Views: Visits 9 The nation’s bourse opened trading for the new week on Monday on a positive note with a growth of N59 billion, following interests in Tier 1 banks. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N20.431 trillion inched higher by N59 billion to close at N20.490 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index increased by 113.99 points or 0.29 per cent to close at 39,312.74 from 39,198.75 achieved on Friday. Accordingly, the month-to-date and year-to-date losses moderated to 1.3 per cent and 2.4 per cent, respectively. The gain was driven by price appreciation in large and medium capitalised stocks amongst which are; Zenith Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Okomu Oil, Africa Prudential and Lafarge Africa.