Fakoyejo Olalekan
The market capitalisation closed Thursday’s stock trading activity at N28.66 trillion, slightly above Wednesday’s N28.65 trillion.
It grew by 0.02 per cent, which represents N5.94 billion gain.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe All-Share Index appreciated by 10.91 basis points, rising from 52,615.51 ASI to 52,626.42 ASI.
Over 129.03 million shares were traded in 3,183 deals on Thursday, worth N1.81 billion.
It contrasted with the N4.47 billion exchanged for 217.94 million shares on Wednesday in 3,377 deals.
Top five gainers
International Energy Insurance shares appreciated by 9.76 per cent to rise from N0.41kobo to N0.45kobo per share
CWG grew by 9.47 per cent, up from N0.95kobo to N1.04 per share
Caverton ended trading with N1.05 from N0.96kobo per share, rising by 9.38 per cent.
John Holt gained 9.09 per cent to end trading at N0.96kobo, having opened with N0.88kobo per share.
Linkage Assurance stock was up by 8.33 per cent, closing at N0.52kobo from N0.48kobo per share
Top five losers
C&I Leasing depreciated by N0.35kobo, dwindling from N3.50kobo to N3.15kobo per share.
Chams also fell by 7.14 per cent to end trading at N0.26kobo, after opening with N0.28kobo per share.
Sovereign Insurance followed the same path, losing 7.14 per cent after trading hours, to sell at N0.26kobo from N0.28kobo per share.
UPDC REIT reported a decline of N0.20kobo from the previous day’s share price of N3.30kobo to end trading at N3.10kobo per share.
Royal Exchange share depreciated to N0.85kobo from N0.90kobo, after losing 5.56 per cent during trading hours.
Top five trading equities in the stock exchange
Zenith Bank reported 18.55 million shares valued at N455.73 million were traded on its floor
GTCO recorded 18.52 million shares valued at N451.13 million
UBA saw investors trade 9.73 million of its shares valued at N78.61 million
Royal Exchange recorded 9.39 million shares exchanged on its floor, worth N7.79 million
Access Corp reported 7.67 million shares valued at N69.49 million exchanged investors’ hands
