Trading activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange closed in red as the All Share index declined by 0.46% to close at 31,533.50 points and Market Capitalisation closed at N11.512 trillion.
Aggregate Volume of traded stocks for the day closed at 104.87 million units in 2911 deals, valued at N1.94 billion.
The Insurance and Oil sector closed higher by 0.62% and 0.12% respectively while Banking, Consumer Goods and Industrial Sectors declined by 0.91%, 0.31% and 0.4% respectively.
Market Breadth
The market breadth closed negative as 17 stocks gained against 18 stocks that lost.
Percentage Gainers
PZ led other percentage gainers, gaining 9.86% to close at N11.7 from the previous close of N10.65
GSK grew 9.43% and CAP Plc grew 9.42% to close at N14.5 and N31.95 respectively among other gainers.
Percentage Losers
Diamond Bank tops the losers’ chart, shedding 9.46% of its share price to close at N0.86 from the previous close of N0.95.
AG Leventis, Ikeja Hotel, Unity Bank, Veritas Kapital also shed 9.09%, 8.38%, 8.24% and 8.0% respectively of their share prices among others on the decliners’ list.
Volume Drivers
·Unilever traded about 20.38 million units of its shares in 47 deals, valued at about N804.95 million.
·Zenith Bank traded about 14.48 million units of its shares, valued at N347.4 million in 226 deals.