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.
Trinidad and Tobago NGL advanced by 31 cents to $16.81, in exchanging 5,893 stock units and West Indian Tobacco gained 15 cents to finish at $34.25, with 3,193 units changing hands.
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.
Fourteen securities traded on Thursday, with just one advancing, five declining and eight remained unchanged. The volume of stocks passing through the market amounted to 168,366 shares valued at $1,257,424 compared to 125,817 shares for $1,972,975 on Wednesday from 18 securities.
Republic Financial Holdings shed 20 cents in a transfer of 52 units at $139.25 and West Indian Tobacco slipped 29 cents to $34.50, with an exchange of 5,100 units.
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 ended 47 cents lower at $45.50, trading 2,316 units. One Caribbean Media finished at $5.45, with a loss of 5 cents after swapping 12,438 stock units and Trinidad and Tobago NGL ended, with 815 units at $18.98, changing hands after losing 1 cent.
The market closed with fifteen securities trading with the price of five stocks advancing, two declining and eight remaining unchanged. The volume of stocks passing through the market amounted to 500,739 shares valued at $16,561,837 compared to 82,589 shares for $1,488,088 on Monday from trading 16 securities.
Losers│ First Citizens declined by $1.50 to $44.50, after exchanging 12,321 units and Trinidad Cement lost 10 cents trading 10,625 units to end at $1.85.
The market closed with sixteen securities trading with the prices of three stocks advancing, two declining and eleven unchanged. The volume of stocks passing through the market amounted to 133,055 shares valued at $5,361,018 compared to 143,429 shares for $2,691,521 on Wednesday from 17 securities.
and Unilever Caribbean lost 1 cent in transferring 250 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $16.98.
The T&T Composite Index fell 11.88 points to 1,283.32. The All T&T Index tumbled 23.58 points to 1,728.37, while the Cross Listed Index remained at 113.31.
Firm Trades│ Agostini’s transferred 80 units at $25, First Caribbean International remained at $7.30 with an exchange of 80 shares, Guardian Holdings held firm at $18.15 with 9,089 stock units crossing the market. MPC Caribbean Energy traded 195 shares at US$1, National Enterprises traded 5,177 units at $4.25, NCB Financial ended at $7.55 with a transfer of 3,100 shares, One Caribbean Media was unchanged at $5.25, after swapping 6,818 stock units. Scotiabank exchanged 1,472 units at $54.99, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $16.50 with 24,962 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean traded 1,560 stock units at $16.99.