Investors yesterday traded 423.378 million shares valued at N3.728 billion in 4417 deals.
This is against 470.399 million shares worth N4.249 billion exchanged hands the previous in 5858 deals.
The Nigerisn Stock Exchange (NSE) Market Capitalisation of listed equities increased by N15 billion to N12.102 trillion from N12.087 trillion reported yesterday.
The NSE All Share index grew by 39.77 basis points to 32453.69 points from 32413.92 reported the previous day.
An analysis of the trading result showed that Unilever Nigeria Plc led gainers table during the day, gaining N3.00 to close at N47.00, Dangote Cement Industries followed with a gain of N1.00 to close at N191.00, PZ Cussons added N0.65 kobo to close at N12.65 kobo, Wapco gained N0.40 kobo to close at N13.40 kobo while UAC of Nigeria Plc recorded gain of N0.30 kobo to close at N9.60 kobo.
On the contrary, Nigerian Breweries recorded the highest loss during the day, dropping by N1.00 to close at N80.00, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc trailed with loss of N0.55 kobo to close at N6.30 kobo, Flour Mills Nigeria Plc fell by N0.45 kobo to close at N20.75 kobo, Dangote Flour sheds N0.40 kobo to close at N8.35 kobo while Oando Plc declined by N0.30 kobo to close at N5.50 kobo
The result further showed that Diamond Bank Plc recorded the highest volume of shares, trading 97.157 million shares worth N233.166 million, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria followed with account of 41.134 million shares valued at N68.101 million, Zenith Bank sold 40.288 million shares valued at N997.072 million, Access Bank exchanged 39.672 million shares worth N263.837 million while Veritas Capital traded 38.839 million shares valued at N8.511 million.