Trading activity rose on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, with 1,052,606 shares trading for $6,701,584, compared to 167,098 shares traded for $1,432,757, on Wednesday.
Market activity ended with 12 securities changing hands against 17 on Wednesday, at the close, 4 advanced, 1 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.32 points to close at 1,382.58. The All T&T Index added 0.69 points to end at 1,778.61 while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.01 points to close at 133.45.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended at 3 stocks with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank rose 1 cent and completed trading of 10,080 units, at $40.01, Massy Holdings closed with a gain of 3 cents and settled at $55.08, with 35 units crossing the exchange. Sagicor Financial gained 9 cents and concluded trading of 296,335 stock units at $10.10 and Scotiabank rose 24 cents to settle at $59.75, with 330 units changing hands.
Losses| West Indian Tobacco closed with a loss of 2 cents at $110.25, with investors exchanging 6,606 shares.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings closed at $15.79, with investors exchanging 500 shares, Clico Investments traded 100 units in closing at $24.20, First Caribbean International Bank exchanged 900 shares and ended at $8.34, while Grace Kennedy settled at $3.30, in swapping of 705,000 shares. JMMB Group completed trading of 30,200 shares, at $2.50, Prestige Holdings ended at $9, in trading 1,249 units and Republic Financial settled at $121.01, with 1,271 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.