Nigerian stocks in first decline in six days as investors take profit

Nigerian stocks were weaker by 0.05 per cent on Wednesday after the benchmark index lost bond with the force of progress that had helped share value up since Friday.

A couple of stocks dominated by financial services stocks, comprised of Lafarge WAPCO, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, Access and Zenith, shed part of the weight from recent marginal gains, setting the total valuation of stocks on a downward course.which determines the attitude of investors towards trade, was slightly negative as 19 laggards were recorded relative to 18 gainers.Neimeth led gainers, appreciating by 10 per cent to N1.98. Chams added 9.09 per cent to close at N0.24.

Flour Mills was the most active stock with 50.6 million units of its shares worth N1.5 billion traded in 54 deals. Transcorp transacted 38.9 million shares priced at N39.2 million in 120 transactions. FBN Holdings had 21.5 million shares valued at N243.7 million traded in 199 deals. ETI traded 19.2 million shares estimated at N164.5 million in 77 transactions. GTCO traded 14.6 million shares valued at N403 million in 238 deals.

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