Unilever jumps $5 on Wednesday

Unilever Caribbean recovered $5 of the big loss it incurred last week, to close at $57, while trading 500 shares, after the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange traded for the first time this week, having closed for the annual carnival celebration.
Trading ended on Wednesday with 12 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Friday. At the close 1 stock advanced, 4 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
A total of 863,631 shares traded at a value of $18,073,175 in contrast to Friday’s 161,647 shares traded at a value of $2,116,016. Clico Investment Fund trading, contributed mostly to the rise in the dollar value of Wednesday’s trading.
The Composite Index rose 2.46 points to 1,240.01, the All T&T Index gained 7.06 points to 1,822.44 and the Cross Listed Index declined 0.30 points to 88.16.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 8 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Unilever Caribbean was the only stock rising on Wednesday.
Losses| Guardian Holdings lost 25 cents to close at $14.75 while exchanging 19,655 shares, with a value of $290,544, One Caribbean Media dropped $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $16 after trading 3,715. Point Lisas dropped 15 cents with trades of 700 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.50. Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 106,655 shares changing hands for a value of $966,605 to end at $9.06 after falling by 41 cents.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment Fund traded 678,500 units valued at $15,266,250 and ended trading at $22.50, First Citizens closed at $32.26, with 1,686 units changing hands, JMMB Group closed at $1.28 with an exchange of 17,741 shares, Massy Holdings closed unchanged at $53 while trading 25,000 shares valued at $1,325,099. Republic Financial Holdings closed at $106.35 with 100 units traded, Scotia Investments closed with trades of 9,185 units at $2.19 and West Indian Tobacco held firm at $127, trading 194 shares.