The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index yesterday moved up 2.58 points to close at 2,636.67.

The Island's financial institutions dominated trading with the Bank of Butterfield seeing the highest volume of trading as 4,900 shares changed hands while the stock price dipped 50 cents to close at $32.50.

The Bank of Bermuda saw 4,600 shares move while the value of its shares finished the day 45 cents higher at $44.45. And LOM Holdings traded 1,000 shares, and its stock price fell 55 cents to $3.25.