NGX: Market cap up by 1.04% as investors gain N262.1bn in eight hours | The Paradise News Shareholders at the Nigerian capital market pocketed N262.17 billion in just eight hours on Tuesday. This followed the rise in equity capitalisation by 1.04 percent at the close of the day’s trading. The development pushed up the equity […]
By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited closed at a level last seen in August 2008 on Tuesday after it recorded a growth of 1.04 per cent. This pushed the All-Share Index (ASI) higher by 486.64 points to 47,111.21 points from 46,624.67 points and raised the market capitalisation by N489 billion to N25.387 trillion […]
Kayode Tokede The stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) yesterday sustained the down trend of prior day as profit-taking witnessed in BUA Foods Plc and 20 others caused a N79billion decline in the market capitalisation. The overall market capitalisation value lost N79 billion to close at N25.357 trillion, while the NGX All-Share Index […]
Kayode Tokede The stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) maintained its positive trend last week as foreign and high network investors continued to take position in stocks with attractive dividend yields ahead of 2021 financial year dividend declarations. The stock market of NGX appreciated by N579billion in first-week trading in February as foreign […]
[FILES] Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX). Photo/facebook/ngxgroup The volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) soared last week, as a turnover of 1.785 billion shares worth N19.6 billion was recorded in 27,822 deals. This was higher than 1.448 billion units valued at N19 billion that changed hands in 22,557 deals the preceding week. […]
Stocks that helped the market’s positive start to a new month include Seplat Energy Plc, Conoil Plc, Academy Press Plc, RT Briscoe Plc and Presco Plc. Nigeria’s equities market opened month of February on a positive note (+1.04percent or N262billion), pushing higher this year’s positive return to +10.29percent. Stocks that helped the market’s positive start […]
Despite off season slowdown in the third quarter, Presco Plc is one of the few companies from which the most improved corporate earnings reports could reach shareholders for the 2021 trading. Profit was up a clear 175 percent year-on-year to N13.8 billion at the end of the third quarter . The oil palm and rubber […]
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 […]
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, […]
At the end of today’s trading session, Presco Plc share price depreciated by 1.24% to close at N87.80 per share, taking the market capitalization from N88.90 billion to N87.80 billion. Presco Plc, today recorded a loss in share prices which can be attributed to investors’ negative sentiment which triggered sell-offs in the shares of the […]
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