Trading activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange NSE yesterday open week in positive trend increasing by N40 billion.
Market capitalisation of listed equities appreciated by 0.35 per cent to N11.464 trillion from N11.424 trillion reported the previous day.
The NSE All Share index increased by 108.69 basis points to 30745.05 points from 30636.36 points reported on Friday.
Investors traded 183.670 million shares worth N1.040 billion in 2909 deals against 270.938 million shares valued at N4.418 billion in 3144 deals.
A review of transactions showed that Nigerian Breweries led gainers table during the day, gaining N3.90 kobo to close at N77.90 kobo, Stanbic IBTC followed with a gain of N0.70 kobo to close at N46 kobo, Redstarex gained N0.50 kobo to close at N5.50 kobo, Custodian and Investment Plc added N0.30 kobo to close at N6.80 kobo, Dangote Flour Mills gained N0.20 kobo to close at N6.00.
On the contrary, Forte Oil topped losers chart, dropping by N2.50 kobo to close at N77.90 kobo, Total Nigeria Plc trailed with a loss of N2.40 kobo to close at N220.90 kobo, Nascon fell by N0.25 kobo to close at N17.65 kobo, UAC of Nigeria declined by N0.20 kobo to close at N9.00, Champion Breweries down by N0.18 kobo to close at N1.62 kobo.
The investment for the showed that Fidelity Bank was the most active stock during the day, trading 36.621 million shares worth N82.399 million, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria followed with account of 34.271 million shares valued at N43.682 million, Diamond Bank Plc traded 29.467 million shares cost N68.068 million, Zenith International Bank traded 10.910 million share valued at N249.789 million while United Bank for Africa sold 6.968 million shares worth N50.069 million.
