At the close of today’s trading session on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX), 425.76Million shares were traded in 11,954deals, amounting to a market value of N8.451Billion. Compared with the previous trading day (Monday September 30), today’s data shows a 77% decrease in volume, a 92% decrease in value and a 12% increase in the number of deals. The Current equities market capitalization of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd is NGN56.45trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 98,232.39Basis points, decrease 326.40Basis Points, representing a 0.33% decrease, and a YTD increase of 31.78% as against the previous trading day’s close of 98,558.79Basis points.

Cumulatively, 123 equities participated in trading, ending with 26 gainers and 32 losers. International Breweries led the gainers with 9.98% share price appreciation closing at NGN 4.41 per share, followed by Meyer (+9.94%), Veritas Kapital Assurance (+9.93%) and Tripple Gee & Co. (+9.91%). On the losing side, Ellah Lakes came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 9.93% at NGN 3.99 per share, followed by Caverton Offshore Support Group (-9.92%), Associated Bus Company (-9.57%) and Livestock Feeds (-9.03%). United Bank for Africa recorded the highest volume of 108 million traded shares, followed by Zenith Bank (35.2m), Veritas Kapital Assurance (30.6m) and Ellah Lakes (21.6m).