Trading gets lifted on The Trinidad Exchange

Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday, with a 146 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, with 269 percent more value than on Monday resulting in the number of securities trading being the same Monday with 21, and ended with the prices of six stocks rising, six declining and nine ending unchanged.
Investors exchanged 225,137 shares for $3,032,026 compared to 91,646 stock units at $822,343 on Monday.
An average of 10,721 shares were traded at $144,382 compared with 4,364 units at $39,159 on Monday. Trading month to date averaged 9,739 shares at $151,051 compared with 9,557 units at $152,290 on the previous day. The average trade for June amounts to 23,515 shares at $224,325.
The Composite Index declined 13.14 points to end at 1,235.59, the All T&T Index dipped 0.79 points to finish at 1,881.74, the SME Index fell 0.48 points to 70.24 and the Cross-Listed Index dipped 3.69 points to end trading at 76.14.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s ended at $68.50 after investors traded 14,508 shares, Angostura Holdings gained 30 cents in closing at $23.40, with 21 stocks changing hands, Ansa McAl remained at $51 with a transfer of 300 units, Calypso Macro Investment Fund ended at $21.80 after 22 stocks were traded. CinemaOne dipped 55 cents and ended at $7.20 in an exchange of 50 units, First Citizens Group rose 10 cents and ended at $48.10 in switching ownership of 2,100 stock units, FirstCaribbean International Bank remained at $7.20 as investors exchanged 5 shares, GraceKennedy ended at $3.43 after 64,173 stocks were traded. Guardian Holdings remained at $18.65 in an exchange of 148 units, JMMB Group lost 4 cents in closing at $1.35, with 12,250 stock units crossing the exchange, L.J. Williams B share increased 1 cent to close at $2.80 after exchanging 60 shares, Massy Holdings popped 5 cents in closing at $4.90 after a transfer of 68,416 stocks. National Enterprises climbed 7 cents to end at $3.93 with 15,054 stock units crossing the market, National Flour Mills remained at $1.64 while exchanging 541 stocks, NCB Financial fell 46 cents to end at $3.10 after 1,000 shares passed through the market, Prestige Holdings ended at $8, with 16,087 units crossing the market. Republic Financial declined 55 cents to $127.45 with investors trading 2,568 shares, Scotiabank advanced 13 cents to $75.99 with an exchange of 7,327 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $18.20 after investors ended trading 5,027 stocks, Unilever Caribbean shed 15 cents in closing at $12.10 with 5,027 stock units clearing the market and West Indian Tobacco dropped 75 cents to $11.25 with stakeholders exchanging 10,453 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.