The All-Share Index of equities trading on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) left the negative zone on Tuesday as it appreciated by 0.07% to close at 39,460.68 points compared to 39,434.69 points of the previous day.
Consequently, the market capitalization increased by N13 billion to close the day at N20.559 trillion higher than the Monday’s N20.546 trillion.
A total of 196.8 million units of shares valued at N1.45 trillion exchanged hands in 3,881 deals.
Tuesday’s transaction ended with 17 gainers and 18 losers:
Morison led the gainers’ chart with N.0.14k to close at N1.54k. Next was Zenith Bank Plc, which gained N0.20k to close at N24.50k while Honey Flour gained N0.15k to close at N3.19k.
On the flipside, FTN Coca Processors led the losers’ chart with N0.04k loss to close at N0.40k. Guinness Nigeria followed with a closing of price of N31.00 after losing N0.80k, while UAC Nigeria lost N0.75k to close at N10.70k.
Courtville had the highest volume of traded shares for the day as it traded 22.4 million shares, followed by Sovereign Trust Insurance which traded 21.3 million shares.
