Friday closed with advancing stocks outnumbering declines, on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange as sixteen securities traded down from 18 on Thursday with the market indices carving out modest movements for the day.
The market closed with the prices of seven securities rising, four declining and five closing unchanged. The volume of stocks passing through the market amounted to 167,722 shares valued at $1,805,037 compared to 227,019 shares for $2,597,044 on Thursday.
The T&T Composite Index gained 0.85 points to close at 1,310.61, The All T&T Index dipped 0.30 points to 1,764.72, while the Cross Listed Index picked up 0.23 points to end at 115.74.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of six stocks higher than its last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Gainers│ First Citizens Bank rose 29 cents to close at $46, with an exchange of 1,257 units, JMMB Group finished 5 cents higher at $1.95, in trading 1,000 units, NCB Financial added 2 cents to end at $7.88, with investors transferring 70,000 shares. Scotiabank added 30 cents to close at $54.95, after trading 69 units. Trinidad and Tobago NGL gained 19 cents with an exchange of 100 units to close at $17, Unilever Caribbean transferred 20,000 stock units at $17, after picking up 12 cents and West Indian Tobacco settled at $34.25, having gained 15 cents exchanging 20 units.
Losers│ Clico Investments lost 17 cents trading 6,969 stock units and closed at $24.58, Massy Holdings fell $1 to $57, in an exchange of 1,079 units. National Enterprises lost 15 cents to $4.50 in transferring 1,265 shares and One Caribbean Media ended 20 cents lower at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.25, with 11,200 stock units changing hands.
Firm Traders│ Ansa McAL traded 2,000 units at $50, Guardian Holdings remained at $19.50, after the transfer of 2,522 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy closed at US$1 with 48,709 shares crossing the market and Point Lisas exchanged 1,032 units at $3.25.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with eighteen securities trading with the prices of three advancing, nine declining and six unchanged. Market activity resulted in 227,019 shares trading for $2,597,044 compared to 61,713 units for $1,287,355 on Wednesday from 10 securities.
NCB Financial lost 2 cents to finish at $7.86, with 109,650 shares crossing the market. One Caribbean Media closed 5 cents lower at $5.45 in exchanging one stock unit and West Indian Tobacco shed 15 cents, transferring 156 units and closed at $34.10.
Market activity ended 439,536 shares valued at $5,553,342 passing through the market, compared to 432,782 shares for $3,520,958 on Monday.
Scotiabank slid 35 cents to $54.60, with an exchange of 29 units and West Indian Tobacco closed at $34.10, with a loss of 40 cents and 621 units changing hands.
Firm Trades│ Agostini’s remained at $25 with trades of a mere five units, First Citizens Bank held firm at $45.71, in exchanging 2,816 shares, Guardian Holdings closed at $19.50, with 4,079 stock units crossing the market. JMMB Group was unchanged at $1.95 after investors transferred 500 units, Massy Holdings closed at $57, with an exchange of 5,976 stock units, NCB Financial traded 1,910 shares at $7.86. Trinidad Cement closed with an exchange of 418 units at $2.10, Unilever Caribbean closed at $16.99, with 119,728 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco ended with trades of 1,006 units at $34.50.
Sixteen securities traded, down from 14 on Thursday and the market closed, with the prices of five advancing, four declining and seven ending unchanged. The volume of stocks passing through the market amounted to only 55,883 units at $1,622,293 compared to 168,366 shares for $1,257,424 on Thursday.
First Caribbean International shed 5 cents in trading 300 units to settle at $7.15, National Flour closed at $1.80, with a loss of 2 cents transferring 1,552 stock units and Scotiabank finished 39 cents lower at $54.60 with of 25 units changing hands.
JMMB Group was unchanged at $1.95 with 26,106 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings ended at $57, after the trading of 4,795 units. National Enterprises traded 5,000 units at $4.65, One Caribbean Media closed at $5.50, with investors having exchanged 24,806 stock units, investors exchanged 
First Citizens Bank closed at $45.71, with 3,200 units changing hands, JMMB Group remained at $2, after transferring 130 units. National Enterprises traded 1,150 units at $4.65, National Flour closed at $1.90, with 50 units passing through the market, One Caribbean Media was unchanged at $5.45, with 799 units changing hands. Investors in Prestige Holdings transferred ten units at $8.20 each, Scotiabank held firm at $54.99, with 117 units crossing the market and Unilever Caribbean closed at $16.99 in trading 150 units.
Clico Investments traded 1,600 units at $25.08, Grace Kennedy held firm at $3.10, with 33,590 shares crossing the market. National Enterprises remained at $4.65, after exchanging 500 units, National Flour closed with the trading of 1,444 units at $1.90, NCB Financial held firm at $7.85, with an exchange of 79,867 shares. Prestige Holdings closed at $8.20 after swapping 60 units, Republic Financial Holdings traded 2,378 units at $139.50 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL ended at $18 trading 398 units.
Trinidad and Tobago NGL lost 1 cent to close at $18, with 2,560 units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco finished $1.49 lower at $34, with an exchange of 3,660 units.
The market was closed on Friday, the Labour Day holiday, with the number of securities trading, rose to the highest level since March 17, when 21 securities traded and the fifth time for 2020 that 20 or more securities crossed the market in a single session, this year.
Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $18.01, with a loss of 97 cents with 4,623 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent transferring 1,300 units and closed at $35.49.