NSE market indices up by 0.96%

The market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Wednesday appreciated by 0.96 per cent due to price gains by some blue chips.
The All-Share Index rose by 343.88 points or 0.96 per cent to close at 36,095.27 from the 35,751.39 recorded on Tuesday.
Similarly, the market capitalisation grew by N109 billion to close at N11.404 trillion from the N11.295 trillion posted on Tuesday.
Nigerian Breweries led the gainers’ chart with N5.09 to close at N155.10 per share.
Cadbury trailed with N5 to close at N55 per share, while Okomu Oil grew by N3.25 to close at N43.25 per share.
Presco also appreciated by N3.05 to close at N37.55 per share, while International Breweries rose by N1.50 to close at N27 per share.
On the other hand, Flour Mill led the losers’ table with N9.10 to close at 84.50 per share.
Lafarge Wapco followed with a loss of N6.75 to close at N84 per share, while Dangote Cement dropped by N1.95 to close at N188 share.
PZ Cussons depreciated by N1.80 to close at N38.70 per share, while UAC Property fell by 70k to close at N140.50 per share.
Zenith bank emerged as the most traded stock exchanging 92.84 million shares worth N1.77 billion.
It was followed by Transcorp, which accounted for 48.38 million shares valued at N57.31million.
In all, investors exchanged 448.97 million shares worth N5.9 billion in 7,013 deals against the 461.27 million shares valued at N 5.4 billion exchanged in 7,382 deals on Tuesday.