Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange rose on Friday for the fifth day in a row, with 17 securities changing hands, up from 15 securities on Thursday as trading ended with 8 stocks rising, 2 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Composite Index gained 3.30 points to 1,415.63. The All T&T Index rose 5.53 points to 1,764.79, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.14 points to close at 144.56.
Trading ended with 389,919 shares trading for $7,052,818, compared to 235,934 shares for $1,468,834 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy rose 4 cents and closed at $3.48, with investors exchanging 1,700 shares, Massy Holdings increased by 1 cent and completed trading of 33 units at $56.06, National Enterprises gained 6 cents and ended at $5.76, in swapping 52 shares. Prestige Holdings finished trading with a rise of 4 cents and settled at $8.10, with 70 units crossing the exchange, Republic Financial gained $2 to end at $125, with 2,218 units changing hands, Scotiabank added 1 cent and settled at $59.47, after trading 210 shares. West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent to $102.28, with an exchange of 10 units and Unilever Caribbean added 50 cents to settle at $24, with 100 units crossing the exchange.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 50 cents and settled at $41, with investors exchanging 273 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 20 cents in exchanging 111,705 shares to close at $25.50.
Firm Traded| Clico Investment Fund ended at $24.07, with investors swapping 71,642 shares, First Caribbean International Bank traded 1,000 shares at $8.99, Guardian Holdings exchanged 2,000 shares to end at $18.50. National Flour completed trading at $1.49, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial settled at $10.75, with 194,074 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial ended at $10.68, with 3,551 units changing hands and Trinidad Cement ended at $1.95 with investors switching ownership of 281 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Republic Financial increased 7 cents and ended at $123, in swapping 249 shares and Scotiabank rose 27 cents and ended at $59.46, in trading 250 shares.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange after closing on Monday resumed on Tuesday with 15 securities trading against 18 on Friday, with 2 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 8 remaining unchanged. 
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund to finish at $24.10, with 24,132 units crossing the exchange, Guardian Holdings finished at $18.42 and ended with 8,839 units crossing the exchange, Massy Holdings concluded trading with a gain of $55 completed trading at $55.00, with 4,232 units. National Enterprises ended at $5.70, with 500 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media ended at $10, with 800 units changing hands. Trinidad Cement closed at $2 completed trading of 9,700 shares, Unilever Caribbean to finish at $24.5 settled at $24.50, with 100 units and West Indian Tobacco closed at $105 with investors exchanging 745 shares.
NCB Financial ended trading of 2,744 shares 9 cents lower and ended at $10.66, Prestige Holdings closed with a loss of 5 cents and concluded at $8.05, with 3,652 units. Republic Financial closed 4 cents and ended at $122.92, with 1,744 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank shed 25 cents and concluded trading of 16,745 units at $59.75 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 1 cent in exchanging 160 units to close at $25.70
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with 16 securities trading against 15 on Tuesday, with 3 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 8 remaining unchanged. 
Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 8 cents in exchanging 1,531 units to close at $25.77 and West Indian Tobacco dropped $1.49 and ended at $104.51, with 1,344 stock units trading.
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.
Losses| National Enterprises closed with a loss of 10 cents and ended at $5.60, with 307 units crossing the exchange, National Flour closed 6 cents down after exchanging 4,351 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.50. Republic Financial shed 76 cents and concluded trading at $121.99, with 2,050 units and West Indian Tobacco dropped $1.49 and completed an exchange of 1,492 units at $104.51.
National Enterprises shed 14 cents and settled at $5.76, with 2,848 units crossing the exchange and West Indian Tobacco dipped 58 cents and completed trading of 42 units at $104.32.
Republic Financial dropped 11 cents and settled at $121.85, with 393 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial declined 4 cents and to $10.21, with 11,404 stock units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 80,307 units and lost 20 cents to close at $25.50.
