Transaction on the floor of the Stock Exchange on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 close on a negative note for the third day consecutive this week as the All Share Index depreciated by 0.42% to settle at 55,490.20 from the previous close of 55,722.90 . This brings the year-to-date to 7.35%, the month-to-date to a negative 0.63% and the week-to-date to a negative 0.55% respectively.
Market Capitalisation closed at N30.23trillion. An aggregate of 181,042,424 units of shares were traded in 3,818 deals valued at N3.405billion.
Market Breadth
The market breadth closed Negative as a total of 11 equities gained while 19 equities declined in their share prices.
Percentage Gainers
Prestige Assurance Plc led other gainers with 7.89% growth to close at N0.41, from its previous price of N0.38
Veritas Kapital Assurance, Nigeria Exchange Group and Unilever Plc amongst other gainers also grew their share prices by 5.00%, 4.87% and 3.70% respectively.
Percentage Losers
United Capital Plc led other price decliners as it shed 9.30% off their share price to close at N11.70 from its previous close of N12.90
University Press, Glaxo Smithkline Plc, and Neimth International Phamarceuticals were amongst other losers also shed their share prices by 7.50%, 7.46% and 7.01% respectively.
Volume Drivers
GTCO Plc traded about 33.850million units of its shares in 389 deals, valued at N841.945million.
Transcorp Plc traded about 20.126million units of its shares in 141 deals, valued at N26.618million
Zenith Bank Plc traded about 18.560million units of its shares in 412 deals, valued at N454.670million
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