Trading activity picked up on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday with 308,036 shares valued $6,367,532 trading, compared to 76,614 shares valued $1,275,582 on Monday.
Market activity ended with 17 securities trading against 14 on Monday. At the close on Tuesday, 6 stocks advanced, 3 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 1.92 points to 1,386.20. The All T&T Index added 1.48 points to 1,789.75, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.33 points to close at 132.88.
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 2 with lower offers.
Gains| First Citizens Bank increased 7 cents and completed trading at $40.10, in swapping 84 shares, JMMB Group closed with a gain of 5 cents at $2.30, with 8,275 units crossing the exchange, National Flour gained 1 cent to close at $1.71, with an exchange of 50 units. One Caribbean Media increased 5 cents to $10.15, with 147 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial ended at 50 with settled at $121.50, with the trading of 243 units and West Indian Tobacco ended trading with an increase of 2 cents at $110.27, after exchanging 500 shares.
Losses| Angostura Holdings fell 6 cents and ended at $15.99, with investors exchanging 10 shares, Massy Holdings share fell 1 cent to $55.09, with the swapping of 16,356 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 50 cents trading 17,232 units to close at $27.50.
Firm trades| Calypso Macro Index Fund closed at $14.50 with 1,960 shares trading, Clico Investment Fund settled at $24.20, with 181,265 units crossing the exchange, First Caribbean International Bank ended at $8.32, with 14,851 stock units changing hands, Prestige Holdings completed trading at $9.25, with 13 units. Sagicor Financial completed trading of 7,175 stock units at $10, Scotiabank settled at $60, with 224 units, Trinidad Cement ended at $2.45, with 54,963 units crossing the exchange and Unilever Caribbean exchanged 4,688 units at $25.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
