Stock investors retained their sell positions in Nigerian stock market on Monday, December 7, resulting in a decline by 0.21 percent at the close of trading.
Large cap stocks like Dangote Cement Plc, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc and GTBank were mostly offered for sale on the Bourse.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All Share Index (ASI) decreased to 35,064.36 points from day-open high of 35,137.99 points, while market capitalisation stood at N18.365 trillion.
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In 4,392 deals, investors exchanged 292,861,035 units valued at N4.285 billion. Dangote Cement Plc decreased most from N205 to N199, losing N6 or 2.93 percent.
It was followed by Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc which dropped from day-open high of N19.5 to N19, shedding 50kobo or 2.56 percent.
GTBank Plc was also down, from N33.6 to N33.25, losing 35kobo or 1.04 percent.
FBN Holdings, UBA, Access Bank, Mutual Benefit and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated were actively traded stocks on Monday.
