Winning & losing stocks share TTSE spotlight

Trading surged sharply on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, with a 342 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded following a 398 percent surge in value over Friday’s trades, resulting in 19 securities trading compared with 17 on Friday, with five stocks rising, five declining and nine remaining unchanged.
Investors exchanged 1,547,366 shares for $7,748,550 up solidly from 350,108 stock units at $1,555,401 on Friday.
An average of 81,440 units were traded at $407,818 well above the 20,595 shares traded at $91,494 on Friday, with trading month to date averaging 20,668 units at $223,212 compared to 16,820 units at $211,502, previously. The average trade for October amounts to 15,711 shares at $151,451.
The Composite Index skidded 4.33 points to settle at 1,191.15, the All T&T Index dipped 4.98 points to lock up trading at 1,806.26, the SME Index gained 7.62 points to close trading at 80.00 and the Cross-Listed Index shed 0.51 points to cease trading at 74.60.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s remained at $67.50, with 1,910 stocks crossing the market, Ansa McAl ended at $57 with investors exchanging 5 stock units, Calypso Macro Investment Fund rallied 5 cents to close at $22.80 with 300 shares crossing the exchange. Endeavour Holdings rose $1.60 to end at $15 after 494 stock units were traded, First Citizens Group ended at $49.10 with an exchange of 1,040 shares, FirstCaribbean International Bank remained at $7 after 10 stock units passed through the market. GraceKennedy skidded 5 cents in closing at $3.85 with investors dealing in 1,540 units, Guardian Holdings lost 40 cents to close at $18.50 with a transfer of 1,053 stocks, JMMB Group dropped 6 cents and ended at $1.35 after an exchange of 10,143 shares. L.J. Williams B share ended at $2.05 with shareholders swapping 1,509 stock units, Massy Holdings advanced 5 cents in closing at $4.45 in an exchange of 1,511,895 units, National Enterprises remained at $3.55, with 2,315 stocks crossing the market. One Caribbean Media popped 11 cents to close at $3.52 after an exchange of 635 shares, Prestige Holdings shed 25 cents and ended at $11 in trading 376 stocks, Republic Financial remained at $120, with 1,241 units changing hands. Scotiabank declined 99 cents to $70 with an exchange of 8,459 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $10.60 after investors cleared the market of 4,301 shares, Trinidad Cement climbed 4 cents in closing at $2.90 with investors exchanging 40 units and West Indian Tobacco ended at $9.25 with traders dealing in 100 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.