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Airtel, Dangote Sugar, GTBank Halt Stock Declines
Airtel, Dangote Sugar, GTBank Bolster Stock Exchange on Wednesday
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) halted bearish trend on Wednesday as stocks of Airtel Africa, Dangote Sugar and GTBank bolstered the exchange.
The market capitalisation of listed stocks rose by N8 billion to N12.588 trillion, up from N12.580 trillion it closed on Tuesday.
The NSE All-Share Index expanded by 0.06 percent from 24,114.59 basis points to 24,130.26 bps.
Investors traded 208.209 million shares worth N1.762 billion in 3,648 transactions during the trading hours of Wednesday. See the details below.
Top Trades by Volume
| Symbols | Volume | Value |
| STERLNBANK | 77,189,101 | N95,713,065.15 |
| UBA | 19,823,436 | N119,990,870.50 |
| ZENITHBANK | 15,953,234 | N247,897,649.70 |
| FBNH | 12,855,846 | N64,970,784.30 |
| FCMB | 9,343,520 | N17,738,541.12 |
Top Gainers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
| AIRTELAFRI | N328.7 | N340 | 11.3 | 3.44% |
| DANGSUGAR | N11.6 | N12.2 | 0.6 | 5.17% |
| GUARANTY | N21.3 | N21.5 | 0.2 | 0.94% |
| CUTIX | N1.69 | N1.82 | 0.13 | 7.69% |
| ACCESS | N6.1 | N6.15 | 0.05 | 0.82% |
Top Losers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
| NB | N34.05 | N30.7 | -3.35 | -9.84% |
| JBERGER | N17.2 | N15.5 | -1.7 | -9.88% |
| STANBIC | N30.25 | N29 | -1.25 | -4.13% |
| PZ | N4.5 | N4.35 | -0.15 | -3.33% |
| CAVERTON | N1.95 | N1.83 | -0.12 | -6.15% |