NGX: Investors Gain ₦19.1bn After Return From Easter Break

Meyer led the gainers’ chart as investors at the Nigerian stock market gained ₦19.1 billion after returning from the Easter break.

At the end of eight hours of trading, equity capitalization rose by 0.07 percent from ₦25.61 trillion posted last Thursday to ₦25.63 trillion on Tuesday.

The All-Share Index was up by 35.48 basis points to close at 47,545.86 compared to 47,510.38 recorded last week.

Shareholders traded ₦7.10 billion in exchange for 365.45 million shares in 5,790 deals on Tuesday. This surpassed the ₦4.02 billion investors splashed on 385.18 million shares in 6,212 deals last week.

Meyer led the gainers’ chart with N0.16kobo to rise from ₦1.60kobo to ₦1.76kobo per share.

Guinness share was up by ₦4.80kobo to move from ₦70 to ₦74.80kobo per share, while NPF Microfinance’s share appreciated by N0.14kobo to move from ₦2.06 to ₦2.20kobo per share.

Cadbury gained N0.40kobo to end trading with ₦8.40kobo from ₦8 per share, while Unilever completed the list after gaining N0.55kobo to close at ₦12.75kobo from ₦12.20kobo per share.

Academy topped the losers list following a loss of N0.14kobo to drop from ₦1.44kobo to ₦1.30kobo per share.

John Holt’s share dropped by 9.30 percent to end trading at N0.78kobo from N0.86kobo per share.

Japaul Gold’s depreciated from N0.33kobo to N0.30kobo per share after losing 9.09 percent during trading.

Neimeth lost N0.13kobo to end trading with ₦1.45kobo from ₦1.58kobo per share.

Pharmdeko completed the list after losing N0.13kobo to drop from ₦1.73kobo to ₦1.60kobo per share.

Fidelity Bank led the day’s trading with 33.75 million shares valued at ₦132.13 million.

AccessCorp followed with 23.96 million shares valued at ₦247.07 million, while MTN Nigeria traded 22.15 million shares worth ₦4.71 trillion.

Omatek sold 17.89 million shares worth ₦3.57 million, while RT Briscoe traded 15.07 million valued at ₦8.89 million.