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Guinness, Access Bank, Others Close in Red Despite NSE Gaining N10bn

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4 years ago

August 31, 2020

NSE Gains N10bn Despite Guinness, Access Bank, Others Closing in the Red

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) gained N10 billion on Monday to extend its bullish run above N13 trillion market value.

Investors traded 302 million shares valued at N2.628 billion in 3,854 transactions.

The market capitalisation of listed equities rose by N10 billion from N13.203 trillion posted on Friday to N13.213 trillion.

While the NSE All-Share Index gained 0.07 percent from 25,309.37 basis points recorded last week Friday to 25,327.13 basis points on Monday.

In terms of volume traded, UACN led with 74.425 million shares worth N425.225 million. Zenith Bank came second with 23.895 million shares valued at N400.400 million. See the details below.

Top Traded Stocks

Symbols	Volume	Value
UACN	74,424,772	N425,225,145.35
ZENITHBANK	23,895,804	N400,400,933.85
UBA	22,430,021	N141,150,910.00
FBNH	22,258,428	N109,922,761.10
ACCESS	18,019,101	N112,153,022.10

Top Gainers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
MOBIL	N175	N192.5	17.5	10.00%
DANGCEM	N134.2	N134.9	0.7	0.52%
WAPCO	N11.55	N11.95	0.4	3.46%
VITAFOAM	N5.47	N5.71	0.24	4.39%
BUACEMENT	N40	N40.1	0.1	0.25%

Top Losers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
CILEASING	N4	N3.6	-0.4	-10.00%
GUINNESS	N14.15	N13.8	-0.35	-2.47%
ACCESS	N6.4	N6.2	-0.2	-3.13%
REDSTAREX	N3.85	N3.65	-0.2	-5.19%
UBN	N5.4	N5.3	-0.1	-1.85%

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