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Nigerian Stock Exchange Opens the Year With N356 Billion Gain

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4 years ago

January 4, 2021

Samed Olukoya

Nigerian Stock Exchange Opens the Year With N356 Billion Gain

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) extended the 2020 gain by another N356 billion on Monday

Within the first four trading hours of Monday, the NSE All-Share Index rose by 1.69 percent to 40,951.60 index points while the market value of the Exchange expanded by N356 billion from N21.057 trillion it closed in 2020 to N21.413 trillion during the early hours of Monday.

So far, investors have traded 21.188 million shares valued at N117.174 million in 925 transactions in four hours.

Bua Cement led top gainers with N7.65 or 9.89 percent gain during the hours under review. See the details below.

Top Five Traded Stocks

Symbols	Volume	Value
FCMB	12,046,708	N36,173,532.00
TRANSCORP	1,637,171	N1,588,868.14
ACCESS	899,421	N7,881,003.10
REGALINS	700,000	N154,000.00
UBA	641,438	N5,641,891.90

Top Five Gainers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
BUACEMENT	N77.35	N85	7.65	9.89%
WAPCO	N21.05	N22.3	1.25	5.94%
ZENITHBANK	N24.8	N26	1.2	4.84%
VITAFOAM	N7.8	N8.55	0.75	9.62%
CILEASING	N5.2	N5.7	0.5	9.62%

Top Fiver Losers

Symbols	Last Close	Current	Change	%Change
FCMB	N3.33	N3.13	-0.2	-6.01%
CHAMS	N0.23	N0.22	-0.01	-4.35%
FIDSON	N4.5	N4.5	0	0.00%
INTBREW	N5.95	N5.95	0	0.00%
MEDVIEWAIR	N1.62	N1.62	0	0.00%

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Samed Olukoya

Is the CEO and Founder of Investors King Limited. He is a seasoned foreign exchange research analyst and a published author on Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, Nasdaq, Entrepreneur.com, Investorplace, and other prominent platforms. With over two decades of experience in global financial markets, Olukoya is well-recognized in the industry.