The Nigerian Stock Exchange traded for only 3 days this week as the Federal Government declared Thursday 24th and Friday 25th of December 2015 as Holiday in commemoration of the Eid-el-Maulud and Christmas Celebration respectively.
A turnover of 743.117 million shares worth N6.591 billion in 8,325 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of The Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.457 billion shares valued at N13.803 billion that exchanged hands last week in 13,648 deals.
The NSE All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 1.26% to close the week at 26,871.24 and N9.238 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other Indices finished higher during the week, with the exception of NSE Insurance and NSE Consumer Goods Indices that depreciated by 1.02% and 0.44% respectively, while the NSE ASeM Index closed flat.
Twenty-six (26) equities appreciated in price during the week, lower than Twenty-seven (27) equities of the preceding week. Twenty-seven (27) equities depreciated in price, lower than Forty-one (41) equties of the previous week, while one hundred and thirty-seven (137) equities remained unchanged, higher than one hundred and twenty-two (122) equities recorded in the preceding week.
Here are the top 10 Gainers and Losers for this week.
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| Company | Open | Close | % Change |
| UNITYBANK | 0.73 | 0.94 | 28.77% |
| SKYEBANK | 1.23 | 1.46 | 18.70% |
| ETRANZACT | 2.79 | 3.20 | 14.70% |
| MOBIL | 125.84 | 143.00 | 13.64% |
| FO | 254.10 | 286.65 | 12.81% |
| MAYBAKER | 0.96 | 1.05 | 9.38% |
| HONYFLOUR | 1.91 | 2.06 | 7.85% |
| UACN | 19.00 | 20.16 | 6.11% |
| NAHCO | 3.41 | 3.61 | 5.87% |
| WAPCO | 92.00 | 96.80 | 5.22% |
| Company | Open | Close | % Change |
| PZ | 28.98 | 26.90 | -7.18% |
| FIDSON | 2.68 | 2.50 | -6.72% |
| AVONCROWN | 1.52 | 1.45 | -4.61% |
| CONTINSURE | 1.09 | 1.04 | -4.59% |
| PORTPAINT | 3.58 | 3.42 | -4.47% |
| TIGERBRANDS | 1.23 | 1.18 | -4.07% |
| LEARNAFRICA | 0.77 | 0.74 | -3.90% |
| FCMB | 1.82 | 1.75 | -3.85% |
| NEM | 0.70 | 0.68 | -2.86% |
| STERLINBANK | 1.85 | 1.80 | -2.70% |
