Market up 0.49% as investors gain N43bn

The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization increased by 0.49 per cent, while the year-to-date return stood at -5.74 per cent.
The All-Share Index closed at 25,331.77 against the previous close of 25,207.07 while Market Capitalization closed at ₦8.765 trillion against previous close of ₦8.722 trillion.
Volume traded increased by 26.41% from 254.959 million to 322.296 million, while the total value of stock traded decreased by 37.71% from ₦2.449 billion to ₦1.526 billion in 2,907 deals.
The Financial Services sector led the activity chart with 275.642 million shares exchanged for ₦1.037 billion. Conglomerates came next with 29.045 million shares traded for ₦0.035 billion, Consumer Goods, Agriculture, Services sectors followed in that order on the activity chart.
Lawunion, Diamondbnk, Zenithbank, Transcorp and FBNH were the most active stocks by volume. Transcorp, FBNH, Diamondbnk, PZ and Portpaint emerged the highest price gainers on the chart, while Honyflour, Okomuoil, Livestock, UCAP and Continsure topped the losers chart.