Nigerian stocks closed on a negative today as the All Share Index (ASI) declined by 0.53% to close at 25,755.01. This was the first slide in a week, as the stock exchange had been on the rise the whole of last week driven by impressive numbers and corporate action announcements.

ASI: 25,755,01

DEALS: 3,224

VOLUME: 233,420,603.00

VALUE: 1,417,936,418.30

CAP: 8,859,245,198, 404.01

Here are the top gainers for the day;

OANDO opened at N3.66 and closed at N4.03 gaining N0.37(10.11%)

TIGERBRANDS opened at N1.89 and closed at N2.07 gaining N0.18(9.52%)

UBA opened at N3.20 and closed at N3.46 gaining N0.26(8.13%)

UBN opened at N5.60 and closed at N5.98 gaining N0.38(6.79%)

HONYFLOUR opened at N1.44 and closed at N1.51 gaining N0.07(4.86%)

Here are the top losers for the day;

UCAP opened at N1.68 and closed at N1.60 losing N0.08(4.76%)

NPFMCRFBK opened at N1.12 and closed at N1.07 losing N0.05(4.46%)

DANGCEM opened at N168.00 and closed at N163.12 losing N4.88(2.90%)

NEM opened at N0.75 and closed at N0.73 losing N0.02(2.67%)

STERLINGBANK opened at N1.75 and closed at N1.71 losing N0.04(2.29%)