The Nigerian equities market sustains previous day gains, as market indicators hinged higher, on Wednesday, as the All-Share Index (ASI) ended the day trade with 0.1 per cent gain to settle at 25,171.32 basis points. Market sentiment, as measured by the market breadth, was however flat as 13 tickers gained relative to 13 losers. The Oil & Gas index traded flat. The volume of trades recorded 172 million units from 161million units traded in the previous session amounting to 35.37 per cent decline. Value followed suit to record 39.28 per cent decline at N1.49 billion recorded at the close of trading today as against N2.46 billion recorded on Tuesday.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 19, 2020 17:03 UTC