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Banking sector drags Nigerian Exchange down further

Sell-offs in Banking stocks such as ZENITH, GTCO, and ACCESS  caused the Nigerian Exchange to further dipped by 0.08% on Tuesday.

The All-Share Index closed at 38,873.85 points, while the market capitalisation lost ₦17.0billion to close at ₦20.3 trillion as the loss this year worsened to -3.5%.

Trading activity was mixed as volume traded rose 1.4% to 184.4m units while value traded fell 0.3% to ₦2.3bn. The most traded stocks by volume were UBA (39.0m units), GTCO (19.0m units), and ZENITH (14.2m units) while GTCO (₦517.9m), ZENITH (₦326.5m), and DANGCEM (₦298.8m) led by value.

The Banking index was the lone laggard, down 1.0% due to sell-offs in ZENITH (-2.3%), GTCO (-0.7%), and ACCESS (-1.1%).

Conversely, the Industrial Goods index led the gainers, up 0.08% on the back of price appreciation in WAPCO (+1.4%) and CUTIX (+2.1%). Similarly, the Insurance and Oil & Gas indices gained 7bps and 6bps respectively on account of buying interest in WAPIC (+2.1%) and MRSOIL (+9.8%).

MRS (+9.7%), VERITASKAP (+9.5%), and REGALINS (+6.8%) led the gainers while NEIMETH (-7.9%), CHAMS (-4.3%), and JAPAULGOLD (-4.1%) led the laggards.

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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