Investors gained N4 trillion as against N11.609 it closed trading for the year. Also, the NGX Premium Board Index during the period under review, grew by 43.67per cent to outperformed the NGX-All Share Index (ASI), which gained by 29.52 per cent in nine months.
Out of 156 companies listed on NGX, only eight companies; Access Holdings, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Zenith Bank, FBN Holdings, Dangote Cement, Lafarge Africa (Wapco), Seplat Energy and MTN Nigeria Communications (MTNN) are on the premium board.
All the companies listed on the sector have performed well and declared impressive interim dividends in the year.
