Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange resulted in 15 securities changing hands on Monday versus 16 on Friday and leading to modest changes in the market indices.
Trading ended with 365,936 shares at a value of $4,532,887, compared to 244,185 shares at a value of $2,571,913 on Friday. Market activity ended with the prices of 2 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index fell 3.68 points to 1,394.46. The All T&T Index lost 0.03 points to 1,768.99, while the Cross Listed Index shed 1.01 points to close at 138.11.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with one stock closing with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| First Caribbean International Bank added 1 cent and ended at $8.35, with 200,500 stock units trading and Grace Kennedy gained 7 cents and settled at 52 weeks’ high of $3.62, after exchanging 20,000 shares.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund shares fell 5 cents and settled at $24.10, with 15,800 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial closed with a loss of 4 cents and concluded at $121.29, with 2,313 stock units changing hands. Sagicor Financial declined 15 cents and completed trading of 2,475 shares at $10.35 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 27,137 units and lost $1.50 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $25.50.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s traded just 46 shares at $23.88, Angostura Holdings concluded at $15.79, with 100 stock units trading, First Citizens Bank completed trading at $40.01, with 6,888 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings traded 5,360 shares to close at $18, Guardian Media exchanged 100 shares at $9.50. JMMB Group completed trading of 50,000 units at $2.20, NCB Financial completed trading of 600 units at $10.10, One Caribbean Media ended at $10.10, with 100 units crossing the exchange and Scotiabank concluded trading 100 units at $59.50.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.