MON APRIL 28 2025-theGBJournal| Nigerian equities market closed higher on Monday, as investors digest a raft of positive earnings report.
The All-Share Index closed 0.3% higher to 106,116.18 points while GTCO (+6.4%) and TRANSCORP (+6.3%) stocks rose significantly. INTBREW (+10.0%) and LEGENDINT (+10.0%) led the gainers.
The month-to-date and year-to-date returns settled at +0.4% and +3.1%, respectively.
The total volume of trade advanced by 16.9% to 500.59 million units, valued at N12.11 billion, and exchanged in 17,637 deals.
ACCESSCORP was the most traded stock by volume at 60.87 million units, while GTCO was the most traded by value at N2.18 billion.
The Consumer Goods (+2.4%), Banking (+1.3%), Insurance (+0.3%), and Industrial Goods (+0.3%) indices advanced while the Oil & Gas (-2.9%) index declined.
As measured by market breadth, market sentiment was positive (2.8x), as 45 tickers gained relative to 16 losers.
LIVESTOCK (-10.0%) and ARADEL (-9.9%) recorded the highest losses of the day.
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