The Nigerian Bourse on Wednesday fell further from the previous trading session as the All Share Index declines 0.58% to close at 36,748.18 points against 36,963.70 points of the last trading session.
Market capitalization dropped by 0.58% also to settle at N13.312 trillion against N13.390 trillion of the last trading indicating a loss of N78 billion.
Volume and value of traded stocks dropped by 11.05% and 31.29%% to settle at 181.2 million units and N1.6 billion respectively.
Market Breadth
20 stocks closed positive against 23 that closed negative, bringing the market breadth to a negative round off.
Percentage Gainers
Continental Reinsurance led other percentage gainers closing 10.00% above the previous close of N1.50 to settle at N1.65
PZ Cussons Nig. PLC grew 9.74%, International Breweries and japaul Oil gained 9.33% and 9.09% of their share prices ahead of other stocks on the gainers’ chart
Percentage Losers
FBNH tops the losers’ chart losing 9.76% of its share price, while Oando and Wema Bank shed 9.52% and 8.82% respectively.
Volume Drivers
Zenith Bank traded about 15 million units of its shares in 322 deals, worth about N361 million.