NGX: Gains in Caverton, Airtel, others push up market cap to N27.9tr

Investors in the Nigerian capital market pocketed N518.01 billion following the rise in equity capitalization by 1.8 percent at the close of trading on Friday.

This means the equity capitalization rose from N27.39 trillion posted on Thursday to N27.91 trillion after eight hours of trading today.

The All Share Index appreciated by 951.06 basis points to close at 51,251.06, up from 50,300 achieved by the bourse the previous day.