The Nigerian domestic bourse maintains gains with a 0.22% rise, as the NgX-All Share Index closed at 72,455.83 points. Investors’ interest in ACCESSCORP (+3.40%), UBA (+2.50%), ZENITHBANK (+1.94%), DANGSUGAR (+0.61%), FBNH (+0.41%) and twenty-two (22) others closed the market in positively, as the ASI year-to-date (YTD) yield settled at +41.37%.
ACCESSCORP led the top 5 most traded equities with (77.26)mn shares traded in 598 deals valued at N1.76bn. FCMB followed with (45.24)mn, ZENITHBANK (37.29)mn, UBA (29.20)mn, and FIDELITYBK with (27.51)mn units of shares, which made up 48.50% of the total volume and 61.14% of the total value of traded transactions for the session. ACCESSCORP (598) and UBA (517) led one hundred and twenty-one (121) others on the deals table.
The total volume traded today increased by (+3.09%) to end the day with 446.58mn shares valued at N7.26bn traded in 6,845 deals compared to 433.18mn shares valued at N8.08bn and traded in 6,650 deals, Market Index closed at 72,455.83 points compared to 72,299.79 points for Wednesday 13/12/2023. Signifying an increase of (+0.22%), while market capitalisation gained N85.39bn to close at N39.65tn against N39.56tn, and also representing an increase of (+0.22%) for the same period on the equities market.
Analysis of trading activities for the day shows that one hundred and twenty-three (123) equities were traded on, twenty-six (26) equities appreciated, and twenty-three (23) equities depreciated. In contrast, seventy (70) equities remained unchanged. INFINITY (+9.83%) led twenty-five (25) others on the gainer’s table, while RTBRISCOE (-9.84%) led twenty-six (26) others on the laggard’s table.