Trading resumed after the Trinidad Stock Exchange was closed for two days during the carnival celebrations and ended with West Indian Tobacco jumping to close at new high of $125. For the overall market, only 10 securities changed hands of which 2 advanced, 3 declined and 5 traded firm. A total of 155,484 units, valued at $734,542 traded.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 0.95 points to close at 1,147.92, the All T&T Index gained 1.89 points to 1,981.34 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 41.17.
Gains| Stocks increasing in price at the close are, Scotiabank trading 1,500 shares for a 1 cent rally to close at $62.11 and West Indian Tobacco climbing $1.20 to end at a new 52 weeks high, of $125 while trading 2,040 units.
Declines| The stocks declining at the end of trading are, Clico Investment Fund with 2,540 shares and fell 1 cent to $22.50, Guardian Holdings lost 1 cent to end at $13.14, with 400 shares trading and Trinidad Cement suffering a loss of 2 cents, to close at $2.57 while trading 12,450 units.
Firm Trades| Stocks closing with prices unchanged at the end of trading are, First Citizens Bank trading 5,842 shares, valued at $208,865 to close at $35.75, Flavorite Foods trading 50 shares to close at $4.80. Grace Kennedy with 150 shares and closed at $3.60, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 105,172 shares changing hands, closed at 43 cents, followed by National Flour Mills, trading 25,340 shares at $1.46.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 8 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
WITCO jumps to new high
February 18, 2015 by
