Nigerian Stocks Start The Week On A Loss

The Nigerian Stock Exchange started the week on a negative note, as the All Share Index (ASI) depreciated by 0.04% to close at 24,423.37.

Last week the stock market traded higher on Monday, then lower through to midweek before inking some gains through to the end of the week. The losses in midweek however outweighed the gains at the start and back-end of the week, hence a lower close for the week

Here is a snapshot of trading today;

ASI: 24,423.37

DEALS: 2,432.00

VOLUME: 3,452,903.681

VALUE: 5,990,143,129

CAP: 8,399,653,603,061.98

Here are the top gainers for today;

LEARNAFRCA gained 9.88% to close at N0.89

SEPLAT gained 5.43% to close at NN318

UNITYBNK gained 5% to close at N0.63

GLAXOSMITHKLINE gained 4.80% to close at N25.33

ETERNA gained 4.55% to close at N1.84

NEM gained 4.11% to close at N0.76

Here are the top losers for the day;

AFRIPUD lost 4.65% to close at N2.46

LIVESTOCK lost 4.58% to close at N1.25

CCNN lost 4.22% to close at N8.62

NEIMETH lost 4.17% to close at N0.69

DIAMONDBNK lost 3.87% to close at N1.49