The All-Share Index, which opened at 37,866.90 rose by 80.28 points or 0.21 per cent to close at 37,947.18.
The All-Share Index grew by 15.31 points or 0.04 per cent.
An analysis of the price movement chart shows that 28 stocks posted gains in contrast with 10 laggards.
The market closed negative with 11 gainers in contrast with 23 losers.
The market sentiment closed positive with 18 gainers against eight laggards.
However, the total volume of trades decreased by 12.8 per cent to 158.37 million shares valued at N2.24 billion exchanged in 3,330 deals.
In spite of the growth in market indicators, the market closed negative with 20 losers in contrast with 15 gainers.
In spite of the drop in market indicators, the total volume of trades traded increased by 36.16 per cent.
First Bank Nigeria Holdings and Transcorp were the most active to boost market turnover.
Julius Berger, Livingstone Merchant Bank and Cornerstone Insurance led the gainers chart in terms of percentage.
