To start the week, the local bourse on Monday closed south following price shed recorded by blue chip firms. 

To end the week, the local bourse extended its positive rally appreciating further by N112 billion, amid increased buying interest. Specifically, the market capitalization inched higher by 0.52 per cent to close at N21.530 trillion from N21.418 trillion on Thursday.

The local bourse opened the year on a positive note as the All-Share Index and market capitalization ascended by 2.18% to 41,147.39 and N21.51trillion respectively.

The Nigerian equities market closed positive today as NSE-ASI gained +1.03%. The All-Share Index (ASI), advanced from its opening index of 39,110.17 points to close at 39,512.31 points. Year to date return and Market capitalization settled at 46.73%, and 20.66trillion.