Fakoyejo Olalekan
The Nigerian stock exchange market capitalisation ended trading with N25.74 trillion, on the back of the All-Share Index which closed with 47,260.89 ASI.
At the close of trading, investors exchanged N2.36 billion for over 140.67 million shares in 4,371 deals on Thursday.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelTop five gainers
- Geregu share appreciated by N10.90kobo to rise from N110 to N120.90kobo per share.
- Livestock grew N0.10kobo, up from N1.02 to N1.12kobo per share.
- Cutix ended trading with N2.16kobo from N2 per share, rising by N0.16kobo.
- Cornerstone gained 3.92 percent to end trading at N0.53kobo, having opened with N0.51kobo.
- FCMB’s stock was up by N0.12kobo, closing with N3.25kobo from N3.13kobo per share.
Top five losers
- Airtel Africa depreciated by N200, dwindling from N2000 to N1800 per share.
- Prescon also fell by N14.25kobo to end trading at N128.35kobo, after opening with N142.60kobo per share.
- Okomu Oil followed the same path, losing N18.80kobo after trading hours, to sell at N188.30kobo from N169.50kobo per share.
- Honeywell Flour reported a decline of N0.20kobo from previous day’s share price of N2.31kobo to end trading at N2.11kobo per share.
- Redstar Express share depreciated to N2.12kobo from N2.32kobo, after losing N0.20kobo during trading hours.
Top five trading equities in stock exchange
- GTCO reported 27.72 million shares valued at N471.4 million were traded on its floor.
- Sterling Bank recorded 25.42 million shares valued at N39.04 million.
- Zenith Holdings saw investors trade 14.40 million of its shares valued at N276.45 million.
- Transcorp recorded 13.20 million shares exchanged on its floor, worth N13.82 million.
- Geregu reported 4.96 million shares valued at N586.75 million exchanged investors’ hands.
