By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) First Bank of Nigeria Plc (FBN) and Oando Nigeria Plc Tuesday emerged the only three Companies on the Losers table of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) traded amidst Nigerian Strike and protest.

The trio was among the 14 traded Equities by Stockbrokers who took part in the day’s trading through the Remote Trade facility of the Nigeria’s Exchange. 11 Companies were on the Gainers table.

To record the loss, opening price for GTBank was N14.21 compared to N13.85, First Bank opened at N9.03 and closed at N8.98, while Oando opened at N21.71 and closed at N21.00 all as at January 09 2012.

The above price shows that GTBank lost with 2.53 percent (2.53%), First Bank with 0.55% and Oando with 3.27% in the review period.

Wole Tokede, Seniour Manager Corporate Communications at the Nigeria’s Exchange who made the Market Statistics available to www.investadvocateng.com noted that trading activities on The Nigerian Stock Exchange were skeletal on Monday.

“Most Stockbrokers who took part in the day trading did so through the Remote Trading facility” he said.

This is coming on the heels of strike and protest by Nigeria’s Organised Labour and Civil Groups on Monday seeking reversal to the removal of fuel subsidies by the President Goodluck Jonathan led administration.