Stock Market
Stock Market Closed the Week in Green
Stock Market Gains N139 Billion this Week
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed the week positive despite Guinness, WAPCO and others closing in the red.
The three-day trading week saw market capitalisation of listed equities expanding by N139 billion from N12.743 trillion it closed on Friday to N12.882 trillion on Wednesday when the Exchange closed for the week.
While market capitalisation of listed stocks gained 266 basis points from 24,427.73 bps it closed last week to 24,693.73 basis points on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Investors traded 101.587 million shares valued at N973.637 million in 3,685 transactions. See the details below.
Top Trades
| Symbols | Volume | Value |
| GUARANTY | 10,868,529 | N244,682,665.15 |
| FBNH | 9,715,949 | N49,141,768.40 |
| UBA | 9,446,483 | N58,597,587.70 |
| ETI | 6,081,250 | N25,427,858.35 |
| STERLNBANK | 5,870,265 | N6,990,621.07 |
Top Gainers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
| SEPLAT | N282 | N310.2 | 28.2 | 10.00% |
| BUACEMENT | N39 | N39.4 | 0.4 | 1.03% |
| UACN | N6.8 | N7 | 0.2 | 2.94% |
| PZ | N3.9 | N4.1 | 0.2 | 5.13% |
| GLAXOSMITH | N4.8 | N4.9 | 0.1 | 2.08% |
Top Losers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
| GUINNESS | N13.5 | N13 | -0.5 | -3.70% |
| WAPCO | N12 | N11.75 | -0.25 | -2.08% |
| STUDPRESS | N1.99 | N1.8 | -0.19 | -9.55% |
| ARBICO | N1.54 | N1.39 | -0.15 | -9.74% |
| NPFMCRFBK | N1.31 | N1.18 | -0.13 | -9.92% |