By Dipo Olowookere The shares of RT Briscoe increased by 40.00 per cent on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited last week, closing at 28 kobo per unit, giving shareholders of the company something to smile about. It led 42 equities on the gainers’ chart in the five-day trading week, lower than the […]
The Nigerian equities market yesterday shed N2 billion on investors’ profit taking in 15 stocks after the massive gaining streak recorded the previous day. The All-Share Index declined by 4.08 per cent, representing a decrease of 0.01 per cent, to close at 44,604.74 points. Similarly, the overall market capitalisation value lost N2 billion to close […]
At the end of yesterday’s trading session, International Breweries Plc share price ranked amongst gainers to appreciate by 4.04%, closing at N5.15 per share, and taking the market capitalization from N132.97 billion to N138.34 billion. The brewery company recorded a gain in share prices which can be attributed to investors’ positive sentiment which triggered buy-interests […]
2019: Elections jitters, oil price volatility, dampen stock market outlook Sentiments in Nigeria’s stock market remained broadly bullish in the second trading week of the year as investors continued to select stocks with attractive dividend yields ahead of 2021 full year (FY) dividend declarations. This was even as the All-Share Index (ASI) rose by 1.37 […]
Equities reversed previous gains to close on a downturn yesterday, occasioned by losses from many blue-chip stocks, especially NEM insurance and Custodian and Allied Insurance, causing market capitalisation to decline by N2 billion. At the close of transactions on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), yesterday, market capitalisation of listed equities declined slightly by N2 billion […]
Analysts from securities companies are optimistic of stock market uptrend this week on Dangote Cement Plc shares buy-back programme and positioning for 2021 full year financial results. Analysts Optimism Analysts at Cowry Assets Management Limited say they expect the equities market index to further rise as investors buy more shares, especially Dangote Cement Plc, as […]
Nigerian stocks Exchange Nigerian stocks inched up 0.2 per cent or N50.7 billion on Friday, almost completely wiping out the loss recorded at the preceding session, a broad-based advance aided by gains from food and beverages, banking and industrial goods sectors’ shares. International Breweries, United Bank for Africa and Dangote Cement led the climb, with […]
Kayode Tokede Trading in the stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) commenced the week yesterday with negative sentiments amid investors profit-taking in Presco Plc and 20 others. Specifically, the NGX All-Share Index (ASI) dropped by 37.35 basis points or 0.09 per cent, to close at 43,270.94 basis points from 43,308.29 basis points. Consequently, […]
The Consumer Goods Index, which tracks the daily and weekly performance of quoted FMCG companies, appreciated by 0.08%, from 546.42 points the previous day, to 546.85 points, at the end of today’s trading session. The increase recorded in the consumer goods index was driven mainly by Nigerian Breweries Plc and International Breweries Plc, which appreciated […]
Bargain-hunting in many blue-chip stocks, especially Red Star Express and Meyer, aided the Nigeria Exchange Limited’s (NGX) rebound yesterday, as the All-Share Index (ASI) increased by 0.09 per cent. Specifically, at the close of transactions yesterday, the ASI rose by 39.84 absolute points, representing a growth of 0.09 per cent to close at 42,357.36 points. […]
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