The Nigerian Exchange Limited’s All Share Index (NGX ASI) closed at 49,421.91 representing a marginal decrease by 0.05% at the close of Wednesday’s trading when compared with the previous close of 49,445.31.
Also, the market capitalization closed at N26.658 trillion against previous close of N26.670 trillion just as the Year-to-Date (YTD) return stood at 15.70%.
According to information provided by the market’s managers, the volume traded decreased by 64.85% from 147.585 million to 51.877 million, while the total value of stock traded decreased by 75.35% from N2.394 billion to N0.590 billion in 2,981 deals.
As had been the trend over the past few trading sessions, the Financial Services sector led the activity chart with 36.905 million shares exchanged for N0.355 billion followed by Conglomerates with 2.972 million shares traded for N0.003 billion.
The Consumer Goods, Oil and Gas, ICT sectors followed in that order on the activity chart.
The most active stocks by volume were ZENITHBANK, GTCO, STERLNBANK, FIDELITYBK AND TRANSCORP while UNITYBNK, MULTIVERSE, FIDELITYBK, HONYFLOUR AND CHAMS emerged the highest price gainers on the chart.
On the other hand, ACADEMY, NEM, CADBURY, JAIZBANK AND NGXGROUP topped the losers chart.
