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Stock Market Extends Decline as GTBank, Zenith, Access Bank Nosedive
GTBank, Zenith, Access Bank Drag Stock Market Down
The Nigerian Stock Exchange extended decline on Tuesday as stocks of top listed firms closed in the red.
Investors traded 208.203 million shares valued at N1.059 billion in 4,174 transactions during the trading hours.
The market capitalisation of listed equities declined by N44 billion from N12.624 trillion to N12.580 trillion on Tuesday. While the NSE All-Share Index declined by 0.36 percent to 24,114.59 basis points, down from the 24,200.60 bps recorded on Monday. See details below.
Top Traded Stocks
| Symbols | Volume | Value |
| STERLNBANK | 78,917,069 | N98,648,210.70 |
| UBA | 15,776,635 | N96,028,531.00 |
| JAPAULOIL | 12,793,243 | N3,215,788.55 |
| FBNH | 10,933,254 | N56,003,847.95 |
| ZENITHBANK | 10,644,850 | N167,105,218.25 |
Top Gainers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
| UNILEVER | N12.45 | N13.65 | 1.2 | 9.64% |
| BUACEMENT | N41.2 | N41.45 | 0.25 | 0.61% |
| JAIZBANK | N0.54 | N0.56 | 0.02 | 3.70% |
| TRANSCORP | N0.62 | N0.64 | 0.02 | 3.23% |
| NEM | N2.05 | N2.06 | 0.01 | 0.49% |
Top Losers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
| GUARANTY | N22 | N21.3 | -0.7 | -3.18% |
| ZENITHBANK | N16.2 | N15.6 | -0.6 | -3.70% |
| GLAXOSMITH | N4.8 | N4.35 | -0.45 | -9.38% |
| ACCESS | N6.3 | N6.1 | -0.2 | -3.17% |
| AFRIPRUD | N4.25 | N4.07 | -0.18 | -4.24% |