The uptrend was driven by price appreciation in medium and large capitalised stocks. The nation’s bourse extended bullish posture on Wednesday with the market capitalisation increasing further by N214 billion on sustained bargain hunting of blue chips. Specifically. the market capitalisation which opened at N20.446 trillion rose by N214 billion to close at N20.660 trillion supported by interestes in BUA Cement. Also, the All-Share Index appreciated by 402.14 points or 1.03 per cent to close at 39,512.31 from 39,110.17 achieved on Tuesday. Accordingly, month-to-date and year-to-date gain increased to 12.8 per cent and 47.2 per cent, respectively. The uptrend was also driven by price appreciation in medium and large capitalised stocks, amongst which are; BUA Cement, International Breweries, Eterna, C & I Leasing and NEM Insurance. Commenting, President, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), Mr Olatunde Amolegbe , described the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) emergence as the...