The President on Thursday visited the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), in Lagos. launching a new online mobile platform, known as X-Gen, to increase local investment.

The platform is targeted at increasing the number of local investors in the country and to enable about 30 million domestic investors have access to the market.

The platform is also aimed at improving the trading of government bonds, treasury bills and other instruments at the market.

President Goodluck Jonathan is expected hold a closed door meeting with members of the NSE Council and the management team, following the ringing of the closing gong at 2:30pm.

He would also have an interactive meeting with stockbrokers and some investors.

The President’s visit to the exchange comes at a time domestic and international economic changes puts pressure on the equities market, but some operators expect his visit to positively affect market sentiment.

In 1988 and 2007 respectively, former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida and late Umaru Yar’adua visited the NSE.