Monday's rally was driven by high demand for Dangote Cement, Lafarge Africa, Flour Mills and PZ Cussons. The interest in shares of Dangote Cement may not be unconnected with the release of its share buy-back programme announced by the board before the market's opening bell, as investors positioned, with the planned commencement of the first tranche involving the buy-back of 85.2m shares or 0.5% of the outstanding shares on December 30, 2020 and completion date slate for December 31, 2020.