Winners beat losers 2 to 1 on T&T Exchange


Winners outpaced losers 2 to 1 on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday to close out the week and the month, with Endeavor Holding, Unilever and Prestige Holdings being the major price gainers. Ansa McAl and Trinidad & Tobago NGL were the major losers following trading of 22 securities, compared to 23 on Thursday, with prices of eight rising, four declining and 10 ending firm.

Trading ended with the volume and the value of stocks changing hands declining by 50 percent and 58 percent, respectively, compared to Thursday, after trading of 134,208 shares for $1,738,928 and sliding from 268,587 units for $4,144,839 on Thursday.
An average of 6,100 shares were traded at $79,042, versus 11,678 stocks at $180,210 on Thursday. Trading month to date averages 18,019 shares at $397,491 down from the 18,608 units at $413,236 on the prior day and an average for April of 16,463 shares with a value of $259,049.
The Composite Index lost 4.28 points to close at 990.43, the All T&T Index slipped 1.37 points to conclude trading at 1,423.73, the SME Index remained at 79.78 and the Cross-Listed Index dropped 1.05 points to conclude trading at 73.75.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Agostini remained at $60 after an exchange of 101 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $10.80 with 273 stocks clearing the market, Ansa McAl dropped $1.07 in closing at $46.43 in an exchange of 51 shares. Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $29 with traders dealing in 4 stock units, AS Bryden remained at $1.80 with 243 units crossing the exchange, CIBC Caribbean Bank sank 20 cents to end at $8 after a transfer of 12,560 stocks. Endeavour Holdings advanced $2.10 to $17.60 as investors exchanged 95 units, First Citizens Groupsettled at $38 in trading 292 shares, GraceKennedy remained at $3.58 with 29,387 stock units crossing the market. Guardian Holdings ended at $15.99 in an exchange of 290 shares, Massy Holdings remained at $3.43 with investors swapping 1,807 units, National Enterprises skidded 14 cents to t $5.25 with a transfer of 10,428 stocks. National Flour Mills closed at $1.48 with investors dealing in 3,654 stock units, NCB Financial remained at $2.60 after an exchange of 11,336 shares, One Caribbean Media rose 20 cents in closing at a 52 weeks high of $2, with investors trading 5,000 units. Prestige Holdings climbed 50 cents and ended at $12.90 with 121 stocks changing hands, Republic Financial popped 2 cents to $107.52 with investors trading 6,606 stock units, Scotiabank rallied 10 cents to finish at $45.50 in switching ownership of 4,328 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL sank 94 cents to $10.01 after trading of 30,192 stocks, Trinidad Cement increased by just 3 cents to $1.73 after a transfer of 305 units, Unilever Caribbean gained 52 cents to finish at $16.76 with 10,100 stock units crossing the market and West Indian Tobacco rose 2 cents and ended at $2.85 with an exchange of 7,035 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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