Nigeria’s stock market benchmark performance indicator – the All Share Index (ASI) crossed 130,000 points on Thursday as investors interest in equities persists.
Though the market’s key sectors recorded bargain hunting activities which pushed the Index higher by 0.48 percent, but banking, insurance and oil & gas stocks were the major drivers of Thursday’s rally on the Nigerian Exchange Limited. The market’s year-to-date (YtD) return stood at +29.41 percent.
Japaul Gold, UBA, Access Holdings, Consolidated Hallmark and Nigerian Breweries were actively traded stocks on Thursday as investors in 22,955 deals exchanged 818,387,390 shares worth N22.665 billion.