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Investors Gain N32 Billion on Tuesday as BUA, Julius Berger, Others Close Positive

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4 years ago

August 25, 2020

BUA Cement, Julius Berger, Flour Mills, Others Aid Stock Market on Tuesday

Investors at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) traded 251.339 million shares valued at N1.168 billion in 3,713 transactions during the trading hours of Tuesday.

The market capitalisation of listed equities expanded by N32 billion to N13.194 trillion on Tuesday, up from N13.162 trillion it closed on Monday.

While the NSE All-Share Index gained 0.25 percent from 25,229.12 basis points on Monday to settle at 25,291.73 bps.

In terms of volume traded, Transcorp led with 94.882 million shares worth N52.277 million. This was followed by UBA’s 33.171 million shares valued at N216.454 million. See the details below.

Top Trades

Symbols	Volume	Value
TRANSCORP	94,882,104	N52,277,886.89
UBA	33,170,930	N216,454,003.90
WEMABANK	14,551,015	N7,428,481.38
ZENITHBANK	10,434,455	N176,447,280.95
STERLNBANK	9,632,791	N11,287,996.99

Top Gainers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
BUACEMENT	N38.9	N40	1.1	2.83%
JBERGER	N16.5	N17	0.5	3.03%
FLOURMILL	N18.5	N18.7	0.2	1.08%
WAPCO	N11.5	N11.7	0.2	1.74%
NEM	N1.87	N2.05	0.18	9.63%

Top Losers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
BETAGLAS	N61.55	N55.4	-6.15	-9.99%
CILEASING	N4.4	N4	-0.4	-9.09%
VITAFOAM	N5.45	N5.15	-0.3	-5.50%
MAYBAKER	N3.03	N2.73	-0.3	-9.90%
GUARANTY	N25.2	N25	-0.2	-0.79%

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