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Airtel Africa, Dangote Cement, Others Led Top Gainers as Stock Market Close d Positive

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January 25, 2021

Airtel Africa, Dangote Cement, Others Led Top Gainers as Stock Market Close d Positive

Airtel Africa Plc and Dangote Cement Plc, two of Africa’s largest telecommunications companies, led gainers on Monday to drag the Nigerian Stock Exchange out of the red zone.

Investors traded 333.097 million shares valued at N2.640 billion in 5,640 transactions during the trading hours of Monday.

Market value of listed stocks advanced by 0.21 percent to N21.494 trillion while the NSE All-Share Index closed at 41,088.95 index points.

Transcorp led in terms of volume traded with 48,997,773 shares worth N53,307,358.88. While Mansard followed with 28,025,460 shares valued at N38,295,110.50. See the details below.

Top Trades

Symbols	Volume	Value
TRANSCORP	48,997,773	N53,307,358.88
MANSARD	28,025,460	N38,295,110.50
FIDELITYBK	26,526,724	N72,596,683.34
UBA	16,672,450	N145,846,873.80
ZENITHBANK	15,871,012	N418,969,767.40

Top Gainers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
AIRTELAFRI	N851.8	N855	3.2	0.38%
DANGCEM	N234	N236	2	0.85%
MRS	N11.2	N12.3	1.1	9.82%
JBERGER	N18.9	N19.5	0.6	3.17%
WAPCO	N26	N26.5	0.5	1.92%

Top Losers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
ARDOVA	N20.45	N18.45	-2	-9.78%
NASCON	N17.2	N16.2	-1	-5.81%
CILEASING	N5.7	N5.13	-0.57	-10.00%
INTBREW	N6.59	N6.16	-0.43	-6.53%
UNILEVER	N13.5	N13.2	-0.3	-2.22%

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