By Dipo Olowookere It was a busy trading day on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Monday as the market closed 0.14 per cent higher, putting an end to the losses reported in the past three consecutive sessions. News of the acquisition of Honeywell Flour Mills by a rival company, Flour Mills […]
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Trading Commence on Positive Note as Airtel Africa, Total Nigeria, 25 Others Soar
NGX Insurance Darasimi Adebisi Transactions on the stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) yesterday commenced on a positive note as large and medium capitalised stocks appreciated. The market positive performance was driven by price appreciation in Airtel Africa Pl, Total Nigeria Plc, Unilever Nigeria Plc, PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc, and Guinness Nigeria Plc. […]
Oando begins settlement with Mangal, tops trading on NGX
Trading on the Nigerian bourse opened on Monday on a positive note with turnover appreciating by 1,103.94 per cent due to off-market trade in Oando Plc. Specifically, a total of 2.40 billion units valued at N16.47 billion were exchanged by investors in 4,811 deals. This was in contrast with 199.52 million shares worth N3.26 billion […]
NGX opens November bearish, down by N32bn
Transactions on the Nigerian stock market opened trading for November on a negative note with the market capitalisation losing N32 billion on profit-taking. Specifically, the market capitalisation which resumed for the month at N21.938 trillion lost N32 billion or 0.15 per cent to close at N21.906 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index dropped 61.81 points or […]
Nigerian Exchange Melts 0.15% as Investors Book Profit
By Dipo Olowookere It was a negative start to a new month at the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Monday as investors embarked on profit-taking, causing the market to melt by 0.15 per cent. Business Post reports that the investor sentiment was negative yesterday as there were 32 depreciating stocks and 20 appreciating stocks, indicating […]
Nigeria: Trading Commence On Positive Note As Airtel Africa, Total Nigeria, 25 Others Soar
Darasimi Adebisi Transactions on the stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) yesterday commenced on a positive note as large and medium capitalised stocks appreciated. The market positive performance was driven by price appreciation in Airtel Africa Pl, Total Nigeria Plc, Unilever Nigeria Plc, PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc, and Guinness Nigeria Plc. The NGX […]
AXA Mansard, Chams others lead Exchange’s N51 billion loss
NSE. Photo: AFRICANBUSINESSCENTRAL Sell-offs in many blue-chip stocks, especially, AXA Mansard and Chams, halted the two trading sessions of upbeat on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) to reopen on a downward note yesterday, as market capitalisation depreciated by N51 billion. In summary, the All-Share Index (ASI), which measures the performance of quoted companies dipped by […]
Demand for Access Bank Stocks Lifts Market by 0.17%
By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited rebounded on Thursday by 0.17 per cent following the rush for Access Bank Plc stocks by investors, especially the dividend hunters. After the close of trading activities on Wednesday, the lender released its much-anticipated earnings for the period ended June 2021 and it proposed the payment of […]
NGX resumes September bearish as investors lose N18bn
[FILES] Stock market display The Nigerian stock market reopened for the month of September on a downturn, following sell-pressure in the shares of FTN Cocoa and 16 others, causing investors’ wealth to plunge further by N18 billion. Specifically, at the close of transactions on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) yesterday, the All-Share Index (ASI) dipped […]
Weekly Transactions on Local Stock Exchange Grow 30.41%
By Dipo Olowookere The volume of transactions witnessed at the local stock exchange last week increased by 312 million units or 30.41 per cent to 1.338 billion units from 1.026 billion units. Business Post reports that these trades were valued at N8.7 billion executed in 19,830 deals compared with the preceding week’s N8.2 billion carried […]