Fidelity Bank, Flour Mills, Oando top stocks to watch this week

Fidelity Bank, Flour Mills, Oando top stocks to watch this week

Nigerian stocks Nigerian stocks yielded 1.37 per cent in the just concluded week even though trade volume dropped by more than one-fifth. As investors, analysts and market-watchers look forward to release of full-year 2020 financials, the watchword for investors will be stocks with sound fundamentals , capable of delivering strong earnings. PREMIUM TIMES has assembled […]

Nigerian stocks post first 2022 loss as investors dump consumer goods’ shares

Nigerian stocks post first 2022 loss as investors dump consumer goods’ shares

Floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange Nigerian stocks depreciated by 0.09 per cent on Tuesday in their worst show since year start as investors dumped food and beverages stocks led by Nestle and Nigerian Breweries, and partial profit-booking weighed. Drop in the share prices of NGX Group and UBA strengthened the loss, with the underwhelming […]

Nigeria: How More Domestic Investors Returned to Equities in 2021

Nigeria: How More Domestic Investors Returned to Equities in 2021

As with most other years, 2021 brought fascinating developments in the financial market, especially as the path from the pandemic was far from certain. The performance of the financial market generally fell in line with expectations as fiscal and monetary stimulus packages resulted in a ‘pull to norm’. The equities market saw more domestic investors […]

NGX investors lose N7 billion amid Yuletide sell-offs

NGX investors lose N7 billion amid Yuletide sell-offs

Preparations for Yuletide have continued to take a toll on the equities sector of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) as investors’ wealth depreciated further by N7 billion. Specifically, the All-Share Index declined by 13.74 per cent, representing a decrease of 0.03 per cent, to close at 42,230.48 points. Similarly, the overall market capitalisation value lost […]

OANDO, UBA Are Incoming as NGX Reveals 2021 Review Results of Market Indices

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), has announced the results of its full-year market index review for the following indices – the NGX 30, NGX Lotus Islamic, NGX Pension, Corporate Governance Index, Afrinvest Bank Value Index, Afrinvest Dividend Yield Index, Meristem Growth Index, Meristem Value Index; and the five Sectoral Indices of The Exchange – NGX Banking, […]