The Nigerian equities market maintained it’s upward momentum on Thursday, gaining N2.093 trillion.
Market capitalisation of listed equities appreciated by 1.48 per cent to N143.477 trillion from N141.384 trillion reported on Wednesday.
The NGX All Share Index also went up by 3251.48 basis points to 222837.68 points from 219586.20 points recorded the previous day.
Although market breath was negative with 34 decliners against 31 gainers, strong liquidity, improving investor sentiment, and sustained interest in fundamentally sound stocks continued to drive the market higher, bringing year to date return to 43.20 per cent
An analysis of the transactions during the day showed that Unilever Nigeria Plc and UACN led gainers table with 10 per cent each to close at N121.00 and N133.10 per unit respectfully.
TransExpress followed with a gain of 9.97 per cent to close at N8.71 per share, Tantalizer added 9.80 per cent to close at N3.81 per share , Dangote sugar grew by 9.78 per cent to close at N73.50 per unit.
On the contrary, Mcnichols topped losers chart, dropping by 9.93 per cent to close at N6.44 per unit, Multiverse trailed with a loss of 9.85 per cent to close at N23.35 per unit, Wapic Insurance down by 9.26 per cent to close at N2.45 per share, Abbey Building Society fell by 9.24 per cent to close at N5.40 per unit while JapaulGold declined by 5.94 per cent to close at N3.01 per unit.
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