Trading activity picked up somewhat on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, with 356,315 shares traded for $5,188,297, compared to just 97,986 shares traded for a mere $1,303,774, on Friday.
Market activity ended with 17 securities changing hands against 15 on Friday, at the close, 3 advanced, 7 declined and 7 remained unchanged. Three stocks closed at a 52 weeks’ lows.
At close of the market, the Composite Index added 0.34 points to end at 1,385.44. The All T&T Index dropped 4.80 points to 1,784.94, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.77 points to close at 133.35.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended at 5 stocks with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| First Caribbean International Bank traded 5,000 shares after rising 3 cents to close at $8.35, Grace Kennedy added 5 cents and completed trading at $3.25, with 41,695 stock units changing hands and NCB Financial rose 5 cents and ended at $9.40, with 130,229 stock units crossing the exchange.
Losses| Ansa Merchant Bank closed with a loss of 1 cent and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $36, in swapping of a mere 3 shares, Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 15 cents and settled at $18.25, with 48,096 stock units trading. JMMB Group closed 1 cent lower and completed trading of 6,650 stock units at $2.49, Massy Holdings fell 4 cents to $55.05, with 1,888 stock units changing hands, 
National Enterprises closed with a loss of 15 cents and ended trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $6.50, with 10,445 units crossing the exchange. Scotiabank ended with a loss of 1 cent trading 8,502 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.99 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 75 cents in trading of 3,019 units to close at $28.25.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Funds completed trading at $24.20, with 66,613 units crossing the exchange, First Citizens Bank ended at $40, in exchanging of 2,334 shares, National Flour settled at $1.70, after exchanging 5,580 shares. Prestige Holdings ended at $9.25, while swapping just 9 shares, Republic Financial completed trading of 1,307 units at $121.01, Sagicor Financial settled at $10, with 24,857 shares changing hands and Unilever Caribbean settled at $25, trading 88 units.
Prices of securities trading, are those at which the last trade took place.
One Caribbean Media declined 5 cents and closed at $10.10, with an exchange of 31,833 units and Republic Financial ended trading of 4,572 units with a lost 49 cents to close at $121.01.
Republic Financial Holdings shed 6 cents trading 409 units to close at $121.75 and West Indian Tobacco traded 900 shares and lost 2 cents in closing at $110.25
JMMB Group closed with an increase of 3 cents and ended at $2.13, with 9,231 units crossing the exchange. Massy Holdings rose 1 cent to close trading 1,000 units at $55.09, Prestige Holdings traded 2,085 shares and rose 25 cents to close at $9.25, Republic Financial Holdings gained 76 cents trading 178 units to close at $121.81 and Unilever Caribbean rose 5 cents in exchanging 7,815 shares to close at $25.30.
Guardian Holdings concluded trading at $18.50, with investors exchanging 13,108 shares, Grace Kennedy ended trading of 29,124 shares to close at $3.24. JMMB Group ended with 220,593 changing hands at $2.10, Massy Holdings closed trading 100 units at $55.08, National Flour ended at $1.72, with 29,289 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings traded 508 shares to close at $9. Sagicor Financial Corporation exchanged 76,620 shares to close at $10, Scotiabank closed at $62.15 in exchanging 1,960 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $28.24 in trading 2,045 units and Trinidad Cement ended at $2.45, with 2,424 stock units changing hands.
Republic Financial Holdings jumped 75 cents trading of 146 units at $121.75 and West Indian Tobacco added 2 cents and ended at $110.27, with 655 units crossing the exchange.
One Caribbean Media dropped 3 cents and completed trading exchanging 90 shares at $10.17, Scotiabank declined 10 cents and settled at $62.40, with 1,866 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 20 cents to close at $28.55, with 17,552 units crossing the exchange.
JMMB Group dropped 2 cents to $2.03, trading 87,836 stock units, Scotiabank declined 5 cents and ended at $62.50, with 9,430 stock units crossing the exchange. Trinidad Cement ended trading 5 cents lower and settled at $2.50, trading 1,192 units and West Indian Tobacco fell $1.73 and ended at $110.27, with 3,048 stock units changing hands.