Investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N953billion at the close of trading on Friday.
This followed the surge in the share prices of stocks such as IMG, SCOA, and MC Nichols, among others on the trading floor.
The benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) surged to 162,298.08 points from the 160,806.56 points recorded the previous trading day.
After five hours of trading at the capital market, the equity capitalisation surged to N103.7 trillion from N102.8 trillion posted by the bourse on Thursday.
The market breadth was positive with 48 stocks advancing, 28 stocks declining, and 70 stocks remaining unchanged in 43,816 deals.
A total of 624,079,127 shares were traded, valued at N18.5 billion.
IMG, SCOA, and MC Nichols led the gainers’ chart with 10% growth in share prices, respectively, to close at N35.20, N9.35, and N5.50 per share, up from the previous N32.00, N8.50, and N5.05 per share.
Aluminium Extrusion, Austin Laz and Sovereign Insurance led other price decliners with a 9.91%, 9.83%, and 9.63% dip each in share price to close at N19.10, N4.13, and N3.38 per share, down from the previous N21.20, N4.58, and N3.74 per share
On the volume index, E-Tranzact led trading with 72 million shares in 224 deals, followed by Chams, which traded 30 million shares in 542 deals.
Access Holding Plc traded 27 million shares in 1,837 deals.
On the value index, Unilever traded stocks valued at N1.7 billion in 167 deals, followed by Aradel, which traded equities worth N1.3 billion in 913 deals.
Zenith Bank traded shares valued at N1.1 billion in 1,852 deals.