Transactions on the floor of the Stock Exchange on Tuesday February 21, 2023 closed on a negative note as the All Share Index depreciated by 0.06% to settle at 54,189.31 from the previous close of 54,224.35. This brings the year-to-date to 4.98%, the month-to-date to 1.75% and the week-to-date to 0.74% respectively.
Market Capitalisation closed at N29.52trillion. An aggregate of 129,106,564 units of shares were traded in 2,840 deals valued at N3.077billion.
Market Breadth
The market breadth closed negative as 10 equities gained while 15 equities declined in their share prices.
Percentage Gainers
MRS Plc led other gainers with 10% growth to close at N25.30from its previous prices of N23.
Tripple Gee and Co, Living Trust Mortgage Bank and AIICO Plc amongst other gainers also grew their share prices by 9.63%, 5.16% and 1.69% respectively.
Percentage Losers
Veritas Kapital Assurance Plc led other price decliners as it shed 4.76% off its share price to close at N0.20 from the previous close of N0.21
Linkage Assurance, International Breweries and Transcorp Plc, were amongst other losers also shed their share prices by 4.44%, 4.26%, and 4.03% respectively.
Volume Drivers
GTCO Plc traded about 31.074million units of its shares in 173 deals, valued at N779.380million.
Zenith Bank Plc traded about 15.036million units of its shares in 208 deals, valued at N375.845million.
Access Corp Plc traded about 11.072million units of its shares in 159 deals, valued at N100.524million
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