Volume of transactions on the floor of Nigerian Exchange on Monday declined 32.76 per cent.
The trading result released by NGX during the day showed that investors traded 308.089 million shares valued at N7.231 billion in 15214 deals against 458.257 million shares worth N14.078 billion in 12213 deals.
The market recorded mixed performance with Market capitalisation of listed equities increasing by N94 billion or 0.14 per cent to N67.287 trillion from N458.257 trillion reported the previous day.
The NGX All Share Index on the other hand declined by 366.26 basis points to 107455.13 points from 107821.39 points traded on Friday.
As a result year to date return trend downward to 4.40 per cent as 33 companies closed in negative direction against 20 firms that closed in green.
An analysis of the investment showed that Learn Africa,NGX group led gainers table, gained 10 per cent each to close at N3.63 and N33.00 per unit respectively. Champion Breweries followed with 9.90 per cent to close at N4.33 per unit, ABC Transport gained 9.86 per cent to close at N1.56 per unit, Tantalizer added 9.47 per cent to close at N2.08 per share.
On the contrary, Ikeja Hotel topped losers chart, dropping by 9.92 per cent to close at N10.90 per unit, United Capital followed with 9.91 per cent to close at N20.00, Cutix Plc dipped by 9.84 per cent to close at N8.80 per unit, Multiverse dipped by 9.74 per cent to close at N8.80 per share while Africa Prudential fell by 9.46 per cent to close at N32.05 per share.
Trading for the day showed that Zenith Bank led market activities with 32.373 million shares valued at N1.555 billion, Fidelity Bank followed with account of 19.730 million shares worth N344.046 million, Access Holdings company traded 16.881 million shares valued at N420.845 million while EllahLakes exchanged 15.023 million shares cost N46.495 million.