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The capitalisation of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited, also known as the stock market, closed at N92.21 trillion on Tuesday, November 18, and the all-share index (ASI) settled at 144,986.51 ASI.
Also, equity traders exchanged 381,23 million shares in 21,827 deals, valued at N16,71 billion.
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- NCR’s share price increased by N2.80 kobo to rise from N28.15 kobo to N30.95 kobo per share.
- UPL’s share value grew by N0.50 kobo, from N5.10 kobo to N5.60 kobo per share.
- Tantalizer ended trading at N2.58 kobo per share, from N2.35 kobo per share – indicating an increase of N0.23 kobo.
- Caverton gained N0.45 kobo to end trading at N5.15 kobo, having opened with N4.70 kobo.
- Union Dicon’s share value was up by N0.60 kobo, after closing at N6.90 kobo from N6.30 kobo per share.
Top five losers
- LivingTrust’s share price depreciated by N0.41 kobo, dwindling from N4.14 kobo to N3.73 kobo per share.
- McNichols recorded a N0.27 kobo decline in its share price to end trading at N2.73 kobo after opening with N3 per share.
- Livestock lost N0.55 kobo in its share price after trading hours, to sell at N6.55 kobo from N7.10 kobo per share.
- Regal Insurance reported a decline of 6.56 percent from the previous day’s share price of N1.22 kobo to end trading at N1.14 kobo per share.
- UPDC recorded a N0.39 kobo decline in its share price to end trading at N5.96 kobo after opening with N6.35 kobo per share.
Top five trading equities
- Tantalizer reported that 58.77 million shares valued at N145.99 million were traded on its floor.
- Sterling Financial recorded 31.41 million shares valued at N242.41 million.
- Universal Insurance saw investors trade 28.10 million of its shares valued at N35.81 million.
- Veritas Kapital recorded 25.24 million shares exchanged on its floor, worth N47.68 million.
- Aradel reported 16.34 million shares valued at N9.49 billion exchanged in investors’ hands.
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