Investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N20 billion at the close of trading on Friday,
This followed the leap in the share prices of stocks such as Prestige Assurance, NCR Nigeria, and Aso Savings, among others, on the trading floor.
The benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) surged to 147,013.59 points from the 146,981.17 points recorded the previous day.
After five hours of trading at the capital market, the equity capitalisation increased to N93.5 trillion from N93.4 trillion posted by the bourse on Thursday.
The market breadth was positive with 31 stocks advancing, 30 stocks declining, and 85 stocks remaining unchanged in 24,152 deals.
An aggregate of 4,898,690,869 units of shares was traded, valued at N42.2 billion
Prestige Assurance, NCR Nigeria, and Aso Savings led the gainers with 9.84%, 9.64% and 9.57% growth in share prices, respectively, to close at N1.34, N25.60, and N1.03 per share, up from the previous N1.22, N25.60, and N0.94 per share.
Union Dicon, Tripple G and ABC Transport led other price decliners with a 10%, 9.98%, and 9.91% dip each in share price to close at N6.30, N4.42, and N3.82 per share, down from the previous N7.00, N4.91, and N4.24 per share
On the volume index, Access Bank led trading with 132 million shares in 1,228, followed by Sterling Bank, which traded 77 million shares in 1,452 deals.
Fidelity Bank traded 63 million shares in 462 deals.
On the value index, Stanbic IBTC traded stocks valued at N4.3 billion in 233 deals, followed by Access Holding Plc, which traded equities worth N3 billion in 1,228 deals.
Zenith Bank traded shares valued at N1.6 billion in 1,398 deals.