WEEKLY STOCKS UPDATE Buoyed by Corporation of Hamilton bond activity, value of trading on the Bermuda Stock Exchange was well over the one million mark last
Corporation of Hamilton 8% Bermuda dollar bonds closed at 103 on volume of 350,000 units while the corporation's US dollar bonds closed at 103 on 370,000 units.
Total bond volume was 720,000 with a value of $741,600.
In other trading, three issues closed up, three closed down and eight closed unchanged.
Bermuda Computer Services closed up $1 at $12 on volume of 500 while Telco gained $1 to close at $37.875 on volume of 1,000.
Staples closed up 12.5 cents at $8.875 on volume of 4,000.
Bermuda Container Line closed down 75 cents at $3.25 on volume of 1,380.
Belco closed down 25 cents at $19.75 on volume of 3,174.
BF&M closed down 25 cents at $6.
50 on volume of 3,811.
Issues closing unchanged were; Bank of Bermuda, $18.50, 7,352, Bank of Butterfield, $10.875, 1,700, Bermuda Commercial Bank, $5, 2,500, Bermuda Home, $9, 16,101, Hemisphere preferred, $7.50, 2,485, SAL preferred, $7.875, 6,350, Argus, $10.50, 1,130 and BF&M preferred, $9, 2,233.
The exchange closed up .42 points or .04 percent to close at 1,012.10.
Share volume for the week was 53,716 with a value of $601,598.38.
Total value of trading was $1,343,198.
WEEKLY SUMMARY Biggest gain (%):Bermuda Computer Services 9.1% Biggest loss (%):BCL -18.8% Highest Volume (shares):(Corp. Hamilton USD bonds 370,000 units) Lowest Volume (shares):(Bermuda Computer Services 500)