Nigeria: Profit Taking Takes Toll On NSE, Indices Down By N174 Billion

Profit taking by investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange dragged market capitalisation down by N174billion, as major highly capitalised stocks depreciated at the end of yesterday's transactions.

Specifically, the All-share index dropped by 1.1 per cent to close at 42.843.38 from 43,330.52 achieved on Wednesday.

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