The fourth trading period in January 2024 has seen the Lucas Stock Index decline a further 1.252 percent on the sale of 131,361 shares. Seven stocks were traded this week among which were two Climbers and four Tumblers. The Tumblers lost G$17.7B in value while the Climbers gained G$7.6B which caused the value of the index to fall by G$10.1B this week.
The stock price of Demerara Tobacco Company (DTC) rose 3.846 percent on the sale of 11,943 shares while that of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) rose 3.333 percent on the sale of 87,208 shares.
In contrast, the stock price of Republic Bank Limited (RBL) fell 8.907 percent on the sale of 9,300 shares while that of Banks DIH (DIH) fell 3.125 percent on the sale of 10,000 shares. In addition, the stock price of Sterling Products Limited (SPL) fell 0.404 percent on the sale of 91 shares while that of Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (BTI) fell 0.061 percent on the sale of 12,019 shares.
In the meanwhile, the stock price of Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) remained unchanged on the sale of 800 shares.
The LSI closed at 1,401.413.
