The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange rose modestly at the close on Friday with the three main market indices rising with advancing stocks be dominant movers.
The market closed with 13 securities trading similar to Thursday, leading to 6 advancing, 2 declining and 5 remaining unchanged as 260,178 shares valued $3,039,820 changed hands, compared to 228,214 shares valued $4,565,216 from 13 securities trading on Thursday.
At close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.57points on Friday to 1,358.40. The All T&T Index gained 0.29 points to 1,798.29, while the Cross Listed Index inched higher by 0.12 points to close at 123.97.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 2 stocks with higher bids than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| Agostini’s closed with an increase of 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $23.75, after exchanging 113 shares, Grace Kennedy ended with a rise of 10 cents at $3.25 trading 91 units, Guardian Holdings ended trading with 10,137 shares and rose by 5 cents to settle at $18.45. JMMB Group added 4 cents and ended at $2.04, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings gained 5 cents and ended at $55, after exchanging 200 stock units and NCB Financial Group increased 1 cent and ended at $8.45, with 160,000 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 13 cents and settled at $8.25, after exchanging 55,500 shares and Scotiabank closed down 9 cents and settled at $62.50, after exchanging 2,061 shares.
Stocks closing firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund ended at $15.30, with 728 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments completed trading of 2,402 units at $24.45, First Citizens Bank ended at $39.30, after exchanging 2,581 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $28.80, after trading 23,365 shares and Unilever Caribbean completed trading of 2,000 units at $25.30.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
