Nigerian stock market opened the week in the red following consecutive weeks of strong performance.
In the early hours of the day, investors traded 121.196 million shares valued at N985.177 million in 2,572 transactions.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange market capitalisation dipped by N51 billion from N18.288 trillion to N18.177 trillion. While the NSE All-Share Index declined by 0.29 percent to 34,784.54 index points.
N Nigeria Flour Mills Plc led losers with a 10 percent decline. Followed by Neimeth, Dangote Sugar, Zenith Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank with 9.63 percent, 3 percent, 1.23 percent and 0.86 percent, respectively. See the details below.
Top Trades
| TRANSCORP |
19,644,249 |
N19,905,215.96 |
| MBENEFIT |
18,107,400 |
N3,918,776.00 |
| ZENITHBANK |
14,802,655 |
N356,221,166.85 |
| MANSARD |
10,056,283 |
N25,438,143.39 |
| ACCESS |
7,420,108 |
N63,444,003.35 |
Top Gainers
| MANSARD |
N2.34 |
N2.49 |
0.15 |
6.41% |
| NEM |
N2.47 |
N2.55 |
0.08 |
3.24% |
| UPL |
N1.38 |
N1.41 |
0.03 |
2.17% |
| CUTIX |
N1.7 |
N1.73 |
0.03 |
1.76% |
| LIVESTOCK |
N1.3 |
N1.33 |
0.03 |
2.31% |
Top Losers
