Ascendant Group rose 0.77 percent, or 10 cents, to close at $13 on the Bermuda Stock Exchange yesterday. A total of 115 shares changed hands.Butterfield also traded, with 800 shares changing hands to close unchanged at $1.25.Thirty-five of the bank’s preference shares also traded, closing unchanged at $1,230.Overall the BSX closed up 0.87, or 0.08 percent at 1,069.18.