The Nigerian capital market returned from the New Year break on Tuesday with a 0.6 percent rise in equity capitalization.
The figure represented N187.69 billion growth in equity capitalization from N27.91 trillion to N28.10 trillion after eight hours of trading today.
Similarly, the All Share Index was up by 344.6 basis points to close at 51,595.66 as against the 51,251.06 achieved by the bourse last Friday.