Nigeria’s stock market rallied further by 0.53 percent or N342billion on Wednesday, thanks to banking and consumer goods stocks despite sell pressure in insurance and oil & gas stocks.

Investors interests in shares of VFD Group, Africa Prudential, Learn Africa, and ABC Transport pushed the market higher.

This week, the market has risen by 1.03 percent, defying analysts expectation of quiet buy activities.

Read also: Investors trade N1.116trn stocks in two months

In 11,226 deals, investors exchanged 744,802,985 shares valued at N18.284billion.

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Shares of Fidelity Bank, GTCO, Universal Insurance, Access Holdings and Tantalizer were actively traded on Wednesday.

ABC Transport rose from N1.42 to N1.56, adding 14kobo or 9.86 percent. VFD Group moved from N15.60 to N17.10, up by N1.50 or 9.62 percent. Learn Africa rallied from N3.25 to N3.56, up 31kobo or 9.54 per cent, while Africa Prudential rallied from N13.90 to N15.10, up by N1.20 or 8.63 percent.

Read also: Nigeria stocks shed over N550bn in one week

At the close of trading on Wednesday, the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) All Share Index (ASI) and equities market capitalisation increased from preceding day’s 104,739.61 points and N65.817trillion respectively to 105,283.67 points and N66.159 trillion.

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