NSE Index Appreciates Marginally As Sterling Bank, Unilever, Mobil Top Gainers

The All-Share Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday recorded marginal growth, appreciating by 0.02 per cent increasing by 3.99 points to close at 23,981.01 compared with 23,977.10 posted on Monday.

In the same vein, the market capitalisation grew by N1 billion to close at N8.247 trillion against N8.246 trillion recorded on Monday.

The market recorded 19 gainers today led by Sterling Bank with a gain of N0.14 or 8.19 per cent to N1.85 followed by Unilever with a gain of N1.59 or 4.99 per cent to close at N33.43 while Mobil gained N6.99 or 4.82 per cent to close at N152.00 per share.

Seplat grew by N5 to close at N250 per share while Unilever improved by N1.59 to close at N33.43 and Nigerian Breweries gained 86k to close at N96.06 per share.

On the other hand, UACN led the losers’ chart with a loss of N1.30 to close at N19.86 per share.

ETI came second having dipped 70k to close at N15, while Union Bank lost 17k to close at N5.05 per share.

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