Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 17 securities against 13 on Thursday, with 5 advancing, 4 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index lost 3.52 points on close at 1,307.78, while the All T&T Index shed 0.52 points to 1,706.21 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.90 points to 122.89.
Trading ended with 170,700 shares at a value of $1,561,596, compared to 168,378 shares on Thursday valued at $4,345,130.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks trading with gains| Clico Investments gained 55 cents and settled at $20.05, with 1,310 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings finished trading 6,522 units after increasing 1 cent to close at $18.51, JMMB Group rose 2 cents and completed trading at $1.80, after exchanging 100,000 shares. NCB Financial Group finished 5 cents to end at $8.70, after exchanging 8,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL concluded trading of 16,999 units and gained 5 cents to close at $29.10.
Stocks trading with losses| Ansa Mcal closed with a loss of 1 cent at $55, in exchanging 2,099 shares, First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 20 cents at $8.30, trading 1,204 units., Trinidad Cement shed 5 cents and ended at $2.65, after exchanging 1,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean lost 30 cents, and completed trading of 100 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $22.60.
Stocks trading firm| First Citizens Bank ended trading at $34, after exchanging 5,885 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $3.06, with 17,000 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings completed trading at $47.05, after exchanging 1,193 shares, National Enterprises settled at $8.01, with 6,950 stock units changing hands. National Flour concluded trading of 596 units at $1.65, Prestige Holdings ended at $7.50, in an exchange of 150 units, Republic Financial Holdings ended at $107.26, after exchanging 1,168 shares and West Indian Tobacco settled at $95.40, with 524 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.