Stock Exchange Bears’ dominance has remained unabated on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), as more bluechip stocks recorded price depreciation, causing the All-Share Index (ASI) to drop further by 0.19 per cent. Yesterday, the ASI dropped by 73.01 absolute point, representing a decline of 0.19 per cent to close at 37,585.25 points while the overall […]
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Investors lose N279 billion after selling pressure on big-cap stocks
Nigerian stocks retreated by 1.37 per cent on Friday, obliterating the feeble gain recorded at the session before as a number of big-cap stocks like MTN, Dangote Cement and BUA Cement took a hit from profit-taking efforts. The industrial goods index was the worst hit of the five sectorial indices, dipping by 4.40 per cent […]
TOTAL, GTBank lead Nigeria Stocks up, investors gain a whopping N350 billion W/W
The Nigerian stock market opened for four trading days this week as the Federal Government of Nigeria declared Thursday 1st October 2020 a Public Holiday. The All-Share Index appreciated by 2.53% while Market Capitalization appreciated by 2.55% to close the week at 26,985.77 and N14.105 trillion respectively. Investors gained a whopping N350.12bn. A total turnover […]
6 Banks Dominate Losers’ Chart on NSE
Chika Amanze-Nwachuku Eighteen stocks, including six financial institutions-Unity Bank Plc, Fidelity Bank, First City Monument Bank Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc and Wema Bank Plc dominated losers’ chart at yesterday’s trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Other equities on the losers’ chart were Transcorp Plc, Cadbury Plc, May and […]
Equity market declines by N169bn
nigeria stock exchange ……..As investors trade shares worth N4.536bn Investors on Tuesday traded 376.947 million shares worth N4.536 billion in 4018 deals. This is against 1.724 billion shares cost N3.678 billion in exchanged hands the previous day in 3251 deals. Market capitalisation of listed equities declined by N169 billion to N11.353 trillion from N11.522 trillion […]
Equities Market Continues Downward Streak With N114bn Loss
The Nigerian equities market extended its losses to the second trading session of the week and month of April on the back of sustained losses in high capitalised stocks. As a result, the All Share Index (ASI) shed 300.73 absolute points, representing a dip of 0.99 per cent to close at 30,226.77 points. Similarly, the […]
Cadbury Nigeria Plc on the losers chart despite blow out results
Gainers and Losers The Nigerian Stock Exchange ended the week on a slightly bearish note. The All Share Index opened at 31,142.72 basis points and closed at 31,139.95 basis points, down 0.01%. Year to date, the index is down 0.93%. 32 equities appreciated in price during the week, higher than 18 in the previous week. […]
Negative trend persist as stocks plummet 1.6%
Equities segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange began trading for the week on a negative note, following profit taking activities in Nestle Nigeria Plc (-8.3%) and Eco Transnational Incorporated (-3.4%) and losses in Nigerian Breweries (-5.6%). Consequent on this, the All Share Index (ASI) retreated by 1.6 percent to 30,531.69 points as year-to-date return further […]
Nigeria bourse extends positive trend, up 0.53%
The Nigerian bourse extended positive for the second consecutive day with the market capitalisation rising further by another N58 billion. The market capitalisation on Thursday rose by N58 billion or 0.53 per cent to close at N11.023 trillion compared with N10.965 trillion on Wednesday. Nigeria- map The All-Share which opened at 29,193.42 inched 154.20 points […]
Weekly Economic Index: Oil prices could reach $75 by summer
Nigeria’s finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, has revealed the government’s plans to introduce new taxes in a bid to increase the revenue of the country. This was disclosed at a public hearing on the 2019 budget on Wednesday, organized by the Senate and House of Representatives committees on appropriation. This comes almost a week after the […]