NGX resumes week bearish, down by 0.38%

NGX resumes week bearish, down by 0.38%

The Nigerian Stock Exchange building (image used for illustration) [Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye] Activities in the domestic equities market carried on last week’s bearish performances with the indices dropping by 0.38 per cent, amid sell pressure. Thus, the All-Share Index declined by 159.31 points or 0.38 per cent to close at 42,008.60 from 42,167.91 on Friday. Consequently, […]

NGX closes bearish as UPDC, NEM others drag index by 0.01%

NGX closes bearish as UPDC, NEM others drag index by 0.01%

Despite price gains that outweighed losses, transactions on the equities sector of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) closed on a downward note yesterday, as the All-Share Index (ASI) depreciated by 0.01 per cent. Specifically, the ASI declined by 4.99 absolute points, representing a decrease of 0.01 per cent, to close at 43,255.14 points. However, the […]

Stock Market Appreciates Marginally by N596.41m as CBN Retain MPR

Stock Market Appreciates Marginally by N596.41m as CBN Retain MPR

NGX Insurance Kayode Tokede The stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) appreciated marginally by N596.41 million amid the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) retaining all policy parameters in order to further boost the nation’s economic growth. The MPC members unanimously voted yesterday to retain Monetary Policy Rate […]

Nigerian Stock Exchange opens week negative, down by N3 billion

The market breadth closed negative with 20 losers, against 18 gainers [Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye] Trading at the domestic bourse started the week on Monday still on negative mood, taking the bearish sentiment to six consecutive trading sessions. The price depreciation was due to profit-taking sentiments in all the major sectors except the consumer goods and banking […]

Profit-Taking Persist as Stock Market Drops by N18bn

Profit-Taking Persist as Stock Market Drops by N18bn

Darasimi Adebisi Transactions on the Nigerian equities market yesterday closed on a negative note, taking the trading losses to the third consecutive day as investors’ profit-taking down market by N18 billion. The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) All-Share Index (ASI) dipped by 35.43 basis points, representing a decline of 0.09 per cent, to close at 39,184.18 […]