C & I Leasing, Prestige Assurance and other stocks closed in the red on Tuesday despite the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) closing in the green.
The market value of listed stocks grew by N6 billion to N24.755 trillion, slightly up from N24.749 trillion it closed on Monday. While the NGX All-Share Index gained 0.02 percent to settle at 45,939.51 index points.
Investors exchanged 247,694,304 shares worth N3.577 billion in 4,242 deals during the trading hours of Tuesday, against 278,605,710 shares valued at N2.887 billion transacted in 4,447 deals on Monday.
Breaking doing each sector, the NGX banking index gained 52bps on ETI (+9.94%), Wema Bank (+1.19%). UBN (+0.85%), and UBA (+0.62%). However, Access Bank, Zenith Bank and Sterling Bank shed 1.03%, 0.78% and -0.62% lost points.
Similarly, the NGX consumer goods index appreciated by 8bps on the back of 8.05 percent gain in Champion and 1.54 percent improvement in Honey Flour. The oil and gas index also appreciated as Seplat gained 1.28 percent.
The industrial index lost 3bps on a 0.39 percent decline in WAPCO. See top gainers and losers below.
Top Gainers
| Symbols |
Last Close |
Current |
Change |
%Change |
| COURTVILLE |
N 0.50 |
N 0.55 |
0.05 |
10.00 % |
| ETI |
N 9.05 |
N 9.95 |
0.90 |
9.94 % |
| ACADEMY |
N 0.72 |
N 0.79 |
0.07 |
9.72 % |
| CHAMPION |
N 2.36 |
N 2.55 |
0.19 |
8.05 % |
| REGALINS |
N 0.38 |
N 0.40 |
0.02 |
5.26 % |
Top Losers
| Symbols |
Last Close |
Current |
Change |
%Change |
| CILEASING |
N 4.20 |
N 3.78 |
-0.42 |
-10.00 % |
| PRESTIGE |
N 0.51 |
N 0.46 |
-0.05 |
-9.80 % |
| CORNERST |
N 0.53 |
N 0.51 |
-0.02 |
-3.77 % |
| MBENEFIT |
N 0.27 |
N 0.26 |
-0.01 |
-3.70 % |
| UPDC |
N 1.16 |
N 1.12 |
-0.04 |
-3.45 % |
Top Trades
| Symbols |
Volume |
Value |
| GTCO |
24519109.00 |
625346343.70 |
| COURTVILLE |
21425555.00 |
11764033.01 |
| TRANSCORP |
20439908.00 |
21648542.88 |
| ZENITHBANK |
17318113.00 |
440520098.70 |
| CHAMS |
16555538.00 |
3330924.87 |