Investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N178 billion at the close of trading on Friday.
This followed the surge in the share prices of stocks such as Ikeja Hotels, NGX Group and Academy Press, among others, on the trading floor.
The benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) increased to 143,520.53 points from the 143,239.23 points recorded the previous day.
After five hours of trading at the capital market, the equity capitalisation increased to N91.2 trillion from N91 trillion posted by the bourse on Thursday.
The market breadth was positive with 33 stocks advancing, 21 stocks declining, and 92 stocks remaining unchanged in 20, 645 deals.
An aggregate of 1,826,678,687 units of shares was traded, valued at N20 billion
Ikeja Hotels, NGX Group and Academy Press led the gainers with 10%, 9.98% and 9.70% growth in share prices, respectively, to close at N30.25, N56.20, and N7.35 per share, up from the previous N27.50, N51.10, and N6.70 per share.
Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc, Meyer and Sunu Assurance led other price decliners with a 10%, 9.97%, and 9.89% dip each in share price to close at N5.85, N13.10, and N3.92 per share, down from the previous N6.50, N14.55, and N4.35 per share.
On the volume index, Access Holdings Plc led trading with 103 million shares in 1,040 deals, followed by Ellah Lakes Plc, which traded 82 million shares in 585 deals.
Consolidated Hallmark Plc traded 59 million shares in 88 deals.
On the value index, Access Holdings Plc traded stocks valued at N2.1 billion in 1,040 deals, followed by MTN Nigeria, which traded equities worth N1.3 billion in 1,227 deals.
Ellah Lakes Plc traded shares valued at N1 billion in 585 deals.