Profit taking mode
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The big picture
The All Share Index fell by 0.69%. The index measures the average performance of stocks on the exchange.
The dip was largely due to profit taking in big cap stocks such as Aradel, Presco, and GTCO which closed in the red
6.06 billion shares valued at N130 billion were traded in 58,300 deals.
Top gainers
NSL Tech led the gainers appreciating by 10% to close at N1.32
Guinness Nigeria followed with a 9.92% gain to close at N423.20.
Top losers
Redstar Express led the losers declining by 9.98% to close at N25.70.
Aradel followed with a 9.68% decline to close at N1210.30
Most actively traded stocks by volume
E Tranzact was the most actively traded stock by volume with 5.1 billion worth of shares traded.
Coronation Insurance (Wapic) followed with 96.4 million shares traded.
Most actively traded stocks by value
Dangote Cement took pole position with N56.4 billion worth of shares traded.
Etranzact took second place with N24.2 billion worth of shares traded.