Trading in the Nigeria stock market continued on a negative with pressure on Dangote Sugar, Refinery and tier-1 banks for the third consecutive sessions in Thursday.
All-Share Index declined further by 0.40 per cent to close at 39,394.67 from 39,522.06 posted on Wednesday.
The month-to-date and year-to-date also declined by 1.1 per cent and 2.3 per cent, respectively.
Market capitalisation shed N83 billion to close at N20.595 trillion.
Fidson Healthcare led the losers’ chart in percentage terms with 10 per cent to close at N4.41 per share.
Northern Nigeria Flour Mills followed with a decline of 9.97 per cent to close at N6.32 per share.
University Press dominated the gainers’ chart in percentage terms with 9.91 per cent to close at N1.22 per share.