Investors Sentiments Remain Positive Despite Losses

Despite losses recorded in previous trading day, investor’s sentiments remain positive in stocks as gains in some blue-chip stocks lifted the market capitalization by N68.762 billion to N29.589 trillion.

A total of 129.914 units of shares corresponding to a market value of N 3.922 billion were exchanged in 2,678 deals.

The Benchmark All-Share index also increased by 126.22 basis points or 0.23 per cent to close at 54,315.53 basis points from 54,189.31 basis points that was recorded the previous day representing a 1-week loss of 0.35 per cent, a 4-week gain of 3.26 per cent, and an overall year-to-date gain of 5.98 per cent.