Prime Business AfricaThe market capitalisation of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), also known as the stock market, closed at N87.93 trillion, while the all-share index (ASI) settled at 138,980.01 ASI.
Over 1.81 billion shares were exchanged by equity traders in 24,612 deals, valued at N15.98 billion.
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- Ellah Lakes’ share price increased by N1.18 kobo, to rise from N11.80 kobo to N12.98 kobo per share.
- Veritas’ Kapital share value grew by N0.18 kobo, from N1.80 kobo to N1.98 kobo per share.
- Honeywell ended trading at N23.20 kobo per share, from N21.10 kobo per share – indicating an increase of N2.10 kobo.
- Royal Exchange gained N0.17 kobo to end trading at N1.88 kobo, having opened with N1.71 kobo.
- Mansard’s share value was up by N1.43 kobo, after closing at N15.82 kobo from N14.39 kobo per share.
Top five losers
- Austin Laz’s share price depreciated by N0.31 kobo, dwindling from N3.18 kobo to N2.87 kobo per share.
- Neimeth recorded a N0.55 kobo decline in its share price to end trading at N6.05 after opening with N6.60 kobo per share.
- DAAR Communications lost 4.44 percent in its share price after trading hours, to sell at N0.86 kobo from N0.90 kobo per share.
- Champion Brew reported a decline of N0.65 kobo from the previous day’s share price of N15.65 kobo to end trading at N15 per share.
- Unilever recorded a N3 decline in its share price to end trading at N70 after opening with N73 per share.
Top five trading equities
- Sovereign Insurance reported that 1.41 billion shares valued at N4.21 billion were traded on its floor.
- Nigerian Breweries recorded 41.20 million shares valued at N2.82 billion.
- Fidelity Bank saw investors trade 30.55 million of its shares valued at N642.12 million.
- Zenith Bank recorded 26.35 million shares exchanged on its floor, worth N1.70 billion.
- Universal Insurance reported that 24.15 million shares valued at N28.23 million were exchanged by investors.
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