A total of 531,784,757 million units of shares were traded in 6,061 deals, 33.74 per cent higher than the previous session.
Etranzact, JapaulGold, Prestige, NSLTech, Sovereign Insurance and Unity Bank with a 10 per cent appreciation in their shares led the gainers, closing at N4.84, N0.44, N0.44, N0.33, N0.44 and N0.66 respectively.
Other gainers included MRS which appreciated 9.96 per cent to close at N59.60 and Eterna, which added 9.80 per cent to close at N13.45. On the losers’ table was JohnHolt with a 9.68 per cent loss to close at N1.40, Caverton lost 7.14 per cent in its share value to close at N1.30 and Wapic closed at N0.43 after shedding 6.52 per cent of its share price.
Topping both the value and volume charts was United Bank for Africa with 177.48 million shares worth N1.724bn traded in 506 trades. MTN Nigeria followed on the value chart with N1.203bn worth of shares traded on the NGX, Zenith Bank traded N863.314m worth of its shares in 306 exchanges and Airtel Africa sold 706,214 units of its shares valued at N810.289m in 88 deals.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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