The total volume declined by 15.69 per cent compared with 216.17 million shares worth N2.83 billion traded the previous day.
The Market Capitalisation which is the total market value of all publicly quoted firms on the NSE also reduced by N611.2 million to close at N9.551 trillion against Monday’s gain of 55.5 billion, closing at N9.552 trillion.
Transactions in the shares of Guaranty Trust Bank topped the activity chart with 50.74 million shares valued at N1.31 billion. Fidelity Bank followed with 20.1 million shares worth N20.26 million, while FBN Holdings traded 17 million shares valued at N53.4 million.
Diamond Bank traded 16.32 million shares worth N20.13 and Access Bank transacted 14.73 million shares valued at N85.46 million.
Market breadth closed positive with 26 gainers and 16 losers. Seplat led the gainers table by 10.25 per cent to close at N1.13 per share. Forte Oil followed with a gain of 5 per cent to close at N170.10, while Wema Bank advanced by 4.92 per cent to close at 64 kobo per share.
