB Group closed with 29,540 shares changing hands at 62 cents, National Enterprises closed with just 1,000 shares changing hands at $10.49. Republic Financial Holdings ended with 237 shares changing hands at $110, Scotiabank closed with 476 shares changing hands to end at $57.53, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.50 with 1,010 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco with 1,858 shares changing hands closed at $126.32.
One Caribbean Media traded 200 shares to end with a loss of 5 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.75, Sagicor Financial Corporation fell 25 cents to close with 46,021 shares changing hands at $6.50 and Trinidad Cement fell by 1 cent and closed at $3.04 with 6,100 shares changing hands.
dropped 60 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $11 with 100 units changing hands and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.75 with 1,400 units changing hands after falling 1 cent.
close at $54.90 and Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 1,622 shares changing hands as the price fell 15 cents to $6.75.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund ended at $22.66 with 16,983 shares valued at $384,667 trading, First Citizens traded 790 units at $35, Guardian Holdings with 50,000 shares valued of $678,500 changing hands and ended at $13.57, National Enterprises closed with 27,666 shares changing hands at $10.50. National Flour ended with 2,011 shares changing hands at $2.32, One Caribbean Media ended with 50 shares changing hands to close at $20.80, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 100 shares changing hands at $6.90 and Tobago Trinidad and NGL with 2,000 shares changing hands to close at $23.76.
