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Nigerian equity market recovers from 3-day downtrend

The Nigerian equity market halted its 3-day declining streak on Tuesday as the NGX-ASI gained 0.09% to close at 47,109.25 points, buoyed by interest in AIRTELAF, MTNN, and STANBIC.

The market capitalisation inched up ₦23.9bn to close ₦25.4tn, while the year-to-date return improved to 10.3% from 10.2% on Monday.

Trading activity improved as volume and value traded increased 16.1% and 116.5% respectively to 318.3m units and ₦8.3bn.

The AFR-ICT index gained 0.7% due to price appreciation in AIRTELAF (+1.1%) and MTNN (+0.5), while other indices moved southward.

Topping the laggards’ chart, the Industrial Goods index slid 0.34% due to price depreciation in DANGCEM (-0.5%) and WAPCO (-1.5%).

Similarly, the Banking and Consumer Goods indices lost 0.20% and 0.09% respectively following selloffs in ETI (-1.2%), UBA (-0.6%), INTBREW (-1.0%), and HONYFLOUR (-2.1%).

Also, sell-pressure on MANSARD (-2.1%), REGALINS (-5.1%), OANDO (-0.2%), and ETERNA (-0.5%) weighed on the Insurance and Oil & Gas indices, down by 0.04% apiece.

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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