ASI as at 12.00pm: +0.27% 

Market movers: FIDSON (+9.82%), CILEASING (+8.19%), MANSARD (-4.81%), CUTIX (-9.36%) 

Sector Performances: Banking (+0.64%), Consumer Goods (+0.38%), Insurance (-1.01%), Industrial (-0.03%), Oil & Gas. 

Market activity: So far today, investors have traded c.68m units of shares worth c.N1.21bn in value. ZENITHBANK (+1.19%) is the most actively traded stock with c.13m units of shares accounting for c.19% of total volume.  

Likely close: The ASI looks likely to close positive if buying interest in some Consumer and Banking names is sustained