Investors move 564.2m shares worth N6.1bn on NSE

Investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday staked N6.09 billion on 564.275 million shares in 4,385 deals.
The volume of transactions represented a 32.98 per cent increase over the 424.325 million shares worth N3.49 billion traded in 4,731 deals on Wednesday.
The Financial Services Sector sustained its leading position as the toast of investors with 362.92 million shares worth N3.68 billion traded in 2,785 deals.
The Banking sub-sector drove activities in the sector, accounting for 302.34 million shares valued N3.39 billion achieved in 1,923 deals.
Similarly, the NSE All-Share Index appreciated by 104.46 points to close at 29,282.04, as against the 29,177.58 achieved on Wednesday.
Also, the market capitalisation improved by N35 billion or 0.36 per cent to close at N9.770 trillion, from the N9.735 trillion posted on Wednesday.
Nestle recorded the highest price gain of N28.82, to close at N819.99 per share.
It was followed by Seplat, which gained N20.80 to close at N436.80, while Forte Oil appreciated by N6.94 to close at N222 per share.
Total Oil gained N4.46 to close at N144.46, while Lafarge Wapco rose by N3.90 to close at N84 per share
Conversely, Julius Berger led the losers’ chart by N2.03, to close at N38.08 per share.
Dangote Cement trailed with a loss of N1.80 to close at N153.20, while Guinness dropped N1.42 to close at N123.28 per share.
Intentional Breweries depreciated by 44k to close at N18 and Zenith Bank decreased by 40k to close at N17.20 per share.