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Nigerian Exchange sustains downtrend, dips 0.02%

The Nigerian Exchange extended downtrend to six consecutive trading sessions on Monday, driven by sell pressure on ZENITH, WAPCO, and OANDO.

The NGX All-Share Index declined 0.02% to close at 38,915.62 points while YTD loss worsened to -3.4% and market capitalisation fell ₦3.2bn to ₦20.3tn.

The volume and value traded rose by 30.1% and 11.4% to 201.1m units and ₦2.5bn respectively and most traded stocks by volume were UNIVINSURE (19.4m units), FIDELITY (19.3m units), and FBNH (16.7m units) while NESTLE (₦1.2bn), STANBIC (₦202.1m), and UNILEVER (₦131.9m) led by value.

The Oil & Gas index led the laggards, down 0.7% due to profit-taking in OANDO (-4.1%). Similarly, the Insurance and Industrial Goods indices dipped 0.1% apiece as a result of losses in WAPIC (-3.9%), MBENEFIT(-3.2%), and WAPCO (-1.8%).

Meanwhile, the Consumer Goods and Banking indices advanced 0.2% and 0.1% respectively on the back of buying interest in HONYFLOUR (+1.3%), INTBREW (+4.2%), ACCESS (+1.1%), and FIDELITY (+4.4%).

MORISON (+9.4%), SOVRENINS (+8.0%), and LINKASSURE (+5.3%) led the gainers while SCOA (-10.0%), ACADEMY (-7.7%), and ABCTRANS (-5.7%) led the losers.

Felix Oloyede

Felix Oloyede is a Mass Communication graduate with 19 years experience in journalism. He has worked with TheWeek Magazine; Mirror Newspapers; West Africa BusinessNews and BusinessHallmark Newspaper. Oloyede has covered different news beats ranging from crime; arts; politics; commerce and industries to finance and economy. He is an alumnus of Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa. He has also attended different trainings on Media Communication at the Lagos Business School. He is an alumnus of Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa. He has also attended different trainings on Media Communication at the Lagos Business School.

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