The Bermuda Stock Exchange /Royal Gazette index for the week ending Friday December 13 closed at 2,244.08 up 19.488 units with a volume traded of 43,248.

The biggest movers were the Bank of Bermuda which traded 400 shares and closed up 50 cents at $32.00; the Bank of Butterfield which traded 18,342 shares and whose share price closed down 50 cents at $30.50; the Bermuda Commercial Bank Ltd which traded 2000 shares and closed up 95 cents at $6.45; BF&M traded 605 shares and lost 20 cents to close at $9.55; Bermuda Container Line Ltd traded 5,000 shares and closed up 50 cents at $8.00; and Belco Holdings Ltd traded 12,400 shares and closed down 75 cents at 30.50.