Nigerian stocks expanded by 0.1 per cent on Friday, touching their peak since February 11 as investors’ risk-on disposition to equity investment helped strengthen gains.
The bourse has reported gains in seven consecutive trade sessions, which have also been marked by notable improvement in trade volume. Like in all other sessions this week, Friday’s advance rode on the back of appreciation recorded by a number of bank stocks including ETI, GTCO and Zenith. Market breadth, which measures the depth of investors’ sentiment towards trade, was positive as 23 advancers emerged relative to 17 laggards. The all-share index was up 39.21 points to 40,829.15, while market capitalisation grew to N21.3 trillion.UPL led gainers, appreciating by 9.72 per cent to close at N1.58. Sovereign Trust went up 9.09 per cent to N0.24. Caverton rose to N1.68, notching up 6.33 per cent. Regal Insurance added 5.26 per cent to end trade at N0.40.
FBN Holdings was the most active stock with 154.7 million units of its shares worth N1.5 billion traded in 629 deals. GTCO shares of 17.3 units, priced at N495.2 million, exchanged hands in 202 transactions. Fidelity had 13.8 million shares valued at N35.9 million traded in 135 deals. Transcorp traded 12.5 million shares estimated at N12.1 million in 66 transactions. ETI traded 11.5 million shares valued at N72 million in 146 deals.
South Africa South Africa Latest News, South Africa South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: PremiumTimesng - 🏆 3. / 78 Read more »