The Nigerian Exchange Limited posted a N33.32bn gain in market capitalisation on Thursday after trading volumes jumped by 102.75 per cent.
The NGX All-Share index rose by 0.16 per cent to close at 40,829.15 basis points from 40,765.20bps the previous day just as the market capitalisation of stocks increased from N21.24tn to N21.28tn.
At the end of trading on the floor of the NGX, a total of 812.30 million shares valued at N10.58bn were traded in 4,863 deals compared to 400.65 million shares worth N3.48bn in 5,145 deals.
FBN Holdings Plc was the most traded stock on Thursday as it occupied 27.14 per cent of the total volume of trades and 44.37 per cent of the total value of trades on the exchange.
Analysing by sectors, the NGX Banking index, Industrial Goods and Consumer Goods indices saw gains while the NGX Insurance index fell.