Stock Market
Despite Opening in Red, The Nigerian Stock Exchange Closed in Green
The Nigerian Stock Exchange closed positive on Monday despite opening the day in the red.
The market capitalisation rebounded from the N51 billion decline recorded earlier in the day to close with N21 billion profit at N18.309 trillion market value.
Similarly, the NSE All-Share Index recovered from a 0.29 percent dip to gain 0.45 percent and closed the day at 35,042.14 index points.
Investors traded 415.531 million shares valued at N4.898 billion in 5,267 transactions during the trading hours of Monday.
Airtel Africa led the most traded stocks with a N53.5 gain to close at N588.5 per share. MTN Nigeria came second with a 20 kobo gain to close at N155.2 a single share. See the details below.
Top Trades
| Symbols | Volume | Value |
|---|---|---|
| MULTIVERSE | 84,009,000 | N16,801,800.00 |
| ZENITHBANK | 47,021,980 | N1,134,491,309.95 |
| TRANSCORP | 34,072,114 | N34,291,450.53 |
| ACCESS | 29,904,160 | N256,045,236.40 |
| MBENEFIT | 21,566,583 | N4,659,761.09 |
Top Gainers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIRTELAFRI | N535 | N588.5 | 53.5 | 10.00% |
| MTNN | N155 | N155.2 | 0.2 | 0.13% |
| AIICO | N1 | N1.1 | 0.1 | 10.00% |
| UBN | N5.5 | N5.6 | 0.1 | 1.82% |
| FCMB | N3.25 | N3.33 | 0.08 | 2.46% |
Top Losers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUARANTY | N35 | N33.2 | -1.8 | -5.14% |
| BUACEMENT | N56 | N55 | -1 | -1.79% |
| UNILEVER | N13.75 | N12.95 | -0.8 | -5.82% |
| NNFM | N7.7 | N6.93 | -0.77 | -10.00% |
| FIDSON | N5.47 | N4.93 | -0.54 | -9.87% |