Nigerian bourse ends August negative as Index down 0.35% on Thursday

The Nigerian Stock Exchange ended the last trading day in August on Thursday in red as the market All-Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization decreased by 0.35 per cent, while the year-to-date return stood at 32.11 per cent.
The All Share Index closed at 35,504.62 against the previous close of 35,629.13 while Market Capitalization closed at ₦12.237 trillion against previous close of ₦12.280 trillion.
Volume traded increased by 11.09 per cent from 239.906 million to 266.506 million, while the total value of stock traded increased by 37.75 per cent from ₦2.930 billion to ₦4.036 billion in 2,263 deals.
The Financial Services sector led the activity chart with 228.125 million shares exchanged for ₦1.352 billion. Industrial Goods came next with 17.332 million shares traded for ₦1.547 billion, Consumer Goods, Conglomerates, Services sectors followed in that order on the activity chart.
Sovrenins, FBNH, Access, UBA and Zenithbank were the most active stocks by volume. Continsure, Npfmcrfbk, Fidson, Jaizbank and Transcorp emerged the highest price gainers on the chart, while Jberger, Cadbury, Scoa, Morison and Stanbic topped the losers chart.