Transactions at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday closed on a positive trend with investors net worth appreciating by 1.29 per cent.
The All-Share Index rose by 384.80 points or 1.29 per cent to close at 30,219.01 against 29,834.21 posted on Friday.
Similarly, the market capitalisation, which opened at N10.253 trillion, appreciated by N132 billion or 1.29 per cent to close at N10.385 trillion.
A breakdown of the price movement chart indicated that Dangote Cement led the gainers’ table, growing by N7.94 to close at N168.95 per share.
Mobil Oil followed with a gain of N6 to close at N154, while UACN gained 80k to close at N28.85 per share.
Lafarge Africa increased by 65k to close at N99.50, while Berger Paint grew by 51k to close at N10.87 per share.
Conversely, Guinness topped the losers’ chart, dropping by N3.85 to close at N146.15 per share.
National Salt came with loss of 53k to close at N7.20, while Cement Company of Northern Nigeria lost 37k to close at N7.31 per share.
Nigerian Breweries declined by 26k to close at N135.06, while FBN Holdings shed 25k to close at N5.75 per share.
Zenith Bank emerged the most traded equity, accounting for 16.68 million shares worth N293.74 million.
FBN Holdings followed with a total of 14.17 million shares valued at N82.44 million, while Transcorp traded 6.66 million worth N14.23 million.
UBA exchanged 6.09 million shares valued at N26.01 million and GT Bank accounted for 5.88 million shares worth N139.58 million.
In all, investors’ bought and sold 104.47 million shares worth N1.93 billion transacted in 2,930 deals.
This was against the 357.36 million shares valued at N2.34 billion which was traded in 2,510 deals on Friday.
