Market activity ended on Friday with a rise in all three indices after a huge jump in the volume and value of trading but with fewer securities trading at the close of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange, after the volume of stack trading rocketed 326 percent and the value spiked 269 shares above Wednesday trades.
At the close of trading, 16 traded compared to 19 on Wednesday, with three stocks rising, four declining and nine ending unchanged. The Composite Index rose 3.26 points to 1,388.88, the All T$T Index gained 4.62 points to 1,881.07 and the Cross-Listed Index popped 0.25 points to end at 120.82.
A total of 2,464,269 shares traded for $27,008,235 compared to 578,611 units at $7,318,842 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 154,017 units at $1,688,015 compared to 30,453 at $385,202 on Wednesday. The average trade for the month to date amounts to 90,757 shares at $1,018,150, compared to 64,804 units at $743,333 on Wednesday. May averaged 25,935 units at $406,593.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with the bid higher than its last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s traded 313,225 shares at $24.40, Angostura Holdings closed at $14.95 after exchanging 183 stock units, Clico Investment Fund ended at $26.96 with 59,110 stock units changing hands, First Citizens Bank rose by 10 cents to $50, after 37,856 stocks crossed the exchange. Grace Kennedy lost 17 cents in closing at $5.08 with 4,805 shares changing hands, Guardian Holdings spiked $1.05 higher to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $35.05 in switching ownership of 48,766 stocks. JMMB Group rose 6 cents to $1.81 with a transfer of 464,743 stock units, Massy Holdings remained at $69.76 after exchanging 61 units, National Enterprises closed at $3 with the swapping of 634 stocks. National Flour exchanged 3,000 shares at $2.30, NCB Financial Group remained at $8.50, trading 1,519,193 shares, Republic Financial Holdings traded 35 stock units at $134.95, Scotiabank ended at $57 after exchanging 4,649 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 1 cent to $17.49 in trading 3,320 units Unilever Caribbean finished at $16.33 with the swapping of 1,384 stocks and West Indian Tobacco lost 30 cents to close at $32.20 in transferring 3,305 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.