The domestic equities market opened for the week on Monday on a positive note with the All-Share Index appreciating by 1.73 per cent, amid buying interest in Dangote Cement and 25 other stocks. Specifically, the index which opened at 34,250.74 rose by 592.70 points or 1.73 per cent to close at 34,843.44. Accordingly, month-to-date loss […]
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All-Share Index Rises 1.7% as Market Rebounds
Goddy Egene The bulls came back strong yesterday to open the stock market on a positive note after depreciating last week. Last week, the bull run was halted following sustained profit taking. However, yesterday, the market appreciated lifting the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index (ASI) by 1.73 per cent to close at 34,843.44. In […]
Equities Market Rebounds On Bargain Hunting
Equities Market Lagos – After five consecutive trading days of bearish run, the Nigerian equities market rebounded yesterday when the two major indicators, the All Share Index and Market Capitalisation appreciated by 0.2 per cent each. In today’s trading session, the 5-day bearish run in the domestic equities market was The halt was as a […]
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. […]
Equities Market Begins September Flat As ASI Down By 0.03%
Trading on the Nigerian equities market began the month of September on a slightly negative note as the Nigerian Stock Exchange, All-Share Index (NSE-ASI) declined by 0.03 per cent, yesterday. NSE-ASI shed 10.95 absolute points, representing a decline of 0.03 per cent to close at 34,837.50 points. Also, the market capitalisation declined by N4 billion […]
Stock market opens September with N4b losses
Nigerian Stock Exchange Equity transactions on the floor of the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), reopened September trading on a downward note yesterday, as most highly capitalised stocks recorded price depreciation, causing market capitalisation to plunge by N4 billion. Yesterday, the All-Share Index (NSE-ASI) declined by 10.95 absolute points, representing a decline of 0.03 per cent […]
Equity market depreciates 0.77% on banks’ stocks slump
Nigerian Stock Exchange Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) huge fines on four deposit money banks over alleged illegal fund repatriation on behalf of MTN Nigeria weighed heavily on the local bourse yesterday, causing the All-share index to slide by 0.77 per cent. The Nigerian Stock Exchange-All Share Index (NSE-ASI) decreased by 272.27 absolute points, representing […]
Insurers’ underwriting expenses outpace premium
By Rosemary Onuoha There are indications that insurers are committing more resources to meeting insurance claims and other underwriting expenses. But this development may be eating into their earnings as expenses outpace gross premium written, GPW. File: insurance Analysis of the industry performance for the first half of 2018, H1’18, show that while industry GPW […]