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Nigerian equity market up 1.7%

The appreciation by AIRTELAF, SEPLAT and ZENITH spurred the Nigerian Exchange to further appreciate by 1.7% to close at 45,430.14 points on Wednesday. 
The market capitalisation increased ₦417.2billion to ₦24.5trillion, while year-to-date return inched up to 6.4%.

The volume and value traded rose by 7.5% and 365.3% respectively to 252.9 million units and ₦8.9billion. GTCO (25.5 million units), DANGCEM (24.5million units), and FBNH (23.1million units) led by volume while DANGCEM (₦6.5billion), GTCO (₦649.4million), and FBNH (₦277.2million) led by value.

Leading the advancers, the AFR-ICT index surged 5.0% as investors cherry-picked AIRTELAF (+10.0%). Similarly, the Oil & Gas and Insurance indices rose 2.2% and 0.6% respectively following price upticks in SEPLAT (+4.4%), CORNERST (+6.0%) and MANSARD (+1.7%), while ZENITH (+0.4%) and ACCESS (+0.5%) drove a 0.5% increase in the Banking index.

On the other hand, the Consumer Goods index shed 0.02& due to sell-offs in CHAMPION (-1.2%) and HONYFLOUR (-0.6%).

AIRTELAF (+10.0%), CORNERST (+6.0%), and COURTVILLE (+5.3%) led gainers while FTNCOCOA (-7.7%), CHIPLC (-7.2%), and REGALINS (-6.7%) led decliners.

Felix Oloyede

Felix Oloyede is a Mass Communication graduate with 19 years experience in journalism. He has worked with TheWeek Magazine; Mirror Newspapers; West Africa BusinessNews and BusinessHallmark Newspaper. Oloyede has covered different news beats ranging from crime; arts; politics; commerce and industries to finance and economy. He is an alumnus of Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa. He has also attended different trainings on Media Communication at the Lagos Business School. He is an alumnus of Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa. He has also attended different trainings on Media Communication at the Lagos Business School.

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