Bears return as equity market dips by N296bn

Market capitalisation of listed equities declined by 0.76 per cent to N38.481 trillion from N38.777 trillion reported on Wednesday.

The NGX trading result showed that Omatek led gainers table during the day with a gain of 10 per cent to close at N0.55 per share, Academy Press followed with a gain of 9.83 per cent to close at N1.90 per share, Tantalizer and Prestige insurance added 9.76 per cent each to close at N0.45 and N0.45 per share respectively.