Investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N308 billion at the close of trading on Thursday.
This followed the surge in the share prices of stocks such as Dangote Cement, NEM Insurance and Jaiz Bank Plc, among others, on the trading floor.
The benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) surged to 146,988.04 points from the 146,204.33 points recorded the previous day.
After five hours of trading at the capital market, the equity capitalisation increased to N93.2 trillion from N92.7 trillion posted by the bourse on Thursday.
The market breadth was positive with 24 stocks advancing, 25 stocks declining, and 98 stocks remaining unchanged in 21,842 deals.
An aggregate of 346,989,082 units of shares was traded, valued at N11.2billion.
Dangote Cement, NEM Insurance, and Jaiz Bank Plc led other gainers with 6.48%, 5.23% and 4.65% growth each in share prices to close at N575.00, N29.15, and N4.50 from the previous N540.00, N27.70, and N4.30 per share.
Union Homes Real Estate Inv, Meyer Plc, and Sterling Bank Plc led other price decliners with a 9.98%, 9.85%, and 9.58% dip in share price to close at N51.85, N15.10, and N7.55 per share, down from the previous N57.60, N16.75, and N8.35 per share.
On the volume index, Fidelity Bank Plc led trading with 47 million shares in 421 deals, followed by Chams Plc, which traded 38 million shares in 599 deals.
Japaul Gold and Ventures traded 21 million shares in 226 deals.
On the value index, Seplat traded stocks valued at N1.2 billion in 195 deals, followed by Zenith Bank, which traded equities worth N1.2 billion in 1, 038 deals.
Dangote Cement traded shares valued at N1.1 billion in 846 deals.