The Nigerian Bourse on Wednesday declined from the previous trading session as the All Share Index fell by 0.14% to close at 32,108.92 points against 32,152.90 points of the last trading session.
Market capitalisation dipped by 0.14% to settle at N11.722 trillion against N11.738 trillion recorded on Tuesday, indicating a loss of N16 billion.
Volume of traded stocks dropped by 42.65% while the value appreciated by11.40%, to arrive at 229 million units and N2.4 billion respectively.
Market Breadth
16 stocks closed positive against 15 that closed negative, bringing the market breadth to a positive round off.
Percentage Gainers
Unity Bank tops the percentage gainers’ chart, closing 8.97% above the previous close of N0.78 to settle at N0.85
Honeywell Flour grew 6.00%, LAWUNION and Regency Alliance gained 5.77% and 5.00% of their share prices ahead of other stocks on the chart
Percentage Losers
Diamond Bank tops the losers’ chart, after losing 9.52% of its share price for the day. Also on the red chart are Eterna Oil, Jaiz Bank, Linkage Assurance, and NPF Micro-finance Bank all shedding above 8% of their share prices at the close of the day’s trading.
Volume Drivers
FBNH traded the highest volume of about 72 million units of its shares in 327 deals, valued at about N541 million
Zenith Bank traded about 20 million units of its shares in 244 deals, worth about N497 million.