Trading picked up on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday with 22 securities changing hands just 12 on Wednesday and leading to 596,638 shares changing hands valued at $12,414,789, compared to 191,349 shares on Wednesday valued at $1,020,490.
Market activity closed, with 5 advancing, 4 declining and 13 remaining unchanged. At the close, the Composite Index lost 2.15 points to end at 1,303.04. The All T&T Index gained 1.72 points to close at 1,704.60, while the Cross Listed Index declined 0.84 points to 121.80.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 3 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Ansa Mcal gained 25 cents and completed trading of 51,480 units, at $55.25, First Citizens rose by 1 cent to $33.82, after exchanging 9,815 shares, Guardian Holdings ended trading with 3,300 units, with a gain of 50 cents, to close at $18, National Flour closed with a rise of 1 cent in trading 45,838 units at $1.65 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading of 13,200 units with a rise of 4 cents to end at $29.14.
Stocks closing with losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund lost 50 cents in trading 200 shares to close at $13.50, Massy Holdings lost 15 cents to close at $47.20, after exchanging 3,213 shares, NCB Financial Group fell 10 cents to $8.40, after exchanging 15,360 shares and Sagicor Financial closed with a loss of 10 cents at $8.80, in exchanging 134,813 shares.
Stocks closing firm | Agostini’s closed at $23.20, after exchanging 64 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at 
$16.05, with 69,858 stock units changing hands, Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $38, after exchanging 810 shares, Clico Investments ended at $20.19, with 1,722 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank completed trading of 100,000 units at $8.50. Grace Kennedy ended trading at $3, with 2,290 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group ended at $1.79, after exchanging 38,725 shares, National Enterprises closed at $8, with 7,288 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media exchanged 22,738 shares at $10.35. Republic Financial Holdings settled at $107.51, after exchanging 1,792 shares, Scotiabank ended at $63.65, with 60,430 stock units changing hands, Unilever Caribbean concluded the exchange of 7,132 shares at $25 and West Indian Tobacco ended at $95.40, with 6,570 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
