Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday declined due to price losses by some blue chips.
The All- Share Index depreciated by 236.19 points or 0.65 per cent to close at 35,861.87 against the 36,098.06 recorded on Friday.
Similarly, market capitalisation, which opened at N11.49 trillion, declined by N75 billion or 0.65 per cent to close at N11.41 trillion.
Nigerian Breweries led the price losers’ chart by N3 to close at N159 per share.
OkomuOil and Unilever came second with N1.89 each to close at N45.53 and N58.11 per share, respectively.
GTBank lost 89k to close at N24.01 per share, while Dangote Cement depreciated by 85k to close at N189.15 per share.
On the other hand, Nestle topped the price gainers’ chart by N1.74 to close at N940 per share.
Guinness followed by N1.50 to close at N250 per share while Jos International Breweries grew by 75k to close at N8.27 per share.
UAC-Properties appreciated by 73k to close at 73k per share while UACN share price rose by 49k to close at N55 per share.
Diamond Bank emerged the most traded stock, accounting for 59.60 million shares worth N370.66 million.
Transcorp ranked second position by 16.08 million shares valued at N22.19 million while Access Bank sold 14.86 million shares worth N155.34 million.
In all, investors exchanged 196.57 million shares worth N2.1 billion in 4,027 deals.
This was in contrast to the 186.11 million shares valued at N2.2 billion exchanged in 3,710 deals on Friday.
