The Nigerian Exchange Limited closed lower on Wednesday as listed companies started releasing their first half of the year financial results. The Nigerian Exchange Limited dipped by 0.03 percent to 38791.03 index points.
Investors traded 237,510,446 shares worth N1.882 billion in 4,305 transactions during the trading hours of Wednesday. While the market capitalisation of listed equities moderated to N20.211 trillion.
Oando led the most traded stocks with 442.901 million shares valued at N232.963 million. This was followed by bank stocks as shown in the table below.
Capital Hotel Plc led gainers with N0.26 or 9.85 percent to close at N2.90 a unit. This was trailed by Oando as shown in the table below.
Top Gainers
| Symbols |
Last Close |
Current |
Change |
%Change |
| CAPHOTEL |
N 2.64 |
N 2.90 |
0.26 |
9.85 % |
| OANDO |
N 4.79 |
N 5.26 |
0.47 |
9.81 % |
| BOCGAS |
N 8.45 |
N 9.20 |
0.75 |
8.88 % |
| FTNCOCOA |
N 0.49 |
N 0.53 |
0.04 |
8.16 % |
| LIVESTOCK |
N 2.29 |
N 2.40 |
0.11 |
4.80 % |
Top Losers
| Symbols |
Last Close |
Current |
Change |
%Change |
| CHIPLC |
N 0.60 |
N 0.54 |
-0.06 |
-10.00 % |
| TRIPPLEG |
N 1.00 |
N 0.90 |
-0.10 |
-10.00 % |
| PHARMDEKO |
N 1.21 |
N 1.09 |
-0.12 |
-9.92 % |
| REGALINS |
N 0.44 |
N 0.41 |
-0.03 |
-6.82 % |
| ETERNA |
N 7.60 |
N 7.10 |
-0.50 |
-6.58 % |
Top Trades
| Symbols |
Volume |
Value |
| OANDO |
44290171.00 |
232963299.46 |
| UBA |
19347045.00 |
150748119.55 |
| WEMABANK |
14241504.00 |
11875243.28 |
| ACCESS |
13291234.00 |
123732885.50 |
| JAIZBANK |
12296486.00 |
7584191.02 |