Nearly $500,000 worth of shares were traded on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange last week.

The Index closed at 4,571.91. Butterfield Bank saw the most action, trading just more than 13,000 shares during the course of last week and finished at $14.75, down 25 cents. While Bermuda Commercial Bank Ltd. saw 500 shares traded and ended the week up 75 cents and closed at $10.

Argus Group Holdings Ltd. sold 3,050 shares and fell 10 cents to $14.65.

Bermuda Container Line Ltd. saw the sharpest decrease in share price, loosing 13.4 per cent of its value. Its closing price was $11.25. Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd. also saw a decrease, of 6.6 percent, in its share price which was $14.65 at the close of business on Friday.

Bermuda Aviation Services Ltd.'s share price rose 20 cents to finish the week at $6.25. Belco Holding Ltd.'s fell five cents to close at $21.4.

Key Tech Ltd. saw the largest climb in its price, which rose 13.5 percent to finish at $13.5.