The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange climbed 24.69 points (0.5 percent) to 5,006.6 on a day when 114,181 shares were traded, representing a value of $2,141,612.

Butterfield Bank stock gained 20 cents (1.1 percent) a day after the bank's third quarter results were released. The shares ended at $19.10 after 111,357 changed hands.

Also rising in value were shares of Argus Group, which improved five cents (0.3 percent) to $14.90 after 2,000 were traded.

Belco Holdings stock also moved, but this time lost $0.50 (2.3 percent) to close at $21 after 824 shares were traded.