NSE moves 345.057m shares worth N2.27bn –

NAN

A total of 345.057 million shares valued at N2.27 billion were traded in 3,261 deals on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday.

This is against the 339.681 million shares worth N5.50 billion traded in 3,394 deals on Tuesday, representing 1.58 per cent increase in volume.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation depreciated by N58 billion or 0.44 per cent to close at N12.908 trillion from N12.966 trillion recorded on Tuesday.

The All-Share Index, which opened at 35,516.21, lost 157.27 points to close at 35,358.94.

FlourMill led the price losers’ chart with a loss of N1.75 to close at N23.05 per share.

Lafarge Wapco followed, depreciating by N1.5 to close at N25.5, while Unilever and Dangote Cement dropped N1 each to close at N50 and N229 per share,…