The market breadth also closed negative, with 32 stocks declining and 28 advancing.
The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) saw its market capitalisation fall to ₦72.497 trillion from ₦72.680 trillion recorded on Monday.
The stock market opened the week on a downturn Tuesday.
The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) market capitalisation fell by N265 billion or 0.40 per cent to N66.078 trillion from N66.343 trillion recorded on Monday.
Austin Laz and Company led the gainers’ chart with a 10 per cent gain to close at N2.09 per share.
The All-Share Index also declined by 0.32 per cent to 107,781.79, against 108,126.97 recorded on Monday.
Investors gained N289 million as the market capitalisation opened at N63.147 trillion and recorded a slight change to close at N63.147 trillion.
E-Tranzact led the activity chart with 70.23 million shares, while Transcorp Hotel led in value of deals worth N7.42 billion.
Market breadth also closed slightly negative, with 21 losers and 20 gainers on the floor of the exchange.
The market capitalisation, which opened at N59.510 trillion, closed higher at N59.707 trillion.
