Monday, 15th July 2013 | Trading on the T&T stock Exchange today was paltry with 170,869 shares trading valued at just $914,642 but the big news in the market is the opening of the Citizens Bank of Trinidad IPO, which went on sale at $22 per share at a PE of 11 in an attempt to raise $1.1 billion on behalf of the major shareholder of the bank. Some comments out of Trinidad suggest that the shares will be avidly taken up.
Market activity resulted in 11 securities trading of which 3 advanced, 2 declined and 6 traded firm.
One of IC Insider’s buy rated stock, One Caribbean Media moved to a new 52 week high as it closed up by 18 cents to end the day at $17.60 while trading 4,000 shares and another buy rated stock, Caribbean Cement, traded up by 5 cents to $1.15 as 79,581 shares changed hands for a value of $90,391.
Scotia Investments fell 3 cents to close at $1.87 with a volume of 50,414 shares being traded for $94,304. Guardian Holdings contributed 13,377 shares with a value of $214,032, while Sagicor Financial Corporation added 6,177 shares valued at $38,297.
Clico Investment Fund was the only active security on the Mutual Fund Market, posting a volume of 15,990 shares valued at $359,775.00 as the share closed at $22.50 without a change in price.
IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice market indicator shows that bids for no stock was higher with 3 stock having an offer lower than the last selling price.
