The Nigerian equity market on Wednesday closed on a positive note as The All Share Index moved up slowly by 0.06% to close at 54,936.11 points from the previous close of 54,904.68 points.
Investors gained N17 billion as the Market Capitalisation grew by 0.06% to close at N29.927 trillion from the previous close of N29.910 trillion.
An aggregate of 134 million units of shares were traded in 2,479 deals, valued at N1.33 billion.
The Market Breadth closed negative as 9 equities appreciated in their share prices against 14 equities that declined in their share prices.
Percentage Gainers
WAPIC and GTCO led other gainers with 2.44% growth each, closing at N0.42 and N25.20 from the previous close of N0.41 and N24.60 respectively.
Linkage Assurance, LASACO, TRANSCORP and Fidelity Bank among other gainers also grew their share prices by over 1.00% each.
Percentage Losers
NCR led other price decliners as it shed 9.69% of its share price to close at N2.61 from the previous close of N2.89.
FTN Cocoa and JAPAULGOLD among other price decliners also shed their share prices by 6.90% and 6.67% respectively.
Volume Drivers
UBA traded about 21 million units of its shares in 137 deals, valued at N170 million.
GTCO traded about 13.6 million units of its shares in 241 deals valued at N336.9 million.
FBNH traded about 8 million units of its shares in 81 deals, valued at N89 million.