The domestic equities market sustained the previous day's gain as market capitalisation advanced by ?65.7 billion to settle at ?21.2 trillion while the year to date return improved to 0.8 per cent

The All Share Index rose 31bps to settle at 40,490.85 points driven by buying interest in Seplat (+10.0 per cent), Nigerian Breweries (+3.6 per cent) and Guaranty (+1.5 per cent).

Activity level surged as volume and value traded advanced 755.0 per cent and 243.8 per cent to 2.1bn units and ?7.5bn respectively.

The most traded stocks by volume were UBA (26.5m units), Dangote Sugar (21.5m units) and Fidelity (15.7m units) while Dangote Sugar (?397.8m), Zenith (?327.3m) and Guaranty (?315.1m) topped by value.

Performance across sectors was bullish as 3 of 6 indices under review gained save the AFR-ICT and Industrial Goods indices which closed flat.

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