The local equities market on Wednesday closed northward as the market appreciated by N390 billion.
Market capitalisation of listed equities increased by 0.25 per cent to N156.239 trillion from N155.849 trillion it opened for the day.
The NGX All Share Index declined by 503.69 basis points to 242366.75 points from 242870.44 points traded on Tuesday.
The gains recorded in the shares of Zenith Bank, FirstHoldco, Fidelity Bank, UBA, Stanbic IBTC, GTCO supported the positive performance in the market.
The market breath was positive with 31 gainers against 18 decliners , bringing year to date return to 55.75 per cent.
Volume of trades went down by 158.435 million, representing 24.96 per cent as investors traded 476.340 million shares against 634.775 million shares traded the previous day. value of transactions dropped by 44.45 per cent to settle at N29.630 billion in 40992 deals.
An analysis of the investment showed that FirstHoldco led gainers table with a gain of 9.98 per cent to N79.35 per unit, Thomas way followed with a gain of 9.29 per cent to close at N2.94 per unit, Legend Internet added 8.99 per cent to close at N4.85 per share, Tripple G up by 8.96 per cent to close at N3.89 per share, Mcnichols up by 8.70 per cent to close at N5.00 per unit.
