Analysis of the market activities showed trade turnover settled lower relative to the previous session, with the value of transactions down by 0.09 per cent.
The gain was driven by price appreciation in stocks of AccessCorp, PZ, WAPCO, among others.
Market breadth closed positive as 17 stocks appreciated while 16 declined.
Specifically, the market capitalisation lost N33 billion, to close at N28.644 trillion compared with N28.677 trillion on Wednesday.
Guiness Plc topped the losers’ chart, dropping by 10 per cent to close at N88.20 per share.
The negative performance was driven by price depreciation in large and medium capitalised stocks.
Primary drivers of the performance of the market were stocks such as Oando, WAPCO, and Zenith, Fidelity and Access banks.
The gains were led by buying interests in MTNN and gains in Tier-1 banks like Zenith, Access and United Bank for Africa.
