The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed higher at the end of trading on Monday with the number of securities changing hands being similar to Friday, at 15.
Trading closed, with four gaining, one declining and the prices of ten remained unchanged, but Unilever Caribbean closed under pressure, the offer at $21 compared to the last traded price of $21.50 and the bid at $19 to buy just 100 shares.
The T&T Composite Index rose 5.64 points to close at 1,510.89. The All T&T Index climbed 8.77 points to 1,927.77, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.35 points to close at 148.19.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 219,223 valued $5,094,367 compared to 360,033 shares valued at $5,688,242 on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of three stocks higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Gains| Calypso Micro Index Fund gained 13 cents in trading 40 shares at 52 weeks’ high of $16, NCB Financial gained 5 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $11.30, Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 33,634 shares and added 52 cents to close at $20.99 and Trinidad Cement traded 1,000 shares and rose 2 cents to close at $1.92.
Losses| The sole stock losing on Monday was Republic Financial with the loss of 1 cent to close at $142, after exchanging 7,985 shares.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment closed at $28.47, with 60,320 units crossing the exchange, First Citizens Bank settled at $51.50, as investors after exchanged 11,635 shares as high as $51.65, Guardian Holdings had just 85 units crossing the exchange at $22. JMMB Group ended at $2.70, with investors trading 89,049 stock units, Massy closed trading with 961 shares at $62. National Flour closed with 610 units changing hands at $1.49, Prestige Holdings had 3,037 shares changing ownership to land at $8.90, Scotiabank ended trading with 9,682 units at $61.40, LJ Williams B share ended at $1.60, as investors swapped a mere 50 shares and West Indian Tobacco settled at $40, with 135 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
First Citzens’ stock closed with the bid at $51.50 to buy 3,430 shares but ended trading with no offers on the board at the close.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 36,818 shares and gained 7 cents to close at $20.47, Trinidad Cement exchanged 3,227 shares and rose 5 cents to close at $1.90. LJ Williams B share rose 5 cents and ended at $1.60, with investors swapped just 83 shares and West Indian Tobacco rose $2 and settled at $40, with 3,461 units changing hands.
One Caribbean Media added 5 cents in transferring 1,000 shares at $8 and Scotiabank ended trading with 18,091 units after rising 27 cents to $61.49.
Ansa Merchant Bank dropped $1.95 to close at $36.05 with an exchange of 38 stock units, One Caribbean Media lost 5 cents in transferred 645 shares in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.95. Scotiabank ended trading with 161 units after falling 7 cents to $61.22, Trinidad Cement fell 6 cents in exchanging 2,900 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.89. Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 8 cents in trading 4,898 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.70 and Unilever Caribbean fell 4 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $22.01, with investors exchanging 3,004 shares.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 20 cents in trading 93,576 shares and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.80, Trinidad Cement declined 3 cents to end at $1.95, with 32,656 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco dropped 60 cents and settled at $40.05, with 800 stock units crossing the exchange.
Massy Holdings rose 48 cents and ended at $61.99, with 9,025 units changing hands and Republic Financial added 49 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $136.50, after exchanging just 50 shares.
National Enterprises closed with a gain of 20 cents and closed at $5.70, with a transfer of 10,000 units and Republic Financial gained 26 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $136.01, with 14,857 units changing hands.
Angostura Holdings closed with a loss of 3 cents at $16.17, with an exchange of 1,250 units, Guardian Holdings fell 10 cents to end at $21.50, with 2,807 units crossing the exchange. Guardian Media closed 50 cents lower to a 52 weeks’ low of $7, with 7,241 stock units changing hands while Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 189 shares and fell 5 cents to close at $23.40.
