A modest lift in the index, but stock pickers found plenty of winners despite broad sell-offs.
Nigeria’s equities market kicked off the week on a positive note, with investors gaining about ₦9 billion as trading closed slightly higher on Monday.
Market capitalisation edged up 0.01% to ₦106.162 trillion, while the All-Share Index inched up 14.24 points to 165,384.64.
Top gainers included Premier Paint and Universal Insurance (both up 10%), alongside Daar Communications, RT Briscoe and Morison.
Still, sentiment was mixed: 44 stocks declined against 30 advancers. Omatek, Union Homes REIT, AXA Mansard, Deap Capital and Cileasing led the losers.
Trading activity improved, with 762.8 million shares worth ₦18.4 billion exchanged in 55,374 deals. Tantaliser topped volumes, while Zenith Bank led by value traded.
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