Following price gains recorded by major highly capitalized stocks, especially Dangote cement and Oando, transactions on the stock market closed in an upbeat yesterday, as market capitalisation increased by N36 billion.
Specifically, at the close of trading yesterday, the All Share Index (ASI) gained 101.83 absolute points, representing a growth of 0.25 per cent to close at 40,874.09 points from 40, 772.26 recorded on Wednesday. Similarly, the market capitalisation gained N36 billion, from N14. 727 trillion to N14.764 trillion.
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