Weekly activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange closed on Friday on an impressive note as some highly capitalised stocks recorded price gains.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the All-share index appreciated by 13.39 points or 0.04 per cent to close at 36,577.28 against the 36,563.89 recorded on Thursday.
The Market capitalisation of all the listed securities grew by N4 billion to close at N11.58 trillion from the N11.57 trillion exchanged on Thursday.
FlourMills led the gainers’ chart with N7.61 to close at N83.90 per share.
GlaxoSmithKline followed with a gain of N3 to close at N68 per share, while Lafarge Wapco share price grew by N2 to close at N95 per share.
Presco share price appreciated by N1.39 to close at N34.99, while NAHCO rose by 59k to close at N6.74 per share.
On the other hand, Dangote Cement led the price losers by N2 to close at N188 per share.
UAC-Property share price dipped by N1.10 to close at N16.70 per share while Unilever lost 49k to close at N62 per share.
Air Service depreciated by 40k to close at N3.88 per share while NASCON lost 30k to close at N11.40 per share.
In all, investors exchanged 243.85 million shares worth N3.1 billion in 4,879 deals compared with N252.17 million shares worth N3.5billion traded in 4,909 deals on Thursday.
Transcorp emerged as the most traded stock with a total of 27.03 million shares valued at N34.85 billion.
Aiico followed with 23.91 million shares worth N23.94 million, while Cement Company of Northern Nigeria sold 19.10 million shares valued at N175.98 million.
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