Prestige Holding

Ansa McAl tradeds amount to TT$13.4

Trading on the Trinidad Stock Exchange ended with 11 securities changing hands of which 4 advanced, 1 declined and 6 traded firm with a total of 1,381,622 units, valued at $19,886,412 with Ansa McAl accounting for 67 percent of the value of trades.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.31 points to close at 1,159.46, the All T&T Index gained 69 points to close at 1,970.53 and the Cross Listed Index fell by a mere 0.01 points to end at 45.71.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Clico Investment Fund with 2,150 units trading and advancing 5 cents, to $22.55, Massy Holdings trading 47,875 shares valued at $3,081,215, to close higher by 11 cents, at $64.36. Sagicor Financial Corporation trading 13,700 units at $6.05, after inching up 1 cent and Trinidad Cement ending the day 6 cents up, at $2.86 with 1,082,946 shares changing hands, for a value of $3,096,347.

Declines| Grace Kennedy fell 2 cents to end the day at $3.53 while trading only 400 shares and was the only stock declining at the end of trading.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the close of trading are, ANSA McAL with 200,250 shares changing hands and carrying a value of $13,428,765 closed at $67.06, First Citizens Bank trading 3,275 shares to close at $35.80. JMMB Group with 21,354 shares trading, closed at 47 cents, National Flour with 9,502 shares trading, ended at $2, Point Lisas Industrial Port trading 100 shares valued at $3.81 and Prestige Holding trading 20 units at $9.90.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 1 stock with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with a lower offer.

First Citizens Jump $1.48 on TTSE

First Citizens Jumped $1.48 in trading on the on the Trinidad Stock Exchange on Wednesday the day after the market was closed for trading. Overall market activity was moderate, with only 10 securities changing hands, of which 3 advanced, 3 declined and 4 traded firm with 168,713 stocks changing hands, with a value of $1,888,988.
The Composite Index rose 2.65 points to close at 1,164.74, the All T&T Index gained 5.99 points to close at 2,012.38 and the Cross Listed Index fell by a mere 0.09 points to end at 41.51.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close, are Clico Investment Fund with 20,421 units valued at $442,143, the price gained 3 cents to $21.68, First Citizens Bank traded 18,790 shares valued at $688,926, and the price jumped $1.48 to end the day at $37 and Prestige Holding gained a cent to close at $9.41 with 14,000 shares changing hands.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are Massy Group with 801 units traded to close down a cent at $69.40, Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 400 units to close at $6.67, down 1 cent and Scotia Investments contributed 29,757 shares with a value of $41,719.80, while declining by 10 cents to close at $1.40.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are Angostura Holdings with a volume of 29,900 shares for $381,225 to close at $12.75, Guardian Holdings traded 3,672 shares at $14.30, National Commercial Bank with 50,639 shares changing hands for a value of $53,171, closed at $1.05 and West Indian Tobacco traded 333 shares to close at $118.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.