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.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market closed mixed on Monday with 13 securities being active against 16 on Friday as the market ended with 3 stocks rising, 6 declining and 4 remaining unchanged. 
Republic Financial fell 32 cents and settled at $122.93, trading 18,858 shares, Sagicor Financial closed with a loss of 7 cents and ended at $10.61, with investors exchanging 528 shares and Scotiabank shed 1 cent and completed trading of 12,450 units at $59.46.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange market indices dropped at the close of trading on Friday with 16 securities being active against 13 on Thursday. The market ended with 5 stocks rising, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged. 
Republic Financial declined by 25 cents and closed at $123.25, with 1,970 units trading, Unilever Caribbean fell 50 cents and settled at $23.50, with 11,888 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco ended trading 49 cents lower at $104.50, with 2,227 units crossing the exchange.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 15 securities trading against 15 on Tuesday, with 3 stocks advancing, 5 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. 
Guardian Holdings shed 7 cents and completed trading at $18.35, with 200 units crossing the exchange and Republic Financial dropped $1.19 and ended at $122.06, with 235 shares crossing the exchange.
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
National Flour fell 3 cents and ended at $1.47, after swapping 107,000 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 6 cents in exchanging 2,019 units to close at $25.71 and Unilever Caribbean fell 1 cent and completed trading of 830 shares at $24.50.