Trading in local stock exchange this week has been higher compared to last week. The Guyana Association of Securities Companies and Intermediaries Inc. said this week trading saw a total of 29,522 shares changing hands.
Shares in the National Bank of Industries and Commerce Limited (NBIC) were traded at the highest price of the day, $13 per share. A total of 3000 shares of the commercial financial institution were traded today, resulting in a magnitude of $39,000 in business done in the name of the bank.
However, the greatest number of shares traded for any single company was that of Demerara Distilleries Limited, trading at a total of 15, 153 shares at a constant price of $6.5 per share, the same as last week's price.
The second largest number of shares traded was that of Banks DIH Limited, trading a total of 11,369 shares, at between $5.9 and $6.2 per share, averaging $6.5 per share.
The general trade prices of share were marginally increased over those of last week.