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Zenith Bank, GTCO, Guinness spur Nigerian equity market to 0.2% gain

Gains by ZENITHBANK, GTCO, GUINNESS and UCAP drove the Nigerian equity market to 0.2% rise on Monday to close at 4 7,233.91 points. 

The market capitalization increased by ₦50.36bn to ₦25.46tn and the year-to-date return rose to +10.58%.

Activity level waned as volume and value traded moderated by -0.76% and -35.30% to 421.5mn units and ₦4.22bn respectively.

The most active stocks by volume were TRANSCORP (99.26m units), ZENITHBANK (46.33m units) and UCAP (31.58m units) while ZENITHBANK (₦1.25bn), MTNN (₦454.50mn) and UCAP (₦416.8 0mn) led by value.

Bargain hunting in MAYBAKER (+8.31%), PHARMDEKO (+2.79%) and RTBRISCOE (+10.0 0%) ensured the Healthcare and Services indices led the gainers with an increase of 1.63% and 0.65% respectively.

The Consumer Goods and ICT sectors followed suit, up by 0.1 and 0.07% respectively, due to buying interests in CHAMPION (+8.7 8%) and CHAMS (+4.3 5%).

On the flipside, the Banking and Oil & Gas indices declined by 0.02% and 1bp respectively due to losses in JAIZBANK (-1.41%), FBNH (-0.4 4%)and JAPAULGOLD (-2.56%).

Elsewhere, the Agriculture and IndustrialGoods indices closed flat.

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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