Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with more stocks falling than rising and leaving the market indices with losses for a second day after Republic Holdings and Guardian Holdings traded at 52 weeks’ highs.
The T&T Composite Index slipped 2.16 points to 1,501.13. The All T&T Index shed 3.49 points to end at 1,915.36, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a decline of 0.11 points at 147.23.
The market closed with five stocks rising, six declining while five remained unchanged as the number of securities changing hands remained constant over the past three days, at 16. The volume of stocks passing through the market fell to 383,853 shares valued $7,140,746, compared to 638,454 shares for $7,493,916 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of four stocks higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gainers| CinemaOne exchanged 1,375 shares and rose 22 cents to close at $5.97, Guardian Holdings added 1 cent in exchanging 76,290 stock units to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $23. Massy Holdings gained 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $63 with 5,430 shares changing hands, Prestige Holdings added 25 cents in transferring 106 stock units at $9.25 and Republic Financial Holdings traded 67 shares and gained 40 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $145.40
Losers| Angostura Holdings exchanged 65 shares and fell 15 cents to end at $16.20, First Citizens Bank dropped $1.35 as 17,947 stock units changed hands to settle at $46.80, JMMB Group shed 1 cent to end at $2.48, with 600 stock units crossing the market. Trinidad & Tobago NGL transferred 105,933 shares and fell 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20, Unilever Caribbean traded 36 stock units and slipped 50 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $20.50 and West Indian Tobacco lost $1 to close at $38 while trading 69 stock units.
Firm Trades| Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 60 shares at $16, Clico Investment closed trading of 18,926 units at $28.61. First Caribbean International Bank saw 600 changing hands, to close at $7.89, National Flour ended with 1,700 units crossing the market at $1.45 and NCB Financial traded 171,000 shares at $11.35.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
