Investors trade 289.09 million shares on Monday

Transactions at the Nigerian Stock Market on the first trading day of the week ended on Monday with investors trading 289.09 million shares valued at N1.72 billion in 4,495 deals.

This was in contrast to the 559.50 million shares valued at N8.31 billion that was exchanged in 4,788 deals last Friday.

The NSE All Share Index, ASI, was up by 124.22 points or 0.32 percent to close on Monday at 39,045.07 basis points as against last Friday’s closing figure of 38,920.85 basis points.

The market capitalisation of entities on the main board equally appreciated by N40 billion or 0.32 percent to close higher on Monday at N12.488 trillion when compared with Friday’s closing figure of N12.448 trillion.

Mobil led the top five gainers chart on Monday with a gain of N5.46k in its share price to close at N119.99k per share.

It was followed by Nigerian Breweries with a gain of N1.09k in its share price to close at N169.50k per share while Union Dicon in third spot gained N0.51k in its share price to close at N5.63k per share.

Oando was fourth with a share price gain of N0.46k to close at N14.52k per share while Jos Breweries was last on the chart with a gain of N0.43k in its share price to close at N4.74k per share.

However, Forte Oil led the losers chart shedding N5.70k in its share price to close at N108.30k per share.

Livestock Feeds in second spot lost N0.29k in its share price to close at N3.90k per share while Vitafoam was third with a loss of N0.23k in its share price to close at N4.37k per share.

Access Bank was fourth with a share price loss of N0.14k to close at N9.86k per share while Diamond Bank was last on the chart with a loss of N0.10k in its share price to close at N6.90k per share.

WAPIC led the top five trades by volume chart on Monday with 105.39 million shares worth N103.86 million.

Transcorp followed with 42.03 million volume of shares worth N154.49 million while Zenith Bank was third with 19.09 million shares worth N407.79 million.

Skye Bank was fourth with 12.34 million shares valued at N49.37 million while Unity Bank was last on the chart with 10.95 million shares worth N6.24 million.