Nigerian Exchange Limited
Zenith Bank Led Both Gainers and Top Traded Stocks on Wednesday
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) extended its bullish run on Wednesday as Zenith Bank led both top gainers’ chat and most traded stocks for the day.
Investors traded 650.549 million shares valued at N2.287 billion exchanged in 3,952 transactions during the trading hours of Wednesday.
The market value of the Exchange rose by 0.76 percent or N140.04 billion to close at N18.551 trillion while the NSE All-Share Index gained the same 0.76 percent or 35,493.15 index points.
Surged in prices of Nestle, Flour Mills, Zenith Bank Guinness and GTBank boosted the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
Jaiz Bank led the most traded equities with 414,976,708 shares worth N216,962,758.06. This was followed by Mansard with 19,335,784 shares estimated at N472,710,228.15.
Top Trades
| Symbols | Volume | Value |
|---|---|---|
| JAIZBANK | 414,976,708 | N216,962,758.06 |
| MANSARD | 22,328,000 | N17,192,560.00 |
| ZENITHBANK | 19,335,784 | N472,710,228.15 |
| SKYAVN | 19,000,000 | N50,630,000.00 |
| ACCESS | 15,750,907 | N130,347,876.25 |
Top Gainers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NESTLE | N1400 | N1505 | 105 | 7.50% |
| FLOURMILL | N24.7 | N26.5 | 1.8 | 7.29% |
| ZENITHBANK | N23.5 | N24.1 | 0.6 | 2.55% |
| GUINNESS | N18 | N18.6 | 0.6 | 3.33% |
| GUARANTY | N33.55 | N33.95 | 0.4 | 1.19% |
Top Losers
| Symbols | Last Close | Current | Change | %Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAPCO | N22.5 | N22 | -0.5 | -2.22% |
| UCAP | N4.54 | N4.4 | -0.14 | -3.08% |
| DANGSUGAR | N18 | N17.9 | -0.1 | -0.56% |
| OANDO | N2.9 | N2.8 | -0.1 | -3.45% |
| NNFM | N6.2 | N6.13 | -0.07 | -1.13% |