Year to date, the index is up by 0.06 per cent.
Nigerian stocks gained N75.906 billion on Tuesday amidst increased investors' interest in the shares of
The All Share Index (ASI) was up by 0.36 per cent and closed 40,295.95 basis points. Market capitalisation edged up to N21.070 trillion, according to
Year to date, the index is up by 0.06 per cent.
The Insurance Index advanced the most of the five sectorial indices, with a 3.61 per cent rise to 213.43 index points.
The uptrend also drew strength from a 248 per cent leap in liquidity, which saw the size of trade climb to 1.166 billion shares from 335.6 million.
The market posted a positive breadth that saw 27 gainers emerge against 20 losers.
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Investors staked N7.970 billion on 1.166 billion shares in 5,591 deals.
UPCREDIT was the most preferred stocks Tuesday with 755.008 million units of its shares worth N4.153 billion traded in seven deals, singularly accounting for 65% of market turnover.
With more than 28 per cent of its ordinary shares changing hands in just seven transactions, it is probable that a majority shareholder has just taken a strategic ownership position in the firm. 49.508 million units of Mansard's shares priced at N59.129 million exchanged hands in 152 transactions.
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