TCL trades big on Friday on TTSE

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended with relatively large dollar amounts being expended on some stocks, helping to push the dollar trading level above the average of recent days while Trinidad Cement landed the largest volume that traded. On Friday with only 10 securities changing hands, 3 advanced, 1 declined and 6 traded firm, with a total of 852,238 units, valued at $4,949,694 changing hands.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index fell 0.21 points to close at 1,159.46, the All T&T Index declined by 0.40 points to 1,969.53 and the Cross Listed Index was unchanged at 46.37.
Gains | Massy Holdings trading 5,165 shares to close 4 cents higher at $64.34, National Enterprises had 2,300 shares changing hands, climbed 1 cent to end at $17.21 and Unilever Caribbean ended trading with 254 shares to close at a new 52 weeks’ high of $66.42 after adding 3 cents.
Declines| West Indian Tobacco traded 2,500 shares to close at $125.35 with a loss of 65 cents.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, ANSA McAl with 1,346 shares changing hands and ended at $67.25. First Citizens Bank with 19,349 shares carrying a value of $691,727 trading, closed at $35.75, Flavorite Foods traded 192,070 units with a value of $921,936 and ended at $4.80, Prestige Holdings traded at $9.89, with 900 units changing hand, Republic Bank closed with 6,354 shares traded with a value of $730,710, to end at $115. Sagicor Financial closing with 3,000 shares to end at $6.27 and Trinidad Cement traded 622,000 shares valued at $1,803,800 and closed at $2.90.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 2 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.