Investors at the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited raked in N133.43 billion by the end of trading activities on Thursday.
The NGX All-Share Index advanced by 0.50 to close at 49,233.02 basis points as against a 0.28% gain recorded previously to close at 48,988.04 basis points at the end of the last trading session.
The total volume traded advanced by 153.04% to close at 222.78m, valued at N2.13bn and traded in 2,756 deals. STERLNBANK was the most traded stock by volume with 153.28m units traded while AIRTELAFRI was also the most traded stock by value which is put at N744.34m
Sectoral performance was broadly positive as twelve (12) NGX sector index closed northward, four (4) closed southward and two (2) closed flat. The NGX PREMIUM index advanced by 1.25% to top the gainer’s chart while the NGXMERIGRW index declined by 0.56% to top the losers’ chart.
The Gote index advanced by 0.05% to close at 136.66 basis points while the Toni index declined by 0.55% to close at 111.57 basis points.
At the close of trading, the market recorded 20 gainers to 7 losers and 75 unchanged. CAP topped the list of gainers while GEREGU topped the list of losers.
Thus, market breadth closed positive as the Market Breadth Index (MBI) is put at 0.17x.
