The equity capitalization in the Nigerian capital market rose by 1 percent at the close of trading on Thursday.
This represented a N271.4 billion rise in the market capitalization from N29.13 trillion to N29.41 trillion after five hours of trading on Thursday.
Similarly, the All-Share Index was up by 498.44 basis points to close at 53,998.12 as against the 53,499.68 reported by the bourse the previous day.