An analysis of the price movement chart shows that 28 stocks posted gains in contrast with 10 laggards.
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 drop in market indicators, the total volume of trades traded increased by 36.16 per cent.
Market capitalisation lost N16 billion to close at N21.474 trillion compared with N21.490 trillion recorded on Monday.
