Stock Market Today: Investors Experience Loss On Close Of Weekly Market

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market closed with 3,507.00 deals on Friday, lower than the 3,525.00 deals it closed with on Thursday. The trade volume today reaches a total of 160,649,812 compared to 145,331,844 units it closes with on the previous close of market.

The trade value experience a significant drop to close at NGN1,280,604,371.33 while the All-share index move further up to 0.17 percent

Top Five Gainers
Honey Flour Mills Plc tops gainer's list today April 9th 2021, after its stock price gained 8.85 percent or 0.1kobo, to close trading at N1.23kobo per share according to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market data seen by AllNews.

Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc ranked second after its stock price gained 0.02Kobo or 8.73 percent from the N0.25kobo it ended with on close of market for the week.

Japaul Gold Plc, still on the gainer's list, this time drops to third on the chart table, after its stock price gained 8.62 percent, equivalent to 0.05kobo. It Market activity began trading with N0.58kobo and closes with N0.63kobo.

Livestock Feeds Plc came in fourth on the top gainers' list, after its share price gained 7.22 percent or 0.13kobo, to close the market at N1.93 kobo per share, having opened trading at N1.8Kobo per share.

First City Monument Bank Plc was number five on the list as its share price gained 6.57 percent, or 0.18kobo to close trading at N2.92 per share.

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Top Five Losers
Guinness Plc topped the decliners' list for Friday, as the company's stock dropped by 10.00 percent, or 3.30kobo to close trading at N29.70kobo per share.

Unity Bank Plc came second on the list after its stock price dipped 9.86 percent or 0.07kobo to close trading at N0.64kobo per share.

Associated Bus Company Plc recorded a 9.09 percent drop in its market share price as it lost 0.03kobo to close at N0.30kobo per share.

Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc's share price fell by 0.03kobo to record a 7.14 percent drop after its trade closes at N0.39kobo per share.

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UACN Property Development Company Plc completed the list spot with an N0.05kobo loss or 6.25 percent to stand at N0.75kobo per share.

Top Five Trades
AllNews learned that the most traded in the stock market for Friday 9th April 2021 was Mutual Benefit Plc, having a trading volume of 22.91 million units valued at over N8.95 million.

Access Plc came second on the list with a volume of over 18.75 million units valued at over N150.80 million.

Third on the list is Japaul Gold Plc having traded over 17.5 million units valued at almost N379.9 million.

GT Bank Plc was the fourth most traded stock today, closing the market with approximately N9.23 million units traded at a value of N266.89 million.

Transcorp Hotel Plc completes the top five list with over 8.26 million units traded at a value of N6.54 million.