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NB, MTNN, Vitafoam Fail to Drag Stock Market Out of Red Zone
Stock Market Closed in the Red Again Despite MTN, NB Gaining
The Nigerian Stock Exchange closed in the red again on Tuesday despite MTN Nigeria, Nigerian Breweries and others closing in the green.
The market capitalisation of listed equities declined to N12.610 trillion while the NSE All-Share Index declined by 0.39 percent to 24,174.45 basis points.
Investors traded 304,185 million shares worth N3.268 billion in 3,500 transactions during the trading hours of Tuesday. See the details below.
Top Volume Traded
| Symbols | Volume | Value |
| FBNH | 82,200,904 | N407,573,280.25 |
| CUSTODIAN | 30,286,920 | N146,892,252.90 |
| STERLNBANK | 27,993,009 | N34,291,655.18 |
| FLOURMILL | 20,283,104 | N344,842,721.90 |
| NB | 20,210,208 | N626,594,401.70 |
Top Gainers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
| NB | N30 | N31 | 1 | 3.33% |
| MTNN | N118 | N119 | 1 | 0.85% |
| VITAFOAM | N5.33 | N5.75 | 0.42 | 7.88% |
| AFRIPRUD | N4.01 | N4.18 | 0.17 | 4.24% |
| UCAP | N2.72 | N2.79 | 0.07 | 2.57% |
Top Losers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
| DANGCEM | N126 | N122 | -4 | -3.17% |
| CAP | N20.65 | N18.95 | -1.7 | -8.23% |
| INTBREW | N3.8 | N3.45 | -0.35 | -9.21% |
| ETERNA | N2 | N1.8 | -0.2 | -10.00% |
| CUTIX | N1.64 | N1.54 | -0.1 | -6.10% |