Trading cooled on TTSE

Investors continue to be cool in trading stocks on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, with a 71 percent lower volume of stocks traded, with 24 rise percent in value compared with Thursday and resulting in 15 securities trading compared with 15 on Thursday, ending with prices of six stocks rising, five declining and three remaining unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 66,257 shares for $2,168,074 shares compared to 221,821 stock units at $1,746,903 on Thursday.
An average of 4,417 shares were traded at $144,538 compared to 14,788 units at $116,480 on Thursday, with trading month to date averaging 11,414 shares at $139,195 compared to 12,663 units at $137,053 on the previous trading day with an average for February of 21,839 shares at $159,828.
The Composite Index dropped 3.40 points to settle at 1,186.70, the All T&T Index dipped 7.05 points to finish at 1,775.79, the SME Index remained unchanged at 78.90 and the Cross-Listed Index popped 0.07 points to end at 77.86.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of trading on Friday, Agostini’s shed 25 cents to end at $68.25 after an exchange of 500 stock units, Calypso Macro Investment Fund rallied 48 cents in closing at $23 with an exchange of 69 shares, First Citizens Group climbed 25 cents to $49.50 in exchanging 5,117 units. FirstCaribbean International Bank slipped 1 cent to $7.04, with 1,660 stocks being traded, Guardian Holdings skidded 65 cents and ended at $17.10 with investors trading 150 shares, JMMB Group ended at $1.51 after an exchange of 10,012 units. Massy Holdings popped 4 cents in closing at $4.39 with investors dealing in 6,585 stocks, National Enterprises rallied 1 cent and ended at $3.90 in closing after trading in 10,424 stock units, One Caribbean Media rose 43 cents to $3.44 as investors exchanged 1,225 shares. Prestige Holdings ended at $11.25 with a transfer of 2,075 stocks, Republic Financial remained at $120, with 5,378 units changing hands, Scotiabank lost $1.95 in closing at $70.05 with an exchange of 14,691 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 5 cents and ended at $9 as 6,800 shares passed through the market, Unilever Caribbean advanced 45 cents to close at $11.65 in an exchange of 429 stocks and West Indian Tobacco ended at $9.20 as investors exchanged 1,142 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.