Trading activity dived on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, with just 96,621 shares changing hands amounting to a mere $1,288,309, compared to 1,052,606 shares at $6,701,584, on Thursday.
Market activity ended with 10 securities changing hands against 12 on Thursday. At the close, one advanced, 3 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
At close, the Composite Index jumped 16.85 points to 1,399.43. The All T&T Index shed 1.81 points to 1,776.80, while the Cross Listed Index rose 4.92 points to close at 138.37.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended at 2 stocks with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| NCB Financial jumped 80 cents in trading 76,000 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $10.20.
Losses| Clico Investments traded 11,589 units and lost 10 cents in closing at $24.10, First Citizens Bank closed with a loss of 1 cent to settle at $40, with an exchange of 2,537 units and Unilever Caribbean fell 1 cent and ended at $24, with 328 units crossing the exchange.
Firm Trades| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 500 shares and closed at $14, First Caribbean International Bank completed trading of 360 shares at $8.34, JMMB Group closed at $2.50, after exchanging 4,000 shares. Republic Financial ended at $121.01, with investors exchanging 250 shares, Scotiabank concluded trading of 707 shares at $59.75 and West Indian Tobacco ended at $110.25, with 350 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.