Nigerian equities market declined on Tuesday to extend its bearish trend by another 0.07 percent this week.
During the trading hours of Tuesday, Transcorp led the most traded stocks with 42,940,581 shares valued at N50,240,479.77 while this was followed by Japaul Gold’s 39,588,880 shares worth N50,871,840.63.
Japaul Gold remained Nigeria’s most traded stock in 2021 so far and closed with a 56.70 percent gain last week with stock investors projecting around N5 per share once the company and H&H Mines Limited closed its ongoing deal.
Stock investors traded a total of 525,006,911 shares valued at N5.337 billion in 5,965 deals on Tuesday.
The market value of listed stocks declined by N16 billion from N21.491 trillion recorded on Monday to N21.475 trillion on Tuesday.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index declined by 0.07 percent to 41,051.63 index points, down from 41,082.38 index points on Tuesday.
Top Trades in the Nigerian Stock Exchange Tuesday, January 19, 2021
| TRANSCORP |
42,940,581 |
N50,240,479.77 |
| JAPAULGOLD |
39,588,880 |
N50,871,840.63 |
| ZENITHBANK |
28,524,941 |
N745,993,748.10 |
| BUACEMENT |
25,699,145 |
N2,048,857,020.90 |
| COURTVILLE |
21,974,395 |
N5,327,275.31 |
Top Gainers in the Nigerian Stock Exchange Tuesday, January 20, 2021
Top Losers in the Nigerian Stock Exchange Tuesday, January 20, 2021
| ARDOVA |
N19.7 |
N18 |
-1.7 |
-8.63% |
| BUACEMENT |
N79.9 |
N79 |
-0.9 |
-1.13% |
| UACN |
N8.35 |
N7.9 |
-0.45 |
-5.39% |
| ACCESS |
N9.6 |
N9.25 |
-0.35 |
-3.65% |
| UBA |
N9.1 |
N8.9 |
-0.2 |
-2.20% |