Transactions on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday closed on a positive note as the All Share Index grew further by 0.20% to close at 25,511.02 points from the previous close of 25,460.00 points.
Investors gained N27 billion as Market Capitalisation closed at N13.308 trillion from the previous close of N13.282 trillion.
An aggregate of 232.42 million units of shares were traded in 3,377 deals, valued at N1.32 billion.
Market Breadth
Market Breadth closed positive as 19 equities appreciated in their share prices while 6 equities declined in their share prices.
Percentage Gainers
UAC Properties led other gainers with 8.33% growth to close at N0.91 from the previous close of N0.84.
Linkage Assurance, Royal Exchange and Wapic Insurance among other gainers also grew their share prices by 7.69%, 6.45% and 6.06% respectively.
Percentage Losers
Neimeth Pharmaceuticals led other price decliners as it shed 6.50% of its share price to close at N1.87 from the previous close of N2.00.
AIICO Insurance and Sterling Bank among other price decliners also shed their share prices by 5.26% and 4.80% respectively.
Volume Drivers
Transcorp traded about 70.62 million units of its shares in 124 deals, valued at about N40.06 million.
Zenith Bank traded about 25.49 million units of its shares in 440 deals, valued at about N435.19 million.
LASACO traded about 17.10 million units of its shares in 37 deals, valued at about N4.46 million.