Trading activities on the Nigerian equities market yesterday closed with a decline of N3 billion, to extend the bearish sentiment to two consecutive trading days on sell-off in 15 stocks. Market watchers attributed the decline mostly to sell-off in the financial sectors, as investors lost N54 billion in two trading days. In summary, the All-Share […]
Mixed trading persisted on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd on Tuesday with the indices closing relatively flat with a loss of 0.004 per cent on improved market turnover. Specifically, the All-Share Index shed 1.60 points, representing 0.004 per cent, to close at 39,251.29 from 39,252.89 posted on Monday. Accordingly, month-to-date return and year-to-date loss stood at […]
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) closed trading on Tuesday in green to halt the six-day consecutive bearish trend with a marginal growth of N3 billion. The market upturn was due to investors’ renewed buying interest in the financial and industrial sectors. Consequently, the market capitalisation inched higher by N3 billion or 0.01 per cent to close […]
Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) extended bearish sentiment to two trading sessions yesterday, as sustained sell-pressure in the shares of many insurance companies dragged the All-Share Index (ASI) further by 0.01 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index (ASI) dipped by 5.34 absolute points, representing a marginal decrease of 0.01 per cent […]
Darasimi Adebisi The Nigerian equities market yesterday closed trading activities in the green, to halt the six-days of consecutive bearish trend. The market upturn was due to investors’ renewed buying interest in the Financial and Industrial sectors, as capitalisation gained N2 billion. In summary, the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) All-Share Index (ASI) grew by 4.88 […]
The Nigerian equities market sustained a sliding profile yesterday, occasioned by losses in many blue-chip stocks, especially, Cornerstone Insurance and Universal Insurance, causing market capitalisation to depreciate further by N1 billion. However, the volume of activities increased by 144.981 million as investors traded 355.935 million shares valued at N2.871 billion in 4241 deals against 210.954 […]
Nigeria’s Stock Exchange Remains in Bears’ Zone with 0.01% Loss By Dipo Olowookere It was another day in the bears’ territory for Nigeria’s stock exchange on Tuesday as it marginally depreciated by 0.01 per cent at the close of transactions. Mild profit-taking in Zenith Bank, Access Bank, Axa Mansard and 12 other equities contributed to […]
Nigerian Stocks Exchange (NGX) Nigerian stocks were close to flat trading at the end of Tuesday’s trade as the benchmark gauge edged down by 0.01 per cent. An upside to trade came from a 277 per cent expansion in volume, made possible by vigorous activities in the shares of Honeywell Flour, which accounted for as […]
The Nigerian equities market yesterday closed transaction on a negative note by shedding N25 billion to halt the five consecutive days gaining streak, as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) held all policy parameters unchanged. The downturn was due to investors’ sell-off sentiment in some bellwether stocks, as the market awaits the release of more […]
The market loss was driven by price depreciation in large and medium capitalised stocks [Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye] Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N19.626 trillion lost N34 billion to close at N19.592 trillion. Also, the NGX All-Share Index dropped by 73.01 points or 0.19 per cent to close at 37,585.25, from 37,658.26 achieved on Friday. […]
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