The RG/BSX Index closed on Friday at 2,355.69, down 0.52 points (0.02 per cent).

Some 1,000 shares in Argus Group Holdings Ltd changed hands on the Bermuda Stock Exchange. The stock closed unchanged at $6.40.

Also on the BSX, 969 shares in Bank of NT Butterfield Ltd were traded. The stock closed at $31.99, down a penny.

For the week, the Index was down 12.72 points (0.53 per cent) on share volume of 16,469 and total turnover of $143,756.50.

LOM Financial Ltd said that on March 6 the company purchased 10,000 shares of its own stock at $6.25, which set a new, higher price than the previous trade on January 26, which was at $5.45.

Overseas, Butterfield Bank closed up two cents (0.07 per cent) at $30.07 on the New York Stock Exchange.