At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), 1.309Billion shares were traded in 10,424deals, amounting to a market value of N5.962Billion. Compared with the previous trading day (Last week Friday October 04), today’s data shows a 308% increase in volume, a 1% decrease in value and a 19% increase in the number of deals. The Current equities market capitalization of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd is NGN56.15trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 97,706.70Basis points, increase 186.16Basis Points, representing a 0.19% increase, and a YTD increase of 30.92% as against the previous trading day’s close of 97,520.54Basis points.

Cumulatively, 122 equities participated in trading, ending with 27 gainers and 25 losers. Fidelity Bank led the gainers with 10% share price appreciation closing at NGN 14.30 per share, followed by Livestock Feeds (+9.76%), Associated Bus Company (+9.76%) and Ellah Lakes (+8.44%). On the losing side, Tripple Gee & Co. came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 54.73% at NGN 2.25 per share, followed by Regency Alliance Insurance (-39.02%), SCOA Nigeria (-10%) and Berger Paints (-9.95%). United Bank for Africa recorded the highest volume of 38.1 million traded shares, followed by Access Holdings (23.4m), Caverton Offshore Support Group (21.6m) and Guaranty Trust Holding (16m).