Trading on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) closed northwards on Thursday after two consecutive sessions of negatives as investors bought mostly consumer goods, insurance and oil & gas stocks.
With market sentiment still fragile and no significant positive catalysts, analysts had expected another mixed trading session on Thursday.
Rather, stocks value rose by about N82 billion while the NGX All Share Index increased by
130.56 points or 0.12 percent despite sell pressure on banking counters.