Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian equities market retracted two consecutive days of gains as the composite index fell 57bps to close at 30,058.40 points after today’s trading session. In a similar manner, market capitalization lost N59.2bn to settle at N10.3tn. Today’s pullback was consequent on sell offs in DANGOTE CEMENT (-1.8%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-1.1%) and PZ (-3.9%). At end of trade, total volume and value of transactions traded declined 7.7% and 6.6%…

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — For the second consecutive trading session running, the NSE All Share Index (ASI) closed 0.2% higher today to settle at 30,231.16pts. Equally, market capitalisation added N2.7bn to close at N10.4tn. This is attributable to buying interests recorded in ZENITH BANK (+3.1%), FORTE OIL (+3.9%) and GUARANTY (+1.4%). Market activities as measured by volume and value were mixed as volume declined by 28.4% while value of transactions increased by 10.8%….

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian Bourse ended the week in green after 5 days of consecutive losses as the All Share Index (ASI) inched 14bps higher to close at 30,165.22 points. Similarly, market capitalization expanded N14.4bn to close at N10.4tn. Today’s positive close was on the back of appreciations in Banking bellwethers – GUARANTY (+1.4%), ZENITH (+1.6%) and FBNH (+1.6%). However, market activities decreased — volume and value were down 14.4%…

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The equities market continued on its losing streak today, although marginal, as the Nigerian All Share Index shed 6bps at the close of today’s trade to 30,123.20pts. Equally, after shedding N6.1bn, market capitalization settled at N10.4tn. This decline in the benchmark index was consequent on the losses recorded in banking counters – ACCESS (-3.8%) and ZENITH (-1.5%). Market activities measured by the volume and value of transactions also…

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The All Share Index –ASI – continued into its fourth day of losses, shedding 0.6% to settle at 30,141.06pts. In like manner, market capitalisation declined N65.2bn to close at N10.4tn. The weakening in the index was against value depreciation in GUARANTY (-4.4%), FORTE OIL (-3.6%) and ZENITH (-1.8%). Market activities were however mixed as volume waned 12.7% to 262.2m units while value rose 24.2% to settle at N3.8bn….

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian All Share Index (ASI) dipped 0.6 percent on the first trading day of the week to 30,405.88 points as a result of drags the equity market capitalization to NGN 10.45 trillion relative to NGN 10.51 recorded at the previous trading session, hence a lose of NGN 60 billion. Furthermore, NSE 30 index ended at 1,388.83 levels after gaining 0.45 percent, NSE Premium added 1.20 percent to…

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The All Share Index (ASI) dipped 2.0% on the first trading day of the month to 30,588.41pts as a result of drags from bellwether stocks  – DANGOTE CEMENT (-5.0%), NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-4.8%), NESTLE (-4.6%) and ZENITH (-2.1%). Thus YTD and W-o-W returns were brought to -11.7% and +0.1% in that order. Market capitalization sank to N10.5tn from N10.7tn the previous day. Similarly market activity decreased as volume and value…