Lagos- Investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday staked N4.91 billion on 510.059 million shares in 5,324 deals.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the volume of transactions represented a 94.82 per cent increase over the 261.816 million shares worth N2.98 billion traded in 3,329 deals on Monday.
The Financial Services Sector sustained its leading position as the delight of investors with 431.52 million shares worth N3.01 billion in 3,495 deals.
The Banking sub-sector drove activities in the sector, accounting for 279.17 million shares valued at N1.97 billion, achieved in 2,467 deals.
Similarly, the NSE All-Share Index appreciated by 333.95 points or 1.10 per cent to close at 30,601.13, as against the 30,267.18 achieved on Monday.
The market capitalisation rose by N111 billion to close at N10.210 trillion from the N10.099 trillion posted on Monday.
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Nigerian Breweries topped the gainers’ table by N6.99, to close at N149.99 per share.
Julius Berger trailed with a gain of N2.20, to close at N46.20, while Lafarge Wapco went up by N2 to close at N87 per share.
Stanbic IBTC appreciated by N1.23 to close at N25.94 and Zenith Bank increased by 89k to close at N18.74 per share.
Conversely, UACN recorded the highest price loss of N2.42, to close at N35.94 per share.
It was followed by Dangote Cement, which lost N1 to close at N152 and 7UP depreciated by 50k to close at N154 per share.
Portpaint dipped by 19k to close at N3.64, while GTBank dropped 18k to close at N24.01 per share. (NAN)