First Citizens Bank closed at a 52 weeks’ high on TTSE on Friday.
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued its upward climb on Friday but with more modest index gains with advancing stocks and decliners being equal.
Trading ended with 12 securities changing hands, against 15 on Thursday, with 3 advancing, 3 declining while 6 remained unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index gained 3.25 points to end at 1,468.40. The All T&T Index rose 3.28 points to 1,844.85, while the Cross Listed Index inched 0.44 points up to close at 147.98.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at five stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Investors traded 919,670 units for $8,793,895, compared to 562,988 units valued at $6,445,127 on Thursday.
Gains| First Citizens Bank concluded trading of 5,445 stock units and climbed 75 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ high of $44.75, JMMB Group added 5 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.80, with 181,024 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 49 cents in trading 37,823 shares to close at $21.99.
Losses| One Caribbean Media closed 40 cents down and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.10, while exchanging 7,500 units, Point Lisas shed 3 cents to close at $3.55, with 269,707 units crossing the exchange and Scotiabank shed 4 cents to end at $59.76 with 32 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 1.000 shares at $15.75, Massy Holdings closed at $59.70, with 16,403 stock units changing hands, National Flour settled at $1.36, after exchanging 174,304 shares. NCB Financial traded 180,916 stock units at $11.30, Republic Financial swapped 11,284 units at $131 and West Indian Tobacco completed trading of 34,232 units at $42.50.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
