the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index gained for the second day in a row as Butterfield Bank and Bermuda Aviation Services rose in thin trading.

The Index closed up 44.53 points to 4,831.70 as just 667 shares worth 22,625.50 changed hands.

Butterfield rose for a second day, closing up 75 cents to $56.25 on volume of 367 shares while BAS was up 50 cents or eight percent at $6.75 on volume of 300.

No other shares traded as the Index ended a quiet week in which it closed up 22.989 points. For a full report on the week's trading, see Monday's Royal Gazette.