Trading levels up on TTSE – Tuesday
August 30, 2016 by
At the close 4 stocks rose, 4 declined and 6 remained unchanged, leading to advances in the market’s indices.
The Composite Index rose 0.76 points to close at 1,159.66, the All T&T Index advanced 0.89 points to close at 1,822.81 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.08 points to end at 66.10.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy contributed 250,840 shares with a value of $641,381 while gaining 2 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.55, Massy Holdings closed with 10,393 shares, valued at $2,85 changing hands with a gain of 60 cents to close at $55.50. Republic Financial Holdings gained 2 cents and ended with 11,000 shares with a value of $1,209,902 changing hands at $110 and Scotiabank closed with 4,976 shares changing hands and gained 1 cent to end at $57.31.
Losses| Guardian Holdings had 24,846 shares changing hands to end with a loss of 4 cents at $13.53, Prestige Holdings had 2,791 units changing hands, to close with a loss of 10 cents at $10.80. Readymix dropped 60 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $11 with 100 units changing hands and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $23.75 with 1,400 units changing hands after falling 1 cent.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings ended with 482,737 shares with a value of $6,757,118 changing hands to close at $14, First Citizens traded 3,161 units at $35, JMMB Group had 52,000 shares changing hands at 64 cents. National Commercial Bank ended with 10,000 shares changing hands to close at $2.65 and Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 16,594 shares changing hands at $6.75 and Trinidad Cement closed at $3.05 with 311,448 shares carrying a value of $949,948 changing hands.