Trading activities in the Nigerian equities market ended positive on Wednesday as the All-Share Index, ASI appreciated by 0.54 percent.
The bull dominated activities for the day reversing the sentiment that has persisted in the market from last week into the first two trading session this week.
Wednesday’s trade recorded an increase of 0.54 percent on All-Share Index of listed equities trading on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group Limited representing a 238.69 basis points to close at 44,046.94 higher than Tuesday’s 43,808.25.
Consequently, investors gained N130 billion on market capitalisation to close at N23.991 trillion compared to N23.861 trillion of the previous day.
The trading session closed with a total volume of 159.437 million units of shares that exchanged hands in 3,039 deals.
At the end of the day, the market sentiment when measured by markets had 21 gainers and 24 decliners.
On price gain, CORNERST led the gainers chart with 10 percent gain on its share prices to close at N0.44k. MRS followed with a 9.73 percent gain to close at N14.10k. Then Zenith Bank Plc had an 8.46 percent price gain on its share price to close at N21.80k.
Eterna led the decliners’ chart with a 10 percent loss on its share price to close at N5.67k followed by Guinness Nigeria Plc which had a 9.98 percent to close at N67.20k and SCOA lost 9.49 percent to close at N1.43k.
