Nigerian stock market gains 0.19% on Tuesday
The Nigerian stock markete continued its bull run while the index finishing the day at 70,613.60 points, up 0.19%. Consequently, the market capitalization increased by ₦85.45bn to close at ₦38.80tn, and the year-to-date (YTD) return increased to 37.78%.
The market’s overall performance was primarily driven by gains in GTCO (+0.85%), FBNH (+6.35%), and WAPCO (+0.52%), which outpaced losses in ZENITHBANK (-0.89%), UBA (-0.24%), and TRANSCORP (-1.27%).
Analysis of today’s market activity revealed that trade turnover settled at a lower value than it did in the previous session, with a 29.34% decrease in transaction value. 7,100 transactions totaling 449.28 million shares valued at ₦5.44 billion were completed. With deals worth ₦1.03bn, FBNH (+6.35%) led the volume and value charts with 52.02m units traded.
In the leader’s log, PZ (+10.00%) topped eighteen (18) others, while in the laggard’s table, ETERNA (-8.62%) topped fifteen (15) others.