Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Five years of unbroken market decline comes to an end this year, with The All T&T Index poised to recover the losses over the past three years and more with the market index already at a higher level than the end of 2016, by more than 13 points.
Monday was another day of rising market indices on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange as all three indices recorded gains with advancing stocks beating decliners 2 to 1 as the market ended trading with three stock closing at new highs.
Trading ended with 18 securities changing hands, against 12 on Friday, with four advancing, 2 declining while 12 remained unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index gained 6.30 points to end at 1,474.70. The All T&T Index gained 2.59 points to 1,847.44, while the Cross Listed Index gained 1.37 points to close at 149.35.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at three stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Investors traded 162,777 units for $6,159,062, compared to 919,670 units for $8,793,895on Friday.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund jumped $1 and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $27 with 50 stock units trading, Grace Kennedy gained 51 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.95, while trading 5,000 units. Guardian Holdings jumped $1 and ended at 52 weeks’ high of $22, with 1,475 units crossing the exchange and Scotiabank advanced 4 cents to settle at $59.80, with 24,075 units passing through the exchange.
Losses| Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 49 cents in trading 5,000 shares to close at $21.50 and Unilever Caribbean closed with a loss of 1 cent at $23.49, with 170 stock units trading.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAl traded 40 shares to close at $52.50, Calypso Micro Index Fund exchanged 1.000 shares at $15.75, Endeavour Holdings traded 400 shares at $12.50, First Citizens Bank settled at $44.75, with 648 stock units changing hands. JMMB Group closed at $2.80, after exchanging 57,466 shares, National Enterprises ended at $5.55, with 700 units crossing the exchange. National Flour ended at $1.36, after exchanging 10,000 shares, Point Lisas closed at $3.55, after swapping 1,015 shares, Prestige Holdings settled at $8.40, with an exchange of 6,057 shares. Republic Financial concluded trading of 27,863 stock units at $131.00, West Indian Tobacco closed at $42.50, with investors exchanging 14,318 shares and Trinidad Cement completed trading of 7,500 stock units at $1.95.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
