Stock Market
Cadbury, Wapco, Zenith Bank, Others Drag Stock Market Down on Wednesday
Stock Market Closed in the Red on Wednesday
The Nigerian Stock Exchange closed in the red on Wednesday as stocks of Cadbury, Wapco, Zenith Bank and others closed in the red.
Investors traded 211.816 million shares valued at N2.418 billion in 3,651 transactions during the trading hours of Wednesday.
The market capitalisation of listed equities declined by 0.19 percent to N13.353 trillion while the NSE All-Share Index dipped to settle at 25,550.31 basis points.
FCMB led the most traded stocks with 30,330,031 shares valued at N62,182,204.17 while Access Bank, UBA and Zenith Bank followed with 20,974,396; 18,569,571 and 17,986,821 worth N139,403,579.80; N109,651,119.40 and N306,340,033.75. See the details below.
Top Trades
| Symbols | Volume | Value |
|---|---|---|
| FCMB | 30,330,031 | N62,182,204.17 |
| ACCESS | 20,974,396 | N139,403,579.80 |
| UBA | 18,569,571 | N109,651,119.40 |
| ZENITHBANK | 17,986,821 | N306,340,033.75 |
| FBNH | 13,537,826 | N67,406,854.10 |
Top Losers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CADBURY | N7.75 | N7.1 | -0.65 | -8.39% |
| WAPCO | N13.5 | N13 | -0.5 | -3.70% |
| NEM | N2.25 | N2.03 | -0.22 | -9.78% |
| INTBREW | N3.2 | N3 | -0.2 | -6.25% |
| ZENITHBANK | N17.2 | N17 | -0.2 | -1.16% |
Top Gainers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NB | N41.05 | N42 | 0.95 | 2.31% |
| BERGER | N6.05 | N6.5 | 0.45 | 7.44% |
| UBN | N5 | N5.35 | 0.35 | 7.00% |
| CAP | N17 | N17.1 | 0.1 | 0.59% |
| UCAP | N3.01 | N3.11 | 0.1 | 3.32% |