Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 16 securities against 12 on Thursday, with 6 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.34 points to 1,414.27. The All T&T Index added 2.45 points to end at 1,756.26, while the Cross Listed Index fell 0.25 points to close at 145.38.
Trading ended with 129,696 shares at a value of $3,449,006, compared to 438,270 shares at a value of $9,920,861 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings added 5 cents and ended at $16.05, with 6,000 stock units changing hands, Clico Investment Fund gained 3 cents and concluded trading of 43,302 units at $24.06, Grace Kennedy increased 5 cents and closed at $3.36, after swapping of 900 shares, Guardian Holdings rose 7 cents and ended at $18.42, in exchanging 15 shares. Republic Financial closed with a gain of 1 cent and settled at $122, after trading 13 shares and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a gain of $1.49 to end at $106, with investors exchanging 693 shares.
Losses| JMMB Group closed with a loss of 11 cents and ended at $2.04, with 2,546 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement shed 10 cents and settled at $2, after exchanging 10 shares.
Firm Trades| First Citizens Bank settled at $40.39, after exchanging 8,043 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $54.92, with 7,643 units changing hands, National Enterprises concluded at $5.60, in trading 1,100 units. National Flour ended at $1.50, after exchanging 3,000 shares, Prestige Holdings completed trading 10 stock units at $8.10, Sagicor Financial completed trading of 9,625 stock units at $10.61, Scotiabank ended at $59.75, while swapping 4,746 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 42,050 units to close at $25.85.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.