It was another day of gains on the Nigerian Exchange on Tuesday as the market indices of equities transactions closed bullish.
The all-share index rose by 0.16% to close at 59,261.23 basis points, being 95.17 points higher than Monday’s 59,000.96 points while the market capitalisation inched higher by N52 billion to close at N32,185 trillion.
At the end of the day’s trading, a total of 588.85 million shares with a market value of N8.9 billion were traded in 8,272 deals just as the market recorded 50 gainers and 19 losers.
Skyway Aviation Handling Company led the gainers with 10% price appreciation to close at N7.70k, followed by Academy Press which gained 10% to close at N1.98k, and Chams also recorded 10% rise that gave it a closing price of N0.44.
The top three losers were C&I Leasing with 10% loss and a closing price of N4.05k, followed by Cornerstone Insurance Company with a 9.82% loss and a closing price of N1.01k then Secure Electronic Technology lost 8.7% to close at N0.42k.
United Bank of Africa recorded the highest volume of 78.5 million shares for the day and was followed by Guaranty Trist Holding with 65.4m.
Mercy Chukwudiebere
