Nigerian Exchange Limited (NSE) gained N248 billion on Tuesday following N13 billion gain posted on the first trading day of October, Monday.
Investors sentiment rose ahead of third quarter financial reports with traders exchanging 432,992,034 shares valued at N3.125 billion in 4,377 deals during the trading hours of Tuesday, against 202,355,622 shares valued at N1.864 billion that exchanged hands in 4,066 transactions on Monday.
Market value of listed equities appreciated by N248 billion from N20.969 trillion recorded on Monday to N21.217 trillion on Tuesday.
First Bank of Nigeria Holdings led gainers with N0.80 or 9.76 percent to close at N9 per share. This was followed by Pharm-Deko’s N0.25 or 9.69 percent gain to settle at N2.83 per share as shown below.
Top Five Gainers
| Symbols |
Last Close |
Current |
Change |
%Change |
| FBNH |
N 8.20 |
N 9.00 |
0.80 |
9.76 % |
| PHARMDEKO |
N 2.58 |
N 2.83 |
0.25 |
9.69 % |
| COURTVILLE |
N 0.38 |
N 0.41 |
0.03 |
7.89 % |
| LEARNAFRCA |
N 1.44 |
N 1.55 |
0.11 |
7.64 % |
| JAIZBANK |
N 0.57 |
N 0.61 |
0.04 |
7.02 % |
Top Five Losers
| Symbols |
Last Close |
Current |
Change |
%Change |
| UPL |
N 1.35 |
N 1.22 |
-0.13 |
-9.63 % |
| REGALINS |
N 0.45 |
N 0.41 |
-0.04 |
-8.89 % |
| INTBREW |
N 4.80 |
N 4.50 |
-0.30 |
-6.25 % |
| PZ |
N 5.75 |
N 5.45 |
-0.30 |
-5.22 % |
| CHIPLC |
N 0.62 |
N 0.59 |
-0.03 |
-4.84 % |
Top Trades
| Symbols |
Volume |
Value |
| UNIVINSURE |
105108290.00 |
21231658.00 |
| FBNH |
46306619.00 |
411158350.85 |
| ACCESS |
30696440.00 |
286676551.10 |
| GTCO |
25662491.00 |
721392542.05 |
| COURTVILLE |
22387702.00 |
9178957.82 |