Tuesday, 25th June 2013 | The West Indian Tobacco Company saw trading in 25,385 shares with a value of $2,940,376 as the stock raced to $116, an all-time high and gained $2 on a day when 167,869 shares traded in the main market valued at $7,325,249 and 5,504 mutual fund shares valued at $126,592 traded.
Trading took place in 11 securities of which 3 advanced, 1 declined and 7 traded firm. Another stock that reached a 52 weeks high was Unilver Caribbean which traded 705 shares and gained 93 cents on the day to close at $53.25.
The major trading of stocks took place for Neal & Massy Holdings, 57,303 shares for a value of $3,380,877, Angostura Holdings, 55,000 shares valued at $495,000 and Guardian Holdings, 13,848 shares valued at $221,568.
IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the IC bid-offer sentiment indicator shows that bids for 2 stocks were higher, with 4 stocks that had offers lower than their last selling price.
At the close, it would appear that both Witco and Unilver are poised for more gains ahead. Scotia Investment with a bid of 117,000 shares at $1.78, the last selling price, should move up in price as there is no stock on offer at the close today nor on Monday.
