ABUJA, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Some 1.03 billion shares of
Nigeria's Access Bank ACCESS.LG were sold at 8.10 naira each
on Wednesday in a one-off stock market deal valued at 8.34
billion naira ($22 million), traders said.
Traders said the deal was negotiated by Chapel Hill Denham
Securities.
Access Bank's shares traded at 8.55 naira by market close.
Access acquired rival Diamond Bank in 2019 to become
Nigeria's biggest lender.
Nigeria's all share index .NGSEINDEX rose 2.4% on
Wednesday to 38,803.74 points, a fresh two-and-half year high.
($1 = 380.70 naira)