The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index gained 6.82 points yesterday to close at 3,178.77 as financial stocks made gains.

LOM (Holdings) Limited rose five cents to $3.20 after trading 3,000 shares. Argus Insurance Co. Ltd. saw its share price boosted 50 cents to $25.50 when investors traded 200 shares.

Belco Holdings Ltd. recorded 500 shares trading at an unchanged price of $41.50. KeyTech Ltd. - the parent company of Logic, BTC and Mobility - recorded 80 shares trading at an unchanged price of $10.25.