The Nigerian equities market halted it downward momentum as price gains in WAPCO, ZENITH, UBA, and GTCO resulted in the marginal uptick of the All Share Index by 2bps to close at 42,018.92 points. Similarly, Market Capitalization advanced marginally by ₦5.38Bn to close at ₦21.93 trillion.   

A total of 639.44 million units valued at ₦6.62 billion were transacted in 4,564 deals as total volume and value of shares traded advanced by 51.46% and 48.23% respectively.  FBNH  (56.93%) topped the total volume of shares traded, followed by STERLNBANK (12.66%), ETI (3.09%), GTCO (3.04%), and FIDELITY (2.91%). FBNH (62.02%) topped by total value of stocks traded, followed by GTCO (7.05%), SEPLAT (6.68%), ZENITH (4.06%), and FLOURMILL (4.02%).  

ABBEYDYS topped the gainers list gaining 9.47%, followed by MEYER (8.33%), NEM (7.56%), ACADEMY (7.14%), and ROYALEX (6.90%), while GLAXOSMITH (9.32%) led other 24 stocks on the looser table, followed by SEPLAT (5.83%), JAIZBANK (4.48%), DANGSUGAR (3.23%), and JAPAULGOLD (2.56%). The market breadth closed on a negative note as the market recorded 20 gainers and 19 losers for the day.