Nigeria Stock Exchange, Lagos Equity transactions on the equity sector of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) reopened upbeat yesterday, following price gains recorded by most Highly Capitalised (High Cap) stocks, as market capitalisation rose by N39billion. Specifically, at the close of transactions yesterday, the All Share Index (ASI) gained 108.52 absolute points, representing a growth […]
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Stocks hit nine-month low on mixed earnings, elections
’Femi Asu with agency report Equities listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange dropped to a more-than-nine-month low on Thursday, hurt by mixed second-quarter earnings and worries about political risk in the run-up to next year’s elections. The NSE All Share Index fell for the fifth straight session, down 0.4 per cent to 36,154 basis points. […]
Nigeria: Elections Over, Stock Market Investors Recover N1.06 Trillion
Lagos — With the general elections over, producing an eventual winner in General Muhammadu Buhari as President-elect, set to replace incumbent Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, confidence may have gradually started returning to the nation’s capital market, judging by data from the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), as seen in the robust recovery in its basic indicators for […]
Nigeria: Profit taking weakens momentum as NSE Index drops 0.16%
Despite the positive close it had in the previous trading session last Thursday, equities market resumed on a bearish note on Monday as investors traded cautiously. Key market indicators, the All-Share Index and Market Capitalisation, declined by 0.16 per cent each. The loss can be attributed to profit-taking actions seen in some large-cap counters such […]