The nation s bourse on Tuesday recorded its seventh consecutive gain, appreciating further by N235 billion following buying interests in Dangote Cement, United Bank of Africa and Zenith Bank stocks.
Specifically, the market capitalisation rose by N235 billion or 1.20 per cent to close at N19.805 trillion from N19.570 trillion achieved on Monday.
Also, the All-Share Index grew by 450.21 points or 1.20 per cent to close at 37,893.61 compared with 37,443.40 recorded on Monday.
Consequently, month-to-date and year-to-date gain increased to 8.1 per cent and 41.2 per cent, respectively.
The uptrend was also driven by price appreciation in medium and large capitalised stocks among which are; Dangote Cement, Eterna, Cadbury Nigeria, Zenith Bank and United Bank for Africa.
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