Investors Trade 524.46 In Shares At Exchange

Investors at the close of last Friday transactions at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) traded a total of 524.46 million shares worth N4.21 billion in 5,496 deals.

This is against the 489.41 million shares worth N3.93 billion that was traded by investors on Thursday in 3,966 deals.

The volume of traded equities gained 35.05 million shares, while the value of share added N28 million to close positively.

All-share index also closed higher at 41,450.48 points, adding 221.99 points as against 41,228.49 points traded by investors on Thursday.

The market capitalization appreciation by N71 billion to close highly at N13.265 trillion, compared to N13.194 trillion that closed Exchange transactions on Thursday.

The gainers chart was led by Total which closed at N181.96k per share, after gaining N8.66k per share.

Guiness followed with N1.91k increase per share to close at N237.00 per share.

On the other hand, Conoil lost N6.61k per share, closing at N61.32k per share to lead the losers chart.

Mobil followed with N2.90k loss, closing at N115.70k per share, as Cadbury filled the third slot after shedding N2.00, to close at N56.61k per share.