Markets

Nigerian equity market dips 2.5% this week

After enjoying bullish trend in the past week, the Nigerian equity market declined 2.5% this week, Dangote Cement, WAPCO, and Zenith Bank.

The All-Share Index shed 2.5% w/w to settle at 34,250.74 points, market capitalisation lost ₦463.7billion to close at ₦17.9trillion, while the YTD return moderated to 27.6%.

The average volume equities investors traded rose 35.2% to 453.0 million units, while value traded dropped 17.4% to ₦4.2billion.

The top traded stocks by volume were UBA (275.2m units), FBNH (146.1m units) and ZENITH (143.4m units) while GUARANTY (₦4.5bn), ZENITH (₦3.3bn) and UBA (₦2.3bn) led by value.

The Industrial Goods and Banking sectors had the highest dip, dipping 5.0% and 2.9% respectively, on the back of sell pressures in WAPCO (-10.7%), DANGCEM (-8.0%), ACCESS (-5.8%) and ZENITH (-5.2%).

Also, the Insurance and AFR-ICT sectors shed 1.8% each, underpinned on losses by REGALINS (-16.7%), AIICO (-4.5%), CHAMS (-4.5%) and MTNN (-0.8%).

The Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors also went down 1.6% and 0.3% respectively due sell-offs in CHAMPION (-8.2%), FLOURMILL (-6.8%) and ARDOVA (-6.8%).

FTNCOCOA (+51.7%), UNIONDAC (+16.0%) and OKOMUOIL (+10.0%) were the best performed equities, while REGALINS (-16.7%), UPL (-14.3%) and NEIMETH (-12.4%) led the laggards.

Dayo Kiladejo

Adewale Nurudeen

Recent Posts

US authorities slam Air Peace boss, Onyema, with fresh fraud charges

The Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has been hit with new charges…

2 years ago

Report: NUPRC has not approved $1.3bn Shell Renaissance deal

  Contrary to reports in a section of the media that the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum…

2 years ago

There’s a plan to derail Tinubu’s petroleum industry revolution

Tajudeen Suleiman It was a pleasant shock for me to read the National Bureau of…

2 years ago

NNPCL’s acquisition of OVH: Reps member, Miriam Onuoha, slams Atiku, says oil and gas sector should not be politicised

  A member of the House of Representatives, representing Isiala Mbano / Onuimo / Okigwe…

2 years ago

Fidelity Bank affirms commitment to data protection, strong corporate governance

  Leading financial institution in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc, has assured its customers of unwavering…

2 years ago

NGX rates Fidelity Bank highest on corporate governance

  Fidelity Bank Plc complies with the highest corporate governance standards as the leading commercial…

2 years ago

This website uses cookies.