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The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited settled at N93.72 trillion on Friday, December 5, while the all-share index (ASI) closed at 147,040.07 ASI.
At the end of trading, over 361.59 million shares were traded in 21,051 deals, valued at N14.83 billion.
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- UAC Nigeria’s share price increased by N8.80 kobo to rise from N88 to N96.80 kobo per share.
- Transcorp Hotels’ share value grew by N15.30 kobo, from N157.50 kobo to N172.80 kobo per share.
- Royal Exchange ended trading at N1.96 kobo per share, from N1.80 kobo per share – indicating an increase of N0.16 kobo.
- Ikeja Hotel gained N2.50 kobo to end trading at N31.10 kobo, having opened with N28.60 kobo.
- LotusHal15’s share value was up by N6.91 kobo, after closing at N87.90 kobo from N80.99 kobo per share.
Top five losers
- Union Dicon’s share price depreciated by N0.70 kobo, dwindling from N7 to N6.30 kobo per share.
- ABC Transport recorded a N0.34 kobo decline in its share price to end trading at N3.10 kobo after opening with N3.44 kobo per share.
- AXA Mansard lost N1 in its share price after trading hours, to sell at N12.90 kobo from N13.90 kobo per share.
- FTN Cocoa recorded a N0.23 kobo decline in its share price to end trading at N4.75 kobo after opening with N4.98 kobo per share.
- TAJSUKS2 reported a decline of N3.97 kobo from the previous day’s share price of N99.99 kobo to end trading at N96.02 kobo per share.
Top five trading equities
- Zenith Bank reported that 59.46 million shares valued at N3.64 billion were traded on its floor.
- Access Corporation recorded 46.09 million shares valued at N973.03 million.
- Fidelity Bank saw investors trade 29.41 million of its shares valued at N560.36 million.
- FCMB recorded 27.88 million shares exchanged on its floor, worth N293.85 million.
- Tantalizer reported 12.95 million shares valued at N29.82 million exchanged in investors’ hands.
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