By Cynthia Ezekwe
Trading activities on the floor of Nigerian Exchange (NGX) closed negative at the end of Thursday’s trading session, as market capitalisation of equities saw a loss of N61 billion to close at N32.241 trillion, lower than the N32.302 trillion recorded in the previous trading session.
The All-Share Index (ASI) traded 0.19 per cent lower to close at 59,211.26 index points as against 59,323.95 index points recorded in the previous day’s trading session.
A total of 615.91 million units of shares were exchanged in 7,459 deals, valued at N6.62 billion.
Trading volume also reduced by 4.22 per cent from the previous day’s session as WAPIC Plc was the most traded equity by volume at the end of Thursday’s trading session.
Market breadth closed negative as NEM Plc topped the gainers chart with an increase of 10.00 per cent against other price decliners led by LASACO as it shed its share price by 10.00 per cent.
NEM led the gainers table as it appreciated 10.00 per cent to close at N6.93 per share; CORNERST gained 9.90 per cent to close at N1.11 per share; SKYAVN increased by 9.74 per cent to close at N8.45 per share; WAPIC gained 9.30 per cent to close at N0.94 per share; while AFRIPRUD was up 9.09 per cent to close at N6.60 per share.
However, LASACO led the losers chart as it shed 10.00 per cent of its share price to close at N2.34 per share; SOVRENINS was down by 9.84 per cent to close at N0.55 per share; UNITYBNK depreciated 9.63 per cent to close at N1.22 per share; NSLTECH was down 9.52 per cent to close at N0.38 per share; while IKEJAHOTEL lost 9.06 per cent to close at N2.91 per share.
