
Guardian Holdings hit 52 weeks high on TTSE.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 17 securities against 12 on Thursday, with 3 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 0.90 points to end at 1,452.63. The All T&T Index fell 2.47 points to 1,823.28, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.08 points higher to close at 146.61.
Investors traded 790,993 shares amounting to $4,244,292 compared to 197,680 shares amounting to $2,775,811 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at two stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Gains| Guardian Holdings added 50 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $20.50, with investors exchanging 5,195 shares, JMMB Group rose 10 cents and ended at $2.50, after trading 631,311 shares and West Indian Tobacco gained 25 cents to end at $41, with 16,204 units crossing the exchange.
Losses|Clico Investment Fund ended trading 2 cents lower at $24.98, in swapping 2,861 shares, Ansa Mcal dropped $1.49 and completed trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $52.50, with 2,040 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 25 cents and completed trading at $59.75, with 1,054 units crossing the exchange, National Flour closed 4 cents down at $1.36, with 15,876 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial dropped 10 cents and ended at $11.20, with 79,906 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 4 cents in trading 3,707 shares to close at $21.11.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $35.50, after exchanging 637 shares, First Citizens Bank closed at $43, in trading 90 units, Guardian Media settled at $7.80, with 1,141 units changing hands, National Enterprises ended at $5.55, with 588 stock units trading. Republic Financial concluded trading of 832 stock units, at $130.10, Scotiabank settled at $60, after exchanging 6,959 shares, Trinidad Cement ended at $1.95 and completed trading of 20,025 units and Unilever Caribbean settled at $23.50, after exchanging 2,567 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.

NCB Financial gained 30 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $11.30, with 15,200 units crossing the exchange, Republic Financial rose 10 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $130.10, with investors exchanging 566 shares, Scotiabank added 20 cents and ended at $60, with 1,396 stock units trading and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 3 cents in trading of 40,365 shares to close at $21.15
NCB Financial closed with an increase of 20 cents and concluded trading of 27,200 stock units at a record high of $11.20. Trinidad Cement rose 15 cents and completed trading with 51,619 units at $1.95 and LJ Williams rose 15 cents and ended at $1.35, with 5,000 stock units trading.
Demand for West Indian Tobacco shares continues to build since the price adjusted for the three for one split last week. Bids to buy the stock have been rising and are now at 20,465 units at $40, above the adjusted last sale price of $34.98 but there are no stocks offered for sale. 
Demand for West Indian Tobacco shares continues to build with the price adjusted for the 3 for one split bids to buy rising to 19,265 units at $40 well up on the adjusted last sale price of $34.98, but there are no stocks offered for sale.
Losses| First Citizens Bank fell 90 cents and settled at $42.10, in swapping 50 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 4 cents at $3.44, after exchanging 1,311 shares, JMMB Group shed 6 cents and completed trading of 201,768 shares at $2.40. Sagicor Financial declined 25 cents to end at $10.75, with investors exchanging 150,706 shares.
Republic Financial closed with a gain of 19 cents at $125.99, after exchanging 16,212 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 25 cents and ended trading of 23,566 shares at $21.




One Caribbean Media shed 2 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.96, after trading 3,800 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost a further 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $23 with exchange 5,139 shares. The decline on Monday brings to the losses for the past three days to $3.84.