Market activity ended on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, with a 235 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded after a modest decline in the value compared to Friday and resulted in the exchange of 23 securities compared to 14 on Friday, as the market closed with six stocks rising, six declining and 11 unchanged.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
A total of 657,770 shares were exchanged for $2,638,847 versus 196,625 units at $2,794,557 on Friday. An average of 28,599 units traded at $114,732 compared to 14,045 shares at $199,611 on Friday, with trading month to date averaging 41,478 units at $373,262 versus 42,357 units at $399,199 on the previous trading day. The average trade for July amounts to 28,304 units at $283,023.
The Composite Index rallied 2.73 points to 1,370.83, the All T&T Index fell 2.59 points to 2,032.70 and the Cross-Listed Index added 1.18 points to settle at 92.74.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Angostura Holdings ended at $26.50 with trading of 637 shares, Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $42.13, with 3,000 stocks changing hands, Calypso Macro Investment Fund ended at $20.80 after exchanging 108 units. CinemaOne remained at $5.98, with 599 stock units crossing the market, Clico Investment Fund dipped 25 cents in closing at $32.75 in an exchange of 3,024 stocks, First Citizens Group remained at $50 after investors swapped 356 stock units. FirstCaribbean International Bank rallied 49 cents to $5.50 while exchanging 1,601 units, GraceKennedy declined 4 cents to end at $5.35 in trading 1,204 shares, Guardian Holdings ended unchanged at $25.50, with 320 stock units clearing the market. Guardian Media ended at $3.10 after just two units crossed the exchange, JMMB Group lost 1 cent to close at $2.30 as investors exchanged 387,000 stocks, Massy Holdings popped 1 cent to close at $4.74 with an exchange of 62,097 shares. 
National Enterprises remained at $3.60 in switching ownership of 163,100 units, National Flour Mills dropped 3 cents in closing at $1.57, after 7,116 shares crossed the market, NCB Financial Group slipped 1 cent to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $4.99 with a transfer of 1,112 stock units. Point Lisas rose 16 cents to end at $3.25 after exchanging 172 stocks, Prestige Holdings gained 15 cents to $6.85 in trading 100 stocks, Republic Financial Holdings fell 24 cents in closing at $140.01 in exchanging 434 units. Scotiabank climbed 19 cents to $77.99 with investors transferring 185 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended unchanged at $22.01 after investors transferred 5,613 shares, Trinidad Cement remained at $3.52 with the swapping of 5,000 stocks. Unilever Caribbean increased 39 cents to close at $12.59 with an exchange of 655 shares and West Indian Tobacco remained at $23.40 in trading 14,335 stock units.Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.