The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday declined by N77 billion or 0.66 per cent to close at N11.577 trillion from the previous N11.654 trillion.
The decline was due to price losses by some blue chips.
The All-share Index also depreciated by 242.18 points or 0.66 per cent to close at 36,558.50 against the 36,800.68 recorded on Monday.
Nigerian Breweries led the price losers’ chart by N3 to close at N166 per share.
Champion came second with a loss of N1.93 to close at N17.42 per share, while Lafarge lost N1 to close at N94 per share.
Zenith Bank depreciated by 99k to close at N20 per share, while Flourmill dipped by 97k to close at N76.01 per share.
On the other hand, ETI topped the gainers’ chart by 30k to close at N166 per unit.
GTB gained 28k to close at N25.30 per share, while OkomuOil grew by 20k to close at N44.70 per share.
UPL appreciated by 19k to close at N4.29 per share, while Diamond Bank rose by 13k to close at N6.59
In all, investors exchanged 198.15 million shares worth N1.9 billion in 5,244 deals.
This was in contrast to the 173.96 million shares valued at N2.5 billion exchanged in 4,382 deals on Monday.
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