This revealed a 36 per cent increase in value, 11 per cent growth in volume, and a three per cent surge in deals when compared with the previous session.
This was lower than 523.5 million shares valued at N1.45 billion exchanged across 12,666 transactions in the preceding week.
Specifically, the market capitalisation, which opened at N56.158 trillion, rose by N14 billion or 0.02 per cent to settle at N56.172 trillion.
The bears dominated the domestic equity market as market capitalisation lost N20 billion or 0
The Nigerian equities market on Thursday reversed its three-day bullish streak due to profit-taking, mainly in stocks of Airtel Africa.
Market breadth closed positive with advancing 16 stocks outnumbering 13 declining ones.
The gain was driven by price appreciation in large and medium stocks.
The market breadth, however, closed negative as 16 equities lost relative to 13 gainers.
The upturn was impacted by gains recorded in medium and large capitalised stocks, amongst which are: BUA Foods, WAPCO, FBN Holdings and Accesscorp.
The negative downturn was due to sell-off sentiments in majorly consumer goods and industrial sectors.
