Transactions on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange on Tuesday closed on a negative note as the All Share Index depreciated by 0.03% to settle at 47,545.86 points, from the previous close of 47,510.38 points, bringing the year-to-date to 1.57%, the month-to-date to -0.03% and the week-to-date to 1.89% respectively.
Investors lost N19Billion as market capitalisation depreciated by 0.03% to close at N25.632trillion from the previous close of N25.613trillion. An aggregate of 365.454Million units of shares were traded in 5,790 deals valued at N7,106Billion.
Market Breadth:
The market breadth closed negative as 21 equities gained while 31 equities declined in their share prices.
Percentage Gainers:
Meyer Plc led other gainers with 10% growth to close at N1.76 from the previous close of N1.60.
Guinness, NPF Micro Finance, and Cadbury Plc amongst other gainers also grew their share prices by 6.86%, 6.80% and 5.00% respectively.
Percentage Losers:
Academy Plc led other price decliners as it shed 9.72% off its share price to close at N1.30 from the previous close of N1.44.
John Holt, Japaul Gold and Neimeth Plc amongst other losers also shed their share prices by 9.30%, 9.09% and 8.23% respectively.
Volume Drivers:
Fidelity Plc traded about 33.758mIllion units of its shares in 272 deals, valued at N132,131million.
Access Corp Plc traded about 23,960million units of its shares in 249 deals, valued at N247,074million.
MTN Nigeria Plc traded about 22,152million units of its shares in 359 deals, valued at N4.719Billion.
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