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Nigerian equity market reverses gain, dips 0.1%

Sell-offs in WAPCO, ZENITH and ACCESS pulled the Nigerian equity market down 0.1% to 43,707.30 points on Monday.

The market capitalisation lost ₦12.1billion to ₦22.8trillion while YTD returns weakened by 0.1% to 8.5%.

The volume of equities traded decreased by 3.6% to 270.7million units while the value traded rose 61.9% to ₦5.6billion.

FLOURMILL (50.6m units), TRANSCORP (38.9m units), and FBNH (21.5m units) led by volume while MTNN (₦1.5bn), FLOURMILL (₦1.5bn), and NESTLE (₦454.8m) recorded the most value.

The AFR-ICT and Consumer Goods indices appreciated 0.3% and 0.1% respectively due to gains in MTNN (+0.5%) and FLOURMILL (+0.5%).

Meanwhile, Banking index fell 1.0%, dragged by ZENITH (-1.2%) and ACCESS (-1.1%). Similarly, MANSARD (-4.0%) and CHIPLC (-8.3%) pulled the Insurance index down 0.3% while the Industrial Goods and Oil & Gas indices dipped 0.2% apiece on price decline in WAPCO (-3.9%) and ARDOVA (-4.1%).

The market saw 19 stocks shed prices while 18 gainers as NEIMETH (+10.0%), CHAMS (+9.1%), and MBENEFIT (+8.0%) led gainers while REDSTAREX (-9.9%), PHARMDEKO (-9.8%), and ABCTRANS (-9.1%) led decliners.

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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