By Isaac Olufemi Ojo
The Nigerian Stock Exchange closed on a bullish note yesterday, October 13, with the All-Share Index appreciating by 0.06% to close at 247,676.65 basis points.
At the close of trade, over 33.9 million units of shares (33,996,619) valued at 756,242,758.70 million Naira were traded in 6,967 deals. However, market capitalization totalled one hundred sixty trillion, eight hundred thirty-one billion, five hundred eighteen million, one hundred eighty-eight thousand, two hundred thirty-four Naira and fifty-three kobo.
Austinlaz led the gainer’s chart with a gain of 0.24 Naira, an increase of 9.92% to close at 2.66 Naira; CWG appreciated by 9.86% to close at 1.80 Naira; while Livestock appreciated by 9.73% to close at 1.65 Naira.
On the losers’ chart, INTENEGINS led the pack, dropping by 9.57% to close at 0.20 Naira; MCNICHOLS dropped by 8% to 0.40 Naira; while another loser declined by 6.38% to close at 0.15 Naira.
The pack of trades was led by INTENEGINS, pulling 7,732,528 units valued at N15,267,659.60; CMFC traded 5,869,715 units valued at N21,861,875.83; while Livestock traded 2,827,647 units valued at N5,232,076.79.
