Markets

Nigerian capital market declines 0.43%

The Nigerian equity market on Thursday reversed the previous day’s gain as it dipped by 0.43 per cent to close at 46,960.29 points. 

The market capitalisation depreciated by N109 billion to close at N25,309 trillion as against N25,418 trillion on Wednesday.

The market sentiment however remained positive as the market closed with 16 gainers relative to 15 gainers.

At the end of the day’s trading, a total of 214.69 million shares with a market value of N2.62 billion were traded in 4,003 deals.

Gainers for the day included Veritas Kapital Assurance with N0.02k gain and a closing price of N0.23k, FCMB Group with 0.25k gain and a closing price of N3.60k and Custodian and Allied with 0.50k gain and a closing price of N7.50k.

On the losing side were Guaranty Trust Holding which lost N3.00 to close at N23.00k followed by RT Briscoe with a loss of N0.07k to close at N0.65k and Consolidated Hallmark Insurance which lost N0.06k to close at N0.60k per share.

Fidelity Bank for the second consecutive day recorded the highest volume of 48.3 million traded shares followed by Guaranty Trust Holding with 26.1 million shares.

 

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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