Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 344,130 shares valued at $3,881,434 changing hands, compared to 214,080 shares valued at $2,940,696, on Wednesday.
Market activity ended with 12 securities changing hands compared to 17 trading on Thursday, and the market closed with 3 recording gains, 3 losses and 6 ending with prices unchanged. At the close of trading two stocks ended at 52 weeks’ closing highs and one at a low.
At the close the Composite Index lost 0.14 points on Thursday to 1,231.12, the All T&T Index added 0.05 points to 1,712.14 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.04 points to 100.83.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows market sentiment with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks with Gains| Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading of 474 shares and gained 4 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of at $102.92, Scotiabank added 1 cent in completing trading at $65.02, after exchanging 5,800 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 27 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ high of $30.01, after exchanging 8,879 shares.
Stocks Losses| First Citizens closed with a loss of 1 cent at $35, after exchanging 1,516 shares,
National Enterprises shed 50 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $9, with 2,310 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco lost 1 cent and completed trading at $87.99, with 2,497 units.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant settled at $40, after exchanging 1,000 shares, Clico Investments ended at $20, with 34,595 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank completed trading 200 units at $8.49, National Flour ended trading 2,500 units at $1.79, One Caribbean Media concluded market activity at $12.36, after exchanging 6,000 shares and Sagicor Financial ended at $7.50, with 278,359 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.