At the close of Wednesday’s session, the domestic bourse edged marginally higher as buying interest in FCMB and FIRSTHOLDCO lifted the NGX All-Share Index (NGX-ASI) by 0.04% to close at 244,912.24 points. Consequently, market capitalisation increased to NGN158.09 trillion, translating to an estimated NGN70.62 billion gain in investors’ wealth. Despite the positive close, market breadth remained negative at 0.69x, with 20 gainers against 29 losers. However, the Up/Down (UD) Volume Ratio improved to 2.73x, indicating that advancing stocks recorded stronger trading volumes than declining stocks.