In market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday NCB Financial traded at an intraday high of $8.50 but drifted back down to $7.95 at the close.
At the close of trading 16 securities were active against 12 on Friday, with 5 advancing, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged on a day when both the volume a value of trading increased above Friday’s levels.
At close of the market the Composite Index gained 16.56 points to 1,294.65. The All T&T Index rose 3.87 points to 1,694.97, while the Cross Listed Index added 4.05 points to close at 120.84.
Trading ended with 812,542 shares at a value of $10,196,809 compared to 611,620 shares at a value of $5,060,996 on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with the bid lower than the last selling price and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| National Enterprises rose 5 cents and completed trading 300 stock units at $8, Prestige Holdings closed with a gain of 15 cents to $7.50, with 220 units changing hands, Scotiabank concluded trading of 13,166 units with a rise of 8 cents to $64.74, Trinidad & Tobago NGL added 3 cents and concluded at $29.15, after exchanging 2,614 shares and West Indian Tobacco increased 25 cents and settled at $95.25, trading 700 units.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $20.15, with 35,930 stock units changing hands, First Citizens traded with a loss of 1 cent at $32.75, after exchanging 12,567 shares, Guardian Holdings closed with a loss of 1 cent and settled at $18, trading 378 units, NCB Financial Group declined by 5 cents and concluded trading at $7.95, after exchanging 43,502 shares up to an intraday record high of $8.50, Republic Financial Holdings shed 26 cents and ended at $107, exchanging 22,969 shares and Sagicor Financial lost 3 cents and completed trading at $9.97, with 375,798 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing firm| First Caribbean International Bank settled at $8.05, with 151,350 units changing hands, JMMB Group ended market activity at $1.75, after exchanging 100,000 shares, LJ Williams B share ended at 75 cents, after trading 50,000 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $45, in exchanging 1,748 shares and Unilever Caribbean completed trading at $23, with 1,300 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.