Trading surges for Trinidad stocks

Market activity ended on Friday and resulted in four times more stocks rising than falling, after trading 108 percent more shares, with 343 percent higher value than on Thursday, at the close of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
A total of 18 securities traded versus 17 on Thursday, with eight rising, two declining and eight ending unchanged. The Composite Index dipped 0.20 points to 1,517.73, the All T&T Index lost 0.79 points to end at 2,129.87 and the Cross-Listed Index popped 0.06 points to settle at 120.91.
A total of 509,189 shares traded for $21,200,944 compared to 244,481 units at $4,785,196 on Thursday.
An average of 28,288 units traded at $1,177,886 up from 14,381 shares at $281,482 on Thursday, with trading month to date averaging 51,229 units at $594,199 versus 54,019 units at $523,211. The average trade for January amounts to 39,943 units at $369,498.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Agostini’s ended at $46 trading 3,798 shares, Calypso Macro Investment Fund remained at $16.85 with an exchange of 45 stock units, CinemaOne lost 5 cents in ending at $3.95 after switching ownership of 400 units. Clico Investment Fund advanced $2.39 to $31.50 while exchanging 63,407 stocks, First Citizens Group ended unchanged at $64.49 with 7,437 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings ended unchanged at $30 in an exchange of 25,000 shares. Guardian Media rose 5 cents to $3.15 after 780 stocks crossed the market, JMMB Group added 1 cent to close at $2.31 trading 10,000 stock units, L.J. Williams B share popped 11 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.95 after exchanging 4,663 units. Massy Holdings inched 1 cent higher to $106, with 39,238 shares changing hands, NCB Financial Group remained at $8 in exchanging 139,819 stock units, Point Lisas finished at $3.27, with 3,605 stocks clearing the market. Republic Financial Holdings declined  $3.50 to $140 trading 63,068 stocks, Scotiabank rallied 1 cent to end at $72.01 after exchanging 8,601 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased $1 in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $22 with the swapping of 90,044 stock units. Trinidad Cement finished at $3.80 with 12,897 units changing hands, Unilever Caribbean popped 10 cents to $16 in trading 81 units and West Indian Tobacco ended unchanged at $26 after 36,306 stocks were traded.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.