The Nigerian stock market soared by N117bn on Monday after 18 stocks recorded significant appreciation on their market prices.
Dangote Cement Plc, Ecobank
Transnational Incorporated, Fidson Healthcare Plc, Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc
and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods Plc emerged top five gainers after the
close of trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
A total of 467.239 million shares valued at 1.489bn were traded in 2,549 deals.
At the end of trading, the NSE market
capitalisation soared to N8.452tn from N8.335tn, while the All-Share
Index climbed to 24,570.73 basis points from 24,228.79 basis points.
