The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) extended its gain on Wednesday by 0.09 percent as 19 stocks closed in the green, against the 13 stocks that lost points.
Investors exchanged 226,179,887 shares valued at N2.633 billion in 3,476 transactions. NGX All-share Index appreciated by 0.09 percent to 42,357.36 index points and market value appreciated to N22.102 trillion.
Sectorial analysis showed the NGX Banking Index shed 20bps on UNITYBNK (-2.13%), UBN (-2.02%), UBA (-1.90%) and STERLINGBNK (-0.67%). FCMB (+3.45%) and ETI (+1.66%) gained points.
The NGX Consumer Goods Index gained 22bps on DANGSUGAR (+2.82%) and NB (+1.05%). INTBREW (-4.08%) lost points.
The NGX Oil and Gas Index shed 5bps on ARDOVA (-0.74%) while the NGX Industrial index shed 11bps on WAPCO (-1.61%).
Year-to-date return inched slightly higher to 5.18 percent. See other details below.
Top Five Gainers
| Symbols |
Last Close |
Current |
Change |
%Change |
| REDSTAREX |
N 3.15 |
N 3.40 |
0.25 |
7.94 % |
| MEYER |
N 0.39 |
N 0.42 |
0.03 |
7.69 % |
| JAPAULGOLD |
N 0.37 |
N 0.39 |
0.02 |
5.41 % |
| UPDC |
N 1.15 |
N 1.20 |
0.05 |
4.35 % |
| AFRIPRUD |
N 6.10 |
N 6.35 |
0.25 |
4.10 % |
Top Five Losers
| Symbols |
Last Close |
Current |
Change |
%Change |
| ETRANZACT |
N 2.09 |
N 1.89 |
-0.20 |
-9.57 % |
| ROYALEX |
N 0.63 |
N 0.60 |
-0.03 |
-4.76 % |
| CUTIX |
N 2.61 |
N 2.50 |
-0.11 |
-4.21 % |
| INTBREW |
N 4.90 |
N 4.70 |
-0.20 |
-4.08 % |
| UNITYBNK |
N 0.47 |
N 0.46 |
-0.01 |
-2.13 % |
Top Fiver Trades
| Symbols |
Volume |
Value |
| INTBREW |
51794278.00 |
253341772.00 |
| FBNH |
32532002.00 |
392190726.90 |
| GTCO |
17993013.00 |
457215646.25 |
| UNILEVER |
10006177.00 |
132083526.45 |
| MBENEFIT |
9476024.00 |
2311386.77 |