Investors’ wealth increases to N112billion, as the bulls maintained position on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Friday, with the All-Share Index crossing 41,000 basis points mark due to gains by bluechips.
Specifically, the index which opened at 40,963.14 improved by 213 basis points or 0.52 per cent to close at 41,176.14 basis points.
Also, the market capitalisation inched higher by N112 billion or 0.52 per cent to close at N21.530 trillion against N21.418 trillion recorded on Thursday.
An analysis of the price movement chart shows that Flour Mills led the gainers’ table, gaining N2.80 to close at N32.80 per share.
MTN Nigeria Communications followed with N2 to close at N170, while Presco also gained N2 to close at N74 per share.
Nigerian Breweries added N1.95 to close at N60, while UACN increased by 75 kobo to close at N8.25 per share.
Conversely, Ardova topped the losers’ chart, dropping by N2.15 to close at N19.70 per share.
May and Baker trailed with 22 kobo to close at N3.63, while Zenith Bank lost 10 kobo to close at N26.30 per share.
Unilever was down by 5 kobo to close at N13.45, while Sterling Bank dipped 4 kobo to close at N2 per share.
Further analysis of the activity chart indicates that Japaul Gold was the most active stock, accounting for 115.83 million shares worth N174.90 million.
Access Bank followed with account of 47.97 million shares valued at N461.74 million, while Mutual Benefits Insurance sold 42.58 million shares worth N17.88 million.
Guaranty Trust Bank trailed with a turnover of 38.62 million shares valued at N1.28 billion, while United Bank for Africa traded 37.31 million shares worth N341.93 million.
In all, investors traded 666.61 million shares valued at N6.39 billion in 6,980 deals. This was lower when compared with 809.36 million shares worth N8.91 billion.