Investors trade 465.82 million shares on Wednesday

Transactions on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, ended on Wednesday with investors trading 465.82 million shares valued at N4.93 billion in 4,579 deals.

This was in contrast with the 319.99 million shares worth N2.78 billion which was traded on Tuesday in 5,043 deals.

The NSE All Share Index, ASI, appreciated by 70.95 points or 0.19 percent to close on Wednesday at 38,125.18 basis points as against Tuesday’s closing figure of 38,054.23 basis points.

The market capitalisation of entities on the main board equally inched up by N23 billion or 0.19 percent to close higher at N12.181 trillion when compared with the N12.158 trillion closing figure of Tuesday.

The top five gainers chart on Wednesday was led by Forte Oil with a gain of N4.31k in its share price to close at N90.63k per share.

UACN was second with an addition of N3.27k to its share price to close at N69.15k per share while Cadbury was third gaining N2.50k in its share price to close at N58.50k per share.

It was followed by Presco with a share price gain of N0.89k to close at N37.89k per share.

PZ occupied the last spot on the chart with a gain of N0.34k in its share price to close at N38.00 per share.

However, Oando led the losers chart with a loss of N0.20k in its share price to close at N11.20k per share.

It was followed by UAC Property which shed N0.16k in its share price to close at N18.74k per share while CCNN was third losing N0.14k in its share price to close at N9.56k per share.

IHS was fourth with a loss of N0.12k in its share price to close at N2.65k per share while Flour mill was last on the chart with a loss of N0.10k in its share price to close at N84.00 per share.

WAPIC led the top five trades by volume chart on Wednesday with 106.39 million shares worth N95.74 million while Zenith Bank was second with 91.61 million shares valued at N1.98 billion.

It was followed by ETI with 46.28 million shares worth N644.19 million.

Access Bank was fourth with 43.43 million volume of shares worth N398.97 million while Transcorp was last on the chart with 39.03 million shares valued at N75.92 million.