On Wednesday, the equities trading session ended positively as investors traded stocks worth N3.4 billion in 4,218 deals. The local bourse index rebounded by 0.20 per cent to close at 42,353.31 basis points amid bargain hunting on shares of some high and mid capitalised stocks. Market breadth was also positive as the Exchange printed a higher number of 21 gainers than 19 losers. The NGX Insurance index, NGX Industrial Index and the NGX Consumer Goods index increased by 0.60 per cent, 0.62 per cent and 0.28 per cent respectively. Meanwhile, the market transaction was mixed as the volume of stocks traded increased by 36.99 per cent to N341.69 million while the value of stocks traded fell by 1.08 per cent to N 3.54 billion.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 19, 2022 20:32 UTC