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FBNH, NESTLE, others halt Nigerian equity market uptrend

Sell pressure on FBNH, NESTLE, and 13 other stocks halted the five consecutive gaining streaks of the Nigerian Exchange on Wednesday.

The NGX All-share index declined 0.06% to 41,790.26 points, market capitalisation lost ₦12.9 million to close at ₦21.8trillion while YTD return remained unchanged at 3.8%.

Market activity weakened as volume and value declined 18.3% and 42.5% respectively to 284.6m units and ₦3.2bn.

The most traded stocks by volume were FBNH (75.5m units), AIICO (18.4m units), and ETI (17.3m units) while FBNH (₦898.0m), NESTLE (₦387.9m), and NGXGROUP (₦248.0m) led by value.

The Oil & Gas and Insurance indices led the gainers, up 1.7% and 1.5% respectively following price uptick in OANDO (+2.0%), TOTAL (+6.0%), AIICO (+9.6%), and SOVRENIN (+4.4%).

Also, buying interest in ZENITH (+0.8%), ACCESS (+0.5%), and WAPCO (+0.8%) buoyed a 0.5% and 0.1% upside in the Banking and Industrial Goods indices respectively.

AIICO (+9.6%), UPL (+9.1%), and REDSTAREX (+6.3%) led gainers while GLAXOSMITH (-10.0%), TRANSCOHOT (-9.9%), and FBNH (-6.0%) 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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