Markets

Nigerian equity market sheds 0.14%

The Nigerian capital market lost 0.14% on the first day of the trading week, on the back of the decline witnessed by Beta Glass, Japaul Oil, Fidelity Bank, and WAPCO.

The All Share Index decreased by 0.14% to settle at 49,626.05 points and market capitalisation declined by ₦3bn t o ₦26.77trillion.
The volume and value of equities traded fell by 72.86% and 37.22% to 86.59mn units and ₦1.17bn respectively.

The most traded stocks by volume were GTCO (19.47mn units), STERLNBANK (6.21mn units)Beta Glass and ZENITHBANK (5.92mn units) while GTCO (₦385.59mn), MTNN (₦123.02mn) and ZENITHBANK (₦118.68mn) led by value.
Investor sentiment as measured by market breadth (advance/decline ratio) improved from 0.63x to 1.00x, reflective of 13 gainers against the 13 decliners.
The Consumer Goods index was the only gainer, up by 0.02% owing to buy interests in HONYFLOUR (+0.89%) and DANGSUGAR (+0.30%).

On the flip side, the Insurance and Banking sectors declined by 1.41% and 0.45 respectively, due to losses in NEM (-7.96%), SOVRENINS (-3.57%) and FIDELITYBK (-6.58%). In the same vein, the Industrial Goods index lost 0.30% on the back of losses in BETAGLAS (-9.96%) and WAPCO (-2.81%).

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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