Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened for the week on Monday with a drop of 0.26 per cent due to price depreciation of some blue chips.
The All-Share Index dipped 111.35 points or 0.26 per cent to close at 43,056.51 as against 43,167.86 achieved on Friday.
Also, the market capitalisation, which opened at N15.507 trillion lost N105 billion or 0.68 per cent to close at N15.402 trillion.
A breakdown of the price movement chart showed that Unilever recorded the highest, shedding N1.40 to close at N60.80 per share.
Nestle trailed with a loss of N1 to close at N1, 380, while NASCON was down by 90k to close at N23 per share.
Cadbury depreciated by 80k to close at N17.60, while United Bank for Africa went down by 60k to close at N22.30 per share.
On the other hand, Total led the gainers’ table for the day, growing by N4.10 kobo to close at N246.10 per share.
NAN reports that Dangote Sugar came second with a gain of 85k to close at N23.35, while Nigerian Breweries gained 50k to close at N130 per share.
UACN added 45k to close at N17.95, while Ecobank Transnational increased by 20k to close at N20 per share.
