Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with trading in 15 securities against just 10 on Monday, with the prices of 7 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index added 2.24 points to end at 1,418.75. The All T&T Index gained 3.62 points to 1,762.66, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.11 points to close at 145.72.
Trading ended with 71,169 shares at a value of $2,062,260, compared to 138,960 shares at a value of $6,896,031 shares on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 2 stocks with bids lower than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund gained 1 cent and completed trading with 4,817 units at $24.06, First Citizens Bank climbed 59 cents and ended at 52 weeks’ high of $40.99, with 219 units changing hands, Grace Kennedy gained 4 cents and with completed trading of 327 shares at $3.40. Guardian Holdings added 8 cents and settled at $18.50, with 16,597 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings rose 9 cents and settled at $55, after exchanging 8,055 shares. National Enterprises increased 10 cents and completed trading of 5,000 units at $5.70 and Unilever Caribbean rose 1 cent and ended at $24.51, after exchanging 166 shares.
Losses| Republic Financial fell 18 cents and ended at $122.82, in trading 1,994 units and Scotiabank closed with a loss of 28 cents at $59.47, with 9,847 shares crossing the exchange.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings settled at $16.05, with 11,472 units trading, Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $35.75, with an exchange of 70 units, NCB Financial ended at $10.75, with 5,387 stock units changing hands. Sagicor Financial completed trading at $10.61, after exchanging 1,000 shares, Trinidad Cement ended at $2, after trading 4,000 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 2,218 units to close at $25.85.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.