Investors in equities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange traded 152.33 million shares valued N2.3 billion in 3,406 deals even as market capitalisation stood at N9.31 trillion and the All-Share Index of the Exchange closing at 27,103.38 basis points.
UNILEVER led gainers for the day, from the opening value of N32.00, it closed at N33.02 having added N1.0 Fort Oil came second with price appreciation of N0.99 to close at N197.99 from the N197 it opened with. GUINNESS which opened the day trading at N97.65 closed at N98.00 having added N0.35. ACCESS Bank was the fourth most appreciated stock of the day as it added 0.23 to move from N5.52 to N5.7 while Champion Breweries came fifth with price appreciation of N0.16 and from its opening value of N2.71 it closed at N2.87.
On the other hand, NESTLE which opened at N779.98 closed at N757 having recorded price depreciation of N22.98, it was followed by WAPCO which closed N76.5 from opening value of N80.01 as it dropped N3.51; DANGCEM which opened at N165 closed at N163.8 as it was marked down by 1.2; CADBURY closed N18.00 from its opening value of N18.51 having depreciated by N0.51 while INTBREW dropped N0.48 to close N19.50 from its opening value of N19.98.
FBNH was the most traded stock as it accounted for 40.1million shares valued at N151.1 million; FCMB followed with 19.1 million shares valued at N30.6 million shares; ZENITHBANK traded 11.5million shares with the value attached of N166.0 million; UBA traded 9.8 million shares valued at N42.1million. ACCESS traded 9.0 million shares with the value attached of N51.4 million.
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