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Nigerian equity market downturn persists

The Nigerian Exchange bearish performance driven by sell pressure on GTCO (-1.4%), ZENITH (-1.0%), and DANGSUGAR (-1.2%) continued, as the benchmark index shed 5bps to 43,248.05 points. Consequently, YTD return moderated to 7.4% while market capitalisation shed ₦11.9bn to ₦22.6tn.

Trading activity improved as volume and value traded rose 5.5% and 57.2% respectively to 224.9m units and ₦3.7bn. ACCESS (42.2m units), ZENITH (39.0m units), and FBNH (16.9m units) led activity by volume while ZENITH (₦935.4m), NESTLE (₦916.1m), and GTCO (₦414.0m) led by value.

The Insurance and Banking indices were the only gainers, up 1.6% and 0.3% respectively on account of buying interest in AIICO (+9.2%), WAPIC (+4.2%), ACCESS (+4.4%), and ETI (+3.7%). Conversely, the Oil & Gas index lost the most, down 0.4% due to sustained sell pressure on OANDO (-2.0%). Trailing, the Consumer and Industrial Goods indices fell 21bps and 4bps respectively due to price depreciation in DANGSUGAR (-1.2%), GUINNESS (-0.8%), and WAPCO (-0.6%).

AIICO (+9.2%), ACCESS (+4.4%), and WAPIC (+4.2%) led gainers while UPDCREIT (-9.9%), IKEJAHOTEL (-9.6%), and UPDC (-9.3%) 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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