Transactions on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, ended on a positive note on Thursday, March 24, as the All-Share Index which opened at 25,736.92 jumped by 162.99 points or 0.63 per cent to close at 25,899.91.
Week-on-week, the Index soared by 0.86%, while Year-To-Date (YTD), the NSE ASI depreciated by 9.57%.
The appreciation recorded in the share prices of UBA, PZ Cussons, Zenith Bank, Nigerian Breweries and Access Bank were mainly responsible for the gain recorded in the Index.
The total value of stocks traded on the floors of The NSE today was N3.28bn, up by 23.91% from N2.65bn yesterday. The total volume of stocks traded was 397.05mn in 3,742 deals.
The three most actively traded stocks were: Zenith Bank (89.38mn), GT Bank (79.89mn) and Transcorp (49.42mn). The most actively traded sectors were: Financial Services (333.02mn), Conglomerates (49.56mn) and Consumer Goods (8.82mn).
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