Trading levels rise

Trading levels remained low on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday despite 11 securities changing hands compared to 8 on Monday. The market closed with 4 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 6 unchanged. Market activity resulted in 31,912 units valued at $644,182 changing hands compared to Monday’s 46,969 units valued at $702,598.
The Composite Index gained 0.43 points to 1,205.82 points, the All T & T Index advanced 0.80 points to 1,833.98 points with its year to date loss at 5.88 percent. The Cross Listed Index rose 0.01 point to 77.19 points with year to date gains of 55.91 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Ansa Merchant Bank, advanced 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $40.10 but with a mere 24 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments added 1 cent, closing trading at $1.98 with 888 shares changing owners. Scotiabank closed at $58.76, up 7 cents with only 14 shares being exchanged while Trinidad Cement advanced 7 cents to $4.08 with 7,637 changing hands.
< Strong> Losses| Guardian Holdings closed at $12.65, down 5 cents with 2,000 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades | Ansa McAL was unchanged at $66.50 with 177 shares changing owners, Clico Investments closed at $22.61 with an exchange of 130 shares and JMMB Group traded firm at 88 cents with 15,000 shares changing hands. Massy Holdings remained unchanged at $51 with 1,395 shares changing owners, Trinidad & Tobago NGL at $21.99 with 1,000 shares switching owners and West Indian Tobacco held firm at $127 with 3,647 shares changing hands, valued at $463,151.