Two stocks rose and lifted the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange by 15.88 points to 5,162.83.

Shares of West Hamilton improved by $5 (7.7 percent) to reach a new high of $70 after 200 were traded.

Butterfield Bank saw a 25 cents (0.4 percent) improvement to regain its 52-week high of $60.50 after 201 shares were exchanged.

The total number of shares traded was 401, representing a value of $26,160.25