Investors experienced a gain of N10bn as the bearish run of the Nigerian Exchange Limited was halted on Tuesday. This resulted in the equities market capitalisation appreciating by 0.03%, reaching N29.909tn, the same percentage increase as the All Share Index, which rose from 54, 886.04 to 54, 906.65 recorded on Monday. The day's trading involved 127.744m shares worth N1.586bn, exchanged in 2,987 deals, with 12 equities each on the gainers' and losers' tables. The leading gainers were Linkage Assurance, Wapic and Champion, while Ikeja Hotel, Cadbury and UPL suffered the biggest losses. The shares of Zenith Bank, GTCO and MTN Nigeria were the most traded.