Investors Make ₦181.7bn In Capital Market

Trading at the Nigerian capital market on Tuesday saw investors gain ₦181.7 billion.

At the end of eight hours trading on Tuesday shareholders’ investment increased by 0.71 percent from ₦25.26 trillion to ₦25.44 trillion.

The All-Share Index increased by 337.08 basis points to close at 47,205.03 compared to 46,867.95 achieved on Monday.

Investors on Tuesday increased their investment in the capital market by trading 245.42 million shares worth ₦4.58 billion in 5,832 deals.

This surpassed the 224.64 million shares valued at ₦3.82billion which exchanged hands in 5,946 deals the previous day.

The gainers’ chart was led by CAP with ₦1.80kobo to rise from ₦18 to ₦19.80kobo per share.

Neimeth’s share increased by ₦0.14kobo to move from ₦1.42kobo to ₦1.56kobo per share.

Berger’s share rised by ₦0.60kobo to move from ₦6.20kobo to ₦6.80kobo per share.

Meyer gained ₦0.12kobo to end trading with ₦1.36kobo from ₦1.24kobo per share.

Learn Africa completed the list after gaining ₦0.18kobo to close at ₦2.07 from ₦1.89kobo per share.

The losers chart was led by Academic Press shedding ₦0.16kobo to drop from ₦1.60kobo to ₦1.44kobo per share.

Caverton’s share dropped by ₦0.13kobo to end trading at ₦1.18kobo from ₦1.31kobo per share.

Royal Exchange’s share fell from ₦1.04 to ₦0.94kobo per share after losing ₦0.10kobo during trading.

Linkage Assurance lost 7.55 percent to end trading with ₦0.49kobo from ₦0.53kobo per share.

Prestige completed the list after losing 6.98 percent of its share price to drop from ₦0.43kobo to ₦0.40kobo per share.